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Machinegunologist, lover of beltfeds, everything machine guns!

11/03/2026

ONE WEEK OUT
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Send in your pics for these Almost Birthday posts.
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First pic went too hard not to use for the first post.

11/03/2026

…“Used ur post to rattle can our platoon guns”
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You guys know I love to see this. This is something we could only dream of doing 20 years ago, even though there are examples of painted guns from at least back to World War 2. If you’ve painted your guns, I want to see them.

11/03/2026

2/5 Echo Guns
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Kyle Marion

11/02/2026

Corpora Anthony Casamento, D Co 1/5, was presented the Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter on September 12, 1980, in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, 38 years his actions on Guadalcanal, 1 November 1942.
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“For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company “D”, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division on Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands, in action against the enemy Japanese forces on November 1, 1942. Serving as a leader of a machine gun section, Corporal Casamento directed his unit to advance along a ridge near the Matanikau River where they engaged the enemy. He positioned his section to provide covering fire for two flanking units and to provide direct support for the main force of his company which was behind him.
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During the course of this engagement, all members of his section were either killed or severely wounded and he himself suffered multiple, grievous wounds. Nonetheless, Corporal Casamento continued to provide critical supporting fire for the attack and in defense of his position.
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Following the loss of all effective personnel, he set up, loaded, and manned his unit’s machine gun, tenaciously holding the enemy forces at bay. Corporal Casamento single-handedly engaged and destroyed one machine gun emplacement to his front and took under fire the other emplacement on the flank.
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Despite the heat and ferocity of the engagement, he continued to man his own weapon and repeatedly repulsed multiple assaults by the enemy forces, thereby protecting the flanks of the adjoining companies and holding his position until the arrival of his main attacking force.
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Corporal Casamento’s courageous fighting spirit, heroic conduct, and unwavering dedication to duty reflected great credit upon himself and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.”
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The third enlisted Marine and third Machine Gunner to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions on Guadalcanal.
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11/01/2026

Babe, wake up, the 251st Marine Corps Birthday message just dropped.
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A lot of our communities are well represented here.
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Semper Fidelis.

11/01/2026

The Misfits 'Crimson Ghost' drawn on a 40mm gr***de round by a US Marine inHelmand Province, Afghanistan
Operation Enduring Freedom July 2009
via Badtime Charlie

11/01/2026

Buns Up!
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Happy Halloween ladies

11/01/2026

Annual Halloween post
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“About this time *22 years ago I was part of a platoon conducting battlefield shaping operations for the second battle of Fallujah. I have no clue how, but this mask turned up and I had a little Halloween photo op with the disposable camera I carried in my cargo pocket. That night I disassembled, removed, and destroyed an IED that was on a bridge that would become the primary medevac route during the battle. Coincidentally, I blew the mortars up in a fighting position that my younger brother had dug when he was there earlier in the year fighting in the first battle of Fallujah. The bad guys figured out where we were and started shooting machine guns and mortars at us, so we had to leave. Getting shot off of the objective isn’t the best way to end a patrol, but it sure creates some great memories.”
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bigsmashen 2nd Force just outside Fallujah, Halloween, 2004.

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