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Bootcamp is a shitty 3 months.
As if you don’t have enough to worry about with sweaty, angry men yelling at you 24 hours a day, you never know what might be lurking in a box some good-intentioned family member or friend sent your way.
Comedian Sarah Silverman panicked yesterday after realizing she may have made a grave mistake for her recruit nephew.
@USMC please help! I sent a care package to my nephew at Parris Island & now am worried he'll be in trouble for it. I'm an idiot. Please dm
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) October 3, 2016
Of course, in reality he will most likely be fine, assuming she didn’t send a box of dildos (possible, being familiar with her comedy). Sadly though, her sudden panic is actually a result of reading headlines surrounding the abuse scandals apparent to Parris Island Recruit Depot. I’ve stayed away from the subject on Terminal Lance, for the most part because I hate reading the comments. Hard-charging keyboard warriors act as if being thrown into a dryer is a regular occurrence that all recruits must suffer (it’s not).
Even without such flagrant abuse, boot camp is arduous and mostly awful. I’ve said it before, but I would much rather go back to Iraq than do another 3 months at MCRD being treated like a recruit. I feel the worst for those poor kids that spend months in medical recovery, being treated like recruits for much longer than originally intended.
On a side note, Recruit Toms might become my goto recurring character for all matters pertaining to boot camp. After I finished drawing this strip, I realized the poolee in the third panel looked a lot like my rendition of Jodie. I wonder if perhaps this is his origin story–a failed recruit–a fallen angel of sorts.
Only time will tell, but in the meantime, don’t be a dick with your care packages (literally and figuratively).
On a sidenote, I’m still looking for content and creators! Email me at maximilian.uriarte@terminallance.com with something funny. Preference goes to Active Duty, but I’m open to anyone that is good.
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