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American Solidiers lulz. (pg. 2)
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
What life experience is that? Getting an STD? Thats about all you have in common with people in the military, and one I am glad I do not share. |
ROTFL.
Jay you are an utter spastic. |
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| djhaziel |
| god I love bar brawls ... the minutes after everything is done you can feel the energy of the night at its highest point. |
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| Chris Crossland |
| quote: | Originally posted by epicaricacy
you would figure that considering their size and training that they would be able to fight. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Naaaahhh... How much physical hand to hand combat do you get trained on? From everything I have heard its minimal.
To quote Gen Kill: "Don't fool yourself. We're not being warriors out here. They're just using us as machine operators, semi-skilled labor." |
Exactly, if your in the Army! Unless you take your training further while you're filling your billet at your duty station. Marines have MCMAP Not sure if the Army has anything like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine...al_Arts_Program
One of the reasons Marine basic is longer is because of the martial arts. It's more in depth, I still remember the training and basic techniques like it was yesterday, and could still put them to use in a scruff. Haha I was 20 days along in bootcamp, 6 years ago! As far as I know the Army only teaches a little hand to hand combat in basic training but they don't go as in depth as the Marines.
A basically trained Marine has a better chance of kicking someones ass than a basically trained soldier. Providing both have no prior martial arts background. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Crossland
Exactly, if your in the Army! Unless you take your training further while you're filling your billet at your duty station. Marines have MCMAP Not sure if the Army has anything like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine...al_Arts_Program
One of the reasons Marine basic is longer is because of the martial arts. It's more in depth, I still remember the training and basic techniques like it was yesterday, and could still put them to use in a scruff. Haha I was 20 days along in bootcamp, 6 years ago! As far as I know the Army only teaches a little hand to hand combat in basic training but they don't go as in depth as the Marines.
A basically trained Marine has a better chance of kicking someones ass than a basically trained soldier. Providing both have no prior martial arts background. |
Besides - wasn't Generation Kill about a Marine Recon unit - some of the most highly trained Marines (please, correct me if I'm wrong, CC), there are? That comment wouldn't even be relevant to the topic. |
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| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by epicaricacy
you would figure that considering their size and training that they would be able to fight. |
Meh, drunk idiots are always easy marks. |
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| epicaricacy |
| quote: | Originally posted by djhaziel
god I love bar brawls ... the minutes after everything is done you can feel the energy of the night at its highest point. |
not me, but i have to admit it made for great entertainment. |
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| Chris Crossland |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
Besides - wasn't Generation Kill about a Marine Recon unit - some of the most highly trained Marines (please, correct me if I'm wrong, CC), there are? That comment wouldn't even be relevant to the topic. |
I've met a Marine Recon platoon and was scared for my life. The way they're portrayed in the show is really pathetic. They act like "normal" Marines. I had forgot they were recon, just a regular grunt unit.
I really don't know how they train or what they do, all they say is they swim and get drowned a lot, lol.
There's one word to describe them hardingcore. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Crossland
I've met a Marine Recon platoon and was scared for my life. The way they're portrayed in the show is really pathetic. They act like "normal" Marines. I had forgot they were recon, just a regular grunt unit.
I really don't know how they train or what they do, all they say is they swim and get drowned a lot, lol.
There's one word to describe them hardingcore. |
I think that was the point of the show, is that they were pissed off the whole time that they were not being utilized properly. :p They were being treated like normal Marines. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
1) the soldiers were drunk.
2) they have PTSD.
3) midgets have compacted muscle mass.
USA wins by judges score cards |
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| cmay119 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Crossland
Exactly, if your in the Army! Unless you take your training further while you're filling your billet at your duty station. Marines have MCMAP Not sure if the Army has anything like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine...al_Arts_Program
One of the reasons Marine basic is longer is because of the martial arts. It's more in depth, I still remember the training and basic techniques like it was yesterday, and could still put them to use in a scruff. Haha I was 20 days along in bootcamp, 6 years ago! As far as I know the Army only teaches a little hand to hand combat in basic training but they don't go as in depth as the Marines.
A basically trained Marine has a better chance of kicking someones ass than a basically trained soldier. Providing both have no prior martial arts background. |
Only Army Rangers (Not Reservists, Regular or National Guard) get training in Martial Arts (From what I understand), my buddy was one, and got extensive training in Judo & Jiu-Jitsu.
Was that the Martial Arts of choice amongst the Marines, as well? |
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