Popcorn and Inspiration: “A Few Good Men”: The Marines Who Stand Guard on the Wall
“A Few Good Men” is a court-martial drama based on a true story: At the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, a Marine named William Alvarado informed on a fellow Marine who apparently fired shots into Cuba.
This ratting-out was responded to with a “Code Red,” which is Marine jargon for the time-honored military disciplinary ritual of hazing. In the traditional military, any situation involving wall-to-wall, natural-leader alpha males each one of whom is highly confident that he could take over and run the show at any time there needs to be painful, memorable hazing incidents to knock sense into the men’s heads and ensure they put team and country first. This is very enjoyable for all involved except the “hazee,” of course (until such time when he becomes the “hazer”). This is
judge. the justice department reserves the right to bring more charges against him. that may those charges may bring the death penalty. khattalas are mirandaized when he was handed over to the federal authorities. he was given a court appointed lawyer, michelle peterson, and the case will be prosecuted by assistant u.s. attorney michael delorenzo, a federal grand jury met on thursday about the charges and we understand that khattala will be back in court on tuesday, july 2. wednesday, excuse me. july 2. patti ann. jennifer griffin, thanks. new developments in the crisis ongoing in iraq. the country s military is now launching a counter offensive hoping to take back the northern city of tikrit, the hometown of insurance from the group isis. the iraqi military and thousands of new volunteers are fighting back with everything from tanks to helicopter gunships.