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In a world full of danger, Marines run to the sound of magic missiles.
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Reverand maynard posted:the difference between books written by LTs and captains compared to those written by majors and higher is almost bizarre with how different their views are I idolized that book through high school and college. Probably within a year of commissioning I began to deny having ever owned it when asked.
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Apr 1, 2017 12:41
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MurderBot posted:In a world full of danger, Marines run to the sound of magic missiles. Title
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Apr 1, 2017 12:45
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Deathy McDeath posted:New marine commercial is...good? Showed it to my dad, who did 6 years in the Marines during Vietnam before joining the Army and doing 24 after college "Ha! They skipped Desert Storm.... Good!"
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Apr 1, 2017 14:52
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gently caress y'all, not dead and still posting, but spent an inebriated day a few weeks back Facebooking a colleague I hadn't seen since he was guarding an intersection in downtown Baghdad in 2003. Goddamn, but the sight of dozens of DPICM artillery rounds arcing through the air to pound the capital... Anywho, quick opinion question: if I end up in a part of the country where there are cool confrontational protests, what kind of attire/accessories can I wear to indicate "I support the leftist/socialist cause but also was in the Marines in two wars so gently caress you fat baby boomer chickenhawks and up with national minimum income and free healthcare"? I'm just concerned that I'd come to some protest and get beaten by the Black Bloc for having a USMC hat, or not being able to use ARE TROOPS cred to shame civvie mouth-breathing Proud Boy kids.
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Apr 18, 2017 10:50
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I don't think you'll be convincing the kind of person who goes to that kind of event without cult deprogramming techniques and or a bag lunch to the head. Most of them aren't going to be there for reasonable conversation. Also, nice to see you're still here.
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Apr 18, 2017 11:30
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:gently caress y'all, not dead and still posting, but spent an inebriated day a few weeks back Facebooking a colleague I hadn't seen since he was guarding an intersection in downtown Baghdad in 2003. Goddamn, but the sight of dozens of DPICM artillery rounds arcing through the air to pound the capital... Bring a gun and really flash it around so everyone knows you're on the level
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Apr 18, 2017 12:04
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Wear a custom "Chesty is my homeboy" tee.
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Apr 18, 2017 13:01
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Option b: don't be that guy. Like, if there's some sort of veterans group a la standing rock that's a cool way to organize with like minded people who you can relate to based on shared experiences. But if some trust fund chicken hawk really gets under your skin just tell him you don't recall seeing him in Baghdad '03. Being decked out or not in nine line apparel isn't really gonna mean much to most on either side at these things
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Apr 18, 2017 13:30
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Doesn't matter what you wear, just punch the right people, they'll catch on.
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Apr 18, 2017 15:38
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:gently caress y'all, not dead and still posting, but spent an inebriated day a few weeks back Facebooking a colleague I hadn't seen since he was guarding an intersection in downtown Baghdad in 2003. Goddamn, but the sight of dozens of DPICM artillery rounds arcing through the air to pound the capital... dress blues
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Apr 18, 2017 18:12
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yeah if you kill a fascist while wearing dress blues its technically not illegal edit: forgot a word PookBear fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 18:18
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Reverand maynard posted:yeah if you kill a fascist wearing dress blues its technically not illegal only if youre impaling them with a guidon tho
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Apr 18, 2017 18:30
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:only if youre impaling them with a guidon tho that would actually be so dope
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Apr 18, 2017 19:17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWHJTvzC-Qo
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Apr 18, 2017 19:28
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Reverand maynard posted:that would actually be so dope make sure the pennant says "this stick kills fascists" so the antifa know whose side youre on
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Apr 18, 2017 19:36
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Maybe for an encore you can wear jordans and one of those big clocks on a chain to a klan rally.
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Apr 19, 2017 05:50
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Or choke on all the dicks and die 
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Apr 23, 2017 05:23
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oorah derbil
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Apr 23, 2017 05:46
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I was going to post something positive about being a Marine but I can't think of anything right now.
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Apr 23, 2017 06:00
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You get to fight dragons, duh.
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Apr 23, 2017 07:18
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:I was going to post something positive about being a Marine but I can't think of anything right now. eventually you get out 
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Apr 23, 2017 07:24
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:eventually you get out I will get disability with my retirement check too. So that's a positive I guess.
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Apr 23, 2017 07:28
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:I will get disability with my retirement check too. So that's a positive I guess. thread title
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Apr 23, 2017 15:59
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:I was going to post something positive about being a Marine but I can't think of anything right now. The dress uniform is kinda bitchin I guess and it was a great place to focus my teenage/early 20's misanthropy. Also, you can form some brilliant vivid memories that last a lifetime and wont leave you alone, ever. Awake, sleeping, showering, making GBS threads parts of the waking nightmare will always be with you and when you finally die you get eternal firewatch.
