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Why does /k/ hate the Marines so much but not the Army?
I see a lot of Army love even though they are more cucked than the marines.
I genuinely don't understand.
>>30538077
its a fad to hate marines, Americans people who are patriotic etc...
there are also probably some marines on here as well. Nobody hates the marines more than actual marines
>>30538077
>sorry we have to take this from you
>what am i going to do?
>dunno join the military
>>30538077
That isn't the case.
>>30538077
Army = whites and black
Marines = whites and hispanics
i think the army gets a pass because they're usually thirstier
>>30538077
Army vet here with nothing against Marines.
>>30538087
>Nobody hates the marines more than actual marines
fpbp. I did my time and moved on, but retards have to keep screaming about
>Muh warrior culture!
And bitching because its the downfall of western civ that its mortar person now, like they won't just keep saying '41.
>>30538212
I only hate the autistic 'Hurr muh warrior culture we wus spartans' Marines
Same as I hate full hooah soldiers that don't shut the fuck up about warrior spirit when they never even got their CIB/CAB and all the shit everyone drops after OSUT
>>30538212
Did you like being a marine or did it suck?
>>30538077
It's mostly non mils and boots that have any real animosity. Mixed with civilians that don't understand branch rivalry is just bantz, the equivalent of rooting for a different sports team.
I have a postal gig on Saturday and the post master was in the Army cav, and the guy who runs the trucks is a former Ranger. The Cav guy calls me Jarhead, and when he's in his office me and ranger refer to him as Pogmaster. Honestly I don't care I think it's funny what these basement dwellers talk shit.
-former marine grunt
>>30538077
>hate the Marines
Probably because the average retard thinks they're special forces... and /k/ takes their anger out on that branch
because they are walking memes who are full of themselves and their bullshit idealistic warrior culture and tattoo semper fi on their forearms
>>30538212
>>30538225
problem is i never see people claiming "hurr muh warrior culture"
its like you guys are fighting the wind or ghosts. Just keep reading the threads and you'll notice its very rare for anyone to defend them
>>30538077
>falling for the bantz
>ishygddt
>>30538253
>have marine buddy
>tattoos SEMPER on one arm
>FIDELIS on other
>makes E5
>tattoos sergeant stripes on said arms
>gets DUI and dishonorable discharge
>>30538226
Oh it sucked massive cock. But I did get two god sons, the best friends I'll likely ever have and some experiences out of it I couldn't get elsewhere. It's easy for a lot of people to look back on it with rose tinted glasses, and I admit I do too sometimes, I miss having a clear objective and challenge to feel good about over coming most days, but it doesn't make you better than anyone else on a moral level like a lot of boots and pogues scream on facebook and once I got fours of sleep a night for three months and that was fucking terrible.
>>30538077
I don't. I just can't stand the boots that scream about MUH HISTORY, MUH STANDARDS and get semper fi tattooed across their chest.
Regular dudes are chill like any branch.
>>30538276
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/06/16/west-coast-marines-under-investigation-social-media-post-threatening-attack-gay-bars/85989868/
Oh they're out there. Not so much on /k/, but they're there.
>>30538276
You've clearly never been on a joint base.
>>30538364
>Not so much on /k/
thats my point though. /k/ is pumped to the gills with animosity towards marines. nobody defends them but any time they get brought up theres an insane amount of shit talking. I've been in for 13 years and wasting time on 4chan for about all of that time and i can honestly say the trend of marine hatred wasn't always this bad
>>30538418
never been on a joint base but ive worked with other nation military
Every time you here on the news about some soldier preaching on a soapbox or a soldier that went apeshit and attacked someone, it's almost always a fucking Marine. They're wound too tight because they're brainwashed into Marine cult thinking. On the other hand, it's nice to have a constantly pissed off attack dog that's always ready and willing to kill whatever you point at.
>>30538432
>I've been in for 13 years
Then you're familiar with the worst 10% being the most visible, eh Gunny?
>>30538507
of course but OP is wondering why theres so much animosity towards the marines as opposed to all other branches
and i'm just a ssgt since i'm a fat lazy slob. though i'm in zone for gy if i can go to staff academy
which service has more lesbians?
>>30538564
I think because we all got that intense espirt de corp drilled into us, which leads to more two pump chumps jumping to prove how cock hard we hard at the slightest provocation, and that gets real fucking annoying when we're all supposed to be on the same team. Rangers, do it too yeah, but not the whole Army/Navy/AF
>>30538662
Navy, no question.
