Topic: The OFF-DUTY MARINES ARE BADASSES thread
started by: GORDON
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 28 2007,12:31
I've been seeing a lot of these types of stories lately, so I'll just put them all in this thread.< 72 year old former Marine beats down would-be thief. >
< With a great "oh man I am gonna fuck you up sooo bad..." pic. >
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 28 2007,12:37
< Retired Marine Captain beats down rowdy guy on plane. >His wife doesn't even look up from the book she's reading... she knew how the situation would end.
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Hayden's wife of 42 years, Katie, who was also on the flight, was less impressed. Even as her husband struggled with the agitated passenger, she barely looked up from "The Richest Man in Babylon," the book she was reading.
"The woman sitting in front of us was very upset and asked me how I could just sit there reading," Katie Hayden said. "Bob's been shot at. He's been stabbed. He's taken knives away. He knows how to handle those situations. I figured he would go up there and step on somebody's neck, and that would be the end of it. I knew how that situation would end. I didn't know how the book would end."
"The woman sitting in front of us was very upset and asked me how I could just sit there reading," Katie Hayden said. "Bob's been shot at. He's been stabbed. He's taken knives away. He knows how to handle those situations. I figured he would go up there and step on somebody's neck, and that would be the end of it. I knew how that situation would end. I didn't know how the book would end."
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 28 2007,12:39
< Ex Marine kills bear with log, saves young son. >With great "300 pound black bear? I fucked 'em." pic.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 28 2007,17:44
< 71 year old ex Marine shoots 2 guys robbing a Subway sub shop. >Hearsay sez:
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The robbers walk in and demand money from the lone clerk.
One of the robbers walks up to the old guy eating his Veggie Delight and demands his valuables as well.
Ex-Marine pulls out 500$ and slams it on the table and tells the two guys to fuck off.
The robbers start harrassing the guy and pull him up and start pushing him into the bathroom.
Guy pulls out a gun and shoots one in the head and chest, and while the other is running off, gets a shot off on him as well.
One of the robbers walks up to the old guy eating his Veggie Delight and demands his valuables as well.
Ex-Marine pulls out 500$ and slams it on the table and tells the two guys to fuck off.
The robbers start harrassing the guy and pull him up and start pushing him into the bathroom.
Guy pulls out a gun and shoots one in the head and chest, and while the other is running off, gets a shot off on him as well.
Then he probably sat back down and finished his sandwich using their still warm blood as ketchup.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 29 2007,09:12
(GORDON @ Jun. 28 2007,15:31)
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I've been seeing a lot of these types of stories lately, so I'll just put them all in this thread.
< 72 year old former Marine beats down would-be thief. >
< With a great "oh man I am gonna fuck you up sooo bad..." pic. >
< 72 year old former Marine beats down would-be thief. >
< With a great "oh man I am gonna fuck you up sooo bad..." pic. >
Here's security video of this old man just whaling on the guy. It had me cracking up.
< http://ace.mu.nu/archives/231815.php >
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 29 2007,09:57
70 year old Marine saves cruise passengers.< http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi....ise.xml >
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The Legend passengers were taking a private tour of the town of Limon when three armed men confronted them, the New York Daily News reported.
Passengers said the unidentified former Marine took immediate action, grabbing one of the gunmen and snapping his neck.
"Thank God, he's a hero," said Tony Barry, a New York native who lives in Florida. "Everybody thought it was great what he did."
"It was a horror," Bill Phillips of Long Island told the newspaper. "From the moment I stepped off the ship, I knew it was very dangerous."
Crewmembers reportedly warned passengers about the dangers of the port town, the Daily News said.
"Carnival knew it was a dangerous place, so I don't understand why they even took us there," says Louis Cuglietto, of Paramus, N.J.
No charges were filed against the former Marine, the newspaper said.
Passengers said the unidentified former Marine took immediate action, grabbing one of the gunmen and snapping his neck.
