Franksterm1
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We used to call it an undocumented interunit equipment transfer. If it stayed in the system it wasn't considered theft.
Jokes on you! You can make a magnet out of aluminum if it's an electro-magnet, AND they make magnets FOR aluminum, except they repel instead of attract. They're called eddy-current magnets.dont forget the lead chisel or the aluminum magnet
Kiltedclaymore said:why does everyone like to mess with the new guy?! now, i agree if someone is making an @$$ of themself, by all means mess with them. but if they are just ignorant because they are new, dont hate, educate!
That's how I always looked at it. A lot of what was done to me at my first units would be considered hazing now, but I'm none the worse for wear, from any of it. As a matter of fact, I still have my "Axe Qual" cover in the box w/ my first chevrons, range coach board, first set of orders and the like. The young Jarhead in question turned out to be a pretty good Marine, and a Damn Good Scrounger. As anyone who has ever been in knows, "official Channels" rarely work as well as they should and you often need someone w/ the innate ability to find things and relocate them as needed to the more deserving. In '91-92 when the Army and airforce insisted that the CNO pass orders requiring Marines to begin wearing Name tapes, a big part of the reason was that since the Army, airforce and Navy couldn't be bothered to assist them w/ their Billeting, messing and transportation needs at the begining of Desert Shield, the Marine Corps was(as they had been many times in the past) forced to beg, borrow, and steal what was needed to complete the mission. As a brand new USMC private, I was often involved in these midnight requisitioning operations, and after stealing from the Army and airforce cities that popped up in a matter of days, I feel no shame what so ever at the small comforts I took for myself and my fellow Marines in our little shanties . "We the Unwilling led by the Unqualified have been the impossible for so long, for the Ungrateful, that we are now qualified to do anything with Nothing!".There is a long long history of hazing new and/or prospective members of a group. Fraternities are probably what come to mind, but you'll find the same in military units or job classifications today. There was also a strong hazing tradition in many trades. I knew old printers that went through hellish apprenticeships to keep their jobs. The end result is a strong bond among the group that didn't wash out.
Realbigo, KiltedClaymore, and Bogie -
I didn't realize the individual whose actions were being discussed was in the military. I assumed this was a civilian stealing from the military...... but even if I had caught that part, I would have still probably made an erroneous assumption thinking that it was a crime. I didn't realize it was somewhat routine.
<---- has never been in the military.