
Originally Posted by
ohiopiper
Worked with a bunch or marines at one time. They spent a lot of time pointing and grunting. Lots of inter-service rivalry, but...
Let an interloper come between and watch the place get turned to rubble. Kinda like a family squabble. Ma and pa will have at each other, but if an outsider steps in they gang up one them.
I believe it was Elanor Roosevelt that said "The United States Marines have the lowest morals, highest morale, cleanest bodies and filthiest minds of any men I have ever met. Thank God for the the U.S.M.C."
But I'd still not let one wrench on a jet without adult supervision.

Hey! We do just fine wrenching on jets! Jets are weapons! We like weapons! We treat weapons real good! (Geoff scratches and belches)
Geoff Withnell Marine Aviation Maintenance Tech in a previous existence.
And I second the comment on Corpsmen - after good-looking blonde ladies who like kilt-wearing men, corpsmen are my favorite people.
Geoff Withnell
"My comrades, they did never yield, for courage knows no bounds."
No longer subject to reveille US Marine.
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