It is absolutely too common amongst Marines that they substitute… words… for some kind of generic filler such as “fuckin’” or “freakin’”. While I understand that not all NCO’s and below go through any kind of speech course, perhaps a general expansion of the vocabulary would fix this problem substantially. More often than not, Marines just can’t think of what to say fast enough, and at the risk of looking stupid in front of their peers, they substitute language for things like “fuckin’”. This isn’t necessarily exclusive to Marines, but can perhaps be considered a lower form of “SNCO Syndrome,” … Continue reading Terminal Lance #68 “Fuckin’ What?”