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Reasons 91-135 To Embrace The Corps
By Lt Col P
91. Service Charlies. They look so good, the Navy’s copying ’em.
92. Fake Marines. No one eats ’em up faster than real Marines.
93. John Lovell. A 71-year-old former Marine is sitting in a Subway restaurant when two armed men try to rob the place. Lovell grabs his .45, kills one and wounds the other. No word on how Lovell’s sandwich fared.
94. 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Six Navy Crosses so far. Six.
95. Staff Sgt. Lawrence Dean II, aka the “BadAss Marine.” He recites a poem. He gets uploaded to YouTube. Thousands get motivated.
96. Gen. James Conway takes over as the new commandant . Among his demands: a new PT uniform, new tattoo regs, a plan to add dress blues to the seabag, a change-up in medals and 22,000 more Marines. Someone’s been thinking about taking over for a while, huh?
97. Body-fat standards. Everyone hates them, until they see a fat Marine.
98. “Jarhead.” Only a former Marine could write a war story about not fighting anyone and make it last for 200 pages, then get Jamie Foxx to star in the movie. [Never read the book, never saw the movie. Next!]
99. The Stumps. The Rock. The Sandbox. Oh, the places you’ll serve.
101. Tattoos #2. Getting a fallen friend’s name tattooed on your other forearm, and knowing the same.
102. The new PT running suit. Sure, the Army had them first, but the Army gets most things first.
103. Marine Expeditionary Units: The cheapest cruise you’ll ever take.
104. Camp Lejeune: The closest interstate and the nearest good shopping mall are both at least an hour away. [An hour?? Try TWO!]
105. Camp Pendleton: There are roads and malls, but try affording a house near the main gate.
106. Tattoos #3. Meat tags. Getting your blood type and other info inked on your ribcage isn’t necessarily a bad idea.
107. The Marine Corps is getting bigger. The Navy is getting smaller.
109. 30 days’ paid vacation, plus federal holidays off, is obscene by civilian standards.
110. Maj. Gen. Marion E. Carl, the Corps’ first fighter ace. First Marine to fly a helicopter. Two Navy Crosses, five Distinguished Flying Crosses, 14 Air Medals. In 1998, the 82-year-old was killed during a home break-in when he jumped in front of a shotgun blast aimed at his longtime wife, Edna.
111. Tattoos #4. Reaction to the new policy: Conway says sleeves are going away, Marines run for the chair. Tattoo parlors never saw so much business.
113. Guaranteed pay raises.
114. Marine Security Guard #1. Duty in the Bahamas.
115. Having a WWII Marine say he’s proud of you. [Yes. The WWII Marines are the gold standard for hard.]
116. Drew Carey used to be in the Marine Corps Reserve. Now, he’s the host of “The Price is Right.”
117. Combatant diver pins. No more of that Navy crap.
118. A Red Stripe is a beer, mon. A Blood Stripe is a symbol of pride.
119. NMCI, if only they would remove the “MC.” [And not soon enough.]
120. You watched “300,” and it reminded you of your unit.
121. The “Det One” .45 pistol. Designed by Marines, for Marines.
122. Combat marksmanship. You are creeping death. And you get graded on it.
123. [WE] Never lost six nukes on a plane.
124. CamelBaks. Water tastes like water again.
125. Give a Marine enough free time, and he’ll marry your Bahraini princess. [Or conspire with his buddies to commit some sort of amoral outrage.]
126. Go to YouTube. Type in “bored Marines.” Enjoy.
127. When the President gets on a helicopter, it’s not called “Army One.”
128. The opposite of the Peace Corps. [YES!!!!]
129. Camouflage. You can camouflage anything and make it cool.
130. No Fear #1. Marines aren’t scared of anything. Except apricots. And Charms.
131. Combat optics on M16s. Leave the iron sights, just in case. [Iron sights never fail.]
132. “Combat loss” amnesty for missing gear. It’s like pleading the fifth.
133. Riding a chartered Continental Airlines flight home from the war zone with assault weapons stuffed in all the overhead compartments.
134. In combat, the division band becomes a heavy-machine-gun platoon.
135. What do headaches, broken bones, infectious diseases, missing limbs and hurt feelings all have in common? Motrin. Thanks, Doc.
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Comments
Civil can here. What is the new tattoo policy?
great list
HEHE this is my favorite list out of all of them.
You do realize, don't you, that at least three quarters of these apply equally to the Army?
Does it take a Navy Submariner to point out that.....
20,63,68,87,100,108,112,136,156,187,205,220 and 226
are missing from every list on the web from OPFOR to the Marine websites and chat rooms?
The Best Marine is a Submarine ;) Happy Birthday Marines.
BKT(SS)
BullNav quick pull the plug..... goin deep
BKT(SS)
BKT(SS)- GREAT CATCH!
Perhaps those were reserved for Dolphin Codes.
In this case, DC76d applies...:)
Aye BullNav
DC48
BKT(SS) - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
The missing numbers are due to the typeset used in the Marine Times. Those items were in a different typeface for emphasis. When someone copies/pastes them to word, they don't show up. I don't have the paper in front of me to add them for you.
JV- like I said, DC76d...
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Since I've just installed "Muzzle Brakes" on me type-pad (banned thrice for scatter gun trigger pulls in the comment section..thank-you)
I will just meekly say,
A fine list indeed...Sir