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Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2004, 12:59:42 PM »
Im gonna call up that rag and sell them the story of the carnage I caused with a squad of Power-Armor and giant Mecha robots.
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« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2004, 01:25:16 PM »
I cannot believe anyone would print something so obviously bogus.

Frankly it's disgusting to me.

You must realize there are people who are not as familiar with the military as some folks here are.

These people will take a story like this at face value, and then judge all our marines based on a liars tale.

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Offline jonnyb

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« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2004, 03:25:04 PM »
Wow...sacbee.com...there's a reliable source for all your news...

There is absolutely no way this guy is a Marine, especially not a 12 year vet.  Let me point out just a few flaws...

1) 12 years in and he can't even accurately describe his MOS?  "...in charge of...machine gunners and missile men..." HAHAHA...Sure you were...missile men...LOL

2) Lit them up?  No 12 year vet, especially one in a position of command, would describe the act of opening fire on a vehicle that way.  It would be, "We fired warning shots.  When the vehicle did not slow down or stop, we incapacitated it."

3) Naming of one weapon, but not the next.  Why name the M16, but then not the proper name for the .50 calibers?  "My platoon used both the M16A2 rifles and the M2 machine guns," would have been correct.

4) He doesn't know the difference between an ICBM and a cluster bomb, and what kind of delivery platform they use.  Artillery-fired ICBMs.  That's rich.

5) He mouthed off to a commanding officer and was then retired with honorable discharge and full pension?  Wrong.  He would have been court martialed and dishonorably discharged for his antics.

I'm not going to get into any more...The Sacramento Bee is obviously a tabloid-like production.  That story is completely made up to tug at the heartstrings of the CA left-wing liberals.
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« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2004, 03:26:55 PM »
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sarcastic journalism parody
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Offline StabbyTheIcePic

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« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2004, 03:27:55 PM »
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Originally posted by jonnyb
Wow...sacbee.com...there's a reliable source for all your news...

There is absolutely no way this guy is a Marine, especially not a 12 year vet.  Let me point out just a few flaws...

1) 12 years in and he can't even accurately describe his MOS?  "...in charge of...machine gunners and missile men..." HAHAHA...Sure you were...missile men...LOL

2) Lit them up?  No 12 year vet, especially one in a position of command, would describe the act of opening fire on a vehicle that way.  It would be, "We fired warning shots.  When the vehicle did not slow down or stop, we incapacitated it."

3) Naming of one weapon, but not the next.  Why name the M16, but then not the proper name for the .50 calibers?  "My platoon used both the M16A2 rifles and the M2 machine guns," would have been correct.

4) He doesn't know the difference between an ICBM and a cluster bomb, and what kind of delivery platform they use.  Artillery-fired ICBMs.  That's rich.

5) He mouthed off to a commanding officer and was then retired with honorable discharge and full pension?  Wrong.  He would have been court martialed and dishonorably discharged for his antics.

I'm not going to get into any more...The Sacramento Bee is obviously a tabloid-like production.  That story is completely made up to tug at the heartstrings of the CA left-wing liberals.


It seems like they took some true info and just exaggerated it(like the marines fireing on cars full of civilians, which has happened a few times). I think it is a mixture of a dumb grunt and bad journelism.
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« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2004, 03:39:12 PM »
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For three years he trained fellow Marines in one of the most grueling indoctrination rituals in military life - Marine boot camp.


I pretty much stopped after that.  "Indoctrination" is a term someone who obviously has an agenda against the military would use.  My boot camp experience was thus:

-Get in shape.
-Learn Navy history and terms.
-Spend 8 weeks practicing for graduation ceremony.

Indoctrination?

Yeah, right.

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Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2004, 03:39:56 PM »
more like mixture of badlies and BS
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« Reply #22 on: May 18, 2004, 03:57:00 PM »
I find it odd that the town name was spelled wrong (it's Waynesville, not "Waynsville").

Someone wanna call Jimmy and ask him some questions?

Massey, Jimmy J
74 Pennant Dr
Waynesville, NC 28786-5804
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« Reply #23 on: May 18, 2004, 04:16:07 PM »
This is comical.....
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« Reply #24 on: May 18, 2004, 04:30:16 PM »
:rolleyes:
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« Reply #25 on: May 18, 2004, 06:35:39 PM »
I jumped in front of an ICBM for that guy!
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« Reply #26 on: May 18, 2004, 07:12:39 PM »
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I pretty much stopped after that.  "Indoctrination" is a term someone who obviously has an agenda against the military would use.  My boot camp experience was thus:



 


Mine was to hide behind the big guy in front of me so the Drill Sgt would not notice me as much LOL.
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Offline strk

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« Reply #27 on: May 18, 2004, 08:28:43 PM »
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I pretty much stopped after that.  "Indoctrination" is a term someone who obviously has an agenda against the military would use.  My boot camp experience was thus:

-Get in shape.
-Learn Navy history and terms.
-Spend 8 weeks practicing for graduation ceremony.

Indoctrination?

Yeah, right.

:rolleyes:


lol exactly  8 weeks of practicing for graduation. and we were spiffy in our brand new ricky dress blues lol.  My company had the cheerio flag!  we kicked ass

but Navy boot camp was not physically challenging in the least.  It needs a lot more PT.

and the article sounds like BS.  WHat tipped me is calling the Seargent-Major "sir" which is not right from enlisted to enlisted.  Unless the seargent major gets treated differently, but I dont think so.  

I spent fourth of july about 3 years ago doing fireworks with the seargent-major of the USMC btw
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Offline FUNKED1

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« Reply #28 on: May 18, 2004, 09:23:08 PM »
It's either a link to a humor site or else a reporter got pwn3d by a mentally ill person.  Either way, good laughs, thx Stubbyt3hIcegina.
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« Reply #29 on: May 18, 2004, 09:55:06 PM »
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Originally posted by Sixpence
I jumped in front of an ICBM for that guy!


    Watches Sixpence head for for space...WOW! :)
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