# ![@UpGoons Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1119270950648856577.png) @UpGoons Goons Up

Goons Up posts on X about afghanistan, iraq, in the, company the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"A U.S. Marine from Bravo Company 1st Battalion 6th Marines fires his weapon at Taliban fighters in Marjah in Helmand province southern Afghanistan on February [--] 2010"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2022709429796258038)  2026-02-14T16:28Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 2/1 Day we remember PFC David P. Burridge [----] killed in action September [--] [----] Anbar province Iraq and Lance Corporal Roger W. Deeds [----] killed in action November [--] [----] Anbar province. - I went to SOI with both of these Marines and it wasnt until years later that I found out they had been killed in Iraq. - Guns Up brothers. Rest Easy. - As always Id like to open up the comment section to anyone who wants to share the names of any of the battalions fallen from any time period. Thank you. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018195355888755137"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2018195355888755137)  2026-02-02T05:30Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This 2/2 Day we remember Sergeant Michael R. Speer 2/2 Fox Killed in Action on April [--] [----] by hostile fire in Anbar province Iraq. - Michael was [--] and was on his second deployment to Iraq and was posthumously promoted to Sergeant. He left behind a wife who he had just married in August the year before. - Rest Easy Marine. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018562442914070670 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018562442914070670"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2018562442914070670)  2026-02-03T05:49Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"2nd Battalion 3rd Marines Island Warriors - Activated in [----] 2/3 forged its legacy in the Pacific during World War II fighting through Bougainville (194344) Guam (1944) and Iwo Jima (1945) with the rest of the 3rd Marine Division. - In Vietnam 2/3 saw sustained combat across I Corps including Operation Starlite and around Khe Sanh Da Nang Quang Nam & Quang Tri. - During the GWOT 2/3 deployed to Kunar province Afghanistan (200506) where they took part in major operations like Red Wings and Whalers. - After Afghanistan 2/3 went to Iraq for back to back deployments (200607 & early 2008) in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2018709139929563253)  2026-02-03T15:32Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 2/3 Day we remember Michael Scholl and Steven Valdez. Both 0331s in Echo Company. - Scholl was killed in action on November [--] [----] in Haditha Iraq. - Valdez was killed on September [--] [----] at Camp Blessing Afghanistan. - Thank you for sending me these photos. Im always honored to share our brother 31s. - Rest Easy Marines. Guns Up. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018916235157614990 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018916235157614990"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2018916235157614990)  2026-02-04T05:15Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 2/4 Day we remember Lance Corporal Jedh Barker - The President of the United States of America in the name of Congress takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Lance Corporal Jedh Colby Barker United States Marine Corps for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on [--] September [----] while serving as a Machine Gunner with Company F Second Battalion Fourth Marines THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced) Fleet Marine Force in action near Con Thien Republic of Vietnam. - During a reconnaissance operation Lance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2019286051852861687)  2026-02-05T05:44Z 13.1K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 2/5 Day we remember Corporal Jeremiah Baro and Lance Corporal Jared Hubbard 2/5 STA both killed in action on November [--] [----]. - Baro and Hubbard had been friends since high school and joined the Marine Corps under the buddy program after 9/11. They both deployed to Iraq for the invasion with 2/5 but in different companies. After returning from Iraq they both took and passed the Scout Sniper Indoc. They deployed to Iraq a second time in [----] as a Sniper/Spotter team. Late one night they were crossing a road during a patrol when an IED exploded and they were both fatally wounded. They"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2019642685716406630)  2026-02-06T05:21Z 13.2K followers, 33.6K engagements


"2nd Battalion 6th Marines - 2/6 first went through the wheat and into the forest of Belleau Wood in June of [----]. 2/6 fought at Soissons Blanc Mont and in the final offensive of the war the Meuse-Argonne cementing their legacy for centuries to come. - 2/6 started WW2 in Iceland before sailing to the Pacific and taking part in the final phase of the Guadalcanal campaign in January of [----]. They then took part in Tarawa Saipan and Tinian. - During Operation Iraqi Freedom 2/6 deployed to Fallujah in September [----] and again in April [----]. - In June of [----] the battalion deployed to Marjah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2019791533663236150)  2026-02-06T15:13Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"2nd Battalion 7th Marines - A legendary unit that has produced some absolute legends 2/7 saw heavy combat during World War II fighting on Guadalcanal (194243) Cape Gloucester (194344) Peleliu (1944) and Okinawa (1945). - During the Korean War 2/7 landed at Inchon in September [----] fought north and took part in the brutal Chosin Reservoir campaign (1950) and remained on the peninsula for the remainder of the Korean War. - In Vietnam the battalion deployed to I Corps from [--------] conducting sustained combat operations across northern South Vietnam. They took part in operations such as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020139929309700194)  2026-02-07T14:17Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The President of the United States of America in the name of Congress takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Sergeant Daniel Paul Matthews United States Marine Corps for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on [--] March [----] while serving as a squad leader of Company F Second Battalion Seventh Marines FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced) in action against enemy aggressor forces on Vegas Hill Korea. - Participating in a counterattack against a firmly entrenched and well-concealed hostile force which had repelled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020383784038805684)  2026-02-08T06:26Z 13.2K followers, 11.8K engagements


