Happy 248th birthday, jarheads!!!

[sksvlad]

USMC birthday is November 10. In 2 years it will be 250th birthday. My son-in-law is in USMC. If everything goes well, I'll try to go to 250th bday ball and get for you the famous USMC cake pictures. Here is the origin of "jarhead" https://www.yahoo.com/news/marines-became-known-jarheads-231329633.html

 

[Slick]

Jarheads. Gotta love 'em.
Just need to be careful about leaving Crayons(aka USMC MRE) laying around.
FYI- E5 and above generally take off the wrapper first.

 

[sksvlad]

Rick, I heard the crayon eating story. What's the origin?

 

[Slick]

What’s With the Crayons? Why the Marines Take a Lot of Heat

For most service members and vets, this smack-talking comes with no real animosity.

nationalinterest.org

I understand they prefer them fresh out of the box, but are not averse to using the ones they normally color and scribble with.