Once again, a reminder: Children are unpredictable. Marine Capt. Greg Wagner and his wife, Meredith, saw that firsthand on Christmas as President Obama visited Marine Corps Base Hawaii. While the couple took a photograph with the president, their 8-month-old son, Cooper, put his hand in Obama’s mouth. Meredith said this morning on Good Morning America that she was “mortified” at the time, even though it appears that Obama laughed it all off. “I was mortified,” she said. “I was embarrassed.” Capt. Wagner gave the president credit for keeping things light. “He kind of laughed and said that Cooper looked up…
Browsing: Pacific issues
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, join the massive clean-up of remote Oshima island in Japan, April 4.//31st MEU photoIt’s a field day – on a much bigger scale. With dozers, dump trucks and supplies in hand, hundreds of Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit descended on a small remote island near the epicenter of the March 11 earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan. On April 1, they began Operation Field Day, with the mission of helping clear mounds of debris on the island of Oshima, population 3,000. The Marines found some 600 residents holed up…
If it had hit the U.S., it would have been front-page news for several days. Super-Typhoon Juan roared ashore in the Philippines last week with heavy rains and sustained 140 mph winds, and has received only limited media coverage in American media. Media reports out of Manila say at least 31 people were killed by the storm, which was named Megi in the country. More than 1.9 million people were affected by the storm, and nearly 31,000 homes were completely destroyed, the reports said. In classic Marine expeditionary unit fashion, the 31st MEU, out of Okinawa, Japan, spent several days delivering…
Gina DiNicolo says she should be able to keep her work for the Marine Corps and a military blog separate. The Corps disagrees.
