Yes. Camp Horno. Total dump. 1st Marines.
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I have 3 MOS. Machine Gunner. Range Coach. And 95B - Army M.P.
How could you not remember, weirdo ?!
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I remember 11B and being pissed that I was the big guy, so I āgotā to carry the machine gun and that there is no MOS for machine gunner in the Army, which pissed me off.
Weāre going to be teaching a group of recon Marines some climbing skills Friday.
Itās cold as shit, but wet and melting snow, depending on the time.
Theyāre coming from somewhere in Florida. I expect them all to be sick as dogs and shivering after 3 days.
Correction: Mobile, Alabama.
Second edit: I need Marine jokes to tell these guys when they are suspended 1000 feet over a drop of death.
Bahahaā¦ M 60 ?
Honestly I never got into the intra service ribbing. I do like a good olā Jody joke though
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The only one I can think of is:
What do you call a Marine with an IQ of 80? A platoon.
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Crayon jokes still linger around
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I mainly use them as a distraction. These guys are all very seasoned guys, but theyāve never really seriously climbed before ā and certainly not in bad conditions. Without fail, every single guy has frozen for a bit.
You tell a guy jokes ā or piss him off ā whatever works. And then he unfreezes.
Anyway, I need new material.
What Recon unit ? I was in 3d Recon in 96
M249 with the PIP.
Whichever one is based in Alabama. Iām at my real job, so I donāt have the paperwork in front of me.
Ah. I humped the 240 G and M2 on occasion.
I really liked the belt bags we got later for the M249 and the new stock. It was a lot lighter.
My last tour I had the 240. I really appreciated the knock down power, but that was not an option for us in the start of Afghanistan. We walked for miles and miles every day. Even rode horses. The 249 with 1500 rounds was plenty.
I canāt even imagine trying to ruck an M2! I hope you had a truck.
We did a 25 miler with the Ma Deuce in SOI. One guy carried one component. Tripod, receiver, barrel. We rotated. It wasnāt a usual thing. Humping the Golf was, however.
How warm my office is. Just because itās like 34 out doesnāt mean it has to be 87 fucking degrees in the office.
My surface pro 3, works perfectly for years, one day just shuts off, wonāt turn on again. Tried every fix for it I could find, nothing works, not only is it out of warranty but Microsoft doesnāt even repair them anymore. $1500 paperweight. The best part is, Microsoft was like āDo you want to upgrade to a NEW surface pro?ā Uhh, no. Never again.
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I have this little Sony phone that did that. I took it apart and it turned out that the little clip/plug thing that goes from the battery to the rest of it had worked loose from vibration. Re-assembled it and itās great.
Chances of that working for you might be nil, but itās already a paperweight, soā¦
Microsoft may not repair it but Iād be willing to be thereās some small computer repair shop thatāll hook you up ā¦ probably wonāt even black mail you too much for all the stuff you have on your hard drive ā¦
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ha, I just got off the phone with one, that was my next move - there are a few around, the guy I spoke to told me he rarely works with surfaces and the screens tend to break when you remove them to get to the battery (since itās a tablet/computer hybrid thingy), but there are YouTube videos of people doing it without breaking the screen, so when he was like āIād have to charge you for the screen too, an extra $200ā, I was like kthanksbye