SEMPER Fi and Happy Birthday Marines
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Semper Fi and Happy Birthday to the USMC!
I loved this, JustKate.
Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
I loved this, JustKate. Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
That's cool. Win or lose the experience would be the thing. "Manly contest" and all that, especially considering I'll be in the Navy soon.
That said, I think I'll forgo unnecessarily testing my mettle against any SEALS, Spetznaz, or Green Berets... for now.
Congratulations, Juan! And good for you!
And as a side "benefit," you'll probably get any number of chances to fight Marines, then. Really.
You know (or you soon will) how Marines feel about sailors - "dismissive" is the most polite word that comes to mind.
Well, the former Marine who shares a house with me is extremely impressed by SEALS, despite the whole anti-Navy thing that is bred into a Marine - with their training, their discipline, their esprit de corps, everything. Extremely impressed. So yeah, you'd probably better hold off on fighting a SEAL for a while. A long while.
And as a side "benefit," you'll probably get any number of chances to fight Marines, then. Really.
You know (or you soon will) how Marines feel about sailors - "dismissive" is the most polite word that comes to mind.
Well, the former Marine who shares a house with me is extremely impressed by SEALS, despite the whole anti-Navy thing that is bred into a Marine - with their training, their discipline, their esprit de corps, everything. Extremely impressed. So yeah, you'd probably better hold off on fighting a SEAL for a while. A long while.
As I understand it, the feeling is pretty mutual.You know (or you soon will) how Marines feel about sailors - "dismissive" is the most polite word that comes to mind.
If I'm feeling up to it I might take a shot at BUDs, in time. Or not.
You know (or you soon will) how Marines feel about sailors - "dismissive" is the most polite word that comes to mind.
As I understand it, the feeling is pretty mutual.
As I understand it, you are absolutely right. But you'll find alllllll about it soon. Not in bootcamp, probably, but once you get sent away to whatever schools you're going to. That's when Mr. JustKate got such regular practice "testing his mettle," as you phrased it.
Congratulations, Juan! And good for you!
And as a side "benefit," you'll probably get any number of chances to fight Marines, then. Really.
You know (or you soon will) how Marines feel about sailors - "dismissive" is the most polite word that comes to mind.
I was in the Navy and attended programming school at the Marine Corps Science Schools Command. It was the most fun three months of my 7 years in the Navy. After a couple of weeks, I bought a set of camo uniforms with the appropriate insignias (with permission of my instructor) and went to the Commissary to get my "Zero to three" haircut. Every one of them tripped when I appeared for morning muster and I was officially adopted into the fold. If *anyone* dared talk shit about me or to me when it was discovered that I was in the Navy, at least five people would come out of the woodwork as a signal to back off. I had also befriended a Marine (who was a former sailor) and we jogged around the barracks almost every night (because I about died on the first run we did). I earned a lot of respect, because I completely adopted the "When in Rome" attitude. That practice running helped me on the next PFT as I ran the 1.5 mile in 9:12.
They also nicknamed me "Devil Dolphin", and those dirty rat bastards wouldn't let me buy any rounds of beers for the crowd when we went to the local bar to celebrate the Corps' birthday. Man, did I get D-R-U-N-K
No. You don't want to do that in Basic. It will cost your Company points (assuming they still do that).
This former jarhead thanks you for the birthday wishes 
So far as the Marine-Navy relationship, it's like it is with brothers: they'll give each other all manner of grief, but when push comes to shove, they've got each other's back. "Devil Dolphin" is an awesome nickname. I wish we'd thought of something like that ages ago for the Navy Corpsmen attached to our battalion. As it was, they were just "Doc" to us, in the most respectful sense of the term
So far as the Marine-Navy relationship, it's like it is with brothers: they'll give each other all manner of grief, but when push comes to shove, they've got each other's back. "Devil Dolphin" is an awesome nickname. I wish we'd thought of something like that ages ago for the Navy Corpsmen attached to our battalion. As it was, they were just "Doc" to us, in the most respectful sense of the term
I don't want to come in at or under par and thus pass my physical requirements? Interesting strategy.
I think what he meant is that you wanna do it as fast as you can, not just barely pass.
I don't want to come in at or under par and thus pass my physical requirements? Interesting strategy.
OK, maybe I'm missing something, but if you're saying that you "just want to make the maximum time limit" for the run, then the answer is a resounding "NO". I went through Navy boot camp in 1987 and all of the companies competed against each other in many different events to garner points. Flags were awarded to that Company based on the total score. The more flags said Company earns, the more impressive you are (and bragging rights) and respect. When we participated in the PT tests (there were three) the Company ran as a group, not individually. Everyone has to cross the finish line together or else the Company gets a penalty. You do NOT want to be That Guy who can't cut it.
Keep practicing. Do not assume anything. IIRC, Great Lakes is the only training facility for Basic. Have fun freezing your ass off under a spartan wool blanket, and if they still do gas mask training with the tear gas, make every attempt to look as pathetic as possible for the SEAL, who will be blocking your way from exiting the chamber while you're inhaling and choking