"On this 2/8 Day we remember Lance Corporal Christopher Steele Meis [----] 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Golf Company. Killed in Action March [--] [----] Helmand province Afghanistan. - One of the 0331s attached to my platoon was killed on March [--] [----]. He was shot just above his plate while moving his [---] towards the enemy for a better firing position to cover the 11s. - Rest Easy Marine. Guns Up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020725176766206422)  2026-02-09T05:03Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/9 Day - I always have to put this up on 2/9 Day - 2/9 Weapons conducting a helo raid in a Afghanistan [----] - Song: Band of Brothers by HELLYEAH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020887509979316573)  2026-02-09T15:48Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/9 Day - 2/9 Weapons Company for the [----] deployment then went over to Golf Company for [----]. - Justin Sousa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020922975810200016)  2026-02-09T18:09Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/9 Day - 2/9 Golf Co 2nd Plt Marjah Afghanistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021034681861538052)  2026-02-10T01:33Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Tom Bolinder (right and far right in the second photo) with Echo Company 2/7 in Vietnam in [----] during the Tet offensive. Earned a Bronze Star and [--] Purple Hearts then came home and was a police officer in Quincy MA until retiring in [----]. - @awcoville"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020336319478788244)  2026-02-08T03:18Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Battle of Hu - One of the longest and most intense urban battles of the Vietnam War and history in general the battle raged from January [--] through March [--] 1968"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2017664931663913115)  2026-01-31T18:23Z 13.2K followers, 102.4K engagements


"Happy 2/6 Day - 2/6 Fox 3rd herd Al Hillah Iraq 2003"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2019854068269674691)  2026-02-06T19:21Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 2/6 day we remember Corporal Alexander D. Corti. - Alex passed away December [--] [----] after his brave battle with cancer. Cancer that was attributed to exposure to burn pits while in Iraq. - Rest in Peace Marine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020007895580987480)  2026-02-07T05:33Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"2nd Battalion 8th Marines Activated [--] April [----] 2/8 has seen combat across the globe over the years. In World War II the battalion fought across the Pacific on Guadalcanal in the first waves at Tarawa to Saipan and Tinian. Following World War [--] 2/8 deployed repeatedly during the Cold War responding to crises in Lebanon Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis Grenada and Lebanon again. - During the GWOT 2/8 was busy 2/8 took part in the [----] invasion of Iraq being heavily engaged during the battle of An Nasiriyah. The battalion returned for multiple combat deployments to Iraq between"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020517372365279627)  2026-02-08T15:17Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This 2/9 Day we remember Lance Corporal Terry E. Honeycutt Jr. [----] Fox Company 2nd Battalion 9th Marine Regiment. - Honeycutt was wounded on October [--] [----] and passed on October [--] [----]. He is laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery Section [--] Site [----]. - Rest In Peace Marine. Guns Up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021090089477022108)  2026-02-10T05:13Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/10 Day - Battery S 2/10 [--] MEU 2023"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021409005164482849)  2026-02-11T02:20Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Today marks the anniversary of the official start of the Battle of Marjah or Operation Moshtarak. So I thought it was fitting to post these again today. Some of my favorite shots. - 1/3 Charlie Guns [--] klick dismounted contact patrol Marjah. February [----]. - We took that .50 with [---] rounds of APIT broken up in the squad. We left that rooftop where I was smoking a cig to employee it where all the pictures were taken. - 📸: Patrick Baz - If you were there help me tell your story. Send in your photos from your time in Marjah. Thanks guys. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022322881401589790"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2022322881401589790)  2026-02-13T14:52Z 13.2K followers, 12.2K engagements


"A Marine with an Embedded Training Team attached to 3/6 firing a DShK during the clearing of Marjah 2010"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2022346699038158852)  2026-02-13T16:26Z 13.2K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Marines from 1/6 Bravo look for a Taliban sniper from inside a cotton workshop in Marjah February [--] 2010"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2023089589658038538)  2026-02-15T17:38Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"2nd Battalion 5th Marines - Youre staring into the eyes of the gallant Marines of the 2nd Platoon Easy Company 2nd Battalion 5th Marines 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. August [----]. - Where do I even begin 2/5 is largely recognized as the most highly decorated battalion in the United States Marine Corps. This comes from over a century of Warfighting from the wheat fields of France in World War I the beaches of the Pacific in World War II the frozen hills of Korea the jungles paddies and cities of Vietnam the deserts of Kuwait the push into Iraq and then the urban sprawl or its cities and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2019427357916885435)  2026-02-05T15:06Z 13.2K followers, 11.3K engagements


