I always wondered what it must be like for the average Staff NCO, higher ranking enlisted having to salute butter-bar Lieutenants with no ...

In terms of religious experience, Bootcamp is probably one of the most intense places that hopeful Marines can find themselves. For whatever the ...

This is largely overdue, I had originally intended to do this strip back when I got promoted–but other ideas ultimately were more interesting ...

The phenomena associated with birthdays in the Marine Corps is second to none. Mention it’s your birthday, someone else’s birthday–even your mother’s birthday–and ...

I don’t personally dip; however, it has always boggled my mind how people who are addicted to such vices can go to the ...

Probably my worst memories of garrison life were at the local Armory in beautiful Kaneohe Bay. The amount of hours we spent there ...

It is absolutely too common amongst Marines that they substitute… words… for some kind of generic filler such as “fuckin'” or “freakin'”. While ...

While I won’t discount the notion of malingering being a real phenomenon within the Corps, I think it is often overtly accused by ...