>>30538662
I was seeing a pog chick in a Motor T unit right after I EASd and hadn't moved yet. I went to her units Marine Corps ball wearing a suit and tie at some Indian Casino. There were two bald black lesbian Lance corporals grinding on the dance floor. This was in 2011.
>Mfw
>>30538695
i have espirit de mi
brb going to chow for 4 hours then PT
>>30538815
Semper I, fuck the other guy. *eagle drops globe and anchor and flies off to avoid working party*
>>30538695
Would you recommend being a marine officer over being a nuke officer? Fuck I'd love to join the marines but it's harder to get accepted to ocs than for me to get accepted as a nuke
>>30538948
Officer? No, my nigga, I was enlisted. Don't seek my advice. I have no knowledge of such dark rites.
>>30538227
Pretty much this
>>30538077
Army isn't AS full of disrespectful, roided out niggers and spics.
Tbh, Marines are the best. Cannot deny it.
>>30539046
aaaaaaaaa
Maybe I'll join as a nuke dood then transfer into the marines. Fucking shit man
>>30539151
There are WAY more blacks in Army. Blacks are lazy and the Marines would make them work.
I'll give you the spics tho, but they are the hard manual labor capable kind.
>>30538227
.gov employee here too. Have some squids, wing nuts, & one or two Marines (for eeo purposes, have to employees a few "mentally challenged" around in the shop). Ft Bragg mafia still works though.
Branch rivalry is indeed like sports rivalry. Never had a problem working with Marines, other than needing to remember to give 'em Crayons instead of skillcraft pens...
>>30539203
kek
>>30539172
>Maybe I'll join as a nuke dood then transfer into the marines. Fucking shit man
Well, what do you want out of you're time? Maybe I can help with that.
civ here.... I think the reason why Marines get no love, is because they are the vegans of the military world. By this I mean you never have to ask a Marine if he is a Marine, he will tell you before you get a chance.
>>30539283
I find that funny as a Marine on my GI Bill. Whenever the professors have students introduce themselves the Army vets always say "I'm anon and I was in the Army". I don't say shit just my name and where I'm from.
>>30539283
idk if its really fair to generalize a whole group of people as show offing glory whores because I have not had that experience from any veteran.
>>30539256
I want to do a few years in either the navy or marines as an officer. I want to deploy, see different places, maybe learn some field shit, enjoy some of that camaraderie, then go to med school and go back in as a doctor or just stay in and do that for a while
>why not just do that now
I'm just not in that mindset now to do all that schooling right now. fuck that noise
It's just branch bantz m8
>>30539499
The camaraderie is gonna happen anyway, just depends on what degree. If you want to travel, the Navy is no doubt the best way to go. Hell, I don't know what the process is but if you can end up on the seabees you get the travel, better camaraderie than most departments on ship and likely some field craft.
>>30538212
>And bitching because its the downfall of western civ that its mortar person now,
This sort of PC bullshit being forced on everyone IS literally the death of western civilization
Obviously other things matter more, but when the marxists demonstrate their authority over your mind & person to insist on a charade of "person" instead of "man".... well its one big step along their agenda
I've hears about the bloodbath that is a Marines barrack, they're like the 82nd.
If the fought against the enemy half as violently as they fight among eachother they would be a lot more useful.
Then again I was only an 11B for 3 years, one-and-done.
>>30539559
Divisions. They're called divisions on ship. Ignore my grunt brain.
I can tell a difference on my Facebook
>have two friends join the army
>few pictures here and there, normal stuff
>one joins the Air Force
>same
>3 join the marines
>USA USA USA MARINES ARE WARRIORS HOORAH USA FUCK EVERY ONE WE ARE THE BEST USA
>>30539623
Literally one of our founding myths in America is about a woman manning artillery you stupid faggot.
>>30539670
show us some screenshots
>>30539653
>>30539559
word
I don't think I'll get placed with the seabees, you need a degree in civil engineering iirc. Maybe I'm just looking at the marines in this glory tinted way, don't even know how to describe it.
I always hear people say don't go muhreens youll die or it's shit compared to the others with shittier everything and you won't get anything out of it. But shit I really don't give a fuck about any of that. Maybe you could shed some light on that.
>>30539765
why would someone go on the internet just to lie?
