Six Marine second lieutenants who were undergoing their primary training in The Basic School at Quantico are soon to be ex-Marines after being caught cheating, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
Leadership is the type of thing that’s easier to point out when it’s lacking than when it’s present, and nowhere is its absence more keenly felt than on the battlefield, where it’s needed most.
U.S. Marine Corps photo/Photo illustration by Matt Battaglia
There’s a famous Marine Corps story from the Vietnam War, where a Marine got a confirmed kill with a small collapsible shovel, called an entrenching tool, or E-tool.