MILITARY ROLL OF HONOR Aug 10, 2008
He is a 1988 graduate of Sul Ross State University, Alpine, with a bachelor of arts degree and a 2005 graduate of Marine Corps University, Quantico, Va. with a master of science degree. (Odessa American, TX)
Another Korean 'war' casualty Feb 16, 2008
"As long as there's a North Korean threat, there should be a CFC," said Bruce Bechtol, a former intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency who has served several tours in South Korea and now is a professor at the Marine Corps University at this historic base on the Potomac River south of Washington. "They should not dismantle CFC until there's no more North Korean threat.". (Asia Times Online)
THE MARINE/IRAQ MISMATCH Sep 24, 2007
Officers studying here at the Marine Corps University after tours in Iraq dutifully say they understand that they serve their combat mission when they increase the host nation's capacity for governance. Besides, says one officer, when his units are helping with garbage collection they know that "garbage collection is a matter of life and death because there are IEDs hidden under that garbage." >PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Marines In Search of A Mission Sep 24, 2007
Officers studying here at the Marine Corps University after tours in Iraq dutifully say they understand that they serve their combat mission -- destroying the enemy -- when they increase the host nation's capacity for governance ... Officers studying here at the Marine Corps University after tours in Iraq dutifully say they understand that they serve their combat mission -- destroying the enemy -- when they increase the host nation's capacity for governance. (Townhall.com)
Is Iran meddling in Afghanistan? Aug 8, 2007
"They're saying, 'We're cooperating on the ground,' " says Amin Tarzi, director of Middle East Studies at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Va. " 'But we can make a mess for you much bigger than Iraq' " if Europe and the US keep threatening action against Iran's nuclear program. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Wesley Alexander Griffin Jul 16, 2007
presented awards to 238 students. Among the student bodies of 22 Army, 19 Air Force, 124 Ma. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
French Lessons On Fighting Insurgencies Jul 2, 2007
Christopher HarmonMarine Corps UniversityWHAT DO YOU THINK ... President Bush says that he recently read Alistair Horne's authoritative history on the war, "A Savage War of Peace." And last fall, Christopher Harmon, who teaches a course on the Algerian war at the Marine Corps University (MCU) in Washington, lectured marines in Iraq about the Algerian model. (CBS News)
How to fight insurgents? Lessons from the French Jun 29, 2007
President Bush says that he recently read Alistair Horne's authoritative history on the war, "A Savage War of Peace." And last fall, Christopher Harmon, who teaches a course on the Algerian war at the Marine Corps University (MCU) in Washington, lectured marines in Iraq about the Algerian model. Here in Algeria, some of those who participated in that war find little use in the comparison. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Vietnam inspires 5 historians on how to end the war in Iraq May 14, 2007
Moyar is a scholar at the U.S. Marine Corps University at Quantico, Va. who wrote "Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War 1954-1965.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
