I have learned to 'never say never', but I suppose that it might be a safe bet to make that nowhere in a pre-liberty briefing can one find authorizations for junior Marines to be mind-numbingly drunk on the beach...
... at about oh, 1030 in the morning...
...hitting on all ladies (and a few innocent trash cans) in a 5 mile area...
Clue #1.
When one of the civilian police responders (of about 4 or so) turns out to be female, she's probably not going to be interested in manly displays of musculature, the rippling of ink work, or suave come-ons.
Clue #2.
Police departments in the vicinity of Marine bases have probably dealt with drunk, amorous, and/or feisty Marines.
At least once or twice.
Clue #3 (bonus).
Don't fight with the cops. Ever. Not even once, and not even 'just a little bit'.
Following boot tread-marks and reading boot-sole labels on the bodies of Marines recently released from the pokey provides for hours of fond reminiscing at the end of the float.
... at about oh, 1030 in the morning...
...hitting on all ladies (and a few innocent trash cans) in a 5 mile area...
Clue #1.
When one of the civilian police responders (of about 4 or so) turns out to be female, she's probably not going to be interested in manly displays of musculature, the rippling of ink work, or suave come-ons.
Clue #2.
Police departments in the vicinity of Marine bases have probably dealt with drunk, amorous, and/or feisty Marines.
At least once or twice.
Clue #3 (bonus).
Don't fight with the cops. Ever. Not even once, and not even 'just a little bit'.
Following boot tread-marks and reading boot-sole labels on the bodies of Marines recently released from the pokey provides for hours of fond reminiscing at the end of the float.
6 comments:
That's what I love about your blog Murphy...informative and entertaining all at once.
I have to wonder though- is this the voice of experience speaking?
Of course they are going to do it again at the next port... sigh... They don't call y'all Jarheads for nothing :-)
Snigglefrits: I was once (m'yeah, only once) in a platoon that was considered the 'problem children' of the unit. Always seemed that somebody from our herd was always getting into some mischief or the other.
I was actually one of those chuckling at the knucklehead - I got too much respect for the job they do to even think about messing around like that.
NFO: 'The fog of libo'
Spent 2 years as a squid, 6 1/2 as a doggie...and I check your blog everyday for my military humor fix. For a jarhead, you are an extremely gifted writer! My exposure to jarheads included a stint going through riverine training in Vallejo ('68) and our pt instructor was a jarhead captain. He still has my respect...
Jeez, anony, who do you root for during the Army/Navy game? Heck you probably got twice the stories that I do!
Ha! I just logged on from this comments page, and I guess I typed something wrong. The screen re-loaded, and the word verification thing changed. New word verification?
fhucko
Huckt on fonix werks for werd verifikashun.
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