For this weekends topic I have chosen to share two of my tattoos. My tattoos are nothing fancy. I received my tattoos back in the early 90s before tattoos were a fad and everyone was getting sleeves or

Cody Figures Some Things Out

My name is Thomas Godwin and, although I have been interested in writing on Hive for a long time, this is my second post. Apparently, I've gone and done things backward, posting about Scotch whisky rather

Here's a little slice of evening motivation. 🪓 Last one was thrown with a Marine Corps "KILL!" and a step and ankle pivot for extra torque! 💪 Who knew MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

Some Marines have a preference in rifle optics but really it's situational to me. In case you didn't know, this meme is Eric Andre. His show is pretty wild. Here's the origin clip      For instance, my

Original KA-BAR USMC Fighting Knife Mk2, photos and short description / Fotos und kuze Beschreibung

Hopefully, that recruit had his general orders memorized. 😬     For my non-military peeps, during recruit training a trainee will be posted on fire watch duty in the squadbay and it looks like this one

I came across a thread in /r/militarystories titled "Unscathed: How I got away with telling a drill sergeant to 'Shut the F*ck Up'" that reminded me of something that happened to me during recruit

Checkout this video of the weird things that happened the night Marine Sniper Jason Delgado was tattooing his victims at Timber & Blues Bar in Puerto Rico. Click here for that night's weird video 👇

About 6 years in of entering 1st CivDiv (Civilian Division), I have began to start working to get my fitness back to closer to my "glory days" when I was a young NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer)