10 November 1775

InfantryYJ · 11-10-2006, 02:59 AM

A Corps of Marines was formed

Haircuts:
Marines: Heads will be shaved.
Army: Stylish flat-top's for all recruits.
Navy: No haircut standard.
Air Force: Complete makeovers as seen on the Jenny Jones show.

Training Hours:
Marines: Reveille at 0500, train until 2000.
Army: Reveille at 0600, train until 1900.
Navy: Get out of bed at 0900, train until 1100, lunch until 1300, train until 1600.
Air Force: Awaken at 1000, breakfast in bed, train from 1100 to 1200, lunch at 1200, train from 1300 to 1400, nap at 1400, awaken from nap at 1500, training ceases at 1500.

Meals:
Marines: Meals, Ready-to-Eat 3 times a day.
Army: One hot meal, 2 MRE's.
Navy: 3 hot meals.
Air Force: Catered meals prepared by the Galloping Gourmet, Julia Child, and Wolfgang Puck and Emeril Lagasse. All you can eat.

Leave And Liberty:
Marines: None.
Army: 4 hours a week.
Navy: 2 days a week.
Air Force: For every four hours of training, recruits will receive eight hours of leave and liberty.

Protocol:
Marines: Will address all officers as "Sir," and refer to the rank of all enlisted members when speaking to them (i.e., Sgt. Smith).
Army: Will address all officers as "Sir," unless they are friends, and will call all enlisted personnel "Sarge."
Navy: Will address all officers as "Skipper," and all enlisted personnel as "Chief."
Air Force: All Air Force personnel shall be on a first name basis with each other.

Decorations/Awards:
Marines: Medals and badges are awarded for acts of gallantry and bravery only.
Army: Medals and badges are awarded for every bullet fired, hand grenade thrown, fitness test passed, and bed made.
Navy: Will have ships' engineers make medals for them as desired.
Air Force: Will be issued all medals and badges, as they will most likely be awarded them at some point early in their careers anyway.

Camouflage Uniforms:
Marines: Work uniform, to be worn only during training and in field situations.
Army: Will wear it anytime, anywhere.
Navy: Will not wear camouflage uniforms, they do not camouflage you on a ship. (Ship Captains will make every effort to attempt to explain this to sailors.)
Air Force: Will defeat the purpose of camouflage uniforms by putting blue and silver chevrons and colorful squadron patches all over them.

Career Fields:
Marines: All Marines shall be considered riflemen first and foremost.
Army: It doesn't matter, all career fields promote to E-8 in first enlistment anyway.
Navy: Nobody knows. The Navy is still trying figure out what sailors in the ABH, SMC, BNC and BSN rates do anyway.
Air Force: Every recruit will be trained in a manner that will allow them to leave the service early to go on to higher paying civilian jobs.

A crusty old Marine Corps SgtMaj found himself at a gala event downtown, hosted by a local liberal arts college. There was no shortage of extremely young, idealistic ladies in attendance, one of whom approached the SgtMaj for conversation.

She said, "Excuse me, SgtMaj, but you seem to be a very serious man. Are you this way all the time, or is something bothering you?"

"Negative ma'am," the SgtMaj said, "just serious by nature."

The young lady looked at his awards and decorations and said, "It looks like you have seen a lot of action."

The SgtMaj's short reply was, "Yes ma'am, a lot of action."

The young lady, tiring of trying to start up a conversation, said, "You know, you should lighten up a little - relax and enjoy yourself."

The SgtMaj just stared at her in his serious manner.

Finally the young lady said, "You know, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but when is the last time you had sex?"

The SgtMaj looked at her and replied, "1955."

She said, "Well there you go; you really need to chill out and quit taking everything so seriously - I mean, no sex since 1955, isn't that a little extreme?"

The SgtMaj, glancing at his watch, said in his matter-of-fact voice, "Oh, I don't know. It's only 2130 now!"

USMC and USN Rules of Engagement
USMC

1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.

2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.

3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.

4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.

5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. [Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.]

6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.

7. Ten years from now, no one will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.

9. Accuracy is relative. [Most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.]

10. Use a weapon that works every time. [All skill is in vain when an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.]

11. Someday someone may kill you with your own weapon, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

12. Always cheat; always win. If you walk away, it was a fair fight. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

13. Always have a plan.
13.1 Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.

14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible. The visible target should be in FRONT of your gun.

15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

16. Don't drop your guard.

17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.

18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. [In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them].

19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.

20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.

21. Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.

23. Your best option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

USN

1. Adopt an aggressive offshore posture.

2. Drink coffee.

3. Send in the Marines.

Rugger99 · 11-10-2006, 03:36 AM

Happy 231st my brothers

lockedup72 · 11-10-2006, 06:33 AM

Semper Fi devil dogs.

