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Judi Lynn

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Thu Feb 9, 2012, 06:42 PM Feb 2012

Marines Sport Nazi SS Flag in Afghanistan [View all]

Marines Sport Nazi SS Flag in Afghanistan
—By Adam Weinstein
| Thu Feb. 9, 2012 12:37 PM PST



Marine unit's SS flag in Afghanistan: Tayler Jerome



The Marine Corps' scout snipers in Afghanistan could probably use a safety stand-down. Just weeks after news broke that one elite unit of the forward-deployed Marines urinated on the corpses of dead Afghans, a photo has surfaced of another unit posing proudly beside a flag of the Nazi's killer SS troops. The Marine Corps Times reports:

The stylized "SS" logo appeared in a photograph of the platoon taken in September 2010 in Sangin district, Afghanistan, a hotly contested area in Helmand province. The Marines were with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

The I Marine Expeditionary Force inspector general based at Pendleton was made aware of the "SS" flag photo in November of last year, said Capt. Gregory Wolf, a spokesman at Marine Corps headquarters. The issue has been addressed with the Marines involved, Wolf said. He did not say what specific action was taken beyond ordering Marines to stop using the logo.

The photo in question is not the only one documenting usage of the logo: A second image (embedded below) shows the SS logo emblazoned on a Marine's rifle.

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Damn Solly Mack Feb 2012 #1
Winning those hearts and minds! n/t arcane1 Feb 2012 #2
Why does this not surprise me? MNBrewer Feb 2012 #3
They should stop using the SS symbol in the Marines. nt limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #4
So what does the "SS" mean to these Marines? KansDem Feb 2012 #5
It's getting obvious. Octafish Feb 2012 #6
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