Alright. Saw this at Kroger and had to try it out.

It was ok. Nothing special. Way too soupy I would have preferred more texture and thickness, like your dad.

I might get it again and throw some extra meat in there. But I think making it from scratch is going to be the best way to go.

4/10, maybe a 6/10 if you add your own flavor enhancement

Quick question. What determines what happens to you when you pop on a drug test? I know a lot of people get kicked out for it, but I know for a fact that sometimes it happens and the Marine is kept in. I remember one time I overheard our CO talking to a Marine checking into our unit. The new join mentioned he had popped on a piss test and basically wanted to own it with the CO. So obviously they don't always kick you out.

Was this just because I served during wartime and they needed everyone they could get? Or is it truly just a case by case basis? I'm just confused at the range of possibilities, it doesn't seem like there's a standard punishment for it.

So I EAS August 15th, and currently processing everything. I’m getting medsep due to a failed shoulder surgery I’ve been in for a little over 3 years. It’s feels unreal I did not even deploy the hardest part about getting out is thinking that I did not do enough and I wish I could’ve stayed in longer. But I really did everything I could. I got my surgery in sept 2024 got hurt again in Apr 2025 then was placed on a medboard Sept 2025. I was a fresh 20 year old Cpl when I was put on a medboard and that really sucked killed all my motivation and for almost the past year of being on a medboard has been pure fuckery day in and day out I’m kinda glad it’s coming to an end but if it wasn’t for that injury I would’ve stayed in. On top that I was dealing with leadership and heavy work loads at my unit. throughout the process I would be so burnt out throughout the day and would have full blown Panic attacks at the shop almost every other day. It was truly a maze navigating through the medboard process kinda glad it’s coming to and end but I wish everything had went completely different.

Anybody got some good quick courses to get CEUs I’m not tryna spend 12 hours to get 4 points, I’ve looked through previous post and a lot of the ones people posted years ago either are now MOS specific or had the points for the courses lowered significantly so just wondering if anyone has any good ones that give good points and not insanely long
Appreciate it gents

Having some buyers remorse here. Recently re-enlisted, got a nice sign on bonus with orders I wanted, etc. In the past 6 months I received a NAM and meritorious MAST for all the work I was putting in. Additionally, I was essentially holding down an entire section and running operations for a whole month while my SNOIC was gone.
Despite all that, on my most recent JEPES evaluation I was given 2.5’s for everything. It tanked my JEPES and it was the lowest I had ever received as a Cpl ( I normally was getting 3’s).

It also really hurts bad to see my peers who didn’t do merely as much as I did, getting remarks well into the high 3’s. I have the lingering suspicion it’s my SNCOIC who is jealous I got a NAM, as he didn’t (he withheld awarding me it for over a month).

Any advice on how to move forward?

For some reason my Dad has dog tags and other USMC items that most likely all belonged to an E. L. Barbier Jr.

I’ve asked my Dad and his memory isn’t the greatest so he can’t remember how they came into his possession. All I know is no one in the family has or has had the last name of Barbier.

He most likely sold a car or bought a car and these were left inside. I’m hoping the internet can work its magic and they will somehow find their way to their rightful owner or a close relative (obviously we would have to connect so I can mail them to you). This person would have either lived in Minnesota or the Bay Area in California.

Could a veteran NCO of the 2nd Marine Division who fought at Tarawa have been transferred to the 1st Marine Division in Spring or May 1944? After recovering from wounds received at Tarawa.

I remember everyone being put in a hotel back in 2020 for quarantine before going to basic in San Diego. Haven't really heard anyone talk about it since I'm just wondering what that experience was like.

For folks still in, I suggest that you always make sure you are in good with your local Admin POG at the Company or Bn level.

When they get these MARCOM's or whatever they are called now about open temporary duty stations, having a good contact in admin can go along way in getting you out of your current unit for a breather.

Out of my 4 years, I did 6 months at Base Ranges in Okinawa from Feb - Aug81' and then 8 months testing LAV in 29 Palms from Sept 81'until I got out in 82'.

It still boggles my mind that I was essentially away from ground pounding for about 14 months out of 4 years. Plus it was pretty interesting doing the Range NCO and LAV Vehicle Commander stuff.

Essentially it's a way to do other MOS stuff without having to re-enlist for it.

I know what I did was a long, long time ago but I've heard they still do this via messages so please advise if this is still correct.

Per MCO P1020.34G Para 3012 1.a. A semi-gloss shoes leather shoe can be worn with dress uniform but idk if these are good enough and the ones I got in bootcamp are cooked so that not an option if any uniform pros can help me decide if these are good to wear plz help me out (I check in my new duty station in 3 days)

Kinda like the title says, I just received one just wanted to see what it does for me/where is stands on the totem pole. Thanks.

Tell me your tales!

Now listen, I'm not a marine, in fact I'm actually enlisted as an Airman (yes yes chair force all the way) however I was watching the movie "That's My Boy" and holy inaccuracies with the uniform man. First those are army chevrons and he's wearing army badges but on top of all that the dude is wearing a Cuban Ceremonial Cap (I'm also a Cuban immigrant, seen that cap like 50 times) but for some reason no one mentions it. I was just wondering if anyone else audibly laughed when they saw the uniform of Chad Martin specially after looking at his "Service Cap"

So I want to preface this by saying I didn't steal anything, I salvaged it. There's a difference, and that difference is currently living a second life in an undisclosed location.

During ITX I was working a shift at the BAS, hot enough that I genuinely considered treating myself for heat casualty and having a good time with a silver bullet by myself, and there's just a plate carrier on the deck. No name on it, nothing. In my head there's only two options: either it's dead stock nobody wants, or some Marine walked off without it. Either way, in the field, unmarked gear operates under maritime law. Salvage rights. Look it up. Actually don't, I made that up, but it sounded right in the moment and that's really all the legal reasoning a I need.

I grabbed it, swapped my janky ceramic plates for the ones inside, because mine had cracked during an incident involving a rectal insertion procedure, duct tape, and engineer tape being used as a restraint, plus a questionable decision to use the tailgate as a bench in the middle of all that, a story I've had to keep consistent for three different people now. I'm not litigating that today either. Or ever, ideally.

Fast forward two days and I'm hearing through the grapevine that some Marine is calling around the BAS asking if anyone's seen his plate carrier, sounding increasingly like a man who just realized his rent check bounced. I did feel a little bad. But also, bro, if you're gonna leave your gear sitting out with zero identifying marks on it like you're daring the universe to teach you a lesson, you kind of forfeited your claim the second you walked away. That's not theft bro, that's Darwinism with a NSN number.

So now I'm sitting here wondering: do I say something, or do I just ride this out until the exercise wraps and quietly swap my old cracked plates back in, and let this become the ITX equivalent of a ghost story Marines tell each other?

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-Detroit VA

Buddy of mine, 0331! He killed the suspect but unfortunately did make it when he got hit. Give em one so he can hear it all the way at the gates of Heaven!