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Every time I find old gear or something I end up pissed off that I need to block out my last name and social # last four on another random rear end laundry bag or pair of boots or something.
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I still have like 15 pairs of skivvies/green undershirts along with the olive drab cold weather beanie that is still one of the warmest things to wear on my head.
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Mar 9, 2020 22:26
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I am going to spend my final clothing allowance on non military clothing so when i retire I don’t look like a shop at the PX anymore.
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Mar 9, 2020 22:28
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I still remember being out of the military for about 8 years and then going to the MCB quantico MCX and seeing that trashy clothing styles never went out of fashion for the military. Never change military, never change.
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Mar 9, 2020 22:40
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Salt Life, Grunt Style, and Affliction only. Otherwise how will the teens know who to thank for their service on campus?
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Mar 9, 2020 23:33
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Internet Wizard posted:Salt Life, Grunt Style, and Affliction only. Otherwise how will the teens know who to thank for their service on campus? Usually we all just tell everyone we are veterans the first day of class and that our opinions are superior to everyone's, including the professor
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Mar 10, 2020 00:28
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Another marine vet and I had been sitting next to each other in a Middle East history class without realizing each other was a vet until about 2/3 of the way into the semester when the professor was talking about Janissaries. Somebody asked what they spent their salaries on if they had to live in the barracks and weren’t allowed to marry, and the professor said “mostly alcohol and expensive clothes”. The other vet and I both laughed to ourselves and said “sounds about right”.
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Mar 10, 2020 17:20
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Internet Wizard posted:My dumb jarhead story is the time the monitor told me I should put in a humanitarian transfer request so he could station me somewhere that needed my MOS/rank but didn’t have any billets open at the moment, and then when the request was denied he sent me to 29 Palms instead which didn’t need my MOS/rank and then refused to answer phone calls from any 29 Palms phone number until he PCSd I forget when you were in but you were a 2600, right? I'd laugh my rear end off if Crawdaddy was the monitor at the time.
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Mar 19, 2020 20:01
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This all happened at the end of 2015 beginning of 2016
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Mar 19, 2020 20:16
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Internet Wizard posted:This all happened at the end of 2015 beginning of 2016 Never mind then, Crawdad was before your time. OG Radio Recon, Det 1, MARSOC. I now feel like a very old man.
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Mar 19, 2020 20:48
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Mar 23, 2020 21:31
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hhhhahahahaahahahahahahahah
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Mar 23, 2020 22:00
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Hekk posted:I am going to spend my final clothing allowance on non military clothing so when i retire I don’t look like a shop at the PX anymore. so old navy khakis pants, polo shirt and leather belt instead of off brand khaki pants, polo shirt, and leather belt?
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Apr 11, 2020 17:50
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https://twitter.com/CMC_MarineCorps/status/1252640144072548364?s=20 First time in 19 years I’ve seen this happen.
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Apr 21, 2020 19:09
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I haven't been on Parris Island in like 20 years but I can't imagine recruit training still being anything less than one of the most gruesome cell-culture dishes outside of a leather couch in a frat house.
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Apr 21, 2020 20:38
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Don't worry they're wearing masks now so only most of them will get it rather than all of them
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Apr 21, 2020 20:59
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Internet Wizard posted:Don't worry they're wearing masks now so only most of them will get it rather than all of them I wonder how they can justify this as a solution? Herp derp they're wearing masks! I hope they're wearing masks while they sleep in bunks in arms reach of each other.. and share the same latrine that they're cleaning without any protection or proper supplies.. and probably don't even have hand soap available!
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Apr 21, 2020 21:29
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lol imagine being some beanpole recruit first stick in the gas chamber trying to tough out corona to impress his senior 
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Apr 21, 2020 21:36
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I was one of those recruits that was diagnosed with pneumonia week 2 and only got two days of light duty, and then at my 8 week followup they said the pneumonia had cleared up but I had bronchitis still Didn't clear up until my throat closed during the gas chamber and after I managed to stumble out of there with a closed throat I spent the next 6 hours coughing and could suddenly breathe again just in time for the Crucible
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Apr 21, 2020 21:40
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I got diagnosed with pneumonia and was dropped to MRP my 2nd week at San Diego. Biggest black hole of motivation I have ever been a part of.
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Hekk posted:You just described half of the Marine Corps. To all who see these pree-sents, greetings. Know yee that re-sposing... re-spousing... reupholstering...
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Apr 23, 2020 19:28
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Just when you thought that boot camp couldn’t get any more stupid https://youtu.be/v2ZrsjV8Xr0
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May 1, 2020 19:33
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Douglas Paul Douglas had a Ph.D. in economics and was friends with the secretary of the navy from when they fought corruption together in Chicago. During ww2 at the age of 50 he used this connection to get his friend to let him join the marines. Except he didn't join as an officer, he loving enlisted. Sadly they didn't want to let a 50 year old private go overseas. So he got his friend to get him a commission so that he could go overseas. Once he got overseas he doesn't seem to have been given any real responsibility, so as a 50 year old captain he just gets his gun and walks to the front lines on Peleliu and just joins a rifle platoon because no one tells him no. "On the second day of the Battle of Peleliu, Captain Douglas finally saw action when his unit waded into the fray. He earned a Bronze Star for carrying ammunition to the front lines under enemy fire and earned his first Purple Heart when he was grazed by shrapnel while carrying flamethrower ammunition to the front lines.[6] In that six-week battle, while investigating some random fire shootings, Douglas was shot at as he uncovered a two-foot-wide cave. He then killed the Japanese soldier inside at which point he wondered whether his enemy might be an economics professor from the University of Tokyo.[7] A few months later, during the Battle of Okinawa, Douglas earned his second Purple Heart. A volunteer rifleman in an infantry platoon, he was helping to carry wounded from 3rd Battalion 5th Marines along the Naha-Shuri line when a burst of machine gun fire tore through his left arm, severing the main nerve and leaving it permanently disabled.[6]"  He went on to be a senator from Illinois after the war. PookBear fucked around with this message at 03:54 on May 24, 2020 |
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May 24, 2020 03:49
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He is mentioned in "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge. The marines are unloading ammo and supplies from landing vehicles under fire and they're all confused as hell when an old captain with gray hair comes up and starts helping.
