The holidays have special meaning for those who often spend them far from home. These uplifting, and sometimes humorous, stories and poems will delight everyone in your Marine Corps family!

Marines have been a lot of places, and done a lot of things... and we have drawers full of t-shirts to prove it. Read about serious issues like the Stolen Valor Act and repeal of DADT, laugh at the "MRE Dinner Date" and "Captain China," and feel the pride of being a Marine throughout. This is the fifth installment in the "Swift, Silent & Surrounded" series, and if you enjoyed the first four, you already know you'll want to read this one too!

The Marines guarding our Embassies and Consulates around the world are America's first line of defense against terrorism. Ambassadors In Blue details the selection, training and deployment of these unsung heroes, and contains actual accounts of MSGs serving on Post One... "in every clime and place "