>>30540102
I feel you, I got convinced to join the Corps because I was told not to by people who knew better because "They did the worst jobs with the least" and that's what I wantedl. But if you're expecting to lead troops into combat.. Well, even if you become an infantry platoon commander the days of deploying every year are long gone. Instead there's a lot of paper work and uniform inspections. And this is my only piece of "Shut up kid, and listen" advice: I know you don't care now, I didn't either, but one day you'll wake up and realize you should have so GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT
>>30539532
>Chairforce
But no seriously, this Airman is right.
>>30538077
It literally says US ARMY on her chest you fucking mong
>>30540102
>I don't think I'll get placed with the seabees, you need a degree in civil engineering iirc
Who the hell told you that? Literally the only thing you need a degree for in the military is to become an Officer. I was an Aviation Mechanic and the only prior experience I had was Highschool Shop Class.
The Marine Corps sent me to Aviation school which civilians pay $250,000 to attend. I'm not bragging, the shit they taught us was a joke, my point is, you don't need any prior knowledge to get slotted for an MOS. You just need a decent ASVAB Score and the luck of a spot being open/a Recruiter willing to listen when you say "Fuck you I want this MOS or I'm not joining."
>>30540784
Is it easier to be a crew chief on a helicopter or a mechanic?
>>30540784
https://www.navycs.com/officer/civilengineerofficer.html
I wish, CEC wants specific dudes from specific schools with specific degrees. I'm talking about officers not enlisting
>>30538225
The funny part is, the most insufferable over-indoctrinated retarded over the top dipshit idiots were either fobbits and super pogs who never did anything worthwhile, and shit-bags compensating for not performing well while they had the chance.
My unit did 3 back to back combat deployments, like real ones, not "hurr I went ta iraqistan I iz uh war vet!" Type shit where they sat on camp cupcake for 6 months in an air conditioned office and never even met an actual iraqi, but like, house clearing, door kicking, shooting people every day sleeping in the dirt for months on end type deployments.
To a T all my old buddies are quiet and have a mellow sort of accepted dignified patriotism.
They might hand a USMC flag, have an old moto-tatoo, maybe a tacky bumpersticker at the most.
That guy who literally never left the supply lot at camatpendleton? Hes got 20 bumper stickers, the hat, t-shirt-tattoo combo, literally never shuts the fuck up about it, tries to drag every conversation into being about his enlistment that ended 5 years ago during which his most exciting day was when he issued some canteens to actual combat personel, and talks shit on other branches while spouting nonsensical propaganda and various motivational platitudes.
If somebody is acting like that, they generally are compensating for something most of the time.
>>30540987
Hey man, appreciate your service, but I'm glad I got a hold of a Marine. I'm joining the Navy as a Corpsman and I want to go Combat medic (FMF I believe), what's the general opinion of Navy corpsman in the Marines and did you run with any?
>>30540283
Yeah you're right
fuck
fuck
>>30541049
Marines love corpsman more than anything (provided you don't suck) and every platoon has one
>>30540987
Not him. I'm a Iraq/Afghan 0311 vet that saw my share.
My buddies dad was a late 70's early 80's radio operator. He looks older than he is and always does that "Oorah devil dog" bullshit with me. I almost said something last time I saw him because he had a Vietnam hat on.. mother fucker please.. I don't know why except like you say, over compensation. After we talked I told him to get off my property before I charged him for malingering.
>>30540987
>To a T all my old buddies are quiet and have a mellow sort of accepted dignified patriotism.
That sounds like every old member of the Benevolent & Protective Brotherhood Of Them What Has Been Shot At I've ever know.
God bless them and you.
>>30540851
Mechanic is easier if you're not a good swimmer. All Air Crew have to complete higher a level Swimming Class than most other MOS's. They do the "Helo Dunk" too where everyone is strapped into the hull of a Helicopter and it's submerged underwater, then they have to unbuckle and swim their way out.
>>30540874
Apparently I didn't fully read the thread. I thought you were saying you needed an Engineering Degree to become a Seabee. One of my buddies from High School became a Seabee and I know for a fact that dillweed doesn't have any degrees, lol.
>>30540987
Kek, as a POG I was always amused seeing GRUNTS that went on MEUs and acted hard like they did something. There was a lovely sense of irony seeing one of the GRUNTS from my Platoon in Bootcamp scooping my eggs in the Galley on a Naval Ship after he'd talked so much shit about being a hardcore Infantryman back then, haha.
