Real Marine NCO's

[eMOM PAO]

Real Marine NCO's:

1. Can cuss for ten minutes without ever repeating a word.

2. Have a spine.

3. Can play a cherry Lieutenant like a finely tuned instrument.

4. Can see in the Dark.

5. Have eyes in the backs of their heads.

6. Still don't trust the Russians.

7. Still hate the French.

8. Don't know how to be politically correct.

9. Don't give a damn about being politically correct.

10. Think that "politically correct" should fall under "sodomy" in
the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

11. Love deployments because there is less paperwork and
more "real" work.

12. Can run 5 miles with a hangover.

13. Do not fear women in the military.

14. Would actually like to shag GI Jane.

15. Still know how to use a buffer.

16. Can tell you anything you want to know about an M1911A1
service pistol even though they are no longer in the inventory.

17. Believe that they DO have a rendezvous with destiny.

18. Believe that "Nuts" wasn't all that Brigadier General
McAuliffe said to the Germans at Bastogne.

19. Don't know how to use a "stress card."

20. Idolize John Wayne.

21. Don't believe that AAFES really needs a "commander."

22. Can remember when gays weren't a "minority group."

23. Would have paid money to see Custer getting his clock
cleaned.

24. Hate taking shit from those who haven't "been there."

25. Know how to properly construct a field latrine.

26. Know how to call for fire - no matter what their MOS is.

27. Know that every Marine is really a rifleman, and that the
Army will never understand the concept.

28. Might admire the Germans, but still realize they got their
asses kicked.

29. Aren't afraid of the Chinese, who probably don't have
enough rowboats to invade Taiwan anyway.

30. Would rather be OPFOR than MOPP 4 any day.

31. Don't believe a damned thing the Iraqis say.

32. Don't need a GPS to find themselves.

33. Have enough cammies in their closet to start a surplus store.

34. Think that MRE's taste good. (with a little hot sauce- A fine
Military Tradition dating back to General "Tabasco" McIlheny- yes,
same family! In fact a small bottle of it is in each MRE!)

35. Are convinced that "wall-to-wall" counseling really works.

36. Have more time on the forward edge than most others have
in the chow line.

37. Know how to make coffee when the measuring scoop is
adrift.

38. Know that it's not good coffee when you can see through it.

39. Don't blame poor marksmanship on their rifles.

40. Know that shitty leaders will always say they have shitty
troops-and most often those "shitty troops" know the truth.



Remember...

"Enlisted men are stupid, but very cunning and deceitful and bear
considerable watching." (Sign in an Officers Club from the US
Army Officer's Manual circa 1894)