"Thank God, he's a hero," said Tony Barry, a New York native who lives in Florida. "Everybody thought it was great what he did."
"It was a horror," Bill Phillips of Long Island told the newspaper. "From the moment I stepped off the ship, I knew it was very dangerous."
Crewmembers reportedly warned passengers about the dangers of the port town, the Daily News said.
"Carnival knew it was a dangerous place, so I don't understand why they even took us there," says Louis Cuglietto, of Paramus, N.J.
No charges were filed against the former Marine, the newspaper said.
Jesus. It gives me chills. And erect nipples.
Posted by Leisher on Jun. 29 2007,12:30
I followed the link to the video of the old guy fighting the 27 year old and saw this below the video:QUOTE
Update: The WSJ just insinuated this video was "funded by a Re-reconqista White Spanish Supremacist group called 'The Sons of Cortez.'"
WTF?
Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 29 2007,19:39
I wondered about that, too.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 12 2007,10:09
Ex-Marine tackles, lectures bank robber.< http://news.yahoo.com/s....tackled >
Posted by GORDON on Mar. 30 2008,22:45
Doesn't look like there's any evidence, but I'll count this one:< http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8716808?source=rss >
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 04 2008,17:23
71 year old ex Marine shoots two punks who interrupted his meal at Subway.< http://blasphemes.blogspot.com/2008/07/john-lovell-is-alive-today.html >
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 04 2008,17:38
(GORDON @ Jul. 04 2008,20:23)
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71 year old ex Marine shoots two punks who interrupted his meal at Subway.
< http://blasphemes.blogspot.com/2008/07/john-lovell-is-alive-today.html >
< http://blasphemes.blogspot.com/2008/07/john-lovell-is-alive-today.html >
Click through to the original article.
I'm sorry, but once you commit a crime, you forfeit any rights. If someone there kills you for being a law-breaking dumbass, then it's your fault for being a law-breaking dumbass.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 04 2008,18:08
Once someone breaks the laws of society, it's back to the law of the jungle. Ain't got the firepower? You lose.
Posted by TPRJones on Jul. 04 2008,20:24
The proper title for the original article should have been "Local Dumbass Commits Suicide"
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 16 2009,20:38
Ex-Marine doorman beats the shit out of a vandal who attacked him.< http://www.nypost.com/seven....412.htm >
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 03 2009,13:33
"Keith's left leg was shattered so badly in that attack that he was told by doctors that he would not be able to walk again without the help of a cane, but Keith, well, he had other plans. And just a few months ago, he completed a 100-mile ultra-marathon in Florida, raising $50,000 for the Special Operations Warrior Fund."< http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529863,00.html >
"Surrender is not in my creed."
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 15 2010,08:41
Former Marine refuses to pay extortion money to a union.Badass in a different way.
< http://www.foxnews.com/us....ine-job >
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Massachusetts lawmakers passed an amendment on Monday expected to save the job of a public high school ROTC instructor who refused to pay teachers
union fees.
State senator Richard R. Tisei introduced legislation last week on behalf of Maj. Stephen L. Godin, a retired Marine and ROTC instructor who was told he'd get the ax if he didn't chalk up a $500 teachers union "agency fee."
union fees.
State senator Richard R. Tisei introduced legislation last week on behalf of Maj. Stephen L. Godin, a retired Marine and ROTC instructor who was told he'd get the ax if he didn't chalk up a $500 teachers union "agency fee."
Meanwhile, every liberal teacher paying this fee takes a moment today to degrade the military in front of their students.
Posted by TheCatt on Jun. 15 2010,11:21
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An official with the Massachusetts Teachers Association said state law requires public employees--including teachers at public schools--to join unions as a condition of employment or to pay an agency fee.
Ummm... wut wut wut?
Posted by Malcolm on Jun. 15 2010,17:43
I vaguely remember someone telling me long ago that certain jobs in certain states legally required you to be in a union.
