And truly unthinkable, the Marines have a problem too. The Commanding General just wrote a division wide letter about the poor state of discipline. He said he personally saw a Marine in the Exchange in his pajamas. Then he said he approached two Marines on bus stop bench, and they did not stand up and did not salute. When he called them out on it, one said he didn’t because was on the phone!
Incredibly, the General is the one in trouble now.
So true: we have had one wimpy Commandant after another. No resistance to idiot “girls in the infantry” stuff and gays dancing with each other at the Marine Corps Balls.
From the article, we have some “salty” Marines chafing at being reintrodued to Marine Corps standards after serving overseas. Big whoop. Try fighting in a war where we lose 400 dead in a week.
The standards exist for a reason.
behavior like that used to bring a minimum of five hot days of chipping, priming and painting the flagpole top to bottom - twice.
When I was in the Army not too long ago, at least before the gays got in, it was customary for sergeants to find anything wrong with you as an excuse to make you do oush ups and some PT. We did not get butt hurt nor see this as a punishment but as some kind of tradition to keep us in shape, To see this kind of tradition of discipline going by the way side in the Marine corp of all things is appalling.