[kellynla]

In the Outpost Delta office of Capt. Quintin Jones, the commander of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, there's a grab-your-attention poster featuring a lineup of players in football gear.

The caption runs: "Ever wonder why the Marines don't have a football team like the Army, Navy or Air Force?

"We're here to protect a country, not a quarterback."

[kellynla]

ping

[Doohickey]

...the Corps realized that if it made young Marines laugh...

The Corps realized that Jarheads can't read. < g >

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Actually, they do have a team. They are really a part of the Department of Navy and they obtain a substantial amount of their officers from the Naval Academy, some of whom have played for the Academy Football team.

[COBOL2Java]

My brother was a career Navy man, served 20 years as a NCO, then another 20 as a DOD contractor working at the Pentagon. I remember as a kid meeting whatever buddies he would bring to stay at our apartment, whenever his ship came to port.

Most of the buddies were fellow sailors, but once in a while he had a Marine friend staying with us. This led to some friendly, but animated, discussions with my Dad, a WW II Navy vet.

I remember in particular one discussion, as to whether the Marine Corps is a part of the Navy, or the Navy is a part of the Marines. Finally, smiling, the young Marine proposed a compromise: "OK, I will admit: the Marines are a department of the Navy. We're the Men's Department." :-)

[TMSuchman]

BUMP

[gunnyg]

[Bean Counter]

If you break OPSEC, we will shoot this dog!!

[gunnyg]

[semaj]

Q: What sound does shit make when it hits the fan?

Mariiiine!

[gunnyg]

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

We were in the break room discussing the merits of the 1903 and 1903-A3 Springfield rifles when our local jerk X-Marine came through. When he heard whhat we were talking about he said in his high, arrogant voice..”An 03-A3? Never heard of it!”

I said in my loud arrogant voice, “You were a Marine and you don’t know what an 03-A3 is? What were you in, Logistics?”

He sulled up and walked out.

[Popocatapetl]

Of course, the vast majority of Marine humor is hardly publishable, and though it tends to fall by the wayside when stateside, each new generation rediscovers it in all its hideous glory with the return of conflict.

Though I imagine the Marines of today are far more prudish and effete than the ones in the old, old Corps of WWII, which is no slight to their lethal efficiency, mind you, just more an aside about their recreations.

[Betteboop]

Reminds me of what a friend told me they used to say in the Navy (he served in the early 50’s) “I’d rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in the Marines!!!”

LOLOL

Hey....he said it, not me!!!

I (\/) Marines!!!! (that’s supposed to be a heart!!)

[NaughtiusMaximus]

OK, make a moue’: (put your palms upward, arms extended from your sides, shrug your shoulders and look clueless).

Q: What do Marines call this?

A: The Airforce salute.

[Osage Orange]

"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem."

--Ronald Reagan--