So, I’m back...
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Topic: So, I’m back...
Posted By: HOInfantry
Subject: So, I’m back...
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 8:51pm
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Hey, I'm back...on TPI and from Boot Camp. Fun times, really was. Some bad, some good, but overall, I'm glad for it. Got School of Infantry coming up, hey, hear it'll be real fun, anyone have any tips on what I should know. Having a Sergeant Major and Lt. Col say, "Welcome to the family," it pretty amazing. Drill Instructors laughing and telling jokes at the end of the cycle is amazing. The friendship was close. We good honor platoon despite the fact that we were a booger platoon. Hmm...all in all, good times. But yah, anyone with tips on SOI, let me know, I got it coming up in a month. Hell's Oracle, Semper Fi |
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 8:52pm
| Howdy. Nice of you to say hi! |
Posted By: southernboy51
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 8:53pm
| Welcome back. And thank you for your service. |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 8:53pm
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Wrestle anyone naked? ------------- 
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Posted By: HOInfantry
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 8:58pm
| No, we didn't get naked, but we did wrestle a lot. And we did get naked a lot. But never both simultaneously...hmmm....I wonder. But nevertheless... |
Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:02pm
| eat any motion lotion? |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:07pm
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Hey, What happened to the font? Good Luck! ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:07pm
Something I'm not very proud of... Anyway, welcome back HO. ------------- 
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Cedric wrote:Posted By: HOInfantry
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:12pm
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Hey, The pink font was one, [non-heterosexual]; and two, eccentric, which the Marine Corps does not seem to support at all. So, that is why the font had to go. Hell's Oracle, Semper Fi |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:14pm
| But you're just not hells orracle without the pink centred font. Dont let them change who you are! |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:29pm
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Soul crushing machine....
Anyway, congrats! |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:41pm
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uhhh, NIPPLE! welcome back yo. ------------- 
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Posted By: pimptastik
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 9:45pm
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i was like...who is this but its hells whats up man?
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 10:15pm
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Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 10:37pm
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welcome back dude ------------- 
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 03 December 2005 at 11:51pm
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Hey welcome back! Glad to hear everything went fine. Best of luck to you. -------------  |
Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 12:32am
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He will destory with his thong sandals!
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sporx wrote: well...ya i prolly will be a virgin till i'm at least 30. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 12:35am
| I'm glad to see him back, I'd given up hope. Bring back the pink, you seem to be really concerned about things not being hetero now..whats up? |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 12:37am
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You know, somebody still has your motion lotion quote in his sig..
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 12:40am
Was thinking about that too :) How're the socks? |
Posted By: 636andy636
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 1:06am
| Nipples he he he |
Posted By: TheSpookyKids87
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 8:46am
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Posted By: bluemunky
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 9:31am
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Welcome back.
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Posted By: HOInfantry
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 8:27pm
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Heyya!
Fine, I'll be [non-heterosexual] and use my old font from the 'Bad Old Days' when the Forum was being dorkish.
Wish I could go to SOI tomorrow, miss that trash to be honest. I guess I just loved doing Marines stuff. Met a Marine at church, it really motivates you to see a thirty year-old man who was Recon say he respects you and then call you a "Devil Dog" afterwards.
Good Luck! |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 9:01pm
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I'm leaving for boot camp in a few months, any advice?
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Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 9:32pm
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Posted By: Santa Chewp
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 9:33pm
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HO, seriously, why are you so paranoid about things being "non hetero" who cares?
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 10:52pm
| hey, thanks for your service man, i really do appreciate it....i plan on doing army rotc when i get to college in another year and a half or so |
Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 10:59pm
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Don't ask, don't tell, yo.
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sporx wrote: well...ya i prolly will be a virgin till i'm at least 30. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 11:20pm
Break up with your grossly underage girlfriend, ASAP since your realtionship is obviously going so well..... |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 11:33pm
Cheat on your girlfriend when she finds you so trustworthy, and she will most likely never do you like you will do her. Wait, done already? meh. ------------- 
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 04 December 2005 at 11:36pm
Clever, never saw that one coming. ------------- |
Posted By: Santa Chewp
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 12:30am
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 4:28am
Do what you are told. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: HOInfantry
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 6:09pm
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Hey, Most important thing to learn in boot camp is to say, "Screw it, whatever." Not in the normal sense of the punk, "I'm a rebel, I don't care," rather, when a DI busts your chops for something, you scream, "Aye sir!" to him, learn from your mistakes, and move on. Don't let it get you down, we're there to make mistakes. I was told, first phase is learning to be a recruit, second phase is being a recruit, and third phase is learning to be a Marine. Add to that, be in good shape, it'll help in PT and humps. Eat well, wash your hands or use hand sanitizer often and make sure you get in as good a hygene as possible. Keep track of your gear and everything issued. Getting along with people, just be nice. Don't complain and moan. I didn't and I was nice and I loved it. Nobody had beef with me at all, just about everyone liked me even thought I hated some people (I tolerated them even so). Makes life much easier. Good luck. Hell's Oracle, Semper Fi ------------- "HO is right..." - Procarbinefreak |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 6:16pm
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Hey,
I remember you, even though I haven't been around long enough to really
get any of the inside jokes, welcome back, and thank you for your
service.