Cue-Ball · 11-10-2006, 06:56 AM

indulf · 11-10-2006, 06:57 AM

happy birthday leathernecks!!!

the few, the proud, the ones that fuck shit up.

Haole · 11-10-2006, 07:09 AM

And you've been bumming rides ever since.

IHC-6 · 11-10-2006, 07:27 AM

I sleep better at night knowing our USMC is out there, believe me.

Being a USAF guy, I was happy to take our Marines all over the world so they could kill whatever needed killin'.

Here's to many more centuries of your protection guys,

and know that your USAF will be there to take you wherever you need to go, just call

a plumber · 11-10-2006, 07:29 AM

Wag Rookie · 11-10-2006, 08:24 AM

Happy Birthday brothers.

APRILRAZZ · 11-10-2006, 08:47 AM

Happy birthday you chow line and toilet clogging jar heads

RDUB29 · 11-10-2006, 08:49 AM

Teufenhunden! "Devil Dogs"

11 yrs. & 30 lbs ago

Semper Fi!

Tuffjarhed · 11-10-2006, 08:54 AM

To all Marines,

Happy Birthday, brothers.

hardcore4wd.com · 11-10-2006, 09:19 AM

Semper Fi fellow Devil Dogs!!!!

Roxywheels · 11-10-2006, 09:22 AM

Happy Birthday!!!!!

usmcdoc14 · 11-10-2006, 09:31 AM

happy birthday you born in a fucking bar degenerate bastards

Hooper · 11-10-2006, 09:40 AM

Thank you for standing in harms way between the threat and my family.

BoneCrusher · 11-10-2006, 10:04 AM

thank you to ALL who serve

But a special thank you to Marines on their special day

You guys truley put the fun back in warfare

Never seen a group of guys having so much fun blowing shit up and killing shit than The Marines

Semper Fi Do or Die

Bobzooki · 11-10-2006, 10:19 AM

Semper Fi, you wildmen!

I'm having a pint in my hotel room before my catered dinner.

gilraine · 11-10-2006, 10:30 AM

When it absoulutely has to be destroyed overnight, send in the Marines...

ironpig70 · 11-10-2006, 11:06 AM

why be a marine when the air force has such better conditions

jekbrown · 11-10-2006, 11:31 AM

from Belleau Wood, to Iwo, to the Chosin, to Khe San... to Fallujah.. Uncommon Valor is a Common Virtue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEXcZCgMew

Big happy-b-day to all my fellow grunts... even you mortar/tow guys...

j

Joel77 · 11-10-2006, 11:41 AM

Happy Birthday leathernecks.

85TrailToy · 11-10-2006, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InfantryYJ

21. Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

My favorite.

Happy B'day USMC.

Rugger99 · 11-10-2006, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usmcdoc14

happy birthday you born in a fucking bar degenerate bastards

So what does that make you ?......you are a 7th Marines alumni

misfitcj · 11-10-2006, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usmcdoc14

happy birthday you born in a fucking bar degenerate bastards

Tunn Tavern was also a Masonic lodge

happy birthday, the only good drinking buddies that the military will allow us to take on our "crusies"....

