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  • "Stress cards for Marine boot camp" yup it's what you think.

    12/27/2005 10:04:14 AM PST · by njpa · 133 replies · 6,809+ views
    PFC Marine | today | myself
    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...
  • Doubts surface even in heartland of Marine Corps [TRIPLE BARF ALERT]

    04/02/2004 7:08:58 PM PST · by LurkedLongEnough · 15 replies · 200+ views
    [Commie] Mercury News ^ | April 2, 2004 | Laura Kurtzman
    OCEANSIDE - Leo Diaz, a young Marine from Texas based here at Camp Pendleton, went to Iraq full of faith in the president who sent him. Today, he is burdened by the horror of what he saw and shocked at what he calls President Bush's ``frat boy'' mentality in starting the war. ``I show up. I'm proud. I'm looking forward to do my part,'' said Diaz, 22, whose father, uncle and grandfather served in the military. ``Turns out, we find no weapons of mass destruction. People hurt, killed.'' Diaz voted for Bush in 2000. But now he plans to vote...