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Apr 24, 2017 23:45
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Thanks to the Marines I learned how much liquid hot magma can be stored in the human waste system, how long it takes to purge it, and just how many times I can read the walls of a portashitter before the pain takes my vision. THANKS 1775 OORAH KILL
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Apr 24, 2017 23:59
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PathAsc posted:Thanks to the Marines I learned how much liquid hot magma can be stored in the human waste system, how long it takes to purge it, and just how many times I can read the walls of a portashitter before the pain takes my vision. THANKS 1775 OORAH KILL then that magma coalesed into a monster and went on to fight some guy for a commercial
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Apr 25, 2017 00:02
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its not like any of you retards had anything better to do
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Apr 25, 2017 00:36
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:its not like any of you retards had anything better to do Getting drunk and masturbating.
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Apr 25, 2017 00:46
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:its not like any of you retards had anything better to do literally anything else
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Apr 25, 2017 00:46
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I could've been the best goddamn fish fryer or t shirt printer
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Apr 25, 2017 00:49
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:its not like any of you retards had anything better to do actually very true
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Apr 25, 2017 00:51
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Deathy McDeath posted:actually very true the only honest man in gip if you asked him his cock size, he'd say: within a standard deviation of the average length/thickness for white men in america
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Apr 25, 2017 00:54
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:dress blues You have to one up that sgt yelling at cops. drat that video has 23 million views on the youtubes.
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Apr 25, 2017 00:58
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MaxPowers posted:You have to one up that sgt yelling at cops. drat that video has 23 million views on the youtubes. Shamar Thomas. I served with that guy. He was a really cool, and I'd never seen him get aggressive like he did in that video. The last I heard of him, he went on a speaking tour after that video, was a contestant on Survivor, and now does advocacy work of some sort.
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Apr 25, 2017 01:05
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:the only honest man in gip TW: a small sprinkling of motivation Realtalk: I was a huge fuckup as a kid and all the way up through high school. Fat, lazy, with no real sense of purpose or direction. My greatest aspiration after high school was to go to community college to study computer science (something that, knowing the math requirements for now, I would have surely failed out of) and play video games. Had I not enlisted, I would probably still be living somewhere near my hometown, probably still incredibly fat and very depressed. I probably would have been a brony too  The Marine Corps kicked my rear end in just the way that I needed. It taught me that even though I was a piece of poo poo, I could stop being a piece of poo poo if I tried really, really hard. And so I tried harder than I've ever tried at anything before. I actually started to care about things, including myself. I realized that instead of seeing a goal and thinking "Man, if I weren't such a sack of poo poo I could totally do that thing", I could actually, you know, try to do that thing. I'm still kind of a piece of poo poo, but I've kept the weight off for almost 15 years now and I'm far more mature and worldly than I was back then. I go to a very good school, and my job prospects are looking good. I also started settings goals and achieving them, like learning an instrument, or learning a language. I've won a few prestigious scholarships, which is something that would've sounded ludicrous if you told me back in high school. All in all, I'm doing pretty good. Granted, I almost offed myself a few times because the adjustment really loving sucked, but thankfully I never went through with it. While I can't claim to be one of those hilarious brokebrain dudes who writes everything in all lowercase and is all wacky and zany, the service did gently caress with my head a little bit, but thankfully the school's counseling service is surprisingly good at handling service-related issues. With graduation coming up next month, I'm reminded that I really got a good deal out of the whole thing, and even though I would change a few things if I had to do it over again, I'm very glad that I did it. So yeah. Enlisting was a net positive for me. Sorry for taking up your time, but thanks for listening anyway.
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Apr 25, 2017 01:30
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people usually get more mature and worldly over the course of 15 years regardless of whether they enlist or not  glad to see it all worked out for the better for you tho
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Apr 25, 2017 01:40
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Deathy McDeath posted:While I can't claim to be one of those hilarious brokebrain dudes who writes everything in all lowercase and is all wacky and zany Harsh, dude  Honestly wish I wasn't broke brain. I'm envious of you guys here who've gotten good degrees, jobs, and opportunities...I don't have much to show for it all, but I'm working on it. Also yeah I was an idiot dork nerdy kid just like you were, army gave me a good kick in the rear end. I need to channel that attitude of "just do poo poo" again because I've been just focusing on how hosed up, angry, depressed and hurt I am instead of trying to move on in my life 
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Apr 25, 2017 02:54
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I joined because all my friends were going to jail or getting killed trying to pretend we were drug dealers. I stuck around because I had a kid right before my first enlistment was up and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to support my family with a real job. After that I just stuck around for the retirement benefits. It's been an interesting journey and I agree that the Marine Corps helped me figure out what was important to me in my life. I have always had a love/hate relationship with the military but if I had to live my life over again I don't know that I'd change the fact that I came in. I was a poor rear end white kid with no prospects in life. Now at least I've set my son up for success in his life by making sure he goes to good schools and I gave him my GI Bill.
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Apr 25, 2017 03:04
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:people usually get more mature and worldly over the course of 15 years regardless of whether they enlist or not its a matter of degrees m8. like when you first got in, you probably tucked your tshirt into your jeans. by the time you were getting out, you probably did not.
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