WarRoom Battleground EP 888: WarRoom Marines 250 Special: The Last 600 Meters Cont.
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What is the significance of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps?
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It's Monday, 10 November, Year of the Lord 2025. It is the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States Marine Corps in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Continental Marines, Michael Pack, are you with us? You've got a big premiere tonight. We're also going to talk about another film that you're working on right now. about Afghanistan and part of this is about the Marines. We'll get to that in a second. That was the Marine Corps Museum down at Quantico. Cleo Pascal and Colonel Grant Newsham are with us. Colonel, I'll start with you having dedicated your life to the Corps. What does it mean for you today on the 250th anniversary of it? I said I know you're a historian and done great work, particularly your book, When China Attacks.
There are not many institutions in the history of mankind that have lasted for 250 years, sir. Well, it's an institution that has really been designed to do one thing, and that is, if necessary, die defending America. There's not too many institutions that have that as their basic premise, and it's never had any shortage attracting people. It's had high standards, and when it's kept them, it's done very well. And this is ultimately what the Marines are about. This is the ultimate in self-sacrifice. And every Marine that you ever see has had to pass a pretty difficult test just to be called a Marine. So it's a fairly exclusive club to get to be part of it.
We had the major general on today that was in charge of Paris Island. We talked about the transformation. How do you take an average American kid, I guess above average, right, and turn him into a Marine, someone that can face the intensity of Fallujah and Najaf and Second Fallujah, where you're in some of the most incredibly difficult urban combat situations?
that anyone has ever fought in. What's the transformation process? How do you take the raw material of an average American kid and turn them into a United States Marine? That's one of the most astonishing things you'll ever come across, that they've been so successful at it for so long, and you've obviously got to expose them to an awful lot of pressure and stress, and then show them how to deal with it. And not everyone can. But most people will be surprised exactly what they can handle. But there's no easy way around it. And the easier it is, in a training environment, the less likely it is you're going to succeed in a place like Fallujah or Najaf. And you saw the results of it and the interview with Scott Cuomo. This is as if you got to talk to somebody who was at Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, took on the Japanese and finished them off. It's the same raw material they take and they turn it into something
That does America's bidding for it and just slays our enemies. And it is ultimately a crucible. You are testing people to see what they can handle. And as I said, generally speaking, they can do it. Not everyone can. And with officers, it has to be even harder because you don't want these Marines led by people who can't handle the stress. So the harder it is, the better it is. Of course, it's gratuitous.
How do Marines transform average Americans into elite soldiers?
Gratuitous bullying, that doesn't really get you very far, but it is a pretty successful model that the Marines have for stressing people, showing what they can handle, and you instill the self-confidence in them, and that ultimately is really what it's about with the Marines, plus this absolute dedication and devotion to the nation. to the idea of freedom. You'll notice that after they do go out and fight and win, that the first thing they want to do is go home. They don't want to keep territory, stick around and enslave people. They just want to go back to their peacetime lives. And it's amazing that they keep getting this raw material and producing the kind of Marines they have. And to my way of thinking, this has always meant that at the senior most level in the Marine Corps, the senior officers, that there's an
immense responsibility to get this right, to make sure that you don't squander this resource, don't squander these lives. And that is a constant challenge, and sometimes they do better at it than others. But the young officers, the staff NCOs, the NCOs, the junior Marines, they always perform superbly. It's just a question of how well they're led.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps?
0:11–4:18
2
How do Marines transform average Americans into elite soldiers?
4:18–7:59
3
What challenges do young Marines face in urban combat environments?
7:59–11:51
4
How do Marines manage complex moral decisions in combat?
11:51–16:31
5
What role does tradition and history play in Marine training?
16:31–20:16
6
How do psychological factors affect Marines in combat situations?
20:16–24:01
7
What insights does a combat photographer provide about the experience of war?
24:01–27:39
8
What are the lessons learned from the film 'The Last 600 Meters'?
27:39–53:47
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