11-10-2006, 02:59 AM	#1
InfantryYJ Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Member # 2650 Location: Home is where the Marine Corps sends you,...right now, it's Kernersville, NC. Posts: 2,237	10 November 1775 A Corps of Marines was formed Haircuts: Marines: Heads will be shaved. Army: Stylish flat-top's for all recruits. Navy: No haircut standard. Air Force: Complete makeovers as seen on the Jenny Jones show. Training Hours: Marines: Reveille at 0500, train until 2000. Army: Reveille at 0600, train until 1900. Navy: Get out of bed at 0900, train until 1100, lunch until 1300, train until 1600. Air Force: Awaken at 1000, breakfast in bed, train from 1100 to 1200, lunch at 1200, train from 1300 to 1400, nap at 1400, awaken from nap at 1500, training ceases at 1500. Meals: Marines: Meals, Ready-to-Eat 3 times a day. Army: One hot meal, 2 MRE's. Navy: 3 hot meals. Air Force: Catered meals prepared by the Galloping Gourmet, Julia Child, and Wolfgang Puck and Emeril Lagasse. All you can eat. Leave And Liberty: Marines: None. Army: 4 hours a week. Navy: 2 days a week. Air Force: For every four hours of training, recruits will receive eight hours of leave and liberty. Protocol: Marines: Will address all officers as "Sir," and refer to the rank of all enlisted members when speaking to them (i.e., Sgt. Smith). Army: Will address all officers as "Sir," unless they are friends, and will call all enlisted personnel "Sarge." Navy: Will address all officers as "Skipper," and all enlisted personnel as "Chief." Air Force: All Air Force personnel shall be on a first name basis with each other. Decorations/Awards: Marines: Medals and badges are awarded for acts of gallantry and bravery only. Army: Medals and badges are awarded for every bullet fired, hand grenade thrown, fitness test passed, and bed made. Navy: Will have ships' engineers make medals for them as desired. Air Force: Will be issued all medals and badges, as they will most likely be awarded them at some point early in their careers anyway. Camouflage Uniforms: Marines: Work uniform, to be worn only during training and in field situations. Army: Will wear it anytime, anywhere. Navy: Will not wear camouflage uniforms, they do not camouflage you on a ship. (Ship Captains will make every effort to attempt to explain this to sailors.) Air Force: Will defeat the purpose of camouflage uniforms by putting blue and silver chevrons and colorful squadron patches all over them. Career Fields: Marines: All Marines shall be considered riflemen first and foremost. Army: It doesn't matter, all career fields promote to E-8 in first enlistment anyway. Navy: Nobody knows. The Navy is still trying figure out what sailors in the ABH, SMC, BNC and BSN rates do anyway. Air Force: Every recruit will be trained in a manner that will allow them to leave the service early to go on to higher paying civilian jobs. A crusty old Marine Corps SgtMaj found himself at a gala event downtown, hosted by a local liberal arts college. There was no shortage of extremely young, idealistic ladies in attendance, one of whom approached the SgtMaj for conversation. She said, "Excuse me, SgtMaj, but you seem to be a very serious man. Are you this way all the time, or is something bothering you?" "Negative ma'am," the SgtMaj said, "just serious by nature." The young lady looked at his awards and decorations and said, "It looks like you have seen a lot of action." The SgtMaj's short reply was, "Yes ma'am, a lot of action." The young lady, tiring of trying to start up a conversation, said, "You know, you should lighten up a little - relax and enjoy yourself." The SgtMaj just stared at her in his serious manner. Finally the young lady said, "You know, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but when is the last time you had sex?" The SgtMaj looked at her and replied, "1955." She said, "Well there you go; you really need to chill out and quit taking everything so seriously - I mean, no sex since 1955, isn't that a little extreme?" The SgtMaj, glancing at his watch, said in his matter-of-fact voice, "Oh, I don't know. It's only 2130 now!" USMC and USN Rules of Engagement USMC 1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. 2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive. 3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss. 4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly. 5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. [Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.] 6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun. 7. Ten years from now, no one will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived. 8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running. 9. Accuracy is relative. [Most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.] 10. Use a weapon that works every time. [All skill is in vain when an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.] 11. Someday someone may kill you with your own weapon, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty. 12. Always cheat; always win. If you walk away, it was a fair fight. The only unfair fight is the one you lose. 13. Always have a plan. 13.1 Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work. 14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible. The visible target should be in FRONT of your gun. 15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours. 16. Don't drop your guard. 17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees. 18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. [In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them]. 19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH. 20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get. 21. Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet. 22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one. 23. Your best option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation. USN 1. Adopt an aggressive offshore posture. 2. Drink coffee. 3. Send in the Marines. __________________ Nothing important Last edited by InfantryYJ; 11-10-2006 at 03:17 AM.

11-10-2006, 03:36 AM	#2
Rugger99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Member # 22646 Location: Tallahassee,FL Posts: 1,100	Happy 231st my brothers __________________ " Never underestimate the power of idiots in large groups"

11-10-2006, 06:56 AM	#4
Cue-Ball Rock God Join Date: Feb 2003 Member # 17311 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,037	__________________ Nex Pro Evinco "Death Before Defeat"

11-10-2006, 06:57 AM	#5
indulf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 6156 Location: Georgia Bounty Runners Posts: 1,160	happy birthday leathernecks!!! the few, the proud, the ones that fuck shit up. __________________ "whatever doesn't kill me postpones the inevitable" 92 xj in the works, '10 mazdaspeed 3

11-10-2006, 07:09 AM	#6
Haole Wahine keiki Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 5859 Location: Here Posts: 2,412	And you've been bumming rides ever since. __________________ Ka 'aina uluwehi, ko kakou kuleana. - The lush life-giving land, our personal responsibility. RIP Dennis Mayer Ventura County Axle SnappersNorCal

11-10-2006, 06:33 AM	#3
lockedup72 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Member # 50740 Posts: 0	Semper Fi devil dogs.

