If marines could read they'd be very upset.
How are marines chosen? Drop a bunch of recruits into hole at night. Put in a ladder. The ones that find their way out go into the navy, the ones still in the hole became marines.
Tried to join the marines, I was rejected because I could spell my name.
My pop was a sailor, his best friend was a marine. Their insults were legendary, I wish I could remember them all. They went at each other over beers on the porch. The insults were amazing.
My Comanding Officer sent me to go get "bulkhead remover" one time, I lounged around having lunch and wandered the base for a couple hours. Eventually I found a huge black Marine and told him my CO needed to talk to him. He had a puzzled look but followed my scrawny teenaged ass anyway since I was in Navy uniform.
I get the lecture from my CO, "wtf, where have you been private! Blah blah blah" he finally asks why I have a giant black Marine following me around and I said, "bulkead remover". Everyone was dying laughing, even my CO couldn't keep a straight face and never did punish me for my prank.
Edit: true story, the meme came from my brother, he was a jarhead and I was a sailor
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