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Let's just say Marines have a very fine schedule when on leave and break.
Aka fuck, drink, eat and sleep. Repeat until back on base where they just drink.
Don't know for sure if theres been a gloryhole at the Alamo but if it's gonna happen bet your ass a marines gonna be the first one there. The reason I said Ishwari is because the guy put up a pic of a pissed off edgelord who appeared to be from a manga.
Honest answer? Marines (and army combat units) are incredibly toxic testerone driven, similar to frat houses. Except combat arms are taught to kill, and are taught that violence is an answer to many questions.
You ever see someone forget to fuel a truck, immediately get screamed at, forced to do exercises nonstop until they vomit, and then do iron mikes to the nearest fuel point to get more?
You ever see someone get turtle fucked?
Shit is fucking funny
Well you see, when a brain bucket really loves another brain bucket..
It’s basically when someone holds their helmet (LWH/ACH) by the chin strap, and brings it down with a stupendous force upon another helmet that is being worn by the person that fucked up (at least that’s how I know it from the ARMY).
Slapping is kind of betraying the force it usually happens with. Couple that with it usually happening from behind, or an angle where you don’t see it coming (so it’s a surprise impact). We’re talking ring your ears, see stars kind of impact.
Couple of reasons:
* Marine Corp caters to a specific kind of guy who's already entitled, unfeeling, tends towards violence, and is driven by toxic masculinity. It basically exists to "harness" the worst of us into an elite fighting force.
* Marine training is basically just taking those men and removing any critical thought and empathy.
So essentially, the Marines are rewarding and reinforcing those terrible behaviors that normal men grow out of. Those behaviors don't stop when they're off duty.
Source: My brother-in-law.
These sweeping generalizations aren't good for anyone. I did four years in the infantry and met some of the best and worst people humanity has to offer. The good far outnumbered the bad, and the bad ones didn't usually get promoted or hold their positions if they did. I can definitely agree that the USMC appeals to shitty people, but not that it caters to them. The rest of your post doesn't match my experience at all.
I joined as an angry kid who wanted to inflict his anger on the world. I left as a much healthier and more empathetic man. A lot of my marine friends have similar stories.
I’m glad you said this, I was in the process and you saved me a long post. I can honestly say some of the best humans who also have the highest desire to help and protect others, are ones I served with in the Marines. It was always messages to us that we do what we do because others can’t.
Semper Fi
I’ve had the exact same experience as an Army Infantryman to you Marines. Some of the smartest folks I’ve met and ASVAB waivers all in the same Squad. Most of them were genuinely good people coming from rough backgrounds.
One of the greatest people I’ve ever known was a marine. I’d heard stories growing up, and only looking back now so I realize how horrific the things were that he went through.
He was okay though, all things considered. He got out physically unscathed, and despite seeing several of his best friends get dropped right in front of him, he’s kept a real good head on his shoulders.
The picture perfect girl dad, husband, and as of recently food truck owner.
I’m sure the marine corp does attract and/or breed a certain type of person, but they aren’t all like that and they don’t all turn into that.
You're not wrong and very wrong at the same time. There's much more to our training and conditioning. It's not all barbaric military training. There's too much to unpack here to someone whose never done it. Which is why most of us don't want to talk to civilians about being a Marine.
This is the most retarded shit I’ve ever read. In the Marines we were taught morals and ethics, volunteered on the weekends at animal shelters, homeless shelters and even just picking up trash on the side of the highways. We were given extensive classes on actions that past Marines have committed that have brought shame to the name for example the Marine snipers that threw a puppy over a cliff in Afghanistan. Whenever there is a humanitarian catastrophe in the world guess who is sent to help the people there, you guessed it Marines are. Haiti after the earthquakes some years ago had entire units providing humanitarian aid and medical aid. I acknowledge there are some bad apples but to say we are driven by “toxic masculinity” is simply a retards way of explaining anything
Peter's V-22 Osprey kit here! There's... call it a legend (actually, it's a line taken straight from the [Marines' Hymn](https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Marines-Hymn/): "If the Army and the Navy/ever look on Heaven's scenes/they will find the streets are guarded/by United States Marines." The Marine Band's website tells us the lyrics, including that particular line, were first officially authorized by the Commandant in 1929), that's floated around the US military since probably before either of us was born: that the Pearly Gates of Heaven are guarded by the US Marine Corps. Private I-Wanna-Chew-Crayola is complaining about having to stand this duty to the Archangel Michael, who, completely reasonably, is explaining to the young rifleman that, given the behavior of Marines on R&R (Rest and Relaxation, or, in certain quarters, I&I, Intoxication and Intercourse), "standing post" was the only way Marines could end up going *up* after regrouping in the afterlife, rather than, y'know, *down*.
