May 19, 2005 08:57
As the Marine Corps likes to put it..."Drinking from the fire hose"
Not too bad though. I got a 100 on my test today. I think me and the guy I studied with were the only 2 that didn't miss any questions.
Learned some pretty benificial stuff to. Like....
I bet most of yall never knew that Marines are starting to take tampons with them in their medical kits when they go on patrols now. Apparently a tampon is the perfect solution for a sucking chest wound (if there such thing as a perfect solution for a sucking chest wound). They are also a quick fix for a bloody knose.
Had a couple more history classes too. Its a good thing they don't give that class while people are trying to decide whether to re-enlist or not, because then nobody would ever get out.
One of the best things is that Marine non-comissioned officers are the only ones that are still authorized to carry a sword (traditionaly a weapon only authorized for officers to carry) But of course now the Army is trying to have it to where their turds can carry one too. Maybe they should look at history and realize that we didn't just decide to carry a sword, It was presented to us for our actions in combat by another country. As is the case for almost every item on the Marine uniform. So for all the other services trying to look like us, maybe you should first try to act like us. We didn't go to a fashion designer for our red stripe either, many marines lost their lives to earn the rest of us the right to wear it.
And now the Army is trying to make their own digital cammies (after they first all laughed at us when ours first came out) But now they are making a set---that are
1)Grey
2)Have everything velcro to them
3)Pockets on the ankles
Grey? where the hell are they planning on fighting?? While laying down in the street? As for the velcro, Hmmmmmmm I can see this disaster already, you are trying to low crawl somewhere through the brush but all you hear are his name tapes and unit patches (all 12 of them) geting ripped of the front of his uniform. As for pockets on the ankles? What is that for? Well I guess you could put toilet paper in there so it is easily accesable while taking a shit. Other wise, you would need to be bending over a lot to need pockets there, and well I won't go there.
Got to love the Army