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In Battle, You Forgive A Man Anything Except An Unwillingness To Take Risks. Sometimes You Have To Put It On The Line.

For Over Two Weeks, The Defenders Of Wake Island Held Off A Vastly Superior Force Of Japanese Ships And Troops, Inspiring The Whole Nation With Their Plucky Spirit And Sacrifice. Unfortunately, Navy Leaders At Pearl Harbor, Struggling To Protect What Was Left Of The Shattered Pacific Fleet, Canceled A Relief Mission, Allowing The Island And Its Defenders To Fall Without Support. Wake Damaged The Long-standing Trust Between The Corps And The Navy, A Memory That Still Rankles Marines And Shames Sailors.

An Overnight Success Is Ten Years In The Making.

It Was One Thing To Use Computers As A Tool, Quite Another To Let Them Do Your Thinking For You.

The U.s. Military Is Us. There Is No Truer Representation Of A Country Than The People That It Sends Into The Field To Fight For It. The People Who Wear Our Uniform And Carry Our Rifles Into Combat Are Our Kids, And Our Job Is To Support Them, Because They're Protecting Us.