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Posted on 07/28/2015 11:01:34 AM PDT by Gamecock



TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: milhumor; usmc
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To: sean327

One of the things that sets our Corps apart from the other services is that our enlisted undergo a what is generally perceived as a tougher initial training than their officers. When I was going through Quantico in 1968, you could hear the DIs endlessly screaming some variation of “you wouldn’t last a day at Parris Island.” They’re both designed to weed out the weak, and back then it was a brutal process...but it gives the troops a special sense of “esprit de corps” to think they’e done something their officers couldn’t hack..


61 posted on 07/28/2015 1:26:31 PM PDT by ken5050 (If the GOP canÂ’t muster the moral courage to defund Planned Parenthood, they don't deserve the WH)
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To: ken5050

The Marine Corps is very good at what it does when it comes to making Marines. That goes for officer and enlisted. Both training tracks emphasize leadership. That emphasis on leadership is what makes the Marine Corps great. We are also very good at pushing leadership down to the lowest level. In the army a Plt Sgt is usually a SSgt or Sgt1st Class. In the Marine Corps it’s not uncommon to see a Sgt in that billet. The army has SSgts running squads, we have Sgts and Cpls running them.


62 posted on 07/28/2015 2:52:41 PM PDT by sean327 (God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: ken5050

I saw this photo somewhere else on the internet and I believe this is a Poolee at a Recruiting Station event. The DIs are there to give them an idea of boot camp. Hence the reason that the female DI is there. It is not a boot camp photo.


63 posted on 07/28/2015 5:19:21 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot ("If this be treason, make the most of it." - Patrick Henry, 30 May 1765)
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To: Gamecock

Where the white women at?


64 posted on 07/28/2015 6:24:08 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Gamecock

Apparently the little Japanese guy from Heroes lost his ability to teleport out of trouble....


65 posted on 07/28/2015 6:53:48 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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To: Dr. Ursus

“That was me in basic 1966!”

Except there were no women drill sgts for men platoons!


66 posted on 07/28/2015 7:12:16 PM PDT by longhorn too
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To: Osage Orange
"Looks RACIST!!!"

OMG!

You are right, and sexist!!!!!!

That young fella in the middle is obviously mentally undressing that female DI, and that is the only thing on his dirty mind.

Disgusting!

Obviously he is trying to become a Under paid, over sexed teenage American Killer! and should be wiped off the face of the earth! (Thank you Eleanor Roosevelt)

67 posted on 07/29/2015 8:14:49 AM PDT by SERE_DOC ( “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” TJ.)
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To: Gamecock

He really, REALLY shouldn’t have asked them when he gets his green beret....


68 posted on 07/31/2015 11:04:14 AM PDT by archy
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