Posted by thibodeaux on Jun. 16 2010,09:39
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_shop >?
Posted by Malcolm on Jun. 16 2010,09:54
Yeah. Those things.
Posted by TheCatt on Jun. 16 2010,10:29
Insanity.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 16 2010,12:39
If you want to work for Ford, you pay the union $2k up front.At least that was what I was told by the wife's family members who work for Ford.
Posted by unkbill on Jun. 16 2010,17:08
(GORDON @ Jun. 16 2010,12:39)
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If you want to work for Ford, you pay the union $2k up front.
At least that was what I was told by the wife's family members who work for Ford.
At least that was what I was told by the wife's family members who work for Ford.
Not to work for Ford. To buy his way into the union to work for Ford. I know someone that paid 500$ for his laborer card to work a shut down at BP. Made around 30,000 for 4 months work. Now he pays 50$ a year plus dues if he works.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 29 2010,14:33
Marine steps on an IED, it goes off, and he gets pissed off and still humps his squad 4 miles back to base.There's no one part of this article I can pull out, the whole thing is awesome.
< http://www.marines.mil/unit....ay.aspx >
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 12 2010,10:42
Marine sets world record running a marathon... while wearing a gas mask.< http://www.foxnews.com/us....t=faces >
Posted by GORDON on Dec. 29 2010,13:07
Former Marine kills a man who cursed at him on his own lawn.Sounds about right.
< http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40843342/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ >
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 24 2011,08:06
If you rob this 72 year old ex Marine, he will chase you and run you down and fucking kill you.< http://www.mysanantonio.com/news....348.php >
Posted by GORDON on Sep. 04 2011,19:21
Could a unit of Marines have taken down the entire Roman Empire?< http://www.reddit.com/r....c2giwm4 >
edit - Got to the end, it aint done. And it isn't a logical breakdown of force v force, it is sort of like fan fiction. Reminds me of Turtledove. So you can probably skip it.
Posted by GORDON on Sep. 04 2011,23:07
Posted by Leisher on Sep. 04 2011,23:52
That is fucking hilarious.
Posted by GORDON on Dec. 29 2011,05:46
Marine gets shot 3 times. Plugs holes with fingers. Calls his woman while waiting to go to hospital.< http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news....ne.html >
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 23 2012,17:39
I didn't know the new Marine Corps museum looked like this.
That's really awesome.
Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2012,17:56
Wait, new? I drive by that building at least twice a year, figured it'd always been there.Does that shape have significance?
*edit* Googled it, got it. Would not have gotten that without a big hint.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 23 2012,17:57
Well, built in 2006, sorta new.And the shape is a stylized representation of the raising of the flag on Mt. Suribachi. Very well done, in my opinion.
Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 23 2012,18:00
Ahhh. I got my Redskins seasons tickets in 2006, so that explains it.Yes, well done.
Posted by GORDON on Dec. 29 2012,09:57
Jarhead on leave, staying at his parents' house, comes home to find a burglar. "You're about to have a bad day."< http://www.kxly.com/news....ce=kxly >
Posted by TheCatt on Dec. 29 2012,10:13
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Schwanke, a prolific criminal with nearly three decades of criminal history in Spokane County, according to authorities
Why is that guy not dead yet?
Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 29 2012,10:14
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Pohle later told deputies that he had gone inside his parents' home and found Christopher Schwanke, 43, in his mom and dad's bedroom.
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Schwanke, a prolific criminal with nearly three decades of criminal history in Spokane County, according to authorities...
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Schwanke, a prolific criminal with nearly three decades of criminal history in Spokane County, according to authorities...
He's been doing things since he was what, 16 maybe, if I'm being generous with the math? How the fuck long does it take?
Posted by GORDON on Aug. 01 2013,17:12
This one speaks for itself.< http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news....al.html >
Posted by thibodeaux on Aug. 01 2013,17:49
" a long way behind his army friends.""The picture of Kerr running with the boy in his army fatigues"
LOLOLOL
Posted by GORDON on Aug. 01 2013,17:50
Yeah. They don't teach the difference in J-school. All under the "baby killer" heading, so what's the diff.