>>30541049
Not the guy you're replying to but there's generally two opinions on Corpsmen and that purely depends on the way they act.
A) This guy is a piece of shit, knows nothing even remotely related to providing medical assistance and needs to stop taking medical equipment out of his Med Bag so he can fit more junk food in it (true story)
or
B) I'm glad this guy is attached to unit because I know he'll be the first person to pull me out of a burning helo/humvee and give me immediate medical aid.
Basically, this >>30541105
>>30541055
You mentioned something about premed, become a corpsman and get the gov't to pay for your GSATs
>>30541105
Good to know, I'll try not to fuck it up. Any advice?
>>30541105
also provided they get their hands on some C3 narcs.
nothing makes a deployment go faster than a doc with a hand in the surgeons meds
Because they're jealous of the civilians jerking off the USMC.
To a civilian,
>Army is simple cannon fodder
>Navy are pussies on boats
>Air Force drops bombs and DANGER ZONE
>Marines are crack assault troops ready to deploy anywhere anytime and will pave the way for the Army, just a notch below the SEALs
>>30541179
don't be too soft and don't be too hard on the fuckers your trying to help. When shit gets bad your going to play ghetto psychologist
>>30541179
Yepp. You're a medic, not a combatant. Stop trying to impress the Marines with knowledge of weapon systems, because that isn't your job. Focus on keeping them alive/healthy and that's all they'll ever ask.
>>30541239
>>30541240
Gotcha, I thought I would be good for the rate because I grew up taking care of my vet dad I have a sense of humor, it's how I stay cool under pressure. I've been looking forward to making a joke if someone gets their legs blown off by an IED and say "when I told you to break a leg I wasn't serious", maybe some other stand up stuff like that, is that to tasteless?
>>30541049
Every platoon has a few, greenside corpsmen are basically grunts with medical skills, but tend to fall into two categories.
Theres the absolute badass ones who will clear rooms and get into firefights alongside us who are very competent and you trust them with your life if you are ever wounded. You know that fucker would carry you across broken glass barefoot if he had to, and theyre generally highly respected.
But because they answer to 2 chains of command both navy, and Marine they have the opportunity to float between both to dodge any real work or responsibility from both sides and there are some who are generally shitbags who are fat, lazy, undependable retards who you wouldnt trust with even a bottle of tylenol.
So greenside tends to fall into either great guys, or complete shitbags depending entireley on their own personal choices.
Blue side personel (hospital staff) tend to be regarded as incompetent assholes who will ignore injuries you have to avoid work, or generally botch most of what they touch as they are essentially nurses only less qualified and less vulnerable to litigation for screwing up since their patients are enlisted personel who signed away their rights to lawsuit upon joining and cant hold the specific idiot who mistreated them responsible.
There ARE former greenside badasses who joined blueside after being greenside who are great at thier jobs, but thats pretty rare as greenside tends to look at blueside much the same way us grunts look at supply or admin pogs. Typically a greenside Corpsman going blueside is career minded and just doing it because its eventually a requirement to spend atleast some time blueside in order to get promoted, and arent there because they want to be, or they were the incompetent loser discussed earlier looking for an excuse to not have to go to the field anymore.
Basically, it all comes down to deciding to put the work in not to be a shit head.
>>30541278
>I've been looking forward to making a joke if someone gets their legs blown off by an IED and say "when I told you to break a leg I wasn't serious", maybe some other stand up stuff like that, is that to tasteless?
if you really end up in this situation it more than likely won't come to mind. You'll be too busy trying to keep someone alive
life isn't call of duty sometimes it just sucks all at once and everyone proverbially shits themselves
>>30541329
Gotcha, maybe one day then.
>>30541179
>Mountain Warfare Training
>Doc is going around handing out Ibuprofen
>Asks if there's any injuries
>Yeah Doc...
>Where are you injured?
>My neck.... my back... my pussy and my crack
Have a sense of humor. Our doc used to tell new guys he got shot in the ass by a 50 cal. Then would ask if they wanted to see the bullet wound. When they said yes he would drop trough and spread his ass cheeks showing his asshole.
>>30541278
Humor is a good thing but... no.. not in that situation. You're dealing with a man who has a good chance of dying and knows it, you should be doing everything in your power to stem the bleeding.
