The Military.

Summary of branches:
Airforce: Part of their pft or pfa or whatever the fuck they call it is your waist size... nuff said. Oh and their bootcamp is 6(7?) weeks long... hey let's be cool and say we are hard.
Navy: Too many jokes are possible... so we'll go with: When I was on a frigate based out of Norfolk, I saw a navy chief that was fatter than my grandmother... and she weighs about 350 pounds.
Army: Tons of money, tons of weapons, lacking in lower intestinal fortitude with a slight pinch of "WE'RE THE ARMY" syndrome... Oh and the Rangers aren't hard, they are the <u>exact same thing</u> as the Marine Corps with the exception of the title...
USMC: Stupid, ugly, lethal. Best looking uniforms. Least amount of money, weapons, equipment and full of bitching... and most professional when push comes to shove. No one joins USMC reserves with no expectations of going to war like *cough* the army *cough*.

If you want to be hard, don't pretend to be. If you want some advice before you go to bootcamp, just remember that the worst part is the fuck fuck games and as soon as someone takes charge and leads the rest of the douches and gets some order, they'll fuck up less and you'll push less, unless of course you like the quarterdeck in which case by all means be a sheep and follow.

Oh and don't lock your knees out... and stay hydrated... unless you prefer the silver bullet...

Oh and someone said earlier that they watched the boot grads run 4 miles in 20 minutes... physically impossible. There isn't a boot class <u>on this planet</u> that could run 4 miles in 30 minutes, let alone 20. Just b/c some of em managed to weasel their way through boot, doesn't mean they arent still fat nasties.

Oh and Parn, are you sure you arent a Marine in a chair-nazi's body? You should go through the real blue-green program instead of the blue-[tan] program. If you keep up the bitching about the branch you'll win a medal in the chairforce... and offered a beer in the Corps.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ok, Harmonica, this is the part where I call you out. You is stupid. Yes, I'm perfectly aware of the SeALs, Delta Force, all the EODs, Green Berets, Force Recon, Commandos, etc the list goes on. Did I mention any of those in there? Nope. I'm perfectly aware of the shit they go through. Now what I was trying to point out before you ass-u-me-d is that the branches in general exhibit these characteristics.

Also don't be a jackass and use the wrong chant if you don't know what it is. The _army_ says Hooah. The Corps says Oorah. Before you make fun of someone, do it right.

And Parn, while I don't really respect your branch or your judgement in choosing braches (hah sorry had to), you seem like at least a semi-intelligent coffee champ.

And yes, Chairforce pt is a cakewalk. I had a roomate in the Airforce and they actually played duck duck goose for PT to build AWARENESS... Yea... all respect for Airforce = dead after that.

Oh and while we're bein thugs, I'll drop down my pt scores ha: 1.5 mile 8:47 - 2 mile: 12:20 - 3 mile: 18:47 - 1 min push: 70 - 2 min push: 105 - pullups: 15 (and yes, elbows fully locked out - 1 didn't count) - 1 minute crunches: 98 - 2 min crunches: 167 - army curlups (2 min): 89.

And yes I have taken every branch's pft. Don't ask why b/c it is way too long of a story.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Sure why not champ, since I know you are expecting me to answer this wrong.

Jarhead does NOT come from their haircuts like everyone thinks (with their high and tights, it appears to be a jar with only coloring, hair if you will, on top and clear, stubble if you will, on the sides.

HOWEVER, the real reason they are called jarheads is because of WW2. Now I'm sure plenty of you are going: NUH UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NEENER NEENER NEENER THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT DEVIL DOG CAME FROM!... Ya... you'd be wrong again, that was from Bella Wood (sp?) in WW1 when the Marines showed up and raised absolute Hell and the Germans basically shit themselves and called them Teufelshunde which basically means "Devil Dog".

BACK TO MY MAIN POINT: Jarheads are called Jarheads because they were remarked by other branches (foreign and domestic) to fight with some unparalleled proffesionalism that they more or less put their emotions in a jar and didn't let them out.

And in case anyone else was wondering, Oorah also came from WW2. The Raider's battalions were stationed on submarines (not all obviously) and when a submarine dives, it makes a very loud AAAARRRROOOOOOGGGGGAAAAA noise. The Marines, being natural assholes of course, thought this was funny and would make fun of it by responding to commands and such by saying arooga which later evolved into oorah.

Oorah is NOT a derivative of a Turkish word for "kill" despite popular belief.

Wanna test me a little more champ?

edit: fixed my grammar b/c damn it sucked.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Who said I was in any service?

And there really isn't more than one right. The answer you asked for was where it came from. A description of someone doesn't usually come from several different sources but from one and is later rumored to be from others, as is the case in question...

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First off I AM arrogant. But you can't be passive and expect to get your points across here.

Second off, what you hear is wrong. Marines are not any less respective.

And finally, I learned of the definition of jarhead through several classes of military history taught by Major Charles Preston (USMC), as well as Captain Trent Gibson (USMC) for those naysayers.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Sure you do. And the ones at 29 Palms probably just don't like you. If EVERYONE is a dick to you then it's probably a hint. And besides, how happy would you be (or are you) to be stationed in the MIDDLE OF THE DESERT for 3 years?

Ya, I win again.

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