A Marine video from Afghanistan
This is the type of video that gives public affairs officers heart attacks. It feels unexceptional to me, like a slice of life in a Marine infantry squad. But it will shock a lot of civilians. Probably not real smart to post it on the internet, though –the JAGS and the Taliban both watch the ...
This is the type of video that gives public affairs officers heart attacks. It feels unexceptional to me, like a slice of life in a Marine infantry squad. But it will shock a lot of civilians. Probably not real smart to post it on the internet, though –the JAGS and the Taliban both watch the YouTube.
(HT to our West Coast research office)
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