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MLK-weekend Twitter post by Marine Corps Special Operations Command sparks online backlash

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By on Battle Rattle, MARSOC

A recent Twitter and Facebook post to official Marine Corps Special Operations Command social media accounts has sparked online backlash. “Don’t be lone shooter #MLK weekend! make sure you’ve got security- stay safe!” the post read. The post was made at 10:52 a.m. leading into the long three-day weekend, but removed about thirty minutes later after social media users questioned the posts wording and intended meaning. Some were bothered that it appears to reference the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. who was killed by a lone shooter. MARSOC could not be reached for comment, but…

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Dakota Meyer: The first Medal of Honor social networker?

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By on Awards, Ganjgal

President Obama will award the Medal of Honor tomorrow afternoon to Dakota Meyer, the first living Marine in 38 years to receive the nation’s top valor award. For many, the ceremony is heavily anticipated. There are many people still recovering from the scars created in Ganjgal, Afghanistan, on Sept. 8, 2009, when the heroism of Meyer and others prevented an awful situation from becoming even worse. As it was, the battle led to the death of five U.S. service members and at least eight Afghan troops. Meyer already is in Washington, and appeared Tuesday night at the Marine Corps Scholarship…

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