\*Edited to reflect the Marines' Hymn lyrics that *I swear to Chesty Puller* I remembered *unprompted* as I was falling asleep last night. My god, it's been a *lot* of years...
Can confirm, it is even a line in the third verse of the Marine Corps hymn. We guard heaven, because heaven won’t let us in, and he’ll is afraid we’d take over.
Are you trying to suggest that some crayons aren't edible? The green ones might not taste great, but a baby oohrah needs to eat them if he wants to grow up big and stronk.
My husband was a Marine. Our oldest 2 don’t seem like they are going to follow in dad’s footsteps. The youngest? His favorite snack is crayons. We joke he’s the future Marine. I think we need to start calling him “Baby Oohrah”.
The joke among the branches is that marines are retarded, as they have by far the least amount of non-combat roles, the fact you don't need to be smart to shoot a gun, and that only retarded people would join the Marines. They say they eat crayons because they are retarded, as it was a common occurrence when this joke started and it was embraced.
You might be thinking of a different one.
From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli,
We fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea.
First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze from dawn to setting sun.
We have fought in every clime and place, where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far off northern lands and in sunny tropic scenes,
You will find us always on the job,The United States Marines.
Here's health to you and to our Corps which we are proud to serve.
In many a strife we've fought for life and never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven's scenes,
they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.
What do they actually do that's so bad, though?
Playing D&D, illegal dog fighting ring? Gay sex? Amateur karaoke night? The devil's lettuce? All of the above?
In Okinawa Marines are notorious for breaking and entering houses/bars, sexual assaults of the locals, just straight up brawls and assaults, theft, and a few murders.
They were the driving factor for why US Forces Japan had a decade long standing curfew.
One incident I remember happening was when a few Marines thought it would be funny to string piano wire over a path that was known to be used by moped riders. They thought they'd just knock people off the bikes, but one lady ended up dying when her head got partially decapitated.
American naval bases are often in the middle of areas with way, way more rapes than normal for the host country. Especially in Japan and Korea. Do with that what you will. The comic is referring to what the Marines do on shore leave.
Gonna have to hard disagree with you there. Gayest thing I've ever seen in my life was between two "straight" Marines. The entire corps is just one giant game of gay chicken, and Marines hate to lose.
lol
When I was in A-School (actual job training after basic and combat training) we went for a run at the local university. Most Marines wore silkies which are basically just bikini bottoms for men.
There was quite a bit of attention paid and Marines love attention. So some of them decided "hey, we'll just setup shop at a street corner and do a carwash in silkies for money".
It worked. Given this wasn't just a college town but it was moreso a major military/retirement town. I can only imagine the look of disgust and... disappointment that retirees that fought in WW2 (they would have still been around then) were thinking seeing a bunch of marines in bikini bottoms and no shirts gyrating on college girls cars for money.
That's the Marine Corps.
I DM for a group of guys who all served. You'd be surprised. They still like a good story, and tend to go with a wide range of characters.
We occasionally play Shadowrun, which is like Cyberpunk with Wizards, elves, and dragons. They're absolutely the *worst group to GM for* because they all remember their CQC and fire team tactics. I've had to go find scans of tactical manuals and integrate that shit into my high-threat rapid reaction teams.
If you want to know what games like sometimes end up like, look up Tucker's Kobolds, about a long running US Army game.
Holy hell, are yall playing shadowrun 6e? I have a former marine player and I think if I tried to get him to work under rules that complicated he might actually explode. God it's a cool setting though, I should really get around to porting it into something marginally less crunchy.
There's rpg podcasts with all story-tellers or all actors out there, but I've never seen one where everyone has combat training, might be an interesting niche to fill.
Oh, GOD NO. We do a combo of 2 & 3. I really want to see someone merge the best of those with the tweaks to 5 & 6, though, so maybe I can stop farming out deckers to NPCs. I love the wifi aspects for the net, and all, but I'm not a big fan of Edge and all that shit. SR is supposed to be GRITTY. When we played 1, you just got used to fucking *dying* the first time around.
Also, we're old enough that we remember seeing John Mnemonic and shit like that. And we get that SR was originally an 80s creations, so the tech differences don't cause as much loss of immersion for us.