"2nd Battalion 9th Marines Hell in a Helmet - Activated in November [----] 2/9s lineage spans more than a century of hard fighting. From early service in the Caribbean and stateside missions to the Pacific in WW2. Landing on Bougainville Guam and Iwo Jima the battalion forged its legacy the hard way. - In Vietnam 2/9 fought across I Corps operating from Da Nang to the DMZ including Con Thien Camp Carroll Khe Sanh and Operation Dewey Canyon and finally the Mayaguez incident. - 2/9 went into Somalia in [----] performing the first live rubber boat landing since WW2. - Reactivated for the Global War"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2020872638206185879)  2026-02-09T14:49Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/9 Day - 2/9 Weapons Company Afghanistan 2012"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021040594748088443)  2026-02-10T01:56Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/10 Day - This isnt an arty page but more than one grunts called for artillery fire to get him and his buddies out of a bad situation. - If you were 2/10 send in your 2/10 pictures today - Shout out to commstrat for these great shots U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021243696750997505)  2026-02-10T15:23Z 13.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Happy 2/10 Day - Fox Battery 2/10 OIF I - Lee Hanford"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021273564276576346)  2026-02-10T17:22Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/10 Day - 2/10 Golf Battery BLT 1/2 22nd MEU Operation Koa Canyon. December [----]. - Daggon moon beam spotted - Bobby Cri"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021339734086463547)  2026-02-10T21:45Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/11 Day - Golf Battery Guardian 2/11 1st and 2nd plt who were used as heavy weapons and FOs for the push (Phantom Fury). - Golf 2/11 conducted feints into the city prior to the battle. Situated on Mobile next to the Armys 2-2 IN they called in air strikes conducted fire missions and covered the eastern flank for the assault"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021601846129750469)  2026-02-11T15:06Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"For 2/11 Day - 11th Marines Regimental fire mission on the outskirts of Baghdad April [----] (not 2004)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021766800556556732)  2026-02-12T02:02Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/12 Day - Corporal Lai Ly a Squad Automatic Weapon Gunner with Battery E 2nd Battalion 12th Marines patrols through a section of Tree Line Black August [--] [----]. This tree line was heavily laced with improvised explosive devices and was used as concealment for insurgent fighting positions before Marines began systematically clearing sections with explosives. Battery E is an artillery unit by trade and performs a provisional infantry role while guarding the critical infrastructure of the Kajaki Dam. - Any 2/12 cats out there that want to share their photos feel free to send them in. If"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2021968308707229786)  2026-02-12T15:23Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"1/3 Charlie 3rd Platoon Marjah February [----]. - Kevin Ward"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2022432368141963364)  2026-02-13T22:07Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @F530Josh: Do it @FN_America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2022459909833379860)  2026-02-13T23:56Z 13.2K followers, [--] engagements


"GTFGU - Hu 68"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2023197108581327159)  2026-02-16T00:45Z 13.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Have landed. Unusually heavy opposition. 70% casualties. Cant hold. - unknown D-Day Tarawa - By the end of the first day the outcome of the battle was still up in the air. Col Shoup didnt know they were winning yet. He didnt say his famous line until the next day. - I say this every time I post this but to all Marines and especially the Marines of the 2nd Marine Division: this is the legacy you are charged with upholding. Hit the beach. Gain a foothold. Assault through. Kill them all. - The Tarawa coverage continues tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1991711446925709539)  2025-11-21T03:33Z 12.2K followers, 46K engagements


"Tarawa D+1 - The Marines still clinging to a few small sections of beach at the end of d-day were surprised by the lack of the typical night banzai attack. This could be attributed to the Japanese communication lines being cut by bombardment or the Japanese commander may have already been dead. Either way the Japanese didnt mount an organized counterattack. If they had it would have probably been disastrous for the Marines. - The reef and beaches already looked like a charnel house. Lt Lillibridge (1/2 A Co) surveyed what he could see if the beach at first light and was appalled:a dreadful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1991878682898554929)  2025-11-21T14:37Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements


"1/8 (pictured) had been wallowing in their landing craft the entire first day practically forgotten about. But at the end of the first day someone realized they were there and at the beginning of the second day of battle they were called ashore. They were ordered to land close to the pier but that last part wasnt relayed and they came in directly to Red Beach [--] where the Japanese still controlled the approaches. - No one who witnessed the Eighth Marines bloodbath will ever forget it. - William Rogal A/1/2 - One of the fresh battalions is coming in. Its Higgins boats are being hit before they"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1991906094881321332)  2025-11-21T16:26Z 12.2K followers, 10.4K engagements


