CW3 Hershall

HENRY HANNEKEN, USMC
CONTINUED
 
Hanneken's story didn't end with the death of the bandit and revolutionary Charlemagne.  Here is the rest of his story.
 
 
Approximately a decade after killing Charlemagne, now 1st Lt Hanneken was leading an eight-man patrol in Nicaragua, where they were battling another revolutionary, Augusto Sandino.  He paused his patrol and put four men on guard duty while he let the other four take a bath in the river.  Within a short time, one of his men rushed up and whispered that a man was coming down the path toward them.  Hanneken quickly got his men out of the river and set up an ambush.  They easily captured the rider of a mule who turned out to be General Manuel Giron.  Giron was Sandino's top assassin who killed several important Nicaraguan government officials and was also suspected of torturing and mutilating a Marine he had captured.
 
Giron was interrogated for one month until Giron had given up all his knowledge about Sandino's organization and valuable biographical data on his men.  Giron was tried, sentenced to death and executed shortly thereafter. 
 
Hanneken was awarded his second Navy Cross for this incident, and also for a series of daring raids and heart-stopping firefights over a six month period, during which he distinguished himself by his gallantry. 
 
During World War II, as a Lt Colonel, he commanded the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines on Guadalcanal.  Lt Col Lewis "Chesty" Puller commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines at the same time.  He was awarded a Silver Star for Gallantry for his actions on Guadalcanal.  Both he and Chesty Puller were promoted to the rank of Colonel at the same time; Hanneken was given command of the 7th Marines and Puller was given command of the 1st Marines.  Hanneken and Puller commanded their units together in the Peleliu and Bougainville campaigns.
 
Hanneken retired from the Corps in 1948, as a Brigadier General, ending his magnificent 34 year career.  
 
In Author Paul Kirchner's book, "More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived", Kirchner compared Hanneken to George Patton, Manfred von Richtofen, and Richard the Lionhearted. 

Last Name, First Name: Risser, Riley
Player ID: 76561198008107787
Age: 19
 
Have you served in a realism unit?: Yes
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet: 82nd AB. 6 months (Sgt. Squad leader), 101st AB. 4 months (Cpl. Assistant Squad leader), 7th Cav. 8 months (2nd Lt. Air Wing XO), 22nd MEU. 3 months (LCpl. Fire Team Leader)
 
Desired Duty: 09W Warrant Officer Candidate, Aviator/0372 Critical Skills Operator (CSO)
Why are you applying to join 4th MRB?: I am looking for something different. Looking to find a family where what we do is fun and stays fun for all.
 
How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: Through Googling: Arma 3 marine units
 
Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit: Yes

Last Name, First Name: Ramirez, Oleinik
Player ID: 76561198320492686
Age: 34
 
Have you served in a realism unit?: Yes
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet: 506th IR
 
Desired Duty: 0372 Critical Skills Operator (CSO)
Why are you applying to join 4th MRB?:
First reason and main is that I'm an a Marine, not active because I finished my service 7 years ago.
Second, I do not like to play Arma 3 like a regular game as Battlefield or so; in my opinion this is a game for people who enjoy realistic type missions, and that is what I'm looking for.
 
How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: Google, searching for Arma 3 USMC units
 
Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit: yes

Last Name, First Name: Gauo, Masaru
ArmA III Player ID: 76561198135410081
Age: 19
 
Have you served in a realism unit?: Yes
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet: Forgot the name.
 
Desired Duty: 3531 Motor Vehicle Operator (SOCSS)
Why are you applying to join 4th MRB?:
1.) I've been around numerous RP Servers from DayZ and Arma 2 and Arma 3 and I've been with a borderline Military Realism group before but the name escapes me. Regardless, I'd want to try to get back into military realism.
2.) John and Solomon mess about with me on a DayZRP server and they told me about this group and what game/platform it was on. Decided to branch out and give it a go, counting some of my friends are in it so why not try.
 
How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: From Solomon and John
 
Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit: yes

Last Name, First Name: Dunston, Samuel
ArmA III Player ID: 76561198093136186
Age: 19

Have you served in a realism unit?: Yes
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet: 15th MEU, 557 TIS, 2ndLt, Aviator

Desired Duty: HM-8427 Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Corpsman (SARC)
Reasons for joining: PERSCOM. No locked FP. Potential "transfer" ? (Not expecting 2ndLt, obviously.)

How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: Google.

Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit: Yes.

Last Name, First Name: Chatterjee, Avirup
ArmA III Player ID: 76561198022171359
Age: 26
 
Have you served in a realism unit?: No
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet:
 
Desired Duty:
Why are you applying to join 4th MRB?: want to learn from the best to become the best!
 
How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: from discord community
 
Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit:

Last NameFirst Name: Taylor, Matthew
ArmA III Player ID: 76561197989243834
Age: 27
 
Have you served in a realism unit?: Yes
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet: 15th MEU(SOC) - 2+ years as: 0311 DM, TL, SL; 1812; 0331; 0369
 
Desired Duty: 0372 Critical Skills Operator (CSO), with intent to transfer to rotary division when billets open.
Why are you applying to join 4th MRB?: After years away from MilSim gaming, I'm feeling the itch to be a part of a well-oiled machine again. Additionally, I already spend a fair amount of time chatting and gaming with a few members of the unit and have liked what I've seen so far. I feel that this unit would be right up my alley, as far as methodology and realism level.
 