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May 24, 2020 03:51
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Yeah that poo poo is pretty crazy to think about. I guess some people just have a burning desire to do batshit crazy stuff and somehow come through on the other end of it. Also With the Old Breed is a great book for anyone who hasn't checked it out yet.
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May 24, 2020 04:14
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I thought ”With the old breed” is a little clunky to read, and not very well written. It has good content, but would have benefited from a more skilled writer.
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Vahakyla posted:I thought ”With the old breed” is a little clunky to read, and not very well written. It has good content, but would have benefited from a more skilled writer. Sledge was an academic and the book definitely reads like it. He was a scientist so I can see where you're coming from.
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I'm sorry but he wondered about what now?
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Marines still being Marines during Covid.military.com posted:Marine Punched Man at Okinawa Nightclub While Violating Coronavirus Restrictions, Police Say https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/29/marine-punched-man-okinawa-nightclub-while-violating-coronavirus-restrictions-police-say.html
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Just got my first email from a prior service recruiter that: 1) had my first name spelled wrong 2) tried to tell me there are "opportunities for continued service" within my dead MOS that was supposed to have been gotten rid of multiple times since the end of the cold war 3) completely ignored the fact that I'm medically ineligible and am out of the Corps now because my surgery recovery completely ate up my reenlistment/lat-move window (because I was already halfway through my second limdu term before I even got my surgery that makes it so my femur stays in my hip socket)
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Hey so my nephew decided that the best course of action for his adult life after high school was to enlist in the marines! Possibly infantry too but I'm not 100% on that. I do know that he's supposed to go through boot camp at 29 palms which doesn't seem like a picnic at all. I'd like to get him something as a graduation present to help him through boot camp. Besides a COVID-19 infection what would be the best thing to get him?
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Arson Daily posted:Hey so my nephew decided that the best course of action for his adult life after high school was to enlist in the marines! Possibly infantry too but I'm not 100% on that. I do know that he's supposed to go through boot camp at 29 palms which doesn't seem like a picnic at all. I'd like to get him something as a graduation present to help him through boot camp. Besides a COVID-19 infection what would be the best thing to get him? fleshlight condoms porno mags
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Jul 21, 2020 06:50
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He'll be at MCRD San Diego, not 29 Palms. Cosign on an 18.9% APR Camaro for him.
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Jul 21, 2020 08:00
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Get him one of those sword collections that some guy is selling outside of the marine exchange. It'll be a huge sword collection with a bunch of family crests meticulously googled by experts.
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Arson Daily posted:Hey so my nephew decided that the best course of action for his adult life after high school was to enlist in the marines! Possibly infantry too but I'm not 100% on that. I do know that he's supposed to go through boot camp at 29 palms which doesn't seem like a picnic at all. I'd like to get him something as a graduation present to help him through boot camp. Besides a COVID-19 infection what would be the best thing to get him? If you're asking about a high school graduation present then there isn't really anything because he won't be able to bring any belongings to boot camp. I'm wondering if he's going to MOS school at 29 Palms and he's confusing that with boot camp? If that's the case then he's going to fix electronics most likely, not be infantry.
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Arson Daily posted:Hey so my nephew decided that the best course of action for his adult life after high school was to enlist in the marines! Possibly infantry too but I'm not 100% on that. I do know that he's supposed to go through boot camp at 29 palms which doesn't seem like a picnic at all. I'd like to get him something as a graduation present to help him through boot camp. Besides a COVID-19 infection what would be the best thing to get him? A box of dildos and candy delivered during boot with "YOUR DI IS A BOOT BITCH IDIOT" written on the outside. Or you know, tell him to listen to all the people saying not to enlist, especially not right now, and as much as it pains me to say it, not combat arms.
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If you’re gonna join the military at least get a clearance and/or some training that’ll let you make money afterwards. Don’t let him do SIGINT though unless he doesn’t want to get promoted and reaaalllllllly wants to get disability for depression afterwards.
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Jul 21, 2020 14:22
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Get him a few pairs of THESE socks but don't let him take them with him until after Boot Camp.
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Hekk posted:Get him a few pairs of THESE socks but don't let him take them with him until after Boot Camp. Can I change my answer to this, those seem like nice socks. Probably wouldn't even use them as a jizzrag.
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Hekk posted:Get him a few pairs of THESE socks but don't let him take them with him until after Boot Camp. Now THAT is a great gift from an uncle that rates a "who the gently caress are you again?" most of the time. Had no idea you couldn't have anything personal in boot camp, maybe I'll see if I can get him a gift certificate to a strip club or something
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