Posted by Troy on Sep. 11 2013,12:56
< "So I shoved my gun in his mouth and told him he needed to leave or I was going to blow his head off >" (paraphrased)Nice quick-draw!
Posted by GORDON on Sep. 11 2013,13:02
(Troy @ Sep. 11 2013,15:56)
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< "So I shoved my gun in his mouth and told him he needed to leave or I was going to blow his head off >" (paraphrased)
Nice quick-draw!
Nice quick-draw!
I LOLd... but was he a Marine? His t-shirt said Army SpecFor.
Posted by Troy on Sep. 11 2013,13:08
Well i was going to post it in its correct military specific thread - but I saw this one first.
Posted by GORDON on Sep. 11 2013,13:17
It is always a little more humiliating when you make them suck the barrel of your gun like it was a dick.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 11 2014,20:20
On-duty ones are awesome, too.< http://www.usatoday.com/story....7476343 >
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The men of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines arrived in Ramadi in 2004 prepared to support the economy and government of a critical Sunni city in western Iraq.
On April 6 those plans were cast aside when insurgents launched deadly attacks on the Marines throughout the city.
...
Marines fought with insurgents throughout the city in running gun battles that day. By the time the dust settled 12 Marines had been killed in action that day, a devastating loss for a single infantry battalion.
....
But back in 2004 the Pentagon still planned on reducing U.S. forces in Iraq and turning security responsibility over to Iraqis. Washington had yet to realize the size of the insurgency it was facing.
The Magnificent Bastards found out. They fought back hard against the insurgents after the initial April 6 attack, refusing to give an inch. "The next day we ended up killing a hefty number of bad guys," Weiler said.
On the third day, the Marines went around with megaphones, challenging the insurgents to come out and fight. "We ridiculed them and antagonized them and begged them to come out and fight," Weiler said.
There were no takers.
On April 6 those plans were cast aside when insurgents launched deadly attacks on the Marines throughout the city.
...
Marines fought with insurgents throughout the city in running gun battles that day. By the time the dust settled 12 Marines had been killed in action that day, a devastating loss for a single infantry battalion.
....
But back in 2004 the Pentagon still planned on reducing U.S. forces in Iraq and turning security responsibility over to Iraqis. Washington had yet to realize the size of the insurgency it was facing.
The Magnificent Bastards found out. They fought back hard against the insurgents after the initial April 6 attack, refusing to give an inch. "The next day we ended up killing a hefty number of bad guys," Weiler said.
On the third day, the Marines went around with megaphones, challenging the insurgents to come out and fight. "We ridiculed them and antagonized them and begged them to come out and fight," Weiler said.
There were no takers.
Posted by GORDON on Aug. 22 2014,22:27
Marine calls out ISIS. Begs them to start some shit in the U.S.< http://usmclife.com/2014/08/marine-sends-isis-warning-messing-usa/ >
< http://www.theblaze.com/stories....rrorist >
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 17 2014,19:15
Marine band and a ROK band having some fun in a drum battle.Was surprised to see the Marines being so fun and cocky.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 01 2015,18:12
This made me laugh.... apparently some things never change.... and yes, I did more drunk 5 mile runs than I can remember.< http://usmclife.com/2015/04/terminal-boots-going-internal-the-pft/ >
On-duty Marines are badasses, too.