How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: Hershall, Ingram, Voce
 
Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit:  Affirmative

A special Happy Father's Day to all of you fathers and grandfathers in our great unit!
May this day be filled with other things than cheesy tacky ties, greatest dad coffee mugs, and other meaningless crap - you know like thick juicy steaks, bacon, blow jobs, and naps.
 
 
Salud!

As Stated in a previous conversation, I said I would help promote the Unit and I said I would provide a YouTube Trailer.......So, 3 months down the line.....here it is.
 

 
Let me know what you think!
 
SSgt Spencer if you wanna add this to the 4th MRB Channel im more than happy for you to do so, I have already uploaded the video file to Media Fire incase you want to use it just message me and I will send you the link. 
 
Enjoy Chaps

Last Name, First Name: Blackburn, David
ArmA III Player ID: 76561198027407446
Age: 22
 
Have you served in a realism unit?: Yes
If so detail which unit, time in service, rank, billet: Cpl (15th MEU) 0311 LAR Scout - 11 Months
 
Desired Duty:
Why are you applying to join 4th MRB?: I know all the boys, and i click well with them.
 
How did you find out about the 4th MRB?: Childs - Whilst a captain in the 15th
 
Confirm you understand the 4th MRB is an immersion-orientated, role-playing realism unit:

Moments before member of team 2 of the 4th MRB take heavy fire 

Operators Prepare for a Mission 2017,  Location :Unkown

photos and video from the operations. First hand look through the eyes of 4Th MRB operators on the front lines.

Hey whatever you do on ur pc is ur shit... and i feel sorry for you having Hershall's Webcam there... lol

Redneck Hole Divers for the win!
Should become an olympic sport
 
Keep them coming!

I must say that is a damn fine hole. My uncle owned his own construction company and I often worked with him over summers so I've seen my fair share of holes.

All this talk of holes... is gonna lead to something holey.

All Personnel,
 
New Promotional Video.  
 
Similar video with some variations to be published next week.
 
As always, please "Like" in Youtube, and watch in High Definition.
 
 

All,
Some of you may have heard that Marine General James "Mad Dog" Mattis is President Elect Trump's choice for Secretary of Defense.  Mattis is very likely the most beloved Marine Officer since Chesty Puller!
 
Some know Mattis for his many colorful quotes.  The following is one of them.

 
Mattis was an excellent Marine Officer who loved his Marines!  The following is a story which will illustrate one of the reasons he is so loved and admired and respected.  (He was forced to retire by Pres Obama who gutted the military and Marine Corps of some of their finest officers).
A General Mattis Christmas Story
 
A couple of months ago, when I told General Krulak, the former Commandant of the Marine Corps, now the chair of the Naval Academy Board of Visitors, that we were having General Mattis speak this evening, he said, “Let me tell you a Jim Mattis story.” General Krulak said, when he was Commandant of the Marine Corps, every year, starting about a week before Christmas, he and his wife would bake hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of Christmas cookies. They would package them in small bundles.  Then on Christmas day, he would load his vehicle. At about 4 a.m., General Krulak would drive himself to every Marine guard post in the Washington-Annapolis-Baltimore area and deliver a small package of Christmas cookies to whatever Marines were pulling guard duty that day.
 
He said that one year, he had gone down to Quantico as one of his stops to deliver Christmas cookies to the Marines on guard duty. He went to the command center and gave a package to the lance corporal who was on duty.  He asked, “Who’s the officer of the day?”
 
The lance corporal said, “Sir, it’s Brigadier General Mattis.”
 
And General Krulak said, “No, no, no. I know who General Mattis is. I mean, who’s the officer of the day today, Christmas day?”
 
The lance corporal, feeling a little anxious, said, “Sir, it is Brigadier General Mattis.”
 
General Krulak said that, about that time, he spotted in the back room a cot, or a daybed. He said, “No, Lance Corporal. Who slept in that bed last night?”
 
The lance corporal said, “Sir, it was Brigadier General Mattis.”
 
About that time, General Krulak said that General Mattis came in, in a duty uniform with a sword, and General Krulak said, “Jim, what are you doing here on Christmas day? Why do you have duty?” General Mattis told him that the young officer who was scheduled to have duty on Christmas day had a family, and General Mattis decided it was better for the young officer to spend Christmas Day with his family, and so he chose to have duty on Christmas Day.
 
General Krulak said, “That’s the kind of officer that Jim Mattis is.”
 
The story above was told by Dr. Albert C. Pierce, the Director of the Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics at The United States Naval Academy. He was introducing General James Mattis who gave a lecture on Ethical Challenges in Contemporary Conflict in the spring of 2006. This was taken from the transcript of that lecture.
 

.Not sure if this should be posted in "Humor" or "History"??

All Personnel,
 
Be advised, I re-posted an older video when I discovered it didn't upload to the high resolution quality of our other videos.  I noticed this happens sometimes, although I don't know why.  The upload worked fine this time and this video is now in 1080p HD as it should be.
 
I made a custom thumbnail and modified part of the video to more accurately describe the mission.  It's wasn't a rescue mission as I labeled it; it was a HVT Capture mission.
 
In any event, if you've seen the video before, it is 98% the same.
 
Note:  I've been going back and adding custom thumbnails to the older videos to try and attract more viewers.  You can help by posting links to our Youtube channel page or a specific video.  The more people see our videos, the more likely we'll attract new members, and I'm sure you all want that!