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The Buffalo is a 25-ton monster of a vehicle. It has a V-shaped bottom design to propel the blast from a bomb outward to the sides which makes it an effective tool in fighting the war against improvised explosive devices. This particular Buffalo belongs to Company C of the 14th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Band of Brothers. Their unit, from Fort Lewis, Wash., is on loan to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. (Photo by Pfc. Paul J. Harris, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Feb. 25, 2006)

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February 27, 2006
BAQUBAH, Iraq —

What sane people would go out looking for bombs? Members of Company C, 14th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Band of Brothers do. Nicknamed the Trailblazers, it is their job to hunt down improvised explosive devices on the roads from Forward Operating Base Warhorse to FOB Normandy and FOB Gabe.
The mood at the command post is light and full of laughter during the brief before the start of a mission. It’s not that the men don’t take the job seriously, they do with the utmost precision.
Laughter and jokes are key to keeping morale up. Without a light atmosphere, tension would fill the room and we would not be able to focus on our jobs, said Sgt. John Reese, vehicle commander RG-31, Co. C, 14th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Band of Brothers.
Reese heavily believes in the Buddhist philosophy of Karma. He believes it is part of the reason that has kept him alive during this deployment. He is usually the instigator of cracking jokes to alleviate the tension during the mission. On his downtime, Reese watches a lot of movies, sometimes never coming out of his room. One of his favorite movies is EuroTrip. He playfully ended each response to questions for this interview with “you still can’t touch my camera!,” a popular quote from the movie.
The Trailblazers are attached to 101st Airborne Division from their home station in Fort Lewis, Wash., and are on loan to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
Their main weapon in the IED fight is the Buffalo, a vehicle manufactured in South Africa is nicknamed the “Cadillac” of the road for its spacious interior and reclining seats.
The Buffalo uses its arm to interrogate suspected IEDs along the route.
“We don’t try and detonate the IED, the arm is used to confirm the IED — think of it like a big extended arm similar to the one used on the space shuttle,” said Sgt. James Brown, team leader, Co. C, 14th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division.
Brown then looks suspicious things in the area. Most IEDs are remote detonated and on occasion explode while being confirmed.
“I have been hit in the Buffalo. As a company we have found more than 50 IEDs in a three-and-a-half month span,” Brown said.
The other Trailblazer vehicle that is used is the RG-31. It is also made in South Africa. It is more of a combat oriented vehicle like a Humvee, with mounts for weapons and portholes for Soldiers to shoot out. It houses a remote controlled robot that can roll up to a suspected IED and detonate the bomb if needed, just like in the movies.
2nd Lt. Alexander Dorko, Second Platoon leader, Co. C, 14th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, recently joined the Trailblazers and marveled at the insurgents resourcefulness of coming up with new ways of hiding bombs.
“Most insurgent activity tends to be at night. It is easier for the insurgents to plant IEDs under the cover of darkness,” Dorko said.
It is no secret the insurgents have been using dead animals to hide IEDs, but now they are starting to use IEDs with pressure wires, Dorko said. When you hold the device in your hand to examine, it looks like someone spent a lot of time and effort in constructing this bomb, they are definitely getting more advanced.
When the Trailblazers first arrived in Iraq they were shown signs in Arabic that read “kill the claw.” Insurgents would like nothing more than to take down Trailblazer, it would be a big prize for them.
Driving around with a bull’s-eye on your vehicle gives you a more heightened sense of awareness. You think to yourself, I better find this IED before it finds me, Brown said.
Though the job is dangerous and comes with a high amount of stress, Brown is upbeat about the mission he and his team are performing.
“We are blazing these trails or roads looking for bombs and insuring mobility for other units,” he said. “It is not reality to keep everything off the road, but we are doing the best we can.”
By Pfc. Paul J. Harris – 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team – 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office