"Casualties: many. Percentage dead: unknown. Combat efficiency: we are winning. - Col David Shoup in his [----] situation report on [--] November [----]. - The tide of battle began to shift perceptibly towards the Americans by mid-afternoon on D+1. The fighting was still intense the Japanese fire still murderous but the surviving Marines were on the move no longer gridlocked in precarious toeholds on the beach. - Rixeys pack howitzers were adding a new definition for close fire support. The supply of ammunition and fresh water was greatly improved. Morale was up too. The Marines knew the 6th Marines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1992014094002516062)  2025-11-21T23:35Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@JosephSMeloro Incredible Which unit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1992221950593339784)  2025-11-22T13:21Z 12.2K followers, [---] engagements


"The night of D+2: Banzai - Were killing them as fast they come at us but we cant hold out much longer; we need reinforcements - We havent got them; youve GOT to hold - 1/6 bore the brunt of a series of counterattacks the first one coming around [----] with the Japanese infiltrating through vegetation between two line companies. 1/6s reserve of Mortarmen cooks bakers and administrators handled this in two hours of fighting. - The Japanese hit again around [----]. They made a noisy Banzai attack against Able Co and a silent rush against Baker Co. This assault was repulsed but required the use of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1992402603095822684)  2025-11-23T01:19Z 12.2K followers, 10.7K engagements


"After the battle General Holland Smith came upon a sight that moved him to tears. It was a dead Marine leaning forward against the seawall one arm still supported upright by the weight of his body. On top of the seawall just beyond his upraised hand lies a blue and white flag a beach marker to tell succeeding waves where to land. Holland Smith cleared his throat and said how can men like that ever be defeated - Several years ago I put a ton of time into reading and researching for these posts and still only scratched the surface of the events that occurred at Tarawa. Countless tales of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1992736673533513824)  2025-11-23T23:27Z 12.3K followers, 120.9K engagements


"A Machine Gunner from Lima Company 3rd Battalion 6th Marines moves with the rest of his battalion into attack positions outside the city of Karabilah during the sixth day of Operation Steel Curtain on November 10th 2005"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1993379654036865454)  2025-11-25T18:01Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy Thanksgiving from 1/6 Alpha Sangin 2011"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1993897957733879920)  2025-11-27T04:21Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Thanksgiving [----] - Enjoy yourselves make room for the next man pogey bait and cigarettes outside WASH YOUR MESS GEAR. - Members of a rifle team of the Second Battalion Fifth Marine Regiment dig in at Thanksgiving dinner in a mess hall near Chosin Reservoir North Korea Nov. [--] [----]. From left are: Cpl. James Balog Pfc. Richard Dulac and Nunzio Tonderella. On the blackboard pogey bait refers to treats such as candy and junk food. - AP - Thanksgiving [----] fell on November 23rd. A few days later the Chinese would be descending on their positions from the frozen ridges around Chosin and these"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1994071637944119684)  2025-11-27T15:51Z 12.2K followers, [----] engagements


"November 28-29 Chinese attack Hagaru-ri - With the 5th and most of the 7th Marines to the north most of the 1st Marines at Koto-ri to the south and TF Maclean/Faith to the east of the reservoir the only infantry left to defend Hagaru-ri was 3/1 (minus its George Company and a part of its Weapons Company which was en route from Koto-ri as a part of TF Drysdale) a portion of 2/7 Weapons Company and the 7th Marines Antitank Company. The rest of the perimeter was held by Engineers Artillerymen and other support personnel. - The attacks began against Item and How Companies of 3/1 around [----] as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1994989363805987086)  2025-11-30T04:38Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Only part of 3/1 along with [--] Commando (TF Drysdale) was sent to Hagaru to bring more infantry assets because thats where the main Chinese concentration seemed to be. 2/1 and 1st Marines HQ stayed at Koto-ri and 1/1 was south of Koto-ri (name of the location escapes me at the moment). The Chinese also attacked Koto-ri but not to same extent as to the north"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1995121216223396131)  2025-11-30T13:22Z 12.3K followers, [--] engagements


"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Private First Class David W. Alley United States Marine Corps for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving as an Automatic Rifleman in Company G Third Battalion Fifth Marines First Marine Division (Reinforced) in action against enemy aggressor forces on a hill overlooking Yudam-ni Korea on [--] November [----]. - When the enemy launched an attack while his company was moving into new positions and platoon and squad officers and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1995314503265739041)  2025-12-01T02:10Z 12.3K followers, 23.8K engagements


