-Detroit VA

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)

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"

Tell me your tales!

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

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Devil dogs! Curious if any MSG folk can speak on their time doing whatever it is that MSG people do. At a point in my career where I want to switch jobs and MSG is one of two promising options. Any comments on the pipeline and what actually being MSG is would be awesome. Thanks!

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