>>30541289
Well shit man it's rough hearing stuff like this because I've been told repeatedly that it's somewhat unlikely I will be able to go field/combat, and I don't want to be stuck in a fucking hospital. I almost went seabees because it's another combat rate and I may be able to deploy somewhere in the hot zone, but I find corpsman to be far more honorable. Hope that one works out.
>>30541389
That's fair, the whole reason I'm going corpsman is because I've always had a fantastic ability to stay calm under pressure, I know that is a necessity in the medical field. Humor plays a large part in that. That said I know I shouldn't underestimate the emotions at play in a combat scenario.
>>30541367
before all the female PC bullshit we had a doc that would make you drop trow if you asked him for anything. The boots would hesitate for a second and he would just stare at them with the most serious face i'd ever seen. Guy was flaming as all fuck but he'd go through hell to help you in the simplest of ways.
>>30541390
It's unlikely, but still possible and not a joke. One of your guys being shredded and bleeding is not something you just crack wise and get over.
>>30541428
not really emotions
more or less autonomous response to the current problem is what you want. The thing you don't want is to think about what you could have done to help a guy you constantly broke bread with and come up with a shitty joke before he died
i guess i'm just saying i doubt you would ever be able to do it no matter how calm and collected you are
>>30541447
kek that's hilarious. I don't bat for that team but I think I'd do it anyway for shits and giggles. Not sure how anyone could get off by looking at a bunch of sweat, smelly marines though.
>>30541453
>>30541468
Fair points, more of just a daydream of mine, living in 80's action movie Hollywood land. I just want my marines to be comfortable with me, I'm genuinely looking forward to getting into some shit and earning their respect.
>>30541447
Heh. We made our doc come to our room and didn't quite haze him, so much as "force him to party marine barracks style". Got him drunk as fuck.
Bad move. We had to get blood drawn the next day, he was so hungover he stuck us about 6 times before he could find the vein. Looked like a platoon full of junkies with track marks.
>>30541134
I fucking hate it, I usually keep my service to myself because I fucking hate running into some motard who turns out worked at IPAC for 3 years before getting a VERP package to leave a year early or some shit.
And civvies who dont know shit listen to him talk and are in awe of his 2nd hand war stories, guys just sponging attention off of the reputation created by the re ent shitstorm of "totally realistic bruh" war-porn videogames, movies, and books.
Which, is what he wants, validation, cuz deep down inside he is jealous that he never went anywhere or did anything interesting.
My dad was an airforce jet mechanic, he doesnt try to make it sound like he was rambo in the jungle, he just says "I was good at fixing stuff, so I fixed jets for 4 years." Hes proud his jets dropped bombs on saddams tanks in kuwait, but hes not trying to get his ass kissed for it, my younger brother was a marine airwinger who fixed c-130 hydraulics. Same way, hes proud his planes carried stuff we combat personel needed to where we needed it, but he aint trying to get civvies to mumble "thank you for your service" while they suck his dick.
Neither of them have combat expierience like mine, but I respect them for the vital tasks they completed and for not being insecure assholes whoring for attention.
Most Marine grunts have no real problems with POGs or other branches, they have problems with insecure losers, who then get butthurt when you dont want to hear their breathless story about how they sprained their ankle stacking boxes on a UDP to okinwa, or the one about how thier friend of a friend's brothers buddy disarmed an IED with his teeth.
>>30541551
its just a way to entertain yourself
for all the anti gay shit the corps puts up the marines naturally do allot of homo shit
>>30541556
fuck i know that feel too
we had a new doc that was learning how to give IV's and i got to be one of the guinea pigs. dude just kept pulling wad after wad of spaghetti out of his cammy pockets while saying "i'm soooo fucking sorry cpl" over and over again. I have scars on left arm now. It took him about 20 minutes and a chief getting fed up with my blood on their medical chair thingy before he got it right.
>>30541591
Yeah. that's one thing I am not looking forward to, not the homo culture but Marines culture in general, it strikes me as very inclusive and locker room, guys slapping eachothers asses and stuff. I don't have an issue with the occasional joke or prank but I'm somewhat introverted (not sure if you follow MBTI bullshit but I'm ISTP), I think I would get annoyed after some time. That's why I'm hoping to go combat, it's a little more sobering and very visceral, I would prefer that over monotony.
