You might not be aware of this, but it takes more than bright lights to damage a Marine. We’ve been highly trained to deal with loud noises, too.
You lot are luckier than you deserve to be, and if you ever again put me in the position where I’ve got to kiss up to an officer—any officer—to save your sorry butts, I am going to make your lives so...
Wishing she could spare a mouthful of water, she looked down at the body. We will not forget. We will not fail you.
We’ve only been here a few hours, and we spent most of that time playing toy soldiers. How did the sergeant find that stuff out so fast? Hollice shrugged. It’s a gift. Let’s just hope he never uses it...
The aunties were big believers in you made your bed, you crash and burn in it.
That was opportunity knocking. She shoved the last empty coffee pouch into her pack. You didn’t answer, so it’s buggered off to find someone who appreciates it.
Please, Torin grinned. Tech’s a crutch. An unarmed Marine in underwear can deal with anything the universe can dish out. Vacuum? For that, we’d also need boots. So we can die with them on? Pretty much...
Old soldier’s trick, sir. Sleep when you can. You’re not sleeping, Staff. Staff sergeants never sleep, sir. Ever vigilant? You’ve been reading the brochure.
Old ladies in the Gale family drove like they owned the roads. And the other drivers. And the local police department. And the laws of physics.
It took him forever to get to downtown Vancouver although Tony had to admit that saving the world by public transportation was a particularly Canadian way to do things.
Holy fuk. Lieutenant Jarret snorted. Private Checya, I think you’ve just expressed the official reaction.
Dexter thrust a pamphlet into Samuel's hand. Greenstreet Mission. We're doing a Christmas dinner. You can get a meal and hear the word of God.Samuel smiled in relief. This, finally, he understood. Whi...
Civilians had a tendency to fetishize military dead without ever considering how and why they died.
Charlie considered showing up in time for dinner to be quite domestic enough, thanks very much.
He doubted the Americans would lend out either Jeremy Renner or their giant robots to get into a freezer.
You make it sound so simple. Well, it’s war; it’s not rocket science. Then the memory of what had once been accomplished by three Marines with a surface-to-air missile launcher, a game chip, and the g...
You know, if you’d say, ‘Don’t go,’ then I could say something like, ‘A man has to do what a man has to do,’ and leave a hero. Or there’s always that retina on a stick option. I might have known she’d...
You guys only knew him for a week. No. Torin waited until Ryder had hold of both handles, then she stepped away. We knew him his whole life.
While it was a truism throughout most of known space that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line, it was equally true as far as the Corps was concerned that the shortest distance...
What about some kind of an ancient curse?''Ancient Curse Kills Two. He could see the headlines now. ''Don't be an asshole.''The reporter snatched the microphone to safety just in time and, smiling ple...