March 01, 2012

Welcome to Frankly Speaking: The official blog of Marine Forces Reserve

Welcome to the official command-directed blog for Marine Forces Reserve.

This blog is provided as a public service by the MarForRes Public Affairs Office.

Feel free to express your opinion about the Marine Corps in an objective and respectful way that allows for a continued information relationship.

While this is an open forum, it's also a family friendly one, so please keep your comments clean. In addition, we ask that you follow our posting guidelines. Violation of the guidelines below may result in your post being removed.

- We do not under any circumstance allow graphic, obscene, explicit or racial comments or submissions nor do we allow comments that are abusive, hateful or intended to defame anyone or any organization.

- We do not allow solicitations or advertisements. This includes (but is not limited to) promotion or endorsement of any financial, commercial or non-governmental product or service. Similarly, we do not allow attempts to defame or defraud any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency.

- Apparent spam will be removed and may cause the author(s) to be blocked from the page without notice.

- We do not allow comments that suggest or encourage illegal activity.

- For Official Use Only (FOUO), classified, pre-decisional, proprietary or business-sensitive information should never be discussed here. Don’t post personnel lists, rosters, organization charts or directories. This is a violation of privacy.

- You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided.

- You are encouraged to quote, republish or share any content on this site on your own blog, Web site or other communication/publication. If you do so, please credit the command or the person who authored the content as a courtesy.

Lastly, the appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the Department of Defense, U.S. Marine Corps or the United States Marine Corps Forces Reserve.