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Franz gayl, the one who dogged the corps about letting marines have the mrap in combat after a lumbering procurement process killed it, has another idea. For readers, we hope this blog will serve as a way to share opinions on everything from body armor to the war in afghanistan. Battle rattle is a service disabled veteran owned business specializing in stainless steel, military munition shaped whiskey chillers. Jul 20, 2015 rattle battle at camp perry the cmps national trophy infantry team match ntit has been a staple at the national matches since 1922. Rattle and hum is a hybrid livestudio album by irish rock band u2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by phil joanou. It was released in japan on march 31, 2009, the pal regions on august 14, 2009 and in north america on august 31, 2009. Following the breakthrough success of the bands previous studio album, the joshua tree, the rattle and. Your faithful correspondents at marine corps times are proud to introduce battle rattle, the newspapers new blog and a home for what we hope will be frank, honest discussion of military issues.
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