Honorable Marine to Get 'General' Discharge!

[hideyoursheep]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
Liberty turns into the backstage of a Van Halen Concert. Only without the illegal drugs.

I'm not touching that one.:D

Times were let's say, "different" my first few years.

Ever see a guy make a bowl out of a beer can and pin-on rank?

Or see a guy show up @ 5:00 am PT formation looking for "Mr. Wizard", only to be escorted away by MP's?

WoooHoooo!

[BITEYOASS]

Originally posted by hideyoursheep
Ever see a guy make a bowl out of a beer can and pin-on rank?

No, but one time a couple of SNCOs made one of those mini Grolsch kegs into something that looked like paveway fins. I'll make a correction on my last statement, it's a combination of the Backstage of a VH concert and "The Great Santini." Let's see you all get drunk off your ass and get clear headed for work. When I use to drink, I'd have about a half-gallon of water before hitting the sack and then be able to wake up in the morning without a hangover.

[hideyoursheep]

Man, I tell ya, changes had to come after the 70's era guys left..

One cook OD'd in his bed-from what, I dunno..but he was graveyard dead.

At a training post used for long range weapons, we were guests in there barracks and we heard a loud "thud" against the building on the 3rd floor..dude tried to hang himself.

One of the guys I went through OSUT with got caught up in trying to make the fast buck as an E-2 and started smuggling from Amsterdam to FRG.

13 years hard labor Leavenworth.

The bowl-rank thing? An E-6 in
16 years with 9 article 15's under his belt.
In on the Cambodia invasion in '70.
Never dressed for class-A inspection and no one fucked with him.
The best platoon Sgt I ever had.
The biggest asshole ever as well.

Some changes were due to say the least. Back in the day, drinking was actually encouraged, if you can believe that. But not in the sandbox, as you know. Everyone had they're game faces on.


Such was life.

[Nickdfresh]

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