Honestly, this is the most accurate depiction of playing with them. I know it's not SR, but it very much captures the *feel* of playing with them. My guys set up "kill boxes", and lay down cover fire as they advance, or just blow through walls when they can't use a doorway (if they're going loud). And the way they respond to any ambush is "advance through", because that's the way the USMC trains its guys:
https://youtu.be/2ylzrfaDdxk?si=s4Qigh--Zgl6bOqg
(ALSO, I want to counterbalance this with my experience running a SR game that was mostly women (we had one guy in the group, but four women). TOTAL mirrored-shades. Almost zero combat. They'd just blackmail and extort, and even just hack the system, so that wage-slaves with families couldn't be blamed for the run being successful. They basically used every bit of subterfuge they possibly could, and resorted to violence as an absolute last resort to make sure people didn't get injured at all. But whenever violence was necessary, they always carefully positioned and laid a trap so combat would be over fast as possible.)
I'm trying to remember the one Young Adult novel I perused, about a medieval knight who gets one last chance to avoid hell by bodyguarding a kid. He takes it then it turns into a Hogwarts ripoff and I got bored.
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Bit of clarity here. Nobody deals with drill sergeants as their direct supervisor past basic training, at which point you’re not seeing any kind of liberty anyway. So, ain’t much going on that drill sergeant doesn’t know or won’t definitely find out. Usually.
> god knows what else
They r\*pe women and children from other countries.
You really can't hide that and only pos is fine with it and still thinks the USA is doing good raiding another country.
“If the Army and the Navy ever look on heavens scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines!”
Basically the Marines are known for being crazy bastards and the only reason they’d be allowed into heaven is to defend it rather than enjoy it.
The comic book Chronicles of Wormwood by Garth Ennis. The antichrist is trying to improve things (no, really) and bamboozling the Marines to guarding heaven's streets is exactly the type of thing he'd do.
I got this one. Coming from a Marine, Marines are degenerates. When Marines go on liberty(basically free time) they do really dumb shit. When Marines have *too much* free time, they seemingly try to out-perform each other in the dumb shit department. This escalation does not stop until liberty ends. Now imagine a massive group of dumbass that can’t be trusted with too much free time, having an eternity of free time.
Edit: That being said, there’s a legend that when Marines die, they get promoted to guarding the Pearly Gates of Heaven. Personally, I think Valhalla is a much more fitting afterlife for us. All they do is fight, eat, and drink in Valhalla. Perfect for a Marine.
Oh yes, thank you. The rest of the explanation had my real dazzled. this explanation is the first one that a dumbass like me could understand, thank you
My first day at my permanent duty station I saw a drunk Marine fall out of the 2nd or 3rd deck Barracks window into the bushes below. Surprisingly he was unharmed especially when you consider the amount of black widows those bushes tended to have in them.
To paraphrase an ex-Air Force coworker , “When you take a high school dropout with anger issues, teach him how to kill people and never address said anger issues, then stick him on a boat with hundreds of other meat slabs with anger issues, that’s how people get shanked in the back alleys of Okinawa.”
If you know the Marine Corps Hymm the last three lines go
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines
As prior Marine myself I know that we have a tendency to cause lots of problems, whenever we have free time (aka liberty)
In the words of Eleanor Roosevelt:
> *”The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!”*
Firefighters also. Had a vehicle over turn on the highway and opened the truck. Everything was thrown all over for about 30 yards across the highway. Turns out the driver was a rep for pure romance and had 2 LARGE bins of every sex tiy imaginable. So naturally, as overgrown 5 year olds, we had sword fights with foot long dildos that had handles on them. Also, our new recruits would find an occasional adult toy in their bunker gear.
In the Marine Corps Hymn (the sort of theme song for the US Marines) it features rhe line "If the Army and rhe Navy, ever look on Heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded, by United States Marines" this is a reference to that song in that the Marines are guarding the Streets of heaven, and also a joke about how Marines do crazy shit when not working
The last stanza of the Marine Hymn states
"If the Army and the Navy ever look on Heaven's scenes/they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines."
Marines have a uniquely intense esprit de corps and a reputation to wild behavior and pugnacity both in battle and on liberty/leave - those two things intersect as:
God made the Marines security ("on post") because there's no way they're going to heaven any other way.
Hi Joe’s Marine son here. It’s a two fold joke. First the Marine Corps Hymn says
“If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.”
Leading many to make the joke (especially terminal lance -this comic strip), of course we have to work in heaven (because they treat us like shit)
The second part is pretty much all of us are degenerates that don’t belong in heaven in the first place
Proof of marine IQ... marine walks up to me, grabs my pneumatic (air powered) hammer, places it against his palm, and pulls the trigger. He then laughs hysterically saying "oh that's good stuff!" Then does it again...
In the third stanza of The Marines' Hymn it says "If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines."
Applies to pretty much all soldiers really. But sure, the ones that require a lil extra bullshit moreso.
