SOB, no not what you think.

BudE

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In another post I wrote SOB as in cry not the other and it reminded me of something I did when I was a Pvt (E-1). This was not original to me but I forget where. Back then we all wore green utilities. I fell out for inspection and the platoon leader who did not like me at all for what reason I did not know. Finding nothing wrong with the cleanliness of my rifle or the shine on my boots he finally looked at my shoulder and said, "I see an "Irish pennant" (an Irish pennant was a green thread sticking out that had not been trimmed off) private. Don't you care about your appearance?" I gave the "no excuse, sir" crap and then moved my lips to say "I suffer much". Look in the mirror and move your lips and it looks like the SOB not the crying one. He screamed at me , "What did you say, private? What did you call me?" I told him that I merely thought that I suffer much and that I didn't call him anything. By this time time the Marines on either side of me were doing everything they could to keep from laughing out loud. To that jerk LT's left was 1st Sgt Kranbuhl who was about 10 feet tall and and about 500 pouds. He said to the a**hole, "I'll handle this sir" When he got in front of me he glared at me and said, "See me right after inspection." I saw him after inspection and he told me that I didn't fool him one bit and that if I ever did something like that again he would kick my ass around the barracks. Then he transferred me to the 1st platoon. hahahahaha
 
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Did they not have a motivation platoon during your training period? Most actions such as your's got a week or two of higher level exercises, both physical and mental, best I remember.
 
Yes they did and I saw them when we pulled mess duty at receiving barracks. I went in in Jan 60 and I promise you that something of that nature would have been dealt with on the spot. However, this was after I joined Mike 3/2. My whole first year in the Corps I was a Pvt E-1 In the following year I went from E1 in Jan 61 to E4 (Cpl) in Jan 62. God bless Lt R B Taylor who now occupies a plot in Ft Rosecrans National Cemetery and Gunnery Sgt John Vegas wherever he may be.
 
Lol, A few months ago I stopped at a Bojangles for a biscuit and spyied an old salt wearing the old style cover. I asked the fellow what year he was in and he replied 56-60. Could have spent the day listening to him reminisce about the days when the corps was the Corps.
 
SFMF!

Old school Jarhead stuff seems to be the stuff of legend, at least to us.

I'm sure it's the same to other service branches.
 
Lol, A few months ago I stopped at a Bojangles for a biscuit and spyied an old salt wearing the old style cover. I asked the fellow what year he was in and he replied 56-60. Could have spent the day listening to him reminisce about the days when the corps was the Corps.
That's the trouble with old fart jarheads. At the least little hint I will go on and on telling sea stories. While I was writing this I was wondering if they were for my listener or me.
 
Lol, A few months ago I stopped at a Bojangles for a biscuit and spyied an old salt wearing the old style cover. I asked the fellow what year he was in and he replied 56-60. Could have spent the day listening to him reminisce about the days when the corps was the Corps.
Every once in a while I'll see someone wearing something USMC and I ask them what was/is their MOS. It annoys the shit out of me when I get "Huh?" I once talked to a WWII vet and he replied that he had no idea but that he was an infantry man. He knew what I was asking.
 
Every once in a while I'll see someone wearing something USMC and I ask them what was/is their MOS. It annoys the shit out of me when I get "Huh?" I once talked to a WWII vet and he replied that he had no idea but that he was an infantry man. He knew what I was asking.

Certain things are just permanently implanted!
 
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