You might be a Marine if..........

[ Hey, Vets! Yes, I’m a Marine but I would be happy to post lists like this for the other services if you want to send me one! – JS ]

By MajPain

 

 

• You might be a Marine if you have ran a marathon because you were bored.
• You might be a Marine if you did one thing one minute only to do the exact opposite 20 minutes later and totally undo what you previously did.
• You might be a Marine if you ended up with two different size boots after a squad bay tornado.
• You might be a Marine if you carry “Mrs Dash” seasoning to improve your meals.
• You might be a Marine if you can sleep anywhere anytime rain or shine.
• You might be a Marine if you have worn the same clothes for a week while chasing badguys in Afghanistan.
• You might be a Marine if you consider dropping artillery as a “deterrent”. 1^st rule in Marine artillery, only bring artillery if you want to kill everyone.
• You might be a Marine if you have humped 20 miles with 40+ lbs on your back, sat in an ambush position while it rained sideways (forest gump voice) and watched every critter make a nest under your poncho.
• You might be a Marine if you don’t take “no” for an answer and shun those that use the word “cant.”
• You might be a Marine if you adapt and improvise, fix anything with 100mph speed tape and wire while making MacGyver look like a girl scout.
• You might be a Marine if you giggle like a little girl with excitement when the third and fourth JDAM slam into the enemy’s position as you sit hunkered down danger close.
• You might be a Marine if you showed up at the hotel you were staying at after the Marine Corps Ball with nothing on but your dress blue trousers a cowboy hat and a new tattoo.
• You might be a Marine if you have traded two Main meals for a lemon pound cake
• You might be a Marine if you can construct three different lean to shelters at night with it raining of course.
• You might be a Marine (in Afg)  if you have broken an E-tool on rocks while digging a fighting position.
• You might be a Marine if you have read “Message to Garcia”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_to_Garcia
• You might be a Marine if you have fallen asleep standing up.
• You might be a Marine if you know your boot camp drill instructors names still.
• You might be a Marine if you move your house & family every three years
• You might be a Marine if you ever crushed someone for a jacked up uniform
• You might be a senior enlisted Marine if you have ever crushed a Marine for having his music so loud in his car the blood vessels in your eyes ruptured
• You might be a Marine if you have done multiple combat tours, worked, sweated, bled, encouraged, lead, some of Americas citizens that became the world’s finest.
• You might be a Marine if you if you are always faithful (Semper Fidelis)

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