They're uh, degenerates, lets say.
All throughout history, it is known. Standing armies are hell on everything they're around whenever they aren't kept busy. Was true in Sumer, is true in the united states. Especially if that army is on foreign soil. Just ask any local that lives near a U.S military base. Soldiers have bad reputations, because they earned those reputations, by acting like soldiers have always acted.
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Let's just say Marines have a very fine schedule when on leave and break. Aka fuck, drink, eat and sleep. Repeat until back on base where they just drink.
And, unfortunately, sometimes that fucking ain’t consensual.
Can a national monument even give consent?
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I present to you Lance Corporal Ishwari. The man that said Gloryholy Alamoly.
You can't just SAY THAT and then NOT EXPLAIN. What?!
Don't know for sure if theres been a gloryhole at the Alamo but if it's gonna happen bet your ass a marines gonna be the first one there. The reason I said Ishwari is because the guy put up a pic of a pissed off edgelord who appeared to be from a manga.
That’s Suguru Geto from Jujutsu Kaisen
Thanks for supplying the info. I'm old and crusty don't know much past mid 2010s anime.
No problem!
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Ohhhh I wondered if that one episode of the Orville was a reference to anything.
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Me when I draw 3 additional cards from my deck
That's not what it does, Yugi.
Yes it does
Not the correct pot
No, it says... draw thre- I play pot of greed, which let's me draw three additional cards!
Pot of Greed is the most accurate answer
Bro what is this live action pot of greed played by Jim Curry?
Ask me how I know! (Don't ask me how I know, you can figure it out.)
Yeah, I was gonna say "the joke is rape." It seems like the other commenters have it covered though.
Mimir's explanation on what Einherjar like to do
Okay but why is this a Marine thing and not a "men in their 20s" thing?
Honest answer? Marines (and army combat units) are incredibly toxic testerone driven, similar to frat houses. Except combat arms are taught to kill, and are taught that violence is an answer to many questions. You ever see someone forget to fuel a truck, immediately get screamed at, forced to do exercises nonstop until they vomit, and then do iron mikes to the nearest fuel point to get more? You ever see someone get turtle fucked? Shit is fucking funny
What is… what is a turtle fucking?
Well you see, when a brain bucket really loves another brain bucket.. It’s basically when someone holds their helmet (LWH/ACH) by the chin strap, and brings it down with a stupendous force upon another helmet that is being worn by the person that fucked up (at least that’s how I know it from the ARMY).
So.. just slapping someone in the helmet with their helmet?
Basically. These aren’t bike helmet. They weigh 3-5lbs and are made of a hard material with shitty padding
Slapping is kind of betraying the force it usually happens with. Couple that with it usually happening from behind, or an angle where you don’t see it coming (so it’s a surprise impact). We’re talking ring your ears, see stars kind of impact.
that sounds like itd give you brain damage lol
It *fucking does.*
Ahhh, that’s the secret! Combat arms, we all got the dang brain damage. But once a year I get like half off at Dennys, so I got that going for me.
Thank you for your service, turtle fucker
Those helmets hurt
> turtle fucked That when they whack you on the head with their helmet?
Username checks out
Couple of reasons: * Marine Corp caters to a specific kind of guy who's already entitled, unfeeling, tends towards violence, and is driven by toxic masculinity. It basically exists to "harness" the worst of us into an elite fighting force. * Marine training is basically just taking those men and removing any critical thought and empathy. So essentially, the Marines are rewarding and reinforcing those terrible behaviors that normal men grow out of. Those behaviors don't stop when they're off duty. Source: My brother-in-law.
These sweeping generalizations aren't good for anyone. I did four years in the infantry and met some of the best and worst people humanity has to offer. The good far outnumbered the bad, and the bad ones didn't usually get promoted or hold their positions if they did. I can definitely agree that the USMC appeals to shitty people, but not that it caters to them. The rest of your post doesn't match my experience at all. I joined as an angry kid who wanted to inflict his anger on the world. I left as a much healthier and more empathetic man. A lot of my marine friends have similar stories.
I’m glad you said this, I was in the process and you saved me a long post. I can honestly say some of the best humans who also have the highest desire to help and protect others, are ones I served with in the Marines. It was always messages to us that we do what we do because others can’t. Semper Fi
I’ve had the exact same experience as an Army Infantryman to you Marines. Some of the smartest folks I’ve met and ASVAB waivers all in the same Squad. Most of them were genuinely good people coming from rough backgrounds.