"East of Chosin (pt 1) - To the East of Chosin Reservoir was an Army unit commonly misunderstood or simply unheard of. Task Force Faith initially Task Force MacLean aka RCT31 consisting of 2/31 3/31 and 1/32 IN as well as 31st Tank Co an artillery unit and an anti-aircraft unit. - They had pushed north on the east side of the reservoir relieving elements of 5th Marines so they could push up to their jumping off point at Yudam-ni. - The mission was to push north to the Yalu. Six Chinese divisions had other plans. The Chinese planned to hit the widely dispersed X Corps units everywhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1995550875344068820)  2025-12-01T17:49Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements


"East of Chosin pt2 - Airstrikes called in by Stamford (USMC FAC attached to RCT31) and the men of 1/32 together inflicted heavy casualties upon the CCF attackers but the battalion suffered more than [---] casualties. Two miles south the situation was similar. The CCF struck 3/31 Infantry and two batteries of the 57th Field Artillery overrunning much of the perimeter and killing or wounding most of the senior officers and noncommissioned officers. The 31sts medical company was wiped out as well. Confused fighting went on through the night with the Chinese withdrawing at dawn for fear of American"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1995693549199749527)  2025-12-02T03:16Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements


"#WeaponsWednesday2/4 Joker Guns with @usmcsgtmaj - Been off here a bit because of hunting season but Chosin coverage will continue along with the regular content. Hope you guys are doing great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1996276713249292311)  2025-12-03T17:53Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements


"1/5 Apache Machine Gunners at Bridgeport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1996330817325351119)  2025-12-03T21:28Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements


"East of Chosin pt4 - Faiths exhausted troops got a respite on the night of November [--]. Chinese probing attacks and attempts to infiltrate the Pungyuri Inlet perimeter continued throughout the night but no general coordinated attacks were launched. The CCF may have been pillaging Faiths abandoned perimeter and may have been waiting for reinforcements. - The Marines could supply Faith with air support but other than that they would have to fight their way back to Hagaru-ri on their own. The 2/31 would not arrive. To make Task Force Faiths situation even more desperate the 31st CP the 31st Tank"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1996436554391126264)  2025-12-04T04:29Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Bogged down on the MSR between Yudam-ni and Hagaru-ri. Considered one of the iconic images of the Korean War these snow-dusted battle-weary troops of the 1st Marine Division wait for the column to roll again during their epic breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in December [----]. (Photo by Sgt. Frank C. Kerr USMC from his memoir When Hell Froze: A Marine Combat Photographer at the Chosin Reservoir) - Sgt Frank Kerrs son Frank was kind enough to share this well known photo with me. This is one of the better quality versions Ive seen. - Sgt Kerrs family has been sharing their fathers photos on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1997354191631643078)  2025-12-06T17:15Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements


"This BAR-man as sketched by combat artist Sgt Schofield sights in his Browning Automatic Rifle IVO Chosin Reservoir. This BAR still has its bipod while others were often stripped of any unnecessary components in order to lighten the load. - The brutal cold of Chosin caused a number of weapon malfunctions. As was the case with the M1 rifle and others the BARs had to be thoroughly cleaned and all traces of grease and oil removed from the action in order to have any chance of functioning properly. Even so the BARs often froze in combat. Theo McLemore related that some of the Marines had to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1997454628904964370)  2025-12-06T23:54Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The Korean Wars Battle of the Chosin Reservoir December [----]. Marine infantrymen engage the enemy at one of the many Chinese roadblocks intended to stop the allied withdrawal from Yudam-ni to the port city of Hungnam. (Photo by Sgt. Frank C. Kerr USMC from his memoir: When Hell Froze: A Marine Combat Photographer at the Chosin Reservoir) - Another from Frank Kerr. Appreciate you sharing your fathers work with me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1997763342207988116)  2025-12-07T20:21Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@Depl0rableSc0ut @RonnieAdkins_ When did they switch to 30mm from 25mm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1998853258740449333)  2025-12-10T20:32Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I asked him If I were God what would you want for Christmas Duncan says. He just looked up into the sky and said Give me tomorrow. - Photographer David Douglas Duncan Chosin Reservoir - - The forgotten war is not forgotten. Chosin coverage will continue today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1999154825104138412)  2025-12-11T16:30Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Some of us learned quickly how to fight for real with a bayonet when our unit was overrun by thousands of Chinese on Hill [----] northwest of Yudam-ni in the Chosin Reservoir area on the night of November [--] [----]. It was nighttime when they came at us blowing bugles and whistles and beating on drums. I guess they thought they would scare us off the hill. They wore grey quilted outfits and were armed with rifles machine guns pistols and plenty of grenades. They were a lot better fighters than the Koreans. - We stacked their bodies up like cordwood with our machine guns and grenades. Still they"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1999195184395866230)  2025-12-11T19:10Z 12.6K followers, 68.4K engagements


