Looks like Park Point beach... early 1970s?

Hitlerizing? Making up words like that Palinizes me.

I remember this was kind of embarrassing for Duluth. These knuckleheads were protesting routine military training on Park Point that include a beach head landing.

Wow Codie, what kind of comment was that? You really feel like you can't be comfortable when a bunch of military guys walk by? Before I assume to much, why do you feel that way? Why get upset about them training on public land? Soldiers are not blood thirsty killers that blindly obey orders (yes there are some exceptions). Most love their country and serve to make it better. Training is neccesary to ensure that they are ready for any eventuality. For beach landings, ect. Park Point is a perfect place to train for this, especially when the Naval Reserve was still on Park Point. Were people protesting the use of the land? Judging by the sign they were ill informed people making generalizations about the men and women who are sworn to protect us and give us the right to protest, sometimes at the cost of their lives. And yes, I served in the Army National Guard in Superior for six years, and yes, I was in Iraq for a year of that.

Well eco without the troops you probably wouldn't have the right to that opinion. Second it looks to me as though that guy stopped peacefully protesting by crossing a line he wasn't suppose to. Of course I wasn't there so I can't be positive on that. Third those look to be cops, not troops detaining that man. Do you not support cops as well? Lastly, why don't you support the troops?

Ah the Onion. Gotta love it.

I'm all for our troops protecting and defending us from foreign invaders.  I'm not sure if Iraq and Afghanistan were actually invading us, though.  Do we really need to spend 15 times more than anyone else to defend ourselves while many of our schools are starved for funding every year?

http://www.truemajority.org/oreos/
http://costofwar.com/

Eco, I will read that info after work today, with the few minutes now I just want to say that it is ignorant and close minded to make a statement declaring every person who signs up for military service is out to travel the world and kill people. You do not know me, and you do not know my reasons for serving. Perhaps you should get to know more soldiers before generalizing them all as killers. Same with police.

Sam, I would say 9-11 was elements from both those countries invading us. Also while I was in Iraq we gave those people back basic human rights Saddam denied them. Sometimes we need to protect more than just American lives.

Edge, I never said the military was perfect, I feel at times it is too big, however hating policy and hating the troops are two different things, those soldiers don't make policy nor do the majority want to kill and certainly don't enjoy it. You can support the troops while not supporting the wars, military size, spending, and policies.

I think that was in 1988 or was it 89? The USS boulder visited Duluth on a Great Lakes recruiting tour.  The Marines did a mock amphibious assault near the Park Point beach house.
  I watched a friend of mine get arrested for jumping the fence and running into the water to try and block the landing.
  People need to support the troops. They are just average people trying to do their job. A lot of people join the military as a way to pay for school. It is the policies and spending that are the problem.

About the original question. If these are photos of the USS Boulder visit and Marine landing, was anyone else there to watch the event?

Thanks for the update Bluenewt. It was really informative. 

I read that blog posted by Eco, and it was a worthless piece of drivel. It was written by someone who has no idea on how the world works nor anything about human nature. If we downsized our military, well the last time our military was downsized, our country's security was hurt, especially with those bombings in the 1990s. It shows that people who want to kill us for just being an American, that we are soft and easy targets. As a Veteran, I have met some of those terrorists while in service and they hate us with such a passion. It is not because of our policies, it is not because we are Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, or any other non-Islamic group, it's because they are jealous of us, jealous of our freedom to choose on how we want to live, jealous because we can go to work or to the market without being blown up. If you try to convince that person to put down his weapons, they will shoot you and then celebrate.