>>30541551
marines will be comfortable around yourself if you act like a human being. I've seen docs who were Dark Souls NG+10 tier nerds and others who wanted nothing out of life but to go drink and fish. be yourself and don't try to put on a facade
>>30541685
i'll take a million years of monotony over getting shot at again
>>30541685
>go combat, it's a little more sobering and very visceral
AHAHAHHAA nigga, the infantry are the gayest most grab assing-ist people on earth.
>>30541745
Noted, I'll get over it eventually.
>>30538077
>Nobody hates the marines more than actual marines.
This, even the Marines hate the Marines. Only fucking tools enjoy being a Marine.
>>30541556
worst drunks i've ever fucking encountered by far are RP's
something is seriously wrong with those guys. We had an RP Frank when i was on oki. We used to call him Frank the Tank because the dude would go out solo and just get torn up then wander back on base covered in vomit and pass out in the barracks quarter deck
>>30541583
>Most Marine grunts have no real problems with POGs or other branches, they have problems with insecure losers
Oh, I agree. Life isn't like /k/ and it's bullshit. I was a 4 year man, but treated everyone with respect. The golden rule and the power of please.
I appreciate the guys who brought my mail, dropped Intel, overwatch. Shit I have two Pelican cases full of swag ass milsurp because I was kind to the supply guys. They knew we were out in the suck, so they hooked it up. Like you said earlier I believe, 1 team.
>>30541685
You go months without even seeing a woman who isnt wearing a burqua and the sexual frustration tends to bleed over into the sense of humor a little bit.
Then you get back to the US and even the 5/10 girls look like absolute goddesses, but you have somewhat forgotten how to talk to women, and in an all male unit even still rareley see em except from a distance and maybe on weekends if you got enough money to go out somewhere.
No idea why the SJW's wanna toss women into that mix. Like having a pen of hungry wolves and crying "why are sheep so under-represented in this zoo exhibit! We need atleast 10 percent of this hungry wolf exhibit to include sheep by 2020!"
Meanwhile, even the wolves are going "uh yeah, you reaaalllllly sure thats a good idea, you DO realize what we are and what we do right?"
Guess it a little off topic, but basically, humans are animals and a lot of stuff in the military creates unatural and uncomfortable situations and its not suprising that some peoples reaction to such scenarios is going to be equally strange.
People arent meant to live elbow to elbow with zero entertainment for months on end under constant stress, and will find various odd outlets for the stress and frustration. Mostly lots of dirty humor and breaking stuff.
>>30541848
this
ive gotten so much more done by asking marines if they could help me or trading tasks over trying to use my rank
then again ive been told i treat everyone like shit BUT THATS BECAUSE I'M A FUCKING ASSHOLE WHO HATES HIMSELF! WRITE THAT SHIT ON MY FITREP CALL THE MONITOR I DON'T GIVE A FUCK!
>>30541907
Made me laugh.
I had 4 months left and got sent down to the gym to work until my enlistment ended cuz I didnt have enough time left to contribute anything to the pre-deployment workup.
Some gunny at headquarters battalion who was in charge of us EASers got it into his head to make us run a PFT with two weeks left before some of us were civilians again.
We intentionally did the bare minimum on all events because it was retarded, hes all "IMMAH WRITE YOU ALL ADVERSE FITREPS" then almost had a seizure when we were all giggling about it making comments like
"BUT GUNNY! THEN HOW WILL I PICK UP STAFF SGT?!!!!!"
And
"OH GAWD, NOT MY CAREER PROGRESSION!"
Hes trying to threaten a miniscule amount of career damage to guys whose military careers are effectivley over, it was hilarious.
Swear to god they put something in the coffee over at HQ or something.
>>30541799
RP's are magical. For every conservative priest we had as chaplain his RP was a inner city kid who would get wasted at the slightest excuse.
>>30542115
Our Chaplains were always these strange skinny wierdos who somehow managed to make every conversation uncomfortable.
Guy would walk up with spaghetti spilling out of his pocket awkwardly asking questions that amounted to "nobody here is going to kill themselves right?"
We were once co-located with the Danish army and they had the most badass chaplain ive ever met.
Guy was built like a viking berseker and basically worked out and chilled in the smoke pit all the time.
One day our chaplain was walking by and saw the dude curling more than a lot of guys can benchpress and goes "how do you get so big?"
The danish chaplains response was to roar in heavily accented english "SOME OF US STILL BELIEVE IN THA OLD GODS!"
our skinny ass socially awkward chaplain practically fell over himself scurrying out of there.