"Through the binoculars I observed one squad of Stemples Marines led by a giant of a man in a flapping parka who swung a huge double-headed axe. The Chinese soldiers seeing this great maniacal devil charge at them brandishing a bloody axe abandoned their positions in terror. - I gave Kelly a look through my binoculars. Christ he exclaimed. Id run too if I had that ugly monster coming at me with an axe. - Colder Than Hell by Joseph R. Owen Baker 1/7 Mortar Platoon Commander - Years back I asked @jhcrain to recreate this scene that goes unreasonably hard as remembered by Joseph Owen of a Marine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1999315283660378479)  2025-12-12T03:08Z 12.6K followers, 58.5K engagements


"Volume up and enjoy. - V1/6 mix of Apache Guns and CAAT Red getting after it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2000261576197362178)  2025-12-14T17:48Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"1/6 Bravo Guns ♦"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2000418011434377392)  2025-12-15T04:09Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Not a Mk but thats ok - @cmtal31 1/8 Aztec Guns on the GMG during the Afghan withdrawal. Thanks brother"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2000700402983907377)  2025-12-15T22:52Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements


"On [--] December [----] the German counter offensive which would become known as The Battle of the Bulge began. - In the early morning hours before dawn [--] German divisions attacked the Allied lines in the Ardennes. This created a deep bulge in the defensive lines as the Germans intended to split the Allied forces in two giving way to the name Battle of the Bulge. - The battle proved to be the costliest ever fought by the U.S. Army which suffered over [------] casualties. - Freezing rain thick fog deep snow drifts and record-breaking low temperatures brutalized the American troops. More than 15000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2000949802314432898)  2025-12-16T15:23Z 12.6K followers, 23.5K engagements


"New design is live on the site in honor of the Battle of the Bulge. I like how it turned out I hope you guys do as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2001127677969793038)  2025-12-17T03:09Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@KhurafatiAarohi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2001129105702400303)  2025-12-17T03:15Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"#WeaponsWednesday1/6 Bravo ♦ #HARD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2001425383497810130)  2025-12-17T22:52Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The President of the United States of America in the name of Congress takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Private First Class Richard Eller Cowan United States Army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company M 23d Infantry Regiment 2d Infantry Division. - Private First Class Cowan was a heavy machine gunner in a section attached to Company I in the vicinity of Krinkelter Wald Belgium [--] December [----] when that company was attacked by a numerically superior force of German infantry and tanks. - The"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2001703982071517435)  2025-12-18T17:19Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"#SAWsaturdayif you noticed that flak sweat stain then you know how good it felt to take that bad boy off - @mfgundlach 3/2 Kilo Al Qaim Iraq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2002492881773469991)  2025-12-20T21:34Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"18 year old GI John Wauthier with his stripped BAR near Btgenbach Belgium. January [----]. - He survived the war and married Ursula Ann Hoffman they had ten kids together. John passed away at the age of [--] on Nov [--] [----] and is buried at Saint Marys Cemetery in Cecil Washington County Pennsylvania. - Photographed by George Silk https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005100481484337454 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005100481484337454"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2005100481484337454)  2025-12-28T02:16Z 12.7K followers, 42.7K engagements


"Happy 1/1 Day - Here are some photos of our deployment to Kajaki Afghanistan [----] YCBAPAYL BRAVO RAIDERS 2nd Platoon at OP SHRINE That was our guys after getting blown up. Aug [--] [----] in Operation Deuces Wild Left: Cpl Salazar / Center: Sgt Cheatham (My Squad Leader) / Right: Sgt Curry - Thanks @e_menji https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006823272617525750 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006823272617525750"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2006823272617525750)  2026-01-01T20:22Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/2 Day - 1/2 Palehorse Charlie 3rd Plt in Afghanistan [----]. Photo was taken in leatherneck but we pushed patrols out of pb boldak - Thanks @r190ph"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2007210833424855527)  2026-01-02T22:02Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 1/2 Day we remember Corporal Christopher Zimny Lance Corporal Harry Swain IV and Lance Corporal Jason Redifer. - 1st Battalion 2nd Marines Alpha Company - Killed In Action on January 31st [----] in the vicinity of Iskandariyah Babil province Iraq. - It was their last patrol. - Rest In Peace brothers. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007339703196922240 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007339703196922240"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2007339703196922240)  2026-01-03T06:34Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/3 Day - 1/3 Wpns Co CAAT [--] [--] Points Marjah February [----] and 1/3 NCOs and above Pearl Harbor trip [----]. - Thanks Zach Tutt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2007616987862839762)  2026-01-04T00:56Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/3 Day - 1/3 will live forever 1/3 A co Fuji circa [----] (the final UDP) - Thanks @machine3gunner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2007666418389843979)  2026-01-04T04:12Z 12.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Happy 1/4 Day - 1/4 Alpha Raiders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2007935291857027451)  2026-01-04T22:00Z 12.6K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 1/4 Day we remember Lance Corporal Alexander S. Arredondo. - Arredondo was a fireteam leader in the 3rd Fireteam 3rd Squad 1st Platoon Company A 1st Battalion 4th Marine Regiment. - Arredondo was Killed in Action on August 25th [----] fighting in Najaf. - Rest Easy Marine. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008062497073283139 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008062497073283139"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2008062497073283139)  2026-01-05T06:26Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/5 Day - Bringing this one back because I cant not post it again on 1/5 Day Gets me fired up every time. - CAAT [--] and Blackfoot Guns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2008359708709515476)  2026-01-06T02:07Z 12.7K followers, 11.9K engagements


