Twenty-five years ago today I became a man...
 

Twenty-five years ago today I was a freshly minted seventeen year old United States Marine.

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Semper Fi!

Congrats dude!

I became a man when I was Bar Mitzvah'd... June 5, 1982.

Cyndi A. made me a man in 8th grade.

I became a man when I first pissed on my babysitter's lap and watched her undress.

Twenty-five years ago today you were a freshly minted seventeen year old United States Marine. Then what happened? What turned you into a man?

I had the 'Full Op' about 10 years ago. Congrats my transexual friend...

wow man, 17 years in marine, that must be some other life than sitting and looking at babes 24/7 :)

so what made you a man exactly?

cool story bro. tell it again

I became a Marine.

I'm 25 and I can't say I'm a man yet... Pesky boobs!

This year will mark 34 years for me getting in the Navy, fuck I'm getting old

Becoming a marine makes you a man?

yes I got that but what made you a man?

:winkwink:

So since most men didn't serve in the Marines they're not really men?

That doesn't add up.

I started my very first company at 18. It didn't make me a man. My penis makes me a man.

Thank you for your service :thumbsup

Anyway, congrats on being 25 years removed from your prime. :winkwink:

Handsome!

Semper Fi!

Always having a great respect to people who had military training, or service for country, risking life. Gfy is place where I can be surprised by everything and everyone.

I will drink to that - cheers and congrats!

Semper Fi Rochard!

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Congratulations Rochard! I have a bunch of friends that were in the Marines and have the utmost respect for you guys.

Pics or STFU.

Congrats!:thumbsup


I was gonna join the marines when I got out of high school. Oddly enough (or not) an uncle of mine who served with the Marines in Vietnam talked me out of it. Then, in a strange twist, my cousin (his son) went and joined behind his back after 9/11 and wound up serving with the 2/6 Marines in Iraq. I have never seen my uncle so pissed off as when he found out my cousin joined the Marines.

As Henry Kissinger said... "Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy."

They think they're "fighting for their country's freedom" though, it's hilarious...

How many shots of whiskey did it take to wash the taste out of your mouth?

Thank you for your service.

A few of my close friends went into the Marines right out of high school and I might have joined them had I not had asthma. This was 1989. My one buddy was (and still is) short. He is about 5 foot 6. Day 1 of boot camp the drill instructor is walking down the line of all the recruits standing at attention and screaming at each one. He gave my buddy a dressing down for about 5 minutes about his height. My buddy said he was thinking he made a horrible mistake and this was going to be the worst 12 weeks of his life. Then five guys down the line the drill instructor realized there was a guy in the company with the last name Queer. Suddenly he forgot all about my buddy's height :)

When I was seventeen I took acid in the woods with this hot 22 year old hippie chick. After that shaving my head and living with men just didn't appeal.

Ooooooooh Raaaaaaaaah!!!!!!

My sentiments exactly.

Oh, really? Is that what they all think? You must have some God-like powers of observation.

mad respect bro

I believe this is a common misconception but American's military. No one believes we are "fighting for our freedom". No one believes we were fighting for our freedom in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Instead, our military fights to protect what loosely called "American Interests". In reality, it's more like our military fights to protect what the President perceives is American interests - no matter who is in the Oval Office at the moment.

Paris Island will make you a man. :2 cents:

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As much as I respect the military, THAT did not make you a man. It made you a boy in a uniform.

Congrats man, time fly :)

Yes...they serve what is perceived to be in the interests of America...and when the fighting begins they fight to save the lives of themselves and their comrades.

When you earn the right to wear the uniform you are a man's...man...no matter your age.

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Thanks for signing on the line and doing what a lot could not. But you still have big ears.

Ok, so theres an Air Force General, a Marine General and a Navy Admiral sitting around the club talking shit and they get talking about which service is the bravest and has the most guts.

The Air Force general proclaims loudly that his boys have the most guts and he can prove it. So, they drive on out to the Air Force base and he finds a pilot and tells him, "Son, I want you to get into that jet over there. Take it up 30 miles, do a 180 and crash that jet on this spot right here."

The pilot salutes him, says "yes sir", gets in the jet. Takes it up 30 miles, inverts it and crashes it on the exact spot the General indicated.

The General looks at his friends and says, "Now, that's guts".

The Marine General laughs and says "that's nothing, I can show you some real men with guts."

So, they head on over to the Marine base. When they get there the General finds 2 Marines and tells them, "Men, I want you to get in those two jeeps, take them to either end of the grinder, turn around, drive towards each other and collide head on in theexact middle of the grinder at exactly 120 miles per hour."

The Marines salute him, say "Yes sir" and then they each get in a jeep, drive to either end of the grinder, turn the jeeps around and drive towards each other and collide in the middle of the grinder at exactly 120 miles per hour.

The Generals looks at his friends and says, "Now, that's guts".

The Air Force General is impressed but the Admiral just sort of chuckles and says "that ain't nothing."

So, they head on over to the shipyard and they drive up to a destroyer. On the top mast of the destroyer there's a sailor working. The Admiral looks up at him and shouts, "Sailor, I want you to jump off of that mast and splat your body right here at my feet."

The sailor looks down and yells, "What????"

The Admiral looks back up at him and yells, "I want you to jump off that mast and splat your body right here at my feet."

The sailor looks back down and yells, "FUCK YOU".

The Admiral looks at his friends and says "Now, thats guts."



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USN 1974-1982

Fucking awesome. LOL.

Yeah, family trait.

Nice memories, congrats!

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