Joined the marines

[Azlan]

It's funny how everyone keeps saying soldier this, and soldier that... last I checked he said he joined the Marines.  I can just imagine the fun if one of you was in boot camp and the DI walks up to you and asks, "son, why are you here?"

and you answer:

"because I want to be a soldier!"

Marine DIs just love that one...

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

"Because Tom Lehrer talked me into it."

[Miaka]

"Beause Tom Lehrer talked me nto it" <-- YES.

Good luck, and come back to us eventually, ya hear? 

[Boog]

Well, stay intact man. I may not support the war, but I definatly support the troops. Bring us all back a souvenier now, y'hear?

[Brunhidden]

And now is the time for some Heinlein, specifically Starship Troopers the book, not the movie.

pray that you never have a sergeant like Zim, and pray that you do.

You apes wanna live forever?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Indeed.

Rasczak's Roughnecks FTW.

I don't think Rico's Roughnecks quite has the same edge, somehow...

[Toric]

People who get offended online need to fuck off and grow up.

Go away.

Bite me

Ohhhhhhh, this thread's gonna get lo-ocked. It's gonna get locked I kno-o-o-ow. This thread's gonna get lo-ocked, Dina won't ya blow your horn!

Anyway, good luck ilpalazzo, here's hoping you don't break anything in boot camp, and you don't lose anything on the job. Other than your pride, of course, because we love hearing stories of embarrassment.

[bill]

Actually, just to spite you, I'm not locking this thread.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

I'm halfway tempted to just extract the crap and lock it, just to wind everyone up.

Especially Bill.



I just can't be bothered right now...

[Damaris]

Good luck, Illy.  If you don't come back safe, I'll be very annoyed :p

I've always liked the line from Almost Famous:

"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."

[Zina]

People who get offended online need to fuck off and grow up.

Go away.

Bite me

Deja vu.

[Caswin]

People who get offended online need to fuck off and grow up.

Go away.

Bite me

Deja vu.

Again?

[Azlan]

Again?

Hmmm, someone must have made a realtime change to the simulation.

[ilpalazzo]

It's funny how everyone keeps saying soldier this, and soldier that... last I checked he said he joined the Marines.  I can just imagine the fun if one of you was in boot camp and the DI walks up to you and asks, "son, why are you here?"

and you answer:

"because I want to be a soldier!"

Marine DIs just love that one...

Nah, I'll reply "Because I want to kill" 

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

... and start jumping up and down shouting "Kill! Kill!" ?

[Alondro]

*hmms*  You could always say that you need 100,000 souls of the dead to form the King's Key to become a god.   

Oh wait... that's to get into the Navy Seals.   

*gets sniped by Goldberg!*   

[Angel]

Look out for basic training. (Or is that the Army?) But good luck to you, and remember, Alucard is a professional, so you shouldn't try to do what he does without extensive supervision.

[superluser]

Look out for basic training. (Or is that the Army?)

As I understand, it's pretty bad in every branch.  For a few reasons--they want to weed out those who would be unfit for service, and they want to prepare everyone for real combat.

But the Marines have the reputation for being crazy, and they want to build up that reputation.  Remember R. Lee Ermey from Full Metal Jacket?  That was supposed to be a realistic representation of the Marines, and Ermey was an actual USMC drill sergeant.  Ermey performed a demonstration on videotape in which he yelled obscene insults and abuse for 15 minutes without stopping, repeating himself or even flinching - despite being continuously pelted with tennis balls and oranges.

I'm sure it's changed since Vietnam, but marine boot camp still has the reputation of being impossible.  Good luck, ilpalazzo.

[Caswin]

... and start jumping up and down shouting "Kill! Kill!" ?

There would be a psychiatry bit in today's comic.

(An' we both started jumpin' up an' down shoutin', "KILL!  KILL!"...)

[Zorro]

Look out for basic training. (Or is that the Army?)

As I understand, it's pretty bad in every branch.  For a few reasons--they want to weed out those who would be unfit for service, and they want to prepare everyone for real combat.

But the Marines have the reputation for being crazy, and they want to build up that reputation.  Remember R. Lee Ermey from Full Metal Jacket?  That was supposed to be a realistic representation of the Marines, and Ermey was an actual USMC drill sergeant.  Ermey performed a demonstration on videotape in which he yelled obscene insults and abuse for 15 minutes without stopping, repeating himself or even flinching - despite being continuously pelted with tennis balls and oranges.

I'm sure it's changed since Vietnam, but marine boot camp still has the reputation of being impossible.  Good luck, ilpalazzo.

You have to weed out the people that can't handle the stress or go psycho and turn against the other soldiers.

Seriously if you can't take Basic Training what are they going to do when they are being shot at and dealing with an ambush?

[Netrogo]

The best way to keep your soldiers from going insane on the battle field is to recruit the mentally unbalanced. They can't GO nuts if they already are

[techmaster-glitch]

Lol, that's how they do the marines/soldiers in StarCraft. They find all the psychos they can, then neural resocialize the shit outta them, turning them into, I quote, "Cookie-cutter soldiers! Wind 'em up and send 'em off to die!"

[superluser]

Lol, that's how they do the marines/soldiers in StarCraft. They find all the psychos they can, then neural resocialize the shit outta them, turning them into, I quote, "Cookie-cutter soldiers! Wind 'em up and send 'em off to die!"

Bad tast, IMO.

[techmaster-glitch]

What does that even mean? o_0?

[Netami]

He meant to say bad taste. He thinks such things are the opposite of, say,  good taste. 

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

... and start jumping up and down shouting "Kill! Kill!" ?

There would be a psychiatry bit in today's comic.

(An' we both started jumpin' up an' down shoutin', "KILL!  KILL!"...)

... An' the sergeant came down, pinned a medal on me an' said "you're our boy."

I didn't feel too good about it, but I went on my way, gettin' more injections, inspections detections neglections and infections...

[superluser]

He meant to say bad taste. He thinks such things are the opposite of, say,  good taste. 

No, I meant bad tast.  It's kind of a cliché around here.