[Bean Counter]

I would have paid big money to have been present when they cut his hair, and got him into Uniform...

[Bear_Slayer]

I was a corpsman that worked ITS (area 52) at Camp Pendelton. Occasionally we did jail physicals on apprehended deserters.

They were pathetic old men that looked out-of-place, in their new crisp uniforms.

All of them lacked that distinctly devil dog confidence and hardness that even the most boot marine acquires upon graduating boot camp. In its place was a ghostly, "oh shit!" expression.

Jail might be fitting, but a return to active duty. Their heart would never be in it and no one would ever trust them.