"On this 1/5 Day we remember Gunnery Sergeant Jeffrey E. Bohr Jr. - Gunnery Sergeant Bohr saw a significant action during the post-Vietnam era. He first enlisted in the Army serving with the Rangers through Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada Operation Just Cause in Panama and Desert Storm in Iraq. By the time OIF kicked off Bohr had transitioned to the Marine Corps. In April [----] Bohr fought through Baghdad with A Co 1/5. The Marines were ambushed in the city as Bohr rode in an unarmored humvee. He left his vehicle to engage the enemy and move to the head of the column when a Marine in the lead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2008411232810774576)  2026-01-06T05:32Z 12.7K followers, 11K engagements


"Happy 1/6 Day - 1/6 CAAT messing with the wildlife - @stoney__aycock - Send in your 1/6 pictures and videos today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2008635430510403881)  2026-01-06T20:22Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Every 1/6 Day I hope to honor my friend Daniel Angus and his Marine Zachary Smith. These two Marines of 1/6 Cold Steel Charlie 2nd Platoon were killed in action on January 24th [----] IVO Marjah Afghanistan. - Sergeant Daniel Angus LCpl Zachary Smith - On the morning of January 24th their squad found themselves in an ambush while on a probing mission around Marjah before the push. Enemy fighters opened up on the squad from multiple positions with PKMs and small arms. Anticipating the Marines reaction the enemy set up explosives inside a nearby compound. Upon initial contact the Marines ran to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2008789726057087077)  2026-01-07T06:36Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/7 Day - Here are some photos of B 1/7 back in the 90s. Mostly Somalia. - Thanks Jason Van Der Veen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2009002008301511067)  2026-01-07T20:39Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"This 1/7 Day we remember Lance Corporal Niall W. Coti-Sears. - LCpl Coti-Sears was killed in action on June [--] [----] when he stepped on a roadside bomb in Helmand province Afghanistan. He had just turned [--] two days prior. - Rest Easy Marine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2009144631628538263)  2026-01-08T06:06Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/10 Day - For our brothers in the long arm send in your 1/10 pictures and videos today I dont have flags to giveaway but maybe I should get some - Heres 1/10 Alpha Battery part of BLT 1/6 [----]. - Thanks @chief_1887"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2010083585081127170)  2026-01-10T20:17Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/11 Day - 1/11 Alpha Battery BLT 2/4 with South Korean ROKS and Thai Artillery during Cobra Gold [----] - Johnny OBryan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2010465521540780357)  2026-01-11T21:35Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 1/12 Day - FIRE BASE SAENZ Helmand province Afghanistan - Smoke blasts from the muzzle break of the M777A2 Howitzer as an Excalibur XM982 Precision Engagement Projectile makes its way down range to support a coalition force calling for fire. Alpha Battery 1st Battalion 12th Marines was one of the busiest batteries in Afghanistan. They provided [--] hours a day seven days a week support to any unit within range of their guns. - Not what youre used to seeing on Goons Up but plenty of Infantrymen have prayed for fast and accurate artillery fire over the years. - If you were in 1/12 feel free"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2010772465732182212)  2026-01-12T17:54Z 12.7K followers, [---] engagements