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From the NYT basicallly they are saying………Do Not Help the U.S.
In a startling breach of international etiquette, the New York Times today warned foreign intelligence services not to assist the United States. The warning was backed by public disclosure of highly secretive assistance provided to the U.S. military on the eve of the Iraq War.
“German intelligence services helped the United States invade Baghdad, and will now pay the price,” the Times effectively told intelligence services worldwide. As it has in the past, the Times published classified information to bolster its latest attack on U.S. interests.
Foreign intelligence services are now on notice that the so-called “newspaper of record” intends to publicize their interactions with counterparts in the United States, despite any assurances of secrecy.
The Times also warned Middle Eastern leaders that it will disclose any surreptitious help they might provide.
“[Egyptian President] Mubarak quietly allowed United States aerial refueling tankers to be based at an Egyptian airfield,” the Times revealed. Such assistance is often a delicate matter for leaders in the region, who in the past have relied on U.S. assurances of secrecy when undertaking actions which might expose them to domestic embarrassment and possible assassination.
The government of Saudi Arabia was another “silent partner,” the Times revealed, allowing Delta Force and other American Special Operations Forces to mount attacks in Iraq from a secret base at Arar. Saudi leaders have so far remained silent on the Times’ disclosure of their involvement.
New York Times
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: February 27, 2006
German Intelligence Gave U.S. Iraqi Defense Plan, Report Says <.....Click title for FULL article

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NYT is against America, it is the above ground, underground newspaper.
One day we will see it as a free paper handout at movie theatres and the writers in the paper will be holding up signs on street corners asking for money for beer. ( well I can imagine anyway)
I really hate this crap that they do!!

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TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE BY STORM
Multi-Day Event, Beginning March 15, come when you can and stay as long as you can – we are taking over the White House until they leave. Torture, Occupation, Genocide – Must End Now.Wednesday, March 15th 2006 12:00 AM
Washington, DC USA
TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE BY STORM – Stop Genocide, Torture and Occupation
U.N. SOS – We need your help to end the reign of international criminals.
It is our duty and the duty of the United Nations to rescue the people of the world from the U.S. dictators. Murder for occupation and theft of land is illegal. Murder of journalists is criminal. Remove the traitors who have stolen the U.S. budget and used it to commit international crimes against humanity.
If we were being bombed and our journalists were being murdered here in the U.S. by a foreign country’s military, we would hope that the people of that country would stop what they are doing and go to their president’s office and demand that it was stopped. If we were the ones burying thousands and thousands of our family members and watching the destruction of the homes, schools, churches and offices that we had worked for decades to build, we would hope that someone, somewhere would care enough to do something for us. We must stop the criminals in our government NOW. There is no meeting with Congress that is going to change what they are doing. We must put the power of the people into action and stay there until they leave!
Inviting everyone to the White House for a protest rally to show that we do not accept the criminal government, illegal wars and the permanent occupation planned for Iraq and Afghanistan. For Nat Turner, For Martin and Coretta, For all the Torture and Assassination in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti and many others – We will not allow the Slave Holders that Still Prevail in this Country to Rule us any longer. Imprisonment and torture based on race, religion, resources or region is no different than the slavery we sought to abolish years ago. The Administration is Criminal and if they will not step down, we must storm in, show them how many of us do not accept a criminal government. How can we stand by and watch them kill our brothers, sisters, journalists and friends for their dollars?
We are calling on all citizens and governments in every country to stand with us. We are calling on all Member Nations of the U.N.; All Representatives and Justices in the World Court and International Criminal Courts; All Human Rights Advocates; All Soldiers and CIA agents and government officials who have been blackmailed or are in fear of the dictators to join us in ending this reign of corporate terror in our government. The World Criminal Courts need to incarcerate Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld for admitted crimes and known crimes of international scope. The Political Cooperative will put a new, temporary government in place that is comprised of people from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and all the organizations that have finally made us aware of the truth of the savage practices and illegal policies of our government in assassinating our own officials as well as people throughout the world who oppose their criminal activity. We need all of you to save U.S. victims and global victims from their ongoing criminal activity. We are calling on the military, police, citizens and religious organizations to stand with us and help us to bring democracy back to the United States and by doing so, free the world from the wrath, occupation, theft, torture, blackmail and assassination by the Criminals in the United States Government. What they have done all over the world is much worse than what Saddam Hussein has done, so why are they not in jail too? They have admitted to international and national crimes, so why have they not been taken to Court too?
Location:
White House, Washington DC Starting March 15th, come for as long as you can and bring signs that say U.N. SOS and “Leave Now” or whatever you would like to say. Ride Share and Room Share Plans can be made here: http://www.citysites.com/travel/tiki-view_tracker.php?trackerId=3 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500
Contact:
Darrow Boggiano
admin@politicalcooperative.org
415.409.2611
Sponsored By:We are requesting participation from all members of the United Nations, PFAW, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Code Pink, police, soldiers, ACLU, CIA, NSA and International Courts of Justice/World Court. http://www.PoliticalCooperative.Org
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Wild Thing’s comment…..
This is an like an act of sedition and they are declaring war on the US government. But since they are left-wing, anti-American, fascist, pig faced, Nazi democrats nothing will be done.
But I can wish anyway that everyone of these scumbags is thrown in jail, then put on a ship and transported out of here to some third world country and left to rot ! Or how about 50 caliber Browning machine guns on HUMVEES that would be more appropriate at this point. And a few Abram tanks.
Here ya go if our Government wanted to honor this:

US Code, Title 18, Chapter 115; Treaseon, Sedition and Subversive Activities.
Section 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government
Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or
Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or
Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof –
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
As used in this section, the terms ”organizes” and ”organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.

* Michelle Malkin

OK, let’s start with this news………….
US will fund Hamas Authority after all
After adamantly vowing to deny American funding to the Hamas terrorist organization, Washington at the weekend backtracked by saying it will not halt aid to the Palestinian Authority, but will merely attempt to redirect it to humanitarian works.
The Seattle Times quoted visiting US State Department envoy David Welch following his meeting with PA official in Ramallah:

“Washington continues] to be devoted to the humanitarian
needs of the Palestinian people and we shall remain so.”

Israel immediately recognized the scheme as doomed to failure, reported Israel’s Yediot Ahronot Hebrew daily.
Senior government officials like Defense Minister Sha’ul Mofaz and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned that even money placed directly in the hands of PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas is likely to end up in Hamas’ pockets.
And then of course this…. same day
Hamas leader lists terms for recognizing Israel
JERUSALEM-
The Palestinian prime minister-designate said Hamas is “ready to recognize” Israel if it gives the Palestinian people their full rights and a state in lands occupied since 1967, including the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Hamas chose Ismail Haniyeh as the new prime minister and he said……

“If Israel declares that it will give the Palestinian people a state
and give them back all their rights, then we are ready to recognize
them,” Haniyeh told The Washington Post

“Let Israel say it will recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders,
release the prisoners and recognize the rights of the refugees to return to
Israel. Hamas will have a position if this occurs,” Haniyeh said.

I have said hundreds of times………..Arabs Lie, Lie, lie . They do not honor contracts and can never ever be trusted.
Now look at the lastest Bullcrap
Haniyeh says he wants truce, not peace with Israel-I did not say anything about recognizing Israel.
He says he was Misquoted!
Haniyeh: ‘Washington Post’ misquoted
The Palestinians’ incoming prime minister on Sunday said Hamas has no intention of seeking a peace agreement with Israel, distancing himself from a published interview in which he said the group is ready for a deal.
Ismail Haniyeh said Hamas is interested in a long-term truce, but does not seek peace with Israel. “I did not say anything about recognizing Israel,” Haniyeh said.
Addressing reporters Sunday, Haniyeh said his comments had been misunderstood. He said he was not referring to a peace agreement, only a “political truce.”
He also laid down a series of demands that Israel has ruled out, including a full withdrawal from all lands captured in 1967, the release of Palestinian prisoners and the return of several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants to Israel. “Then Hamas can grant a long-term truce,” Haniyeh said.
Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said his movement would not cave in to pressure to recognize Israel. “Why should we recognize Israel?” he asked. “Has Israel recognized the Palestinian people or the right of return for the refugees?”

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Oriana Fallaci, an Italian journalist, who is one of the few journalists in the world who dares to attack Islam and the fact that Europe has surrendered to terror, wrote a passage in her book Apocalypse that is appropriate for the struggle against the Arab enemy, and for the struggle against Islam.

Oriana Fallaci

“Resignation leads to apathy.
Apathy leads to inertia. Inertia leads to indifference.
Indifference paralyzes the instinct for self-defense,
that is, the instinct to fight back.”

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Wild Thing’s comment….
I hope we do NOT give more money to the Palestinians. When one feeds the wolf one should have enough common sense to expect to be bitten. And I am concerned that Israel and America will be biten big time.

Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of the bombing of the World Trade Center parking garage on February 26, 1993, in which 6 Americans died (7 including an unborn baby carried by one of the adult victims) and over 1,000 were injured.
The mastermind of the bombing, Ramzi Yousef, was convicted in 1998 and will spend the rest of his life in prison. The spiritual leader of the Islamic Jihad-associated terrorists who conducted the bombing, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, was also convicted in connection with the bombings and is also serving a life sentence without parole.
A small stone memorial in honor of the victims of the 1993 bombing was erected in the WTC and was destroyed in the 9/11/01 attacks (pictured). Link
On February 10, 2005, radical leftist attorney Lynne Stewart was convicted of helping the terrorists by smuggling messages of violence from one of her imprisoned clients — the radical Egyptian sheik behind the 1993 WTC Bombing– to his terrorist disciples on the outside.
ON MARCH 10, 2006, LYNNE STEWART WILL BE SENTENCED. YOU CAN HELP LYNNE RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ALLOWED FOR HER CRIMES AGAINST AMERICA BUT YOU GOTTA DO IT NOW!!!!!!
Lynn Stewart was convicted of providing material support, through a press conference and allowing access by her translator, to a terrorist conspiracy to kill persons outside of the United States and conspiring to defraud the U.S. government when acting as counsel to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric who was convicted in 1996 of plotting terrorist attacks against various sites in the New York City area.

Lynn was recorded bragging about her skills as an actress which she used to fool the prison guards into believing she was a lawyer instead of a terrorist, saying, “I can get an award for it” which was translated to the Sheikh: “She is saying, Your Eminence, that she can get an award for acting (all three laugh).
“The September 11 terrorist attacks on America were an “armed struggle” like Hiroshima and Dresden. I have a lot of trouble figuring out why that is wrong, especially when people are placed in a position of having no other way.” Lynne Stewart
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. This woman is truly an enemy of America. In her own words:
“I don’t have any problem with Mao or Stalin or the Vietnamese leaders or certainly Fidel locking up people they see as dangerous. Because so often, dissidence has been used by the greater powers to undermine a people’s revolution.” Lynne Stewart
and during her trial:
“To rid ourselves of the entrenched, voracious type of capitalism that is in this country that perpetuates sexism and racism, I don’t think that can come nonviolently.” Lynne Stewart
“I don’t believe in anarchistic violence, but in directed violence. That would be violence directed at the institutions which perpetuate capitalism, racism, and sexism, and the people who are the appointed guardians of those institutions, and accompanied by popular support.” Lynne Stewart
Lynne will be sentenced on March 10, 2006. You can help lock Lynne up for life by writing the Judge and asking him to show no leniency to Lynne Stewart for her crimes and asking him to impose the maximum sentence allowed for plotting with terrorists.
The Judge’s address is:
Honorable John G. Koeltl
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Briefly say who you are – your position in work and in society. State that you are aware that Lynne is to be sentenced following a jury verdict of guilty on charges of crimes against America. Tell the Judge why you believe she should be made an example of, and not given any leniency whatsoever. Feel free to remind the Judge of who she by using the quotes above.
Send a copy of your letter to the lawyers who prosecuted Lynne, so they can present them all to the Judge at sentencing time, they will have the maximum impact as he considers the matter:
Joseph E. Bianco, Esq.
Christopher T. Morvillo, Esq.
Assistant United States Attorneys
Southern District of New York
United States Attorney’s Office
One St. Andrews Plaza
New York, NY 10007
I say let Justice be served:




* Something…..and Half of Something
* The Counteterrorism Blog

Muslim Preacher on Temple Mount: Restore Worldwide Islamic Rule

A plan for the “Return of the Khalifate” was published secretly in 2002 by a group called “The Guiding Helper Foundation.” The group explained that it wished to “give direction to the educated Muslim populace in its increasing interest in the establishment of Islam as a practical system of rule.”
This past Friday, Feb. 24, however, the plan went public. Sheikh Nawahda called publicly for the renewal of the Islamic Khalifate, which would “unite all the Moslems in the world against the infidels.”
The Khalifate system features a leader, known as a Khalif, who heads worldwide Islam. Assisted by a ten-man council, his decisions are totally binding on all Moslems…

Wild Thing’s comment….
When/Why did Moslem become Muslim? hahaha I guess it’s kind of like MuhamMAD. How many different ways do you see the bas#ard’s name spelled?

Pulacharke Prison riot!
This is the prison in Afghanistan where Jack Idema, two other Americans and Task Force Saber.