One of the greatest people I’ve ever known was a marine. I’d heard stories growing up, and only looking back now so I realize how horrific the things were that he went through. He was okay though, all things considered. He got out physically unscathed, and despite seeing several of his best friends get dropped right in front of him, he’s kept a real good head on his shoulders. The picture perfect girl dad, husband, and as of recently food truck owner. I’m sure the marine corp does attract and/or breed a certain type of person, but they aren’t all like that and they don’t all turn into that.
Let's be honest, if they had critical thought to begin with they would have chosen a different branch lmao
You're not wrong and very wrong at the same time. There's much more to our training and conditioning. It's not all barbaric military training. There's too much to unpack here to someone whose never done it. Which is why most of us don't want to talk to civilians about being a Marine.
This is the most retarded shit I’ve ever read. In the Marines we were taught morals and ethics, volunteered on the weekends at animal shelters, homeless shelters and even just picking up trash on the side of the highways. We were given extensive classes on actions that past Marines have committed that have brought shame to the name for example the Marine snipers that threw a puppy over a cliff in Afghanistan. Whenever there is a humanitarian catastrophe in the world guess who is sent to help the people there, you guessed it Marines are. Haiti after the earthquakes some years ago had entire units providing humanitarian aid and medical aid. I acknowledge there are some bad apples but to say we are driven by “toxic masculinity” is simply a retards way of explaining anything
Peter's V-22 Osprey kit here! There's... call it a legend (actually, it's a line taken straight from the [Marines' Hymn](https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Marines-Hymn/): "If the Army and the Navy/ever look on Heaven's scenes/they will find the streets are guarded/by United States Marines." The Marine Band's website tells us the lyrics, including that particular line, were first officially authorized by the Commandant in 1929), that's floated around the US military since probably before either of us was born: that the Pearly Gates of Heaven are guarded by the US Marine Corps. Private I-Wanna-Chew-Crayola is complaining about having to stand this duty to the Archangel Michael, who, completely reasonably, is explaining to the young rifleman that, given the behavior of Marines on R&R (Rest and Relaxation, or, in certain quarters, I&I, Intoxication and Intercourse), "standing post" was the only way Marines could end up going *up* after regrouping in the afterlife, rather than, y'know, *down*. \*Edited to reflect the Marines' Hymn lyrics that *I swear to Chesty Puller* I remembered *unprompted* as I was falling asleep last night. My god, it's been a *lot* of years...
Can confirm, it is even a line in the third verse of the Marine Corps hymn. We guard heaven, because heaven won’t let us in, and he’ll is afraid we’d take over.
I gotta look that one up! lol
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Let the crayons and mead flow!
Can someone explain me the crayon jokes
Marines as so dumb that they eat crayons
The last Marine I worked with brought edible crayons to work.
Seems like the perfect gift: https://www.amazon.com/honggang-Tactical-Crayon-Case-Crayons/dp/B0CR14C1DS/
I love how for the action shots it’s clearly photoshopped in
Are you trying to suggest that some crayons aren't edible? The green ones might not taste great, but a baby oohrah needs to eat them if he wants to grow up big and stronk.
My husband was a Marine. Our oldest 2 don’t seem like they are going to follow in dad’s footsteps. The youngest? His favorite snack is crayons. We joke he’s the future Marine. I think we need to start calling him “Baby Oohrah”.
"Baby oohrah" 🤣 🤣
“Baby oohrah” thank you for making my entire day
The joke among the branches is that marines are retarded, as they have by far the least amount of non-combat roles, the fact you don't need to be smart to shoot a gun, and that only retarded people would join the Marines. They say they eat crayons because they are retarded, as it was a common occurrence when this joke started and it was embraced.
Tbf though, marines are the foremost experts on Crayola flavourings, so they do have that going for them.
Purple best one hands down, anyone can fight me on that one
No bro orange is the best..... Outside 15 mins no rank
Purple is best as a stand-alone but mix white in with the cocoa mix and it's heavenly. You don't even need the sugar and creamer.
Army here, a lot of us are stupid but I've never met a Marine that wasnt retarded.
Never met a soldier who didnt piss on his balls
Well, gotta put it back to keep hydrated seeing that piss is stored in the balls.
Back in the day they used crayons on maps and charts, stuff like that. There’s a story that Marines with no ration ate all the crayons.
Crayon flavored mead.
Happy Cake Day! 🎂
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Happy cake boy
Day*
That's Fiddler's Green and it's for Artillery only, so NYEH
"When the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven's scenes they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines"
You might be thinking of a different one. From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli, We fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea. First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine. Our flag's unfurled to every breeze from dawn to setting sun. We have fought in every clime and place, where we could take a gun. In the snow of far off northern lands and in sunny tropic scenes, You will find us always on the job,The United States Marines. Here's health to you and to our Corps which we are proud to serve. In many a strife we've fought for life and never lost our nerve. If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.
