USMC 2017: All of the Cool Marines Died or Stopped Posting

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Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Deathy McDeath posted:

It's a word that people use to make Marines feel bad

I thought that's what "Officer" was

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Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Graa posted:

How do marines feel about the show generation kill?

It makes our NCOs look smarter than they are, but past that, accurate

# ¿ Mar 31, 2017 14:05

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

PathAsc posted:

I'm actually amazed a SNCO got punished, especially senior staff. It's a brand new world after 2012 I guess.

He was a civilian contractor when he got hit

# ¿ Mar 31, 2017 17:36

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Deathy McDeath posted:

New marine commercial is...good?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q5R8cNbYJQ

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!"

# ¿ Apr 1, 2017 14:52

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Grem posted:

I don't regret anything but I signed the dotted line in August, 2001. Thought I'd be building schools in some stupid rear end south east Asian country and getting dared to gently caress Thai ladyboys. Was in DEP and sitting in my community college lounge area when planes crashed into buildings and thought about how I really, really, royally hosed myself. On the yellow footprints in San Diego a bit later and found myself in Iraq less then two years later not knowing what the gently caress was going on.

Figured it out by 2010 though and got out because I wanted to be a DI and they gave me orders to recruiting (pending reenlistment) and gently caress that.

I use the phrase "Something I'm glad I did, but I'd never do again."

For realsies though the Marine Corps changed me from a hopeless loser to a driven, buff, handsome, motivated, disciplined loser.

It did a good job in helping me stop giving a poo poo about anything I can't directly change or influence myself. Probably added years to my life because I went from high strung and worrisome to unless I was high to "gently caress it, I can make this work I suppose". I was lucky enough to have good leadership for 90% of my run and very little contact with the shittier aspects because I just embraced my POG-rear end place in life and did my time. All in all I'm glad I did it, but I loving hate the guys who make it the sole aspect of their entire personality or have bumper stickers on their car any larger than a silver dollar.

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