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May 5th, 2004, 05:58
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina
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|  Marines can\'t hold their drink So I was in Beaufort this past weekend. My wife and I are at a bar downtown near our hotel. We were having a good time and had way too much to drink already. All of a sudden in walk Staff Seargent Sluaghter (don't know his real name). He is a Drill Instructor at Paris Island. He and I talk for a bit, he makes the required swabbie jabs. I countered with the requisite jar head remarks. We were having fun when another of his buddies came in. All of us are talking and the Staff Seargent yells to me, "Lets do a shot" Me, never one to pass up a free drink agreed. He yells for the bartender to pass him some "Pepe's" I am thinking, "WTF is a pepe???" He hands one to me and it is a mini bottle of ....... Peppermint Schnapps" I look at him and say "Are you kidding me?" He replies, and I am not making this up..."You're drinkin with the big boys now..." I drink this breathmint and decide it is time to school the young leatherneck. I yelled over to his table "Lets do another one" He agrees so I go get a bunch of Cuervo. I have never seen a funnier sight than this huge (and I mean buff) marine gagging down this cuervo. I look at his friends and he actually spits it up. WTF? My wife drinks Cuervo. Marines, don't you guys teach this stuff? He could kill me with his thumb if he wanted but dang he drinks like a 10 year old girl. My opinion of marines sunk to a new low that night... |
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May 5th, 2004, 08:18
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink The military in general and the Marine Corps in particular is a microcosim of society. You'll find everything from teetoling Baptists to full blown alcaholics, and everything in between. I was to busy trying to save up for my motorcycle and renting airplanes to go out partying all the time. On the other hand I knew a bunch of guys that did nothing but drink. It's said that after a year in Okie you'll either be a weightlifting freak, an alcaholic, or find religion. Also don't let size fool ya. I've seen guys that wiegh 200lbs and are ripped, who had little to no tolerance for pain, and were useless in a fight. Most of these guys are so intimidating that they haven't been in a real fight in years, if ever. The handfull of force Recon guys I met were completly average in size. I worked with a guy for a year and a half and always thought he was your average air wing Marine. Then one day I saw him in his dress uniform, it was covered with ribons, jump wings, and his scuba bubble. In shock I asked him where he got all of it. "Oh yeah, I was in Recon for four years. Then I decided I wanted to do something different." Ya can never tell by looking |
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May 5th, 2004, 23:09
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink As a Marine that has served honorably in both the infantry as well as the air wing, I can say that the Drill Instructor that you met is a wussy....  .You'll find the wussies everywhere - in Force Recon, in the wing, in the cockpits and in the guard shacks. They'll blame their inability to outdrink the sailors and Army dogs on "religion", but really, they're just wussies!!! As I slowly get older, I can't drink the same amount that I used to (well, I can but it takes longer to recover...  ) but I still manage to stay in practice every now and then. So, if any of you JC'ers (bring it on, Shooter...  ) wanna go on some "Liberty PT", make sure you've had your rest and you're well prepared - This Sergeant won't be outdone by no Sailor!!!! Disclaimer : All in good humor....but oh, so true!!!  |
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May 6th, 2004, 06:03
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| Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink Sounds like a lot of fun Sarge!!! Maybe some day we can hook up and pretend we are on a liberty call and not grown men. HAHA You are definately right about recovery time getting longer and longer. I remember only a few years ago, I could tie one on and be up and going at 6 the next morning. Now I can be up and going at like 6 the next night. |
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May 6th, 2004, 08:35
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| Administrator  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] So, if any of you JC'ers (bring it on, Shooter... ) wanna go on some "Liberty PT", make sure you've had your rest and you're well prepared - This Sergeant won't be outdone by no Sailor!!!! [/ QUOTE ] Lloyd, how about a challenge from the Air Force? (......I'd probably lose, but that's expected!, LOL!) |
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May 6th, 2004, 08:52
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| Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink I thought the only drinking the AF did was drinking martini's before heading out on the golf course. |
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May 6th, 2004, 08:54
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| Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] I thought the only drinking the AF did was drinking martini's before heading out on the golf course. [/ QUOTE ] ......after putting down the remote and with a Shirly Temple chaser. |
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May 6th, 2004, 08:58
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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  | Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] I thought the only drinking the AF did was drinking martini's before heading out on the golf course. [/ QUOTE ] Mmm, Martini............. *Air Force daughter* My dad hates golfing, when he was stationed up at Camp Douglas (WI) his CO said to all of them, "We're going golfing tomorrow at 0800!" Dad replied "Well, sir, I'm not really much of a golfer, so I'll just sit this one out." To which the CO came back with "I SAID, WE'RE GOING GOLFING TOMORROW AT 0800!" "yes, sir. Golf tommorow at 0800." |