>>30538077
One thing is for sure, Marines have better uniforms than the Army.
>>30542217
Oh the danes running about Camp Bastion in full beards and basically convertibles were the best.
>>30538106
I trained with some a American army striker battalion and we had more black guys than them
>>30539532
CHAIRFORCE ASSEMBLE
>>30539283
>Oh, is that why every motard ets'd Marine has an EGA no further than 15 feet from them at all times?.
>>30545840
every single last one
just like every single gun owner eventually shoots an innocent person and all white people are racist
>>30539499
Doesn't work that way anon. To be an officer you've need to go ROTC or military academy (west point/anapolis). Four years of school followed by a five or nine year commitment.
Officers are managers. Aside from maybe some time as a boot LT, and later a company CO you will be locked behind an office door and force fed PowerPoint until your soul dies. As a manager there is little time for comradery in fact, touchline be an ineffective leader is you are too chummy with the enlisted.
You have to care about them, but you can't care too much because you may have to give those same men orders which might place them in danger or get them killed. Yet, you must give those orders and follow your own orders because the job and mission come first...
The military is not CoD/Battlefield cut scenes or the BS that Hollywood/TV makes it or to be.
If interested in med & mil, just go for med school and go be a mil doc or look into military nursing.
>>30542315
How can you even get sharpshooter when both fucking branches have optic sights now.
>>30541879
Hit the nail on the head.
>>30542315
No more green uniform for Army... it's changed. Greens were a 1970's aberration held on to for far too long.
>>30538710
This^ I was an AE and my Squadron had like 5-6 just by ourselves.
/k/ hates them because they post retarded shit like "we're the shock force, the army is just for occupying" and "we're the only branch the president can use without congressional authorization" which I swear must be taught at basic.
>>30546834
post a screenshot of it. There has to be one in this thread since it's targeted towards them
>>30546093
>implying the new ASU's are better
>being this retarded
I fucking hate the ASU's, they make us all look like airline pilots. Granted I'm aviation, but still
>>30546834
Lol, retarded /k/ no serves post dumb shit like that. Like your dumb post.
>>30538077
>ITT: Cucks who never served, cherries who've barely made it out of basic, and POGs
Stay summer /k/
>>30546865
A belt would make them so much better, honor guard still looks pretty good.
>>30538077
If it hasn't been said, Marines are easy to bait. In my time in the Army, I never dealt with a Marine who wasn't either a total bro or at least an up most professional. My Dad was a Navy Corpsman, so I grew up around a bunch of Marines who were good guys and a blast to be around.
I don't think anyone has an actual problem with them, theyre just easy to trigger for the lulz.
>>30538304
>>30541745
This
The toughest jobs are usually full of people doing some gay shit
Office nerds need not apply
>>30538106
USAF=dehumanize and standardize.
you can pretend to be like who you were before you joined, but after 5 years, its too late, and the mask gets thinner.
>>30546093
The Army's band has better uniforms. They should just make it the standard uniform.
>>30541289
I just completed OCS for the Marines a week ago. One of my buddies ended up getting real bad rope burn on the O Course somehow. Saw the corpsman after to get it wrapped because cellulite and the fucking corpsman didn't know how to wrap his leg. Had to ask another corpsman for help. Thankfully the corpsman for my platoon was the fucking shit
>>30546093
ASUs look terrible, I hate that fucking generals get to look cool with the black pants so they don't get to look like air line people and have the black caps instead of shitty faggot berets
>>30539670
This
>>30538077
I'm not sure. The people I know who were in the Navy or Marines are very stable and normal. My Uncle from Air Force is very cool too. Army vets are typically mouth breathing idiots, I won't even hire them anymore I've been burned too many times. Maybe it's because they are the largest branch? Idiots looking after their own.
>>30539218
More like from 10 to 1
>>30538760
$20 says Trump 29 (or whatever it's called now) or Morongo,
>>30546865
>>30550934
Samefriending this hard.
>>30540987
So much this. I've seen it on every branch.
The only thing I find irritating about Marines is when their pride reaches the point that the only way they can make themselves look better is to make everyone else look worse.
I don't care who you are or what you did, if you're so full of yourself that you go on and on about how you're better than everyone and how everyone else is shit, you're an attention hungry annoying little asshat regardless of your background.
Thankfully that's a minority, I know.
