That felt good!

[tejas]

I just ranted over on fanficrants about writers who get some incredibly stupid things wrong, like Jack being in the army. Or, since it was a multi-fandom rant, Gibbs being in the army. I included one thing that isn't quite as stupid simply because it's not quite common knowledge, nor has it been mentioned in canon, but folks, there ain't no such a thang as a

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[crossbow1]

I think Gibbs has said that a few times, hasn't he? And even if he hadn't, every Marine and former Marine on TV has managed to say it at least once.

[tejas]

But... there *are* no former marines on tv or elsewhere.

*glares* :-)

[crossbow1]

*facepalm* Okay, okay, retired Marines.

[tejas]

LOL!!!! Just poking a bit. ;-)

[jagfanlj]

You mean Former Enlisted or Former Commisioned Officers. ;D

foxnews.com June 28, 2007
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[USMC Col. Oliver] North said passing boot camp requires recruits to embody 10 major attributes of dependability, courage, decisiveness, endurance, initiative, integrity, judgement, proficiency, selflesness[sic] and loyalty.

"If one is - 'Always Faithful' - to this 10-Point Marine credo, it is therefore impossible to be an "ex" Marine," said North.

The question of what an inactive Marine should be called came into light yesterday when FOXNews.com received a handful of criticizing e-mails regarding a headline that called a 72-year-old man an ex-Marine.

Bill Barnes, who enlisted in the Marines in 1956, was scratching off a lotto ticket at a Michigan gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where $300 in cash was stored, the Associated Press reported yesterday.

He immediately grabbed the person's wrist and started throwing punches, thwarting the robbery.