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Lets see some fruit salad new and old. The old timers... theirs
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Lets see some fruit salad new and old. The old timers... theirs isnt as big, but it a whole lot more impressive

I will say Goodnight Chesty before I leave for bed tonight
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shut up boot
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Good example of New vs Old. Chesty, the most decorated Marine in American history compared to Petraeus who had a nice career.

Notice a difference?
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>>28361909
Thank You For Your Service
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Another great great soldier. Again, he is an old timer so his salad doesnt reach his belly button, but still impressive
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>>28361927
Yeah, but a few of those things come with being on the Joint Chiefs, which Chesty never did. Also, Marines in general don't have as many awards.
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You capitalist stooges call that a set of commendations?
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>>28361927

An even better example of the New vs Old
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>>28361951

Very true. Makes it even more impressive when you consider Chesty was a LT General while Patreus was a 4 star General
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>>28361927
>>28361955
no big surprise. he cut his late enough to not actually have to fight in vietnam, and never went to a combat zone outside of a HQ TOC. And like most other entitled baby boomer shitheads, he needs constant validation and can't go 5 minutes without having a midlife crisis.
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>>28362023
I love you Dick Masterson.
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Why of all the Marines is Chesty Puller so celebrated. Is there something politically correct about the guy that Corp love so much?
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>>28361927
Damn he never got the CIB. Make it to 4 star general without ever seeing combat. Idk how I feel about that.
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>>28362579
The exact opposite actually. Other than him being highly decorated, he (supposedly) didn't give a fuck about being PC or stupid uniform bullshit or a bunch of other regulations. He even went to the brig I think.

That's the mythology around him anyways.
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>>28362602
He has a CAB.
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>>28362579
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller
Epitome of "Does not give a flying fuck"
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>>28362579
>Why of all the Marines is Chesty Puller so celebrated
because my DI said so
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>>28361927
>Notice a difference?
Two more stars on his shoulders?
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>>28362739
Kek
>>28362579
Its what other anons have already stated. I met a few old timers that actually got to interact and serve under Chesty both in WWII and Korea. Every single one of them loved that man because he was relaxed when it came to uniform shit and also he took care of the lower ranks. One of the things that I was told that spawns from him is the act of always allowing the lower enlisted to eat before NCO, SNCO, or Officers. It is said that durring WWII he saw some Marine officers walking into the mess ahead of lower enlisted already in line and grabbing food. He apparently lit those officers up and so the tradition started. Dont know if its true but you will never see a higher Marine eat before a lower Marine.

Also some of the quotes from him are pretty K. When seeing a flamethrower for the first time he asked where the bayonet went.
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>>28366086
>Also some of the quotes from him are pretty K
so he's literally reddit meme: the general?
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>>28361927
why do people wear all these useless medals and shit
That's kinda fucking disgusting

Did he even see any combat?
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>>28361955
Eisenhower is not wearing all his ribbons.
Sometimes you'll see Generals only wearing a few of their most important ribbons. You don't have to wear them all, all of the time except for important events and the official Army records photo).

But yes, there are more awards now than there were in WWII. A lot of "filler" awards. The GWOT medal is a joke. Shouldn't the National Defense medal cover that? I think GWOT should only be given to units that directly supported the GWOT, not just to everyone who graduates basic training. It's ridiculous. Then again, my unit was really shitty with awards, so I saw a lot of guys (including myself) never get the Good Conduct Medal, any Army achievement medals, even failed to put us in for the CAB (only people who got CAB in my company were guys that were on a patrol with the Commander who was out "CAB hunting" at the beginning of the deployment and they hit a small IED, he only went out two or three more times the entire deployment.), while they were handing them out left and right to the non-combat arms battalions for mortars that hit literally miles away from them. Hell the first night I was in Iraq, we had incoming mortars that landed within 100-200 meters of us.
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>>28366858
No, he didn't. The giant fruit basket is meant to compensate.
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>>28366858
>>28366900

He has a Combat Action Badge.
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>>28366893
Thank You For Your Service.
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>>28366893
>>28361955
fuck esinhower he ruined japanese porn I hope he is rotting in hell
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>>28367009
You're confusing him with MacArthur, dumbass.
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>>28367024
i stand by what i said
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>>28361909
Not as much as some, but the MoH counts for a whole fucking lot
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git gud
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>>28361942
>jumped in Market Garden
>fast forward 20 years
>jumped at Ia Drang at age 45

Fucking hell.
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>>28361953
Very Tactical.
>dont supply with body armor
>make medals or armor plate
>you want protection in war?
>do great things

Still looks like something niggers would design if left in charge of Uniform design.
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