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After a night of gunfire there are a dozen dead, more than 50 wounded, 80 women held hostage and raped.
How did this happen?
Hundreds of Taliban and al-Qaida Prisoners have revolted at Pulacharke Prison Compound in the wake of tighter security measures by Northern Alliance Commanders after last month’s escape of 7 top Taliban prisoners during Sunday visiting. The Taliban prisoners had exchanged clothes with visitors, falsified arm IDs for visitors, and slipped out as 750 visitors left. Who was the man responsible for the escape? None other than a US State Department “agent.” An Afghan Pashtun General who was on the US Embassy’s payroll, had been sent on all expense paid trip to America by Jack Idema’s enemies in the US Embassy, and had been paid bribes to inform on Afghan political and military meetings with Jack. The general was fired just one week ago. To impose tighter security all terrorist prisoners were to be issued prison gray clothes today. The revolt had allegedly been planned more than two weeks ago. It started sometime around 8pm Saturday according to Afghan CIA sources.
New intelligence from MOJ Command indicates that TF SABER FORCE is not a primary target of al-Qaida during revolt. Afghan intelligence believes that the prison revolt was planned and organized after President Hamid Karzai ordered amnesty given to 500 Taliban insurgents last week. Taliban terrorists, who had bombed, murdered, assassinated, and beheaded both innocent Afghans and foreign soldiers and aid workers, were given complete amnesty, $100, a certificate of welcome into the government, and a PAKOL to replace their black turbans before having their royal terrorist asses kissed by Karzai.
To read the entire story please go to the SuperPatriots.US site for updates. Also there is more infomation at Cao’s blog.
The SuperPatriots and Jack Idema images on this site are used with written copyright permission and any use by any third party is subject to legal action by SuperPatriots.US

* Cao’s blog
* The Wide Awakes

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Wild Thing’s comment…..
Maybe we could do a trial run, and see how UAE handles this first shipment.
UAE bad idea like I said before.

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Australian treasurer calls for Muslim hardliners to lose citizenship

SYDNEY (AFP) –

Australian Treasurer Peter Costello, favourite to become the country’s next leader, has called for Muslim extremists to be stripped of their citizenship while denouncing multiculturalism as “mushy and misguided”.
Costello demanded new citizens accept Australian laws rather than attempt to live by alternative codes such as sharia (Islamic) law, saying it was a sign of respect in the same way that taking off one’s shoes before entering a mosque showed deference towards Islam.
“If you have strong objections to walking in your socks, don’t enter the mosque,” Costello told a function in Sydney late Thursday. “If you have strong objections to (Australian) values, don’t come to Australia.”
Government backbencher Danna Vale also said last week that Australians were aborting themselves “almost out of existence” and the country could become a Muslim nation within 50 years as a result.

This is a GREAT article. You can read the article here and also the Muslims reaction to this.
Wild Thing’s comment……
Just let ONE American politician grow a set of stones and say the same thing, and the liberals would be foaming at the mouth.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. —

The Marine Corps formally entered the world of military special operations Friday by establishing a separate command devoted to small-unit tactics and stealthy reconnaissance.
It’s work they’ve done as far back as World War II, but never before as part of the U.S. Special Operations Command. The change means battalions of Marines will be focused on special ops work just as Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets and Rangers are.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made the change official after arriving at Camp Lejeune aboard an Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. He said special ops Marines will help “seek new and innovative ways to take the fight to the enemy.”
Demand for highly trained special operations forces has increased as the U.S. war against terrorists continues.
“We face a ruthless enemy that lurks in shadows,” Rumsfeld said. “It has become vital the Department of Defense and armed forces arrange ourselves in new and unconventional ways to succeed in meeting the peril of our age.”
The Marines plan to establish their first special operations company in May and have the command fully staffed with about 2,500 troops by 2010. The command will recruit corporals, sergeants and officers with reconnaissance experience and language training.
As part of the change, the Marine anti-terrorism brigade headquartered at Lejeune will go out of business and shift some of its troops to the special operations command. The command will have combat battalions on both U.S. coasts, along with support units and schools to teach special operations skills to U.S. and foreign troops.
Units to train foreign military officers will deploy within months, Marine Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee said. A special operations company will deploy with an expeditionary unit aboard ships by the end of the year, other military officials said.
The Tampa, Fla.-based U.S. Special Operations Command will control the Marines’ special forces.
Special operations will give the Marines “a role they otherwise would not be able to get, to do counterterrorism,” said military analyst John Pike of Washington-based Globalsecurity.org.
“The struggle against evil doers is a growth industry and the Marines want a piece of that,” Pike said. “The special operations community is getting a lot larger and they need more people.”