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"Stress cards for Marine boot camp" yup it's what you think.
PFC Marine | today | myself

Posted on 12/27/2005 10:04:14 AM PST by njpa

Men. I can not confirm this with any searching/Googling yet but: It seams that the new recruits of Paris Island (Marine boot camp), will be issued a "sress card" to be used when a drill instructor stresses them out enough. All they need to do is pull out the card and wave it in the instructors face and the instructor needs to back off. Also, the thing called the crusible (hell week)is no more. I know this because I just needed to send back a PFC new Marine on Christmass day. We droped him off at Philly air port to finish the second leg of his training in NC. On the trip down to the air port Mat was telling myself and his mother that he was one of the last of the "REAL" Marines. Word spread via grape vine/his pears about the new, as he says "sisified" batch of Marines. He also, contributes this to an orginization called "Marine moms". I may be wrong in the exact name of the group, I was so hot headed about this. But, it's that or something like that. I needed to quite down in my rantings with it being Christmass day and his mother was upset enough- sending off her son for a 5:55PM flight. I went to his graduation at Paris Island and it was moving and impressive. As I choked back tears at the serimony I was thinking that atleast they haven't infiltrated(to the point that it will make them inefective) the Marines. I seem to be wrong.

Don't know what our Country is becoming.


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To: Nachum

"Can you imagine the crap he would take from his fellow recruits for waving the card?"

Yep!


41 posted on 12/27/2005 10:22:51 AM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: HereInTheHeartland

That's not new. I heard the Air Force's barracks are built to Feng Shui specs.


42 posted on 12/27/2005 10:23:33 AM PST by cll (San Juan, PR, USA)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

"It's true. There are other changes not mentioned in the article.
Martha Stewart has been hired as a design consultant. She will give the barracks a design makeover to impart a homey, stress relieving atmosphere.
New Marines will also be able to bake cookies in the newly added barracks kitchen when done with a hard day of drilling."




Yeah, and I heard that the Army was issuing male skin care products to its boots. Nivea for Men was one of the brands, I think. This is absobloominglutely true, too. Don't look it up on Google. It's Top Secret, and Google doesn't have it yet.


43 posted on 12/27/2005 10:23:34 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: njpa

IBFTZ?


44 posted on 12/27/2005 10:24:17 AM PST by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: Perdogg

They do not. The person you work with misled you.


45 posted on 12/27/2005 10:24:32 AM PST by andrew2527
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To: njpa
I can not confirm this with any searching/Googling yet but...

Try harder next time.

46 posted on 12/27/2005 10:25:06 AM PST by TankerKC (Who will hold the NYT accountable for knowingly releasing classified info?)
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To: Hildy

Snopes.com is usually a good site.


47 posted on 12/27/2005 10:26:05 AM PST by cll (San Juan, PR, USA)
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To: njpa

Can't spell?

Don't post without using spellcheck feature.


48 posted on 12/27/2005 10:26:10 AM PST by sissyjane (Don't be stuck on stupid!)
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To: peyton randolph

Hahaha... you owe me a keyboard!


49 posted on 12/27/2005 10:26:19 AM PST by Uddercha0s
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To: Casloy

"I hated army basic training. I hated the drill instructors, "

I too hated all of it. I once questioned my DI's parentage and he took me behind the barracks and beat the ship out of me. The next time that I got a smart thought in my mind, I kept it there. However, there is no one that I'd rather have in my foxhole than that DI.


50 posted on 12/27/2005 10:26:20 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: njpa

All honor to our brave and selfless military. I hope this story is not true. Our enemies don't honor "stress cards."


51 posted on 12/27/2005 10:27:24 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: Casloy

Everybody hated basic training. It's part of the plan. You're supposed to hate it. It sure serves well, though, in training soldiers in basic soldiering.


53 posted on 12/27/2005 10:27:52 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: don-o

54 posted on 12/27/2005 10:28:32 AM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: Perdogg
Yes it's true. A woman with whom I worked said her daughter was in boot camp...

Well then, that settles it!

55 posted on 12/27/2005 10:28:47 AM PST by TankerKC (Who will hold the NYT accountable for knowingly releasing classified info?)
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To: marron

My wife has stayed on the Marines Moms web site for over 4 years now and I can say with little doubt that that group had anything to do with this crap.

I seriously doubt the validity of this post.


56 posted on 12/27/2005 10:29:12 AM PST by Recon Dad (Proud Marine Dad)
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To: njpa

You should either defend yourself our recant your dubious posting if you plan on having any credability in the future. Or did you post and run?


57 posted on 12/27/2005 10:29:28 AM PST by andrew2527
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To: don-o

58 posted on 12/27/2005 10:30:25 AM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: MineralMan

Once you are used to stress you are more likely to perform better when being shot at.


59 posted on 12/27/2005 10:30:46 AM PST by Casloy
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To: TankerKC

"Yes it's true. A woman with whom I worked said her daughter was in boot camp...
Well then, that settles it!"

Not quite. It's not true until it's forwarded in an email. Once that happens, it is true, and will always be true. Moreover, it will be posted on FR again, and again, and again.

From FR, it will be further posted in countless emails, making it even more true.


60 posted on 12/27/2005 10:30:50 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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