I'm not sure how funny this is if you can't relate.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 03 2015,03:51
< For Gordon >
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 03 2015,05:32
(TheCatt @ Apr. 03 2015,06:51)
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< For Gordon >
Darwin? If that is Australia, that was the Marines' favorite port of call. Everybody knew the women loved fucking a Marine because their local men were all assholes and didn't know how to treat a woman.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 03 2015,14:04
Yes, Darwin, Austrailia.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 03 2015,14:37
Yeah, I never got to Australia, but the eagerness of women there to fuck U.S. Marines was well known.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 21 2015,05:16
So last week there was a viral video about a dude who was charging a cop, and the cop drew down on him and kept telling him to stop, and the guy wanted the cop to think he had a weapon, and the cop was waiting til the last actual moment to pull the trigger..... and then the guy gave up and didn't have to die. The cop is an ex Marine. :-D
< http://www.leoaffairs.com/feature....ged-him >
I said in the other thread that I feel justified in judging cops who roll up and shoot kids in playgrounds, because cops should have their heads on better than regular people. This Marine would agree with me, I bet. And it helps to not be scared to death of guns.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 21 2015,06:34
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...the cop was waiting til the last actual moment to pull the trigger
Obviously he's not going by the official cop playbook that all the others were. He'll probably get reprimanded.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 21 2015,06:35
(Malcolm @ Apr. 21 2015,09:34)
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...the cop was waiting til the last actual moment to pull the trigger
Obviously he's not going by the official cop playbook that all the others were. He'll probably get reprimanded.
That seems to be an actual possibility.
Posted by GORDON on May 15 2015,05:17
This is a nice slice of ship-life for Marines.It is supposed to be a parody, but it's actually pretty accurate.
Also, my month on ship mess duty was the worst month of my entire enlistment.
Posted by GORDON on May 26 2015,05:26
Two Marines stare down an incoming suicide bomb truck while Iraqi police run. This one was posted somewhere for Memorial Day.< http://neveryetmelted.com/2015/05/25/six-seconds/ >
Posted by TheCatt on Jun. 01 2015,13:06
< Former Marine planks for 5+ hours >I remember being happy with a 3 minute plank...
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 01 2015,13:09
We used to do "front leaning rest" for several minutes at a time. That is the "up" position of a push-up. They usually didn't let us stop until everybody had a pool of sweat under his nose.
Posted by TheCatt on Aug. 21 2015,14:57
< Marines breakup French terror attack. >30 minutes ago it just said "Two Americans," and I thought "well, I bet they're marines."
They just updated the headlines to "Two marines"
Posted by TPRJones on Aug. 21 2015,15:53
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He expressed "gratitude and admiration" for the Marines help.
Surprising. I would have figured - this being France - that the Marines would have been arrested and charged with something, too.
Posted by Leisher on Aug. 22 2015,09:15
I'm not seeing mention of "marines" anymore, just college students. Were they or weren't they?
Posted by TheCatt on Aug. 22 2015,09:32
The most recent thing I read was "2 of 3" were servicemen.I cannot identify services from pictures, but here you go:
But that looks like air force on the left? Army in the middle? National Guard?
Posted by Leisher on Aug. 22 2015,09:57
Yes, Air Force.
Posted by GORDON on Aug. 22 2015,09:59
Was going to say... it isn't like an active duty Marine to actually leave anyone alive.:-D
Posted by GORDON on Jan. 27 2016,07:42
I'm declaring this guy an honorary Marine since he put his gun right up against the scumbag's mother fucking mouth.< http://outdooroverload.com/war-vet....r-video >
Posted by Troy on Jan. 27 2016,08:58
(Troy @ Sep. 11 2013,15:56)
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< "So I shoved my gun in his mouth and told him he needed to leave or I was going to blow his head off >" (paraphrased)
Nice quick-draw!
Nice quick-draw!
3 years I posted that Gordo. You even responded to it.
Posted by GORDON on Jan. 27 2016,10:41
(Troy @ Jan. 27 2016,11:58)
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(Troy @ Sep. 11 2013,15:56)
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< "So I shoved my gun in his mouth and told him he needed to leave or I was going to blow his head off >" (paraphrased)
Nice quick-draw!
Nice quick-draw!
3 years I posted that Gordo. You even responded to it.
Huh. It was on Fark just today.