Just about anyone with regular Internet access is well aware of the sensation that Carly Rae Jepson’s song “Call Me Maybe” has become. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of videos featuring people from all walks of life dancing to the summer hit. Marines have already joined the act, as my colleague Gina Harkins pointed out last month. The video she pointed out then has now been viewed more than 20,000 times. However, we at Marine Corps Times would be remiss if we didn’t point out another, more recent version of Marines performing the same song. It was posted online early…
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Anyone who heads overseas for any length of time knows it: Sometimes, the hardest part of a deployment is simply being away. Sgt. Jimmy Shea, a combat correspondent, is grappling with that as he heads to Afghanistan soon for a six-month deployment with the Armed Forces Network. He’ll be based at Bagram Air Base, producing news content about the work U.S. forces do overseas. Like so many others, Shea is leaving behind a family to deploy. He has a wife and siblings, and clearly loves them dearly, based on the series of videos he has posted on YouTube recently. Here’s the…
By now, many of you have no doubt seen the video of apparent Marines peeing on dead Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. It exploded on the Internet yesterday, and is the subject of international news coverage today. My colleague, James K. Sanborn, is ably covering this story for Marine Corps Times. Given the focus of this blog, though, it seemed appropriate for me to weigh in here, too. First, it’s worth noting that this appears to be an isolated incident. The vast majority of U.S. service members do not behave this way in combat, including infantrymen I have embedded with in violent…
Did he do it, or not? I think that’s a fair question to ask today, as a viral video of rapper Soulja Boy’s supposed newest song rockets around the Internet. As many blogs have noted, a video of the song “Let’s Be Real” appeared online earlier this week. We can debate the musical merit until we’re blue in the face. It’s the lyrics that have many service members and military supporters up in arms: F— the FBI and the Army troops Fighting for what? B—-, be your own man I’ll be flying through the clouds With green like I’m Peter…
It was a matter of time: Sgt. Scott Moore is responding to the online sensation created by actress Mila Kunis accepting his YouTube invitation from Afghanistan to attend his unit’s Marine Corps Birthday Ball. Marine officials said Moore, of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, was unavailable due to operational commitments. However, the public affairs staff at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, released a statement and lengthy question-and-answer session apparently adopted from questions he received from stateside reporters, including me. On Saturday, Kunis, 27, the star of “Black Swan” and other films, accepted Moore’s invitation after she was questioned by a Fox reporter. His…
