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[brin]

One thing you learn really early as a squid is that you can laugh, make jokes, and ridicule Marines, but don't ever get them mad enough to fight. They'll kick your butt once to teach you a lesson and another time to make sure you don't forget.:laughing:

And that is when the Army steps in to break it up...:laughing::laughing:

 

[RadarTech]

And that is when the Army steps in to break it up...:laughing::laughing:

Hmmmmm.. Yea they grunt so much trying to stop a Marine we have to stop so we don't get hurt laughing at them!

 

[brin]

Hmmmmm.. Yea they grunt so much trying to stop a Marine we have to stop so we don't get hurt laughing at them!

:laughing::laughing: We always grunted as we put the cuffs on the Jar Heads...:thumbsup:

 

[RadarTech]

:laughing::laughing: We always grunted as we put the cuffs on the Jar Heads...:thumbsup:

The only altercation I was ever involved with that included a soldier was at an Army nco club.
A drunk army sgt spilt his beverage and knocked the beverage out on the hand of a fellow marine... He proceeded to be relieved of the funding for replacements by force as his entire squad looked on.. The 6 marines present stood to assist since we were outnumbered 25 or more to 1!

Not a single soldier moved, not even to help him up from the floor...

Now if that were to have been reversed and on a marine base, the 6 soldiers would have been in the hospital or the brig..

A marine can do wrong, but a marine will correct. If a marine does wrong and a member of another service were to try that, you handle him first then you resume corrective action.....

 

[brokenknee]

Someone needs to invent a sarcastic font.

Remember the SarcMark came out a few years ago, not sure how long ago. It was on the national news. It never caught on most likely because they wanted to charge for it. It is now a free download for a limited time. Probably wouldn't be worth much since most people would not know what it meant. I had forgotten what it looked like.

SarcMark - Home

 

[OneMarineE5]

Well I see we have been having alot of fun since I've been here last..

*Drunk Army Sgts
*Marines forcing paybacks
*Handcuffs
*Squids
*Grunting

Why does that not sound right? :laughing:

 

[OneMarineE5]

That's fantastic. I'm part of a group like that too - not even close to the level of undying loyalty that USMC people have - but still, it's pretty cool.

I'd imagine that whether or not a Marine ever sees combat, even the time spent in training brings you close together.

What does Semper Fi mean??

-Jer.

Missed this first time I read it! What group are you part of?

 

[brin]

The only altercation I was ever involved with that included a soldier was at an Army nco club.
A drunk army sgt spilt his beverage and knocked the beverage out on the hand of a fellow marine... He proceeded to be relieved of the funding for replacements by force as his entire squad looked on.. The 6 marines present stood to assist since we were outnumbered 25 or more to 1!

Not a single soldier moved, not even to help him up from the floor...

Now if that were to have been reversed and on a marine base, the 6 soldiers would have been in the hospital or the brig..

A marine can do wrong, but a marine will correct. If a marine does wrong and a member of another service were to try that, you handle him first then you resume corrective action.....

Impolite army sgt. and clueless squad ! Based on the Sgt. and squad leaders conduct it should not surprise you that his squad probably felt he got what he deserved. It would be a dangerous mistake to assume all Army Squads or Squad leaders would react the same way...

By the way as a side note you posted > " A marine can do wrong, but a marine will correct." I am keeping in mind the saying that there are no former Marines...once a Marine, always a Marine..With that in mind I have a tool box in my shop right now with the US Marine decal on it loaded with a set of sockets and other tools left behind by a Marine tenant of mine that was also a local police officer ..he beat his wife, trashed the house I rented to him and left a total mess..He never corrected and I had to sue him to recover damages..he left the state to avoid coming to court...I'm just saying....

 

[jgrreed]

Missed this first time I read it! What group are you part of?

I'm a surgeon.

5 years of residency and our exams are something that only other surgeons understand. Having said that, I've never been shot at.....

-Jer

-Jer.

 

[OneMarineE5]

Impolite army sgt. and clueless squad ! Based on the Sgt. and squad leaders conduct it should not surprise you that his squad probably felt he got what he deserved. It would be a dangerous mistake to assume all Army Squads or Squad leaders would react the same way...

By the way as a side note you posted > " A marine can do wrong, but a marine will correct." I am keeping in mind the saying that there are no former Marines...once a Marine, always a Marine..With that in mind I have a tool box in my shop right now with the US Marine decal on it loaded with a set of sockets and other tools left behind by a Marine tenant of mine that was also a local police officer ..he beat his wife, trashed the house I rented to him and left a total mess..He never corrected and I had to sue him to recover damages..he left the state to avoid coming to court...I'm just saying....

I too have known my share of.. well, less than honorable people, having had affiliation with a group that is typically regarded by a much higher standing of character.

I can not help but hold the US Marine Corps with high regard, and yet personally know some people who were once part of the Marine Corps who sound just like who you've described. And I know you and many other Soldiers hold the US Army in high regard, as you better....or why bother. I also know we absolutely need all the branches!


Am I proud to be a Marine?

"The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!"
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion.
--Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army


The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!
--MGen. Frank E. Lowe, U.S. Army; Korea, 26 January 1952

Why in lleh can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.
--Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, USA; 12 February 1918

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
--General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur; Korea, 21 September 1950

We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the **** is going on?
--Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff
during the assault on Grenada, 1983