The only really great thing about that movies is he sounded so much like a drill instructor
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 22/09/2011 03:01:13 PM
I can't say from personal experience about how they sounded in the 70's but that is how they sounded in 1985. If my drill instructor caught you eye fucking him (looking at him while he screamed in your face) then he would ask if were looking at him because you wanted to fuck him. There is no correct answer to that question by the way. I have no idea what he would have done if someone had yes but all no got you was "what am I not pretty enough for you, look at me private do think I am to damn ugly for you?"
Believe it or not there is a huge amount of homo erotic behavior in the Marines. When I ask my son what he thought about having to serve with gays his biggest concern was you could not act gay with an actual gay guy around or he might take you serious. The real problem the first openly gay marines will have probably will not come from homophobes but from some of the very very religious conservative in the officer corps. The average Marine won't give a shit unless they go all PC and start asking the Corps to change in ways it doesn't want to in order to accommodate them.
Believe it or not there is a huge amount of homo erotic behavior in the Marines. When I ask my son what he thought about having to serve with gays his biggest concern was you could not act gay with an actual gay guy around or he might take you serious. The real problem the first openly gay marines will have probably will not come from homophobes but from some of the very very religious conservative in the officer corps. The average Marine won't give a shit unless they go all PC and start asking the Corps to change in ways it doesn't want to in order to accommodate them.
USMC first to fight
21/09/2011 03:36:17 PM
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In my imagination it went down something like this:
21/09/2011 04:22:08 PM
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There could be some truth to that
21/09/2011 04:34:36 PM
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They need military chaplains, right? *NM*
21/09/2011 04:36:06 PM
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not in the marines
21/09/2011 04:45:48 PM
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I had a friend who was a Navy chaplain attached to the Marine Corps.
21/09/2011 07:23:10 PM
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I thought nothing could make the Swedish "dress blues" look worse than it already does.
21/09/2011 04:40:08 PM
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Very interesting, but encouraging.
21/09/2011 08:28:38 PM
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The answer on women in combat:
21/09/2011 10:07:04 PM
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I still worry about how the men will react.
22/09/2011 02:33:15 AM
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Well, you can worry about what might happen.
22/09/2011 09:17:02 AM
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and how much actual combat have these units seen?
22/09/2011 02:40:50 PM
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Sweden has not been involved in many hot conflicts during those years, no
22/09/2011 05:04:26 PM
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The real test will be when a country with a non-discriminatory military fights a major war.
22/09/2011 04:00:12 PM
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The other branches could benefit in a lot of ways by trying to emulate the Marines
22/09/2011 03:25:16 PM
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Probably.
22/09/2011 04:33:49 PM
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The Lynndie England case makes my point
22/09/2011 06:16:32 PM
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The Lynndie England case is debatable.
22/09/2011 07:28:53 PM
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sorry not interested in arguing rhetoric *NM*
22/09/2011 09:01:04 PM
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The US Army Field Manual is policy, not rhetoric.
22/09/2011 09:44:58 PM
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no Joel the rheotoric is all you
22/09/2011 10:45:29 PM
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Quoting someone is not rhetoric; I am honestly flabbergasted that we are still debating that fact.
22/09/2011 11:12:29 PM
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This kind of reminds me of Full Metal Jacket...
21/09/2011 10:49:57 PM
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Re: This kind of reminds me of Full Metal Jacket...
21/09/2011 11:14:38 PM
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"I bet you could suck a golfball through a garden hose" was NOT a compliment?
22/09/2011 11:25:43 PM
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The only really great thing about that movies is he sounded so much like a drill instructor
22/09/2011 03:01:13 PM
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I doubt the sort of person who is interested in the Marines will particularly care about being PC *NM*
22/09/2011 10:34:11 PM
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no but they care a lot about having PC forced on the them which happens all the time
22/09/2011 10:41:13 PM
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