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May 6th, 2004, 09:03
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| Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I thought the only drinking the AF did was drinking martini's before heading out on the golf course. [/ QUOTE ] Mmm, Martini............. *Air Force daughter* My dad hates golfing, when he was stationed up at Camp Douglas (WI) his CO said to all of them, "We're going golfing tomorrow at 0800!" Dad replied "Well, sir, I'm not really much of a golfer, so I'll just sit this one out." To which the CO came back with "I SAID, WE'RE GOING GOLFING TOMORROW AT 0800!" "yes, sir. Golf tommorow at 0800." [/ QUOTE ] Amber, welcome to the mil forum!  I never could play golf. When I play golf, I play LOTS of golf.......usually 8 strokes to the green! Guess I'll never make General. |
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May 6th, 2004, 10:17
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I thought the only drinking the AF did was drinking martini's before heading out on the golf course. [/ QUOTE ] ......after putting down the remote and with a Shirly Temple chaser. [/ QUOTE ] Make sure that you note it's a virgin Shirly Temple....  |
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May 6th, 2004, 10:19
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| Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink This rocks. I love a good multi-service slam BS session with other mil folks!  |
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May 6th, 2004, 11:08
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| Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink I hear you about golf Mike. I call it weed hockey. I figure, it cost the same no matter how many times you hit the ball. Might as well get your money's worth. The first time, I went golfing as a chief i was with these 3 other "old" guys. I overheard them talking about the cart in front of is with the really nice looking driver. We caught up and it was an old dude driving. I asked if it was a submarine thing or something and then I learned that they were talking about a golf club. Who knew. I just figured everyone in the AF likes golf becasue all the navy golfers I know talk about how nice the courses are. |
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May 6th, 2004, 11:28
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] This rocks. I love a good multi-service slam BS session with other mil folks! [/ QUOTE ] Most civ's take it way too seriously I think. It's amazing how easily they get offended... |
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May 6th, 2004, 11:42
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Home Sweet Home!
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink You know why they call it Golf? All the other four letter words were used up. |
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May 6th, 2004, 12:36
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| Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] Amber, welcome to the mil forum! [/ QUOTE ] Thanks, I've 'lurked' here & read posts, but never contributed because I never really had anything worthwhile to add. I'm not a military 'brat', my dad left the service in early 1975, right before I was born. So all I know about the military is the stories he's told me about Holoman, Camp Douglas & Ubon (where he was stationed in Thailand during Vietnam). But they're damn good stories! |
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May 7th, 2004, 06:37
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SE US
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink Add another squid to the drinking challenge...just let me know when and where. And golfing is the only place where they encourage drinking and driving.  Get a good cigar, load up the cart with adult beverages and have a great day. txpilot |
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May 7th, 2004, 06:44
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| Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] And golfing is the only place where they encourage drinking and driving. [/ QUOTE ] Good Point!!! |
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May 9th, 2004, 14:30
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CVG
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink Mmmm, slammin some cold ones on liberty! I'm in! I miss that a lot. I could sure use a good liberty port about now. Speaking of Marines and drinking. I remember my first gator cruise we pulled into Corfu Greece for several days. It was a really greap liberty port. We almost got our liberty revoked because some grunts got drunk and broke into some families house looking for some girl they met at a club. As any respectable homeowner and father would do, he shot one of them. Oh man the ship's captain was pissed, the MEU commander was pissed as well as the amphibous group commodore. The word that liberty might be cancelled spread like wildfire. A lot of pissed off inebriated liberty goers. Luckily the bureaucrats at the embassy as well as the 6th fleet admiral were able to sooth the minds of the Greek and local government. |
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May 9th, 2004, 18:39
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hockey Town, MI,USA
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| Re: Marines can\'t hold their drink [ QUOTE ] As I slowly get older, I can't drink the same amount that I used to (well, I can but it takes longer to recover... ) but I still manage to stay in practice every now and then. [/ QUOTE ] God I know what you mean. I remember going off to red flag at Nellis for 2 weeks of drinking and flying on the AF, I would get completely wasted, and be fine the next day(well after a few mountain dews during the step brief.) . Now hell I cant even imagine doing that for 2 days straight, let alone 2 weeks straight. Of course I remember telling myself the next morning,"im coming home and going to bed" but that sure as hell didn't happen. Home ,a nd off to the bar, gotta spend that per diem |
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