"D Company 506th PIR 101st Airborne troopers Pvt. Alvin Quimby of Claremont NH with an M3 Grease Gun and Duane Tedrick of Illinois with a BAR during the Battle of the Bulge January 1945"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2011896874157162897)  2026-01-15T20:22Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"#SAWsaturday2/8 Golf 1st Plt Trek Nawa [----] - Zack Wilhelm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2012745608830898223)  2026-01-18T04:35Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The Ghost Patrol - In the early morning hours of February 25th [----] the Marines and Corpsmen of 3rd Platoon Bravo Company 1st Battalion 26th Marines left the perimeter of Khe Sanh Combat Base. [--] of them wouldnt return. - Photographer Robert Ellison [--] captured this image of the lifeless body of [--] year old 2nd Lieutenant Don Jacques being pulled by Pfc. John P. Washa and Pfc. Edward Pendergast. He was the only Marine to be recovered immediately. The rest of the men werent recovered for another [--] weeks after the ambush. - Those who gave their lives that foggy morning were: 2ndLt Donald"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2014496925190397976)  2026-01-23T00:34Z 12.7K followers, 19.3K engagements


"Happy 1/23 Day - 1/23 Alpha Co. Weapons Plt 51s getting in on the range at AP Hill [----]. - Jordan Hendricks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2014774947839684803)  2026-01-23T18:59Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 1/23 Day we remember Staff Sergeant Jeremy D. Smith and HM3 Benjamin D. Rast. - SSgt Jeremy Smith and HM3 Rast were assigned to Alpha Company 1st Battalion 23rd Marine Regiment 4th Marine Division Marine Forces Reserve based out of Houston; they were killed on April [--] [----] in Helmand province Afghanistan while conducting combat operations. - Smith had deployed three times to Iraq with 1st LAR prior to joining 1/23. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star with V for his actions in Afghanistan. - Rest Easy Marine and Rest Easy Doc."  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2014923354617045036)  2026-01-24T04:48Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"On this 1/24 Day let us once again remember the [--] Marines lost during 1/24s deployment to Fallujah 2006-2007. - Sgt Brock A. Babb D.O.B. 8/13/66 D.O.D. 10/15/06 LCpl Brent E. Beeler D.O.B. 9/21/84 D.O.D. 12/7/06 LCpl Richard A. Buerstetta D.O.B. 1/22/86 D.O.D. 10/23/06 SSgt Bryan K. Burgess D.O.B. 1/20/71 D.O.D. 11/9/06 LCpl Luis J. Castillo D.O.B. 2/22/86 D.O.D. 1/20/07 Cpl Christopher E. Esckelson D.O.B. 12/30/83 D.O.D. 12/28/06 Sgt Thomas M. Gilbert D.O.B. 3/31/82 D.O.D. 10/25/06 SSgt Marcus A. Golczynski D.O.B. 3/16/77 D.O.D. 3/27/07 Pfc Tarryl B. Hill D.O.B. 10/31/87 D.O.D. 2/7/07 Cpl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2015292022265909395)  2026-01-25T05:13Z 12.7K followers, [---] engagements


"On this 1/25 Day we remember the battalions fallen from their [----] deployment to Anbar Province. - Capt Brian Letendre Sgt Mathew Fenton Cpl Paul King LCpl Kurt Dechen LCpl Michael Glover Capt John McKenna IV Cpl Jordan Pierson Cpl Jared Shoemaker LCpl Eric Valdepenas HM2 Christopher Walsh LCpl Christopher Cosgrove - Rest Easy Marines and Doc. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015655193753309296 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015655193753309296"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2015655193753309296)  2026-01-26T05:17Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"#WeaponsWednesday.meme contest submission #9. - From markyyymark097 ☠ ♠ guns_____up tubes_____up ass______up tows_____up - - #weapons #wednesday #gunsup #goonsup #0311 #0331 #11b #training #meme #funny https://www.instagram.com/p/B95VHpvhK2I/igshid=l0lwfy2k1byj https://www.instagram.com/p/B95VHpvhK2I/igshid=l0lwfy2k1byj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1240441006077730821)  2020-03-19T00:52Z 13.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@gpatterson828 C4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/1978472091272757524)  2025-10-15T14:44Z 13.1K followers, [---] engagements


"#FiftyCalFridayGive it licks . Our Brit brothers in Helmand [----] - @grjbooks thanks mate . . #war #afghanistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2017326764582642026)  2026-01-30T19:59Z 13.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/1 Day - 2/1 STA Reaper [--] Kabul Afghanistan 2021🦾🤙🏼 - @TylerAndrews13"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2018058427251982524)  2026-02-01T20:26Z 13.1K followers, [----] engagements


"2/1 Day - Fox 2/1 taking artillery in March [----] port of Um Qasr. - JD Sanders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2018135570065629433)  2026-02-02T01:33Z 13.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Happy 2/1 Day - 2/1 81s the day before pushing into Iraq for the first battle of Fallujah [----]. - Jeremy Palmer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UpGoons/status/2018156656685690938)  2026-02-02T02:56Z 13.1K followers, [----] engagements

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