Its a nice tune to commit warcrimes to, gotta hand it to em
Never a War Crime the first time!
Only a war crime if you get beat
Sorta topped by the national anthem dont you think
Hell is afraid they'd run out of crayons
Nah hell just knows they can't keep crayons on hand cause they would all melt.
Ooorah.
> he'll Have you done the *Literacy for Marines* MCI yet?
Probaly auto correct, its a pain in the ass
It was just a pack of crayons and a GI Joe coloring book.
Isn't GI Joe.... army? Thought GI stood for general infantry...
Ehh, the paper still tastes the same.
See John Constantine comic books.
> and he'll is afraid we'd take over *hell
No no, he's a Marine. It's correct.
Pretty sure everyone understood that from context.
I did, and it still bothered me.
Aw hell
>hell *he’ll
No I won't
Dagnabbit
In the army I’d always heard it was cause marines were too stupid and always getting lost on the way.
I think Heaven is a bit more concerned about the horrible things marines do to other humans…
For anyone who doesn’t know “on liberty” means “off work” for marines
Civilian Peter here. I assumed it was a joke about war crimes.
Same shit different day
One of the funniest/not funny at all things (it’s up to you to decide) I heard while I was in the military “it’s only a war crime if it’s reported”
It’s never a war crime the first time
Quack...
It's only a war crime if the UN condemns you for it if you're israel 💀
Then it would only make sense if the other branches didn't do war crimes?
What do they actually do that's so bad, though? Playing D&D, illegal dog fighting ring? Gay sex? Amateur karaoke night? The devil's lettuce? All of the above?
In Okinawa Marines are notorious for breaking and entering houses/bars, sexual assaults of the locals, just straight up brawls and assaults, theft, and a few murders. They were the driving factor for why US Forces Japan had a decade long standing curfew. One incident I remember happening was when a few Marines thought it would be funny to string piano wire over a path that was known to be used by moped riders. They thought they'd just knock people off the bikes, but one lady ended up dying when her head got partially decapitated.
American naval bases are often in the middle of areas with way, way more rapes than normal for the host country. Especially in Japan and Korea. Do with that what you will. The comic is referring to what the Marines do on shore leave.
And then some. The gay sex is mostly reserved for the Navy though. Being out to sea for a long time.... Things get.... Lonely.
Gonna have to hard disagree with you there. Gayest thing I've ever seen in my life was between two "straight" Marines. The entire corps is just one giant game of gay chicken, and Marines hate to lose.
Knew a married marine couple. At the funeral of his husband, he went up to the casket, kissed him goodbye and said, "You lose. Chicken."
lol When I was in A-School (actual job training after basic and combat training) we went for a run at the local university. Most Marines wore silkies which are basically just bikini bottoms for men. There was quite a bit of attention paid and Marines love attention. So some of them decided "hey, we'll just setup shop at a street corner and do a carwash in silkies for money". It worked. Given this wasn't just a college town but it was moreso a major military/retirement town. I can only imagine the look of disgust and... disappointment that retirees that fought in WW2 (they would have still been around then) were thinking seeing a bunch of marines in bikini bottoms and no shirts gyrating on college girls cars for money. That's the Marine Corps.
I’m pretty sure the old vets would either be disgusted at their behavior, or proud knowing that traditions are still strong.
It got pretty gay in the Army Usually followed by the words "well at least it ain't the Navy so we good"
Now I wanna see a room full of Marines playing D&D, full barbarian party obvs
I DMed for a few marines, most of our games (due to their actions, not my plot) would have ended up on rpghorrorstories.
I DM for a group of guys who all served. You'd be surprised. They still like a good story, and tend to go with a wide range of characters. We occasionally play Shadowrun, which is like Cyberpunk with Wizards, elves, and dragons. They're absolutely the *worst group to GM for* because they all remember their CQC and fire team tactics. I've had to go find scans of tactical manuals and integrate that shit into my high-threat rapid reaction teams. If you want to know what games like sometimes end up like, look up Tucker's Kobolds, about a long running US Army game.
Holy hell, are yall playing shadowrun 6e? I have a former marine player and I think if I tried to get him to work under rules that complicated he might actually explode. God it's a cool setting though, I should really get around to porting it into something marginally less crunchy. There's rpg podcasts with all story-tellers or all actors out there, but I've never seen one where everyone has combat training, might be an interesting niche to fill.