11-10-2006, 07:27 AM	#7
IHC-6 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Member # 29271 Location: Oregon Posts: 260	I sleep better at night knowing our USMC is out there, believe me. Being a USAF guy, I was happy to take our Marines all over the world so they could kill whatever needed killin'. Here's to many more centuries of your protection guys, and know that your USAF will be there to take you wherever you need to go, just call __________________ Nurse, I have a pain....

11-10-2006, 07:29 AM	#8
a plumber former tird herder Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77101 Location: COLORADO Posts: 239	__________________ "The best beer cooler in the world will always be the edge of your favorite river."

11-10-2006, 08:47 AM	#10
APRILRAZZ Corpse Man Up! Join Date: May 2003 Member # 19565 Location: VA not CA Posts: 493	Happy birthday you chow line and toilet clogging jar heads __________________ But a constitution of government, once changed from freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever.-John Adams

11-10-2006, 08:49 AM	#11
RDUB29 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Member # 26250 Location: Sittin' here doin' my part to make sure the welfare checks cash. Posts: 248	Teufenhunden! "Devil Dogs" 11 yrs. & 30 lbs ago Semper Fi! __________________ Chris to Screwzer..... You are stupid well beyond most people's average capacity to understand.

11-10-2006, 08:54 AM	#12
Tuffjarhed AKA Topper Join Date: Oct 2002 Member # 14368 Location: Ft Wayne, IN. Posts: 419	To all Marines, Happy Birthday, brothers. __________________ NEVER FORGET 9/11!!!!! You can't have manslaughter without laughter Last edited by Tuffjarhed; 11-10-2006 at 08:54 AM.

11-10-2006, 09:19 AM	#13
hardcore4wd.com Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Member # 10081 Location: St Louis Posts: 83	Semper Fi fellow Devil Dogs!!!! __________________ [URL=http://www.jeepinrocks.com]http://www.jeepinrocks.com[/URL]

11-10-2006, 09:22 AM	#14
Roxywheels Girly Bender Join Date: Sep 2000 Member # 1842 Location: In the wilderness!! Posts: 19,833	Happy Birthday!!!!! __________________ I'm not a bitch, I just play one in your life

11-10-2006, 09:31 AM	#15
usmcdoc14 Spork Wrath Join Date: Aug 2002 Member # 13344 Location: Lead Farming Posts: 8,913	happy birthday you born in a fucking bar degenerate bastards __________________ Doc-14 Tactical Products: When it absolutely, positively needs to be made from random crap found in the back of my garage.

11-10-2006, 09:40 AM	#16
Hooper Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Member # 7953 Location: Land of Liberal Overload, Wa Posts: 1,715	Thank you for standing in harms way between the threat and my family. __________________ Hooper [URL=http://www.ihssii.org]The SSII Registry and Gallery[/URL] [URL=http://www.ihssii.org/Hooper]The Hooper Truck[/URL] [b][color=orangered]Stripling Warrior 4x4[/color][/b]

11-10-2006, 10:04 AM	#17
BoneCrusher Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 45290 Location: in a bar near you.... Posts: 71	thank you to ALL who serve But a special thank you to Marines on their special day You guys truley put the fun back in warfare Never seen a group of guys having so much fun blowing shit up and killing shit than The Marines Semper Fi Do or Die __________________ It's never how far or fast you CAN go. It's always how far or fast you WILL go.

11-10-2006, 10:19 AM	#18
Bobzooki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9419 Location: High in the Rockies Posts: 4,857	Semper Fi, you wildmen! I'm having a pint in my hotel room before my catered dinner. __________________ Bob Thus spake the village idiot.

11-10-2006, 10:30 AM	#19
gilraine Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Member # 39297 Location: norwich, ct Posts: 568	When it absoulutely has to be destroyed overnight, send in the Marines... __________________ Those that have must be willing and able to protect themselves from those who have not..

11-10-2006, 11:06 AM	#20
ironpig70 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 6957 Posts: 4,189	why be a marine when the air force has such better conditions

11-10-2006, 11:31 AM	#21
jekbrown Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9070 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA, Earth Posts: 1,055	from Belleau Wood, to Iwo, to the Chosin, to Khe San... to Fallujah.. Uncommon Valor is a Common Virtue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEXcZCgMew Big happy-b-day to all my fellow grunts... even you mortar/tow guys... j __________________ Leftists have killed 100,000,000+ people... still think its a good idea? [url=http://community.webshots.com/user/jekbrown]my 85 K5[/url] Last edited by jekbrown; 11-10-2006 at 11:32 AM.

11-10-2006, 11:41 AM	#22
Joel77 Granite Guru Join Date: May 2004 Member # 31158 Posts: 846	Happy Birthday leathernecks.

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