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Semper Fi! 1994-2002
(IQ = 128)
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Me also. 94 to 02. 3533/3536
I got the lucky draw.
'79 to '85.
No war, so it was just a six year long frat party with occasional work breaks during the day. And to this day, I still say, the most valuable skill an infantryman in the Corps can have is the ability to play spades well and with imaginative table talk code.
So did I. Went in last few days of 79, got out last few days of 83.
I wasn't actually in the military. It was just the Air Force.
God Bless all you guys.
I think most people think of Marines as more bad-ass than Army, tough but not stupid.
Let me put this one to bed for you guys ... retired Army Officer here (30 years), I have known and am friends with lots of USMC folks. I can tell you unequivocally, hands fucking down the Marines are more bad-ass. That's not to say the Army isn't full of snake eaters. We got our ass-kickers for sure, but on the whole, that shit isn't even close. When you factor in the number of woketards we have (the Army), those sorry fucks drag us down. That shit doesn't exist in the Marines, and if it does and I don't know about it, they are hella good at keeping that dirty laundry hidden.
This shit isn't even open for debate.
Marine and Paratrooper here. Can verify.
Current Army guy here. Yeah, no contest the average Marine could eat the lunch of the average Army soldier.
Marines have (or at least had) higher ASVAB score requirements than the Army did.
One if my favorite nuggets of information is that the so called dumb grunt infantry has one of the higher ASVAB requirements… but it makes sense if you think about it. Sniper just shot LT and an IED left Sarge down for the count, corporal snuffy still has to accomplish the mission while the original plan has gone to shit. A dumbass can’t do that.
Not they don't. Not true. The Airforce does, but the other branches are all set at a minimum of 31 AFQT (ASVAB for the non-military types). NOW ... in YOUR defense, they DO have a minimum number of low AFQT applicants the will allow, and they do NOT bust that cap. The Army busts that shit every year.
My comparison was strictly between the marines and the army.
They go through a lot of crayons though....
Haha I kid I kid. Just a joke us navy peeps had with the marines. But seriously.....................
I remember a lot of jokes between the different branches. "Marines do everything better. Just ask a sailor's wife." was always my favorite.
Mine was...what's the flap on the front of the crackerjack uniform trousers for? A bib for a marine.
Haha oh my ?
And in civilian life they still a good crayon with their stonk reports.
Somewhere in America, a young man wakes up one morning and says, "You know what? I want to become the toughest guy on planet earth and kill bad guys." Then that young man applies to be a marine.
I was told the most dangerous weapon on earth is a Marine, but the I found out the most dangerous weapon is a Second Lieutenant with a map!
True story - I was deployed to Afghanistan and overheard two Army Colonel's (one a tank guy and the other an Apache guy), debating on the most lethal weapon on the battlefield. Each Col pleaded their case for their community. One of the Col's says, "Hey Gunny - What's the most lethal thing on the battlefield, a M1A2 tank or an Apache?"
My response: "Neither. The most lethal thing on the battlefield is a bored Lance Corporal." Then I just walked away as both Col's stood there with their mouths open. Semper Fi! (for reference, a Lance Corporal is an E-3)
I NEVER allowed a Lt to have a map and compass at the same time... they could have one or the other, but never both!
Or a gunny with ptsd
Actually, counter intel figured out that the 2LT with a map (and compass, can't leave out the compass if you want the full effect) was a secret Soviet weapon embedded into our military.
Another secret: The reason the USMC has to have a L/Cpl Mafia is because of the officers. If the officers could get it done then the backchannel/black market/Milo Menderbenders of the L/Cpl Mafia wouldn't need to exist.
To give a recent example of how fucktard the officers are, the greatest, coolest, most badass MOS ever to be OS'd in the M was 0351, infantry-anti armor and demolitions assaultman. So, of course, they're getting rid of it.
Spite. Pure spite. The officers are just jealous because there's nothing anywhere near as cool for them to do, so they have to take it away from the enlisted's too.
Marines are more bad ass than army. If you compare the average infantry soldier army and marine. The rangers are comprable to the average marine infantry.
Badges?
We don't need no steenkin' badges!
I served in the corps 81-87. I still recall being shocked to find out the young ages in my first permanent unit. Here I was, all of 19, thinking these guys were so mature, composed & experienced...only to learn they were 20, 21, 22...
It's a very good thing to have respect for your contemporaries.
Try not to idolize any group. Especially the military. They’re why we have the 2nd.
I like the purple ones because they taste like purple.
Its funny i have never thought of the Marines as dumb but i have thought of them as badass and brave.
I think its the lefty types who would think that, kinda like how they portray them as dumb and evil in movies same with cops and pretty much anyone who goes out and does a job where they are putting themselves in danger daily for the good of the country. But somehow all those hollywood degens are somehow better than everyone, makes me sick.
I was once mesmerized by this magic spell. Not proud of it, glad God showed me the truth. The U.S. Military is, at it's best, doing God's work.
We still eat crayons voraciously however. Especially green ones.
Need to have a chat with your dietician. The green ones are good. Especially if you leave the wrapper on for extra fiber. No big fiber, no big shit. And everyone want's to be a big shit.
But you also need to add some orange ones into the mix for your vitamines. And the brown ones for good muscle growth.
Stay away from the pink ones though. That's how you end up with the clap or married to a stripper or married to a stripper that's always giving you the clap.
Ehhh. I work with a marxist marine.