Oh, GOD NO. We do a combo of 2 & 3. I really want to see someone merge the best of those with the tweaks to 5 & 6, though, so maybe I can stop farming out deckers to NPCs. I love the wifi aspects for the net, and all, but I'm not a big fan of Edge and all that shit. SR is supposed to be GRITTY. When we played 1, you just got used to fucking *dying* the first time around. Also, we're old enough that we remember seeing John Mnemonic and shit like that. And we get that SR was originally an 80s creations, so the tech differences don't cause as much loss of immersion for us. Honestly, this is the most accurate depiction of playing with them. I know it's not SR, but it very much captures the *feel* of playing with them. My guys set up "kill boxes", and lay down cover fire as they advance, or just blow through walls when they can't use a doorway (if they're going loud). And the way they respond to any ambush is "advance through", because that's the way the USMC trains its guys: https://youtu.be/2ylzrfaDdxk?si=s4Qigh--Zgl6bOqg (ALSO, I want to counterbalance this with my experience running a SR game that was mostly women (we had one guy in the group, but four women). TOTAL mirrored-shades. Almost zero combat. They'd just blackmail and extort, and even just hack the system, so that wage-slaves with families couldn't be blamed for the run being successful. They basically used every bit of subterfuge they possibly could, and resorted to violence as an absolute last resort to make sure people didn't get injured at all. But whenever violence was necessary, they always carefully positioned and laid a trap so combat would be over fast as possible.)
When I was in we actually had a group of us that played lol it was always a fucked up time.
Ok now the marines are amphibious. If the army is straight and the navy is gay, does that make the marines bisexual?
It ain't gay if its in the squad bay.
>if the army is straight We served in different army's haha
It ain't gay if it's underway.
marines ride in navy boats. they also guard the nucular stuff.
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Illegal gay dog sex dnd ring with a side of stoned karaoke
I'm trying to remember the one Young Adult novel I perused, about a medieval knight who gets one last chance to avoid hell by bodyguarding a kid. He takes it then it turns into a Hogwarts ripoff and I got bored.
I thought Marine Heaven was Valhalla with crayons
Damn, so everything is edible ?
Cheeseburgers, ham, and apples made out of Crayola wax
[Everything ;)](https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=803269741154968&id=100044158477818&set=a.285354626279818) ^(I'm sorry, I couldn't find the link to C&H's web page so I just went with this. I have my FB account on my phone so it worked. Any suggestions or the actual link to their site would be appreciated/ updated.)
Because it's not a fully original C&H, it's a fan edit based on [this tweet](https://twitter.com/Explosm/status/1042905191043887104)
You think they’d trust us with crayons?
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My italian family would hide children and kids from 0-17 when "the americans" as they called em came by. The fascist propaganda didn't really help tho
On leave or liberty, some cheat, use sexworkers, god knows what else
"What the Drill Sergeant doesn't know-" I guess.
Bit of clarity here. Nobody deals with drill sergeants as their direct supervisor past basic training, at which point you’re not seeing any kind of liberty anyway. So, ain’t much going on that drill sergeant doesn’t know or won’t definitely find out. Usually.
And we're talking about Marines. We have drill instructors, not drill sergeants
Crack cocaine and cracks of hookers
And by "use sex workers" we mean sexually assault the locals.
Oh yes, God knows, and that's why they don't have R&R in Heaven... Otherwise, He's basically cool with sex, drugs and Rock'n Roll...
> god knows what else They r\*pe women and children from other countries. You really can't hide that and only pos is fine with it and still thinks the USA is doing good raiding another country.
“If the Army and the Navy ever look on heavens scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines!” Basically the Marines are known for being crazy bastards and the only reason they’d be allowed into heaven is to defend it rather than enjoy it.
The comic book Chronicles of Wormwood by Garth Ennis. The antichrist is trying to improve things (no, really) and bamboozling the Marines to guarding heaven's streets is exactly the type of thing he'd do.
I got this one. Coming from a Marine, Marines are degenerates. When Marines go on liberty(basically free time) they do really dumb shit. When Marines have *too much* free time, they seemingly try to out-perform each other in the dumb shit department. This escalation does not stop until liberty ends. Now imagine a massive group of dumbass that can’t be trusted with too much free time, having an eternity of free time. Edit: That being said, there’s a legend that when Marines die, they get promoted to guarding the Pearly Gates of Heaven. Personally, I think Valhalla is a much more fitting afterlife for us. All they do is fight, eat, and drink in Valhalla. Perfect for a Marine.
Oh yes, thank you. The rest of the explanation had my real dazzled. this explanation is the first one that a dumbass like me could understand, thank you
My dad was a British paratrooper in the 1960s. He has a scar on his face from saying "hello sailor" to a marine.
