https://twilitempire.com/2016/07/16/about-twilit-empire-and-its-author/https://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/about-author.pngBrian Checco author of Twilit EmpireThe author in his natural habitat2022-04-22T10:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://twilitempire.com/2017/06/07/the-importance-of-joint-partner-training-missions-reflections-from-overseas-2017/https://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/marines-and-allies-working-together-in-africa.jpgBrian Checco with allies in AfricaAlliances depend on living, working and training together.https://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mre-supposdly-sausage.jpgMRE supposdly sausageImage credit given to Texas On My Mind blog. The photo is captioned: "Supposedly this is sausage. It smelled and tasted like canned dog food, so I gave Riley (my dog) most of it." Yum.https://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thermal-view-of-desert-herders-with-camels.pngHerders and camels viewed through thermal sightsNomads and their camels viewed through thermal sightshttps://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/marines-instructing-african-allies-on-m240-machine-gun.pngMarines instructing African allies on M240 Machine GunA Marine from Light Armored Reconnaissance instructing African host-nation soldiers on the proper handling of the M240 medium machine gun. https://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/brian-checco-on-the-ground-in-africa.pngBrian Checco on the ground in AfricaLAR Marines building relationships with allied host-nation soldiers. The author is on the left.https://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moroccan-desert-african-lion.pngMoroccan Desert African LionSometimes, the desert is peaceful. Sometimes, the Moroccan military douses tank-hulls in gasoline and lets the Marines shoot artillery at them. 2017-11-27T05:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://twilitempire.com/about/2017-11-27T05:07:09+00:00weekly0.6https://twilitempire.com/2017/10/23/the-marines-barracks-bombing-anatomy-of-an-attack/https://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/5a589d19-4ae5-479c-ae7b-3322008ef3c4.jpg5a589d19-4ae5-479c-ae7b-3322008ef3c4Rescue workers and volunteers assist survivors from the wreckage of the BLT Building. Bill Foley/ AP Photohttps://twilitempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/73ec5fec-2241-433b-ac0c-699e25631796.png73ec5fec-2241-433b-ac0c-699e25631796Sketch map of the route taken by the suicide bomber on the morning of October 23, 1983. [From the Long Commission Report]. 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