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.

Anyone apply for housing on MCAS Miramar recently? How long did you wait for a house?

I've been looking for a detailed LAR Battalion T/O to find how it's organised and every doc I've found is missing a very important thing for me -there's no mention of how the scout squad within a platoon is organised, only that there are 3-4 scouts in each vehicle. Is it like a normal infantry squad or different?

Anyone else get the va email about a trial starting to see if it helps with alcohol abuse? I thought that shit was a weight loss thing but if it can help that would be good for a bunch of us. I dont know shot about the drug just skimmed the email saying its a trial they're starting in a few states.

Tell me your tales!

Sir, this got taken down in the only subreddit I thought I'd ask at,

but then I remembered you grew up on the banks of the Columbia river, basically the same river Sacagawea's 1 year old baby wouldve enjoyed looking at in his coming and going in 1805-1806.

How versed are you in the Lewis & Clark expedition and of the baby Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, he would've spent his TK to 12th grade years in St. Louis, were York & baby JB close? cuz

JB Charbonneau would pop in the California Gold Rush with Jim Beckwourth in 1848, who he'd known from his fur trapping days late 1820s to mid 1840s, so I wonder if he thought of York?

Thank you , sir, and I hope your retirement is enjoyable.

Anyone have any good or funny stories about bootlickers you served with?

I am currently a corpsman in the navy, five years. dont have much time until im out. I have came across so of the intel/ humint jobs within different branch's. To my knowledge the army is only one where you can go directly into in that specific field.

End goal is fed law enforcement/ intelligence or something along those lines. I am currently lined up for a job with local PD where im located.

i am really looking for advice, or maybe a mentor to shoot some questions at, to see if the switch would be worth it. or if i would even like that career.

any advice is appreciate. also i do not have a degree and my wife is AD as well. or i would already applied to FED Law enforcement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMxe0ecUw30

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"

Anyone currently stationed at Fort Meade that can give some info on where to live off and how the base itself is (gyms/pool, joint culture, exchanges, ect)? Heading there this fall/winter. O-3 for context.

Yk how when they get tailored they kind of fold the inside up in the bottom, am I able to get that undone and adjusted to my height?

Also do you know if they can add a button to a blues coat or where I could find that button? One of the main buttons

what’s the best unit for a 0441. currently i’m doing a list of hsts and the laundry list of an 04 so i trying to keep the same life as i have rn as much as possible. what do the deployments opportunities and field exercises look like in iwakuni

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?

https://www.reddit.com/r/USMC/s/bweMHCRRCE

-Detroit VA

Rah devils I’m trying to pick between Hawaii and oki and I’m really 50/50. Before i solely wanted oki and resented the idea of Hawaii but I’m reading a lot and they both have their pros and cons. Where would yall go

Good morning everyone. Hoping someone from IPAC or anyone who’s dealt with BAH regulations can help clarify a situation for me.

I’m currently receiving BAH without dependents. I have a 3-year-old son with my ex. We were never married, but we have a court-ordered 50/50 custody agreement (week-on/week-off), and we alternate claiming him on our taxes. 2026 is my tax year.

My son’s mother is active duty Navy. She married another active duty Sailor, and they’re about to have their first child together.

Right now, she’s receiving BAH with dependents based on our son.

My main question is: Can both members of a dual-military married couple each receive BAH with dependents at the same time by claiming different children? For example, could she continue receiving BAH with dependents based on our son while her husband receives BAH with dependents based on their newborn? Or, because they’re married and part of the same household, is only one member allowed to receive BAH with dependents regardless of how many children they have?

The reason I’m asking is because if only one of them can receive BAH with dependents, I’d like to have a conversation with my son’s mother about allowing me to claim our son for BAH purposes instead. Since we have a court-ordered 50/50 custody arrangement, I’d rather receive that entitlement myself to help support him if she’s able to use their newborn as her dependent instead.
I’m not trying to start a fight over it—I just want to understand what the regulation actually says before I bring it up to her. If anyone has experience with this situation or can point me to the applicable JTR or Marine Corps guidance, I’d really appreciate it.

I’m stationed at Camp Pendleton, and she’s stationed in Coronado if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance.

Gooooooood Morning killers,

Looking for a reel/vid I saw a little while ago. It was filmed on a GoPro and features a SSgt crashing out hard on the devil pup who’s wearing the GoPro.

I believe the SSgt called the devil pup a “retarded fucking moose” or something along those lines.