>>30540987
This, basically. Only person on /k/ I've seen who made a special point of telling me he was a marine was one who misinterpreted me trying to defend the marine corps from a bad portrayal in media, into me somehow hating on the marine corps and proceeding to rag on me at length for how 'arrogant' and 'disrespectful' I was and how I couldn't begin to understand the depth of their warrior bond and so on and so forth.
>my country doesn't have a decent military
>doesn't provide decent benefits for anyone that isn't poor as fuck
>no military history in my family
feels bad
>>30538077
>Why does /k/ hate the Marines so much
The Marines are the vegans of the military world.
>>30555643
Children should be asleep by now.
>>30555663
Then why are you still up? Is your mom out on a date?
>>30555729
Insomnia. She's 52. Hope she is.
>>30555790
I went to far with the mom joke. Here I got a little something for your hurt feelings. Be careful with it--it's very sharp.
>>30538253
its latin dude, if we don't tattoo it somewhere, we forget it
>>30555817
delet this
>>30542315
Why is the guy on the left wearing a marching band uniform?
>>30538077
Marines are just shit human beings 100% of the time.
Army/Navy/Air Force tend to be okay, but marines are just shit.
>>30541209
But to anyone who's dealt with all of them
> Every branch is a mixture of utter faggotry and cool shit
>>30539670
Thats just boot mentality though. Give them enough time in the field, stupid shit, field day fuckery and excessive alcoholism and it will die down.
Unless they are reservists.
>>30538760
>Marines Ball is in November
>DADT ended in September same year
Guess they were celebrating.
>>30541774
Give it six months and you'll be in the showers of Camp Wilson seeing who could make the loudest sounds helicoptering his dick
>>30545971
You're forgetting ocs, or ots or whatever branch equivalent. Primarily for current and prior service.
>>30554753
Not even samefag if you've ever been in the Army then you'd know that's how most people think it's what they look like. Especially if you're in class Bs and just have the white shirt and pants on
>>30538106
>Radio operator
>Wearing a flight suit
wat
>>30549368
Ahah airforce thinks they get dehumanize lol
>>30546093
Class A's were far superior. The ASU makes them look like waiters.
esp. female skirted ones. Makes my dick as hard as diamonds
>>30538304
Liar.
You have to go to a general courtmarshall to get a dishonorable discharge. They wouldnt do more than an NJP, MAYBE a summary courtmarshall for a DUI, but the latter only in an extreme case (multiple offenses in a short time)
>>30557918
>courtmarshall
Its court martial. As in, a martial court.
And this is no longer true, hasnt been since at least 08, we went to zero tolerance on DUIs. First one=discharge, though it's usually "general-other than honorable" and is prosecuted through normal courts martial by a field grade officer then the finding (verdict) is referred to the first flag officer in CoC for review/approval.
>>30557939
I'm not him. But was muhreen Infantry.
I think it's at commands discretion. Knew a guy who was an e4, promoted to e5. Got a DUI celebrating becoming an a Sgt, got NJP'd from Corporal to Lcpl.
He was a shit hot dude tho, they let him deploy and still allowed him to be squad leader as an e3, only one in battalion. This was around 2010.
>>30557939
1 DUI is not immediate discharge not where i was anyway. We had 11 or so DUI's and not a 1 got discharged for it. Only discharge i saw was a guy who got 3 DUI's in a row.
People like him are the reason commands want to do the 1 and done mentality
>>30538077
I dislike all branches equally
>>30557968
Did my entire career (longevity retired in 2014) in 18th abn corps, split pretty evenly between 82nd, 25th, and 3rd IDs.
Unilaterally, after 2008 if you got a DUI you were gone. Rapidly. Didn't matter if you were a cherry E2 or the brigade CSM who earned a silver star with V in Grenada (supposedly), you were out.
If you were a passenger with a soldier who got a DUI you got a field grade art15 if you were under E7 and you got a congressional letter of reprimand and relieved from any position of prestige/authority if you were E7+ (a guaranteed career killer).
Prior to about 2008 it depended on the command and generally they only fried shitbags and repeat offenders.
>2004 about 3 weeks prior to a deployment a hot-shit E5 recent RIP grad got a DUI and felony reckless endangerment charges after leading Fayetteville police on a high speed chase then running the Butner gate and wrecking just shy of the Firestone
>incident got swept under the rug and charges magically disappeared, he deployed and picked up E6 in secondary zone while deployed
>>30557830
I think I'm in need of some basic training.