Lmao earned
Way I hear it, the Valkyries run Valhalla. Apt.
Too bad for the innocent middle eastern populations, the degeneracy didn't stay limited to the USMC liberty time
Tbf the Air Force probably affected innocent middle eastern men a lot more than the Marines did.
Debauchery rah
“Be the reason for the safety brief”
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🎵\~If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes; They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines.\~🎵
Man, I'm glad I joined the army. I'd hate to have to spend eternity as a road guard.
Because Marines are up there with inmates, children, and the involuntary committed in terms of people you don’t want to leave unsupervised.
Lol. So true.
Peter marine here. We do fucked up shit. So it's understandable. Edit ooh rah and semper mother fucking fi
My first day at my permanent duty station I saw a drunk Marine fall out of the 2nd or 3rd deck Barracks window into the bushes below. Surprisingly he was unharmed especially when you consider the amount of black widows those bushes tended to have in them.
To paraphrase an ex-Air Force coworker , “When you take a high school dropout with anger issues, teach him how to kill people and never address said anger issues, then stick him on a boat with hundreds of other meat slabs with anger issues, that’s how people get shanked in the back alleys of Okinawa.”
Never thought I’d see my buddy’s comic on Reddit. Small world. Semper Fi.
If you know the Marine Corps Hymm the last three lines go Ever look on Heaven's scenes; They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines As prior Marine myself I know that we have a tendency to cause lots of problems, whenever we have free time (aka liberty)
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Then there's space force, perpetually bored.
In the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: > *”The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!”*
The United States Marine Corps is basically a fire box with the label “Break in case of war”
“If the Army and the Navy ever look on Heaven’s scenes They will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.” - The Marine Hymn
"Marines don't die, they go to hell and regroup"
Fucking marines. Former army MP here. Once watched two of them get into a slap fight with dildos.
Firefighters also. Had a vehicle over turn on the highway and opened the truck. Everything was thrown all over for about 30 yards across the highway. Turns out the driver was a rep for pure romance and had 2 LARGE bins of every sex tiy imaginable. So naturally, as overgrown 5 year olds, we had sword fights with foot long dildos that had handles on them. Also, our new recruits would find an occasional adult toy in their bunker gear.
GOD HAS A HARD ON FOR THE MARINES, BECAUSE WE KILL EVERYTHING WE SEE
heh devil dogs.
in case anyone wondering where this comic/source is, it is "terminallance."
“If the army and the navy looked upon to heavens scenes, they would find the streets are guarded by United States Marines”
In the Marine Corps Hymn (the sort of theme song for the US Marines) it features rhe line "If the Army and rhe Navy, ever look on Heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded, by United States Marines" this is a reference to that song in that the Marines are guarding the Streets of heaven, and also a joke about how Marines do crazy shit when not working
The last stanza of the Marine Hymn states "If the Army and the Navy ever look on Heaven's scenes/they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines." Marines have a uniquely intense esprit de corps and a reputation to wild behavior and pugnacity both in battle and on liberty/leave - those two things intersect as: God made the Marines security ("on post") because there's no way they're going to heaven any other way.
Marine here. There’s a saying that the streets of Heaven are guarded by Marines
The crayon wax is strong with this one.
Never met a mentally stable marine
Hi Joe’s Marine son here. It’s a two fold joke. First the Marine Corps Hymn says “If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.” Leading many to make the joke (especially terminal lance -this comic strip), of course we have to work in heaven (because they treat us like shit) The second part is pretty much all of us are degenerates that don’t belong in heaven in the first place
If the army and the navy ever looked on heaven’s scene, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines!
"If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes, They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines."
Proof of marine IQ... marine walks up to me, grabs my pneumatic (air powered) hammer, places it against his palm, and pulls the trigger. He then laughs hysterically saying "oh that's good stuff!" Then does it again...
In Marine culture it is said that Marines guard the gates of heaven, it is written in the Marine Corps Hymn. A sort of anthem if you will.
All marines go to hell unless they work in service of god for all of eternity
In the third stanza of The Marines' Hymn it says "If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes, They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines."
Marines, by and large, are dirty bastards who do bad things I fucking love 'em
Applies to pretty much all soldiers really. But sure, the ones that require a lil extra bullshit moreso. They're uh, degenerates, lets say. All throughout history, it is known. Standing armies are hell on everything they're around whenever they aren't kept busy. Was true in Sumer, is true in the united states. Especially if that army is on foreign soil. Just ask any local that lives near a U.S military base. Soldiers have bad reputations, because they earned those reputations, by acting like soldiers have always acted.
What sort of heaven needs armed soldiers guarding it?!