Like most good and great marines, I hated the Corps. I hated being a marine because more than all of the things in the world I wanted to be—smart, famous, sexy, oversexed, drunk, fucked, high,alone, famous, smart, known, understood, loved, forgiven, overs

On the second day of boot camp I was selected for the platoon scribe position. My job would be to assist the drill instructors in administrative duties such as completing sick-call chits, training schedules, and travel manifests.

When the Iraqi army of Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait City, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad as-Sabah flees to Saudi Arabia and establishes his government either in a Saudi palace or the Ad Dammam Hilton, depending on what paper you read. At a press con

It's been five years since Operation Desert Storm, in which more than 7,000 Marines from Orange County air bases and thousands of infantry troops from Camp Pendleton joined other forces overseas to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.