Tag: Military

Tattoo Voodoo

Good ass reading about the Marine Corps and its new tattoo policy. I laughed my ass off about this.

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Marine Corps Tattoo Ban

Hmm…so much for me getting my arms tatted. It is always something with these guys. Why can’t we just live normal, carefree lives?

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Conscientious Objector

Want to get out of the military via Conscientious Objection? Follow these links to some great resources. One is the Center On Conscience which tells you all you need to know about the actual act. The second one is Objector.org and this organization is all about GI’s and their rights. Step-by-step process information can be [...]

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Your Going To Iraq!

The following is an order that the Commandant Of The Marine Corps issued out to every single leader in the Corps.
http://www.usmc.mil/almars/almar2000.nsf/…
If you don’t understand I’ll break it down for you. Every Marine joins the Corps knowing that they will deploy to Iraq. Sometimes it’s our reason for joining, but that isn’t always the case. Either [...]

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TAMP Classes

The administrative process to separate from the Marine Corps is tougher then its entering counter-part. While all you do is a few initials and signatures to enter, leaving proves prolonged with classes and mountains of paper work. Everything is a packet in the government from getting married to owning your own car. I wonder how [...]

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While On Ship

It’s windy when you’re going 18 knots at midnight.
Without the moon it’s hard to find the line between the sky and the ocean.
You can hear the wave’s crashes but where they hit you can’t pinpoint.
The noise is immense but it becomes soothing after awhile.
*sigh* I am not cut out for this ship life thing,
I really [...]

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Ship Log Part 2

Ship log – Monday
Losing count of the days so you’ll have to resort to a calendar to figure out how many nights have gone by without you noticing. If your one of the few Marines that showers every night then you will know the number of nights because the pain that the high pressure showers [...]

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From The PI

So now I am blogging from yet another country in the Asia territory and let me tell you, this place somehow reminds me of Mexico. The Philippines is a nation that for about some 35 odd years was under control of the United States. At least that is what I think, and you’ll just probably [...]

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My Military Ribbons

This guy once asked what ribbons I had and what they mean, I’ll explain them using the picture above.
From top to right, the green one is the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon. The whole unit recives this when they’ve accomplish a great task. There is a higher one then this called the Presidental [...]

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