[BBell]

I'm not thinking about the physical requirements as much as the way the culture was. So many things we did and the ways we acted were not even acceptable behavior in other parts of The Corp back then. Homophobia,misogyny, the crudeness, porn everywhere, foul language rampant, pranks, I can't even think of it all. When I arrived at my unit from ITS it took me awhile to get use too. I did not know how to take those a$$holes I was surrounded by. I learned real fast though.

Marine grunts were the uncultured warriors of the culture.

[ExTxMarine]

EXACTLY!

And if they remove this “uncultured” mentality from the Marine Corps grunts, then they might as well send the Air Force mess hall guys to the front lines of combat, because that will be the same mentality that you have out there and the number of losses will be UNCONSCIONABLE!

I try to explain to people that I worked in FSSG, Base, MAW and MARDIV - the MARDIV is a completely different animal than any of those other three. We are talking OTHER-WORLDLY, in comparison! The put downs, wise cracks, pranks, language, THOUGHT PROCESSES were often too much for even fellow EFF-STICKS to handle! You must have the world’s toughest skin and sickest mind to play with those Devil Dogs!

AND THOSE ARE GUYS ARE JUST THEY WAY THEY NEED TO BE FOR A COMBAT ZONE!!