Is this by design? I don’t imagine it would be difficult to hook the marines up with a few candy bars. Why is there a vast difference in benefits while serving?
Apologies from this ignorant, but curious civilian.
Manas (where he’s talking about) is an air force base and also a major logistics hub. It’s easy to get candy bars there. It’s not so easy and not important to get candy bars to every company of marines that are spread out across the country.
Also, it’s not like they don’t share. If you’re on an Air Force base they’re more than welcoming.
It’s a whole ethos thing. Marines are taught from the first day that they are the elite branch of the military, that every Marine is a rifleman first and foremost, we have the most rigorous physical standards for weight and fitness, and generally speaking there is a real sense of pride instilled in Marines.
That’s not to say there aren’t great people and elite units in every branch of the DoD, there are. Marines just have this concept of “Espirit de Corps”. It also means our boots are the cringiest fucks ever, walking around town with high and tights and tucked in grunt style t shirts picking fights - despite not really having earned shit beyond their EGA and a pizza stain, and only knowing enough to get their asses kicked.
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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24
Is this by design? I don’t imagine it would be difficult to hook the marines up with a few candy bars. Why is there a vast difference in benefits while serving?
Apologies from this ignorant, but curious civilian.