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 6:17pm
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HO! I didn't recognize you without the font... :) Congrats on boot camp. Well done. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 7:31pm
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Glad to hear you made it through and saved yourself a good reaming from BadSmitty. That would suck hardcore. What Co. were you in? How'd you do in swim qual and at the range. PFT scores?
But my advice to Heres to You is that don't believe anything they tell you about cellulitus, and don't wash your crotch. Make sure to end everything you say with Sir, especially with Female DI's you encounter at the rifle range. Also volunteer to be a scuzz towell recruit. If your rifle malfunctions on qual day, stand up and ask your DI for help. When you go on the hump out to the rifle range, don't pack all that crap they tell you to, you don't really need it, it's just extra weight, they'll never know. 
I suppose the most useful thing I learned in two out of three months was several different and creative ways to urinate in public without getting caught. |
Posted By: HOInfantry
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 7:42pm
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Hey, [Edit: This is based upon my personal experiances] Cellulitus exists...I've seen it. On the ankle, if turns the calf into a 'cankle' and when you press into it, it stays indented and it hurts real bad. Female DI's, do not call them 'sir' or they will bust your butt and your platoon will laugh, and you will feel stupid. If you're rifle fails on qual day, DI/SDI cannot help you because they are not permitted on the line, nor can the PMI, Coach, or Block NCO. Pack what they tell you to. We wore our Gortex, we used our Poncho, we drank a lot of water, and we used our magazines. If you cannot carry 20lbs in a pack and 10lbs on your body, then you probably shouldn't be there. Do not pea anywhere other than a desiganted area unless a DI, SDI, or other instructor gives you permission. It is one, disgusting; two, unprofessional; and three, simply the DI's may catch you. Good luck! Hell's Oracle, Semper Fi ------------- "HO is right..." - Procarbinefreak |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 7:56pm
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Wow! Someone I haven't seen in a long while.
I guess all those years of the Blacksheep vs Bulldog days are over and done with, now that you're both Jarheads. 
Stay in touch and let us know where your next step will take you and/or next duty station will be. And be nice to your Corpsman! Chances are I'll end up meeting him along the way and don't want to hear any crap about his Marines not taking care of him. Don't forget... one day (heaven forbid) he might have to take care of you! 
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 9:23pm
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Thanks for all the advice. Pretty much basic knowledge, but it's good to hear someone not say it's horrible...
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 05 December 2005 at 9:46pm
| hey i missed you.i was wondering where you were. |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 06 December 2005 at 12:53pm
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HO, In case your sense of humor was surgically removed upon graduation, my post was supposed to be funny.
I know all to well about cellulitus, I got it after a rash and fungal infection ravaged my thighs and manparts. That was the single most horrifying thing about that place. As for the urination thing, if your platoon is totally boogered and by the time you finally get your packs grounded to make a head call on a hump, it's time to go again, if you're the last platoon in the company and at the little end, wizzing off the side of the trail while walking is a lot more professional than pissing your pants. Our platoon for some reason usually wasted our time to make head calls running back and forth to the head trying to get all 80-something of us in in under 30 seconds or some such crap, then all of us in the showers, or the pissers or the "stalls" and not a lot of time actually making head calls. I've known of recruits saving juice bottles from box chows and ziplock bags to go in, and even one kid urinating out the window. After enough people wet their trousers, people either got creative, or would risk irritating a drill instructor by asking to make a head call.(this meant, ten pull ups before you go into the head, it's sad when someone lets it go at pull up #8) We only seemed to have this problem with one drill instructor, and even then only when the SDI wasn't around to save us and let us finally make a head call. After one idiot finally crapped on the deck, the DI would just smoke us AFTER the head call. Everyone was much happier and the squadbay kept smelling fresh. |
Posted By: HOInfantry
Date Posted: 06 December 2005 at 3:04pm
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Hey, You can hold urine for a long time. Trust me. Dangon, like, maybe two or three hours after you really have to go. So, you can hold it on a hump, the most we ever hump is like 4 miles without a break. And you can squeeze three recruits to a porta-head at a time. Six porta-heads times three= eighteen at about thirty seconds/piece...you'd be good. Anyways, yeah... Good luck! Hell's Oracle, Semper Fi ------------- "HO is right..." - Procarbinefreak |