r/SipsTea • u/RamonsRazor • 19h ago

Wait a damn minute! Military training sure looks different these days

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u/terran_cell 19h ago

Marine here, this is real and IT FUCKING SUCKS

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u/Aggravating-Bat-1805 18h ago

I never saw this in my time, also you are never in contact with women! Maybe you were a San Diego Marine ;)

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u/BlankPaperTiger 18h ago

My buddy was a san Diego Marine. He said they couldn't even look in the direction of the female trainees without getting yelled at. But that was like 20 years ago, maybe times have changed.

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u/Aggravating-Bat-1805 18h ago

Yeh, we east coast Marines like to jab at the Hollywood Marines.. But yes we were told not to look at them and to imagine a bulldog eating mayonnaise! Sorry not PC but has stuck with me ;)

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u/DiamondContent2011 18h ago

Man, we couldn't even acknowledge FM's existing on PI back in '88. Wasn't until I got to Camp LeJeune for PFR School that I actually saw one up-close.... 🤣

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u/iamthinksnow 17h ago

Back in '94 at PI, we saw them at Nav/maps, so week 11 or 12 I think? Never saw them at MCT for the 4 weeks at LeJeune/Gieger. Can confirm, though- there was ZERO interaction with the WMs during boot, on punishment of pushing sand and Hello Dollies for half an hour.

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u/Cold-Field-832 7h ago

This happens when mix group train together and a lot of barrack bunny in the shacks

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u/DiamondContent2011 3h ago

Whoever's idea it was to build Enlisted co-ed barracks on MCAS El Toro, CA (aka, The Castle) had to be smoking rocks..... 🤣

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u/Luv2collectweedseeds 17h ago

Mmmmm mayonnaise….lol

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u/doogytaint 16h ago

What’s not PC about imagining a bulldog eating mayonnaise?

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u/senchou-senchou 13h ago

might be an obscure old euphemism that time forgot

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u/BeneficialLeave7359 18h ago

I was a Hollywood Marine. But a long, long time before women started training there.