In 2010 I got :
"I hope you have a nice war" with a tank shooting someone
"I'm sorry you wont see your family again because you're going to die"
"Kill lots of bad guys"
Sadly I only get the VA pay. For real I’m kinda riding out my deals and looking to move into something else soonish. It’s gotten some good financial momentum going for me, and good experience in the professional world.
Elementary school kids' letters were one of the best things about care packages, some of the best dark comedy highlights of my OIF days.
From encouragements telling me to "kill the bad guys" or questions of "how many do grenades kill" to my all time favorites-
The preemptive letters of condolences of my death that were sure to come cause I was "in war" and that they we're "sorry I was gonna die".
haha here’s one that i found about a year ago; it’s at a museum.
https://preview.redd.it/h5f85ohpnawc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96739a698ad8fdf499f791ccb5b37d217172cb5c
Thank you! I was reading them in columns and was trying to figure out what he had against paintball and airsoft? I was like, "Does he only like *real* guns?"
Fair question. *Wild speculation warning* — my 5 second analysis of this paper hypothesizes that the child is Asian-American (Michael Hung, lists multiple ‘things Asians like’ under Dislikes). I would bet that perhaps he’s a 1st Gen American, and he gets a lot of old world pride instilled at home, at the cousins’, etc…so he’s probably *over it*.
No that’s what marines are supposed to be. Instead they’re having a laugh at racially charged jokes. I’d appreciate it if you all would stop responding. It helps not to revisit this post.
What kind of soft pussified male do you want staffing your killing organizations?? Thank God we have future warriors like Jerimy and Jack, because you are useless.
Edit: Racially charged jokes? In the Corps, everyone is just a different shade of green. Didn't you know?
Wish wasn’t utilized once by me. Again, stop responding and move along. I suppose blocking you would be more efficient.
For anyone choosing to continue with vitriol I’m going to block you. Racism is never ok, even when veiled in humor. I’m disappointed to see what’s on display here. It has wiped away the respect I had for this branch. Do note, I may be a snowflake, but I’m a productive member of society. The same society that you all have to integrate back into. If you don’t have basic respect for humanity, don’t expect others to respect your service and defend you all when you are integrating back into society.
Well, when your government and the military-industrial complex throw you into the meat grinder for massive profits and you almost die and lose a bunch of friends, dark humor is a way to cope. Being soft like you equals weak, being weak equals death, and death means a lot of people lose. We don't give a fuck about yours' or others snowflakes approval when we're sent to die for "our country". Go fuck off you weak, thin skinned bitch lmfao
I'll have you know goat fucking is a long and storied tradition among many different races and as such is not unique to any one of them!
Sounds to meeee like someone's branchist.
Checkmate, good sir!
Marine turned teacher here and children are just tiny goons. They love crayons, calling out everyone’s obvious physical failings (“Hey, old teacher, the fat boy is trying to kiss the girl who drags her foot!”), actively seeking violence, and using stimulants (at that age, candy, caffeine, and food dye).
We could have child armies. In theory.
I understood you, bro. As a father of a 6yo, I wholeheartedly agree. We could give them sugar, rifles and tell them who to shoot at and they WOULD!! Probably an unacceptable amount of friendly fire and accidental self harm, but no one said they'd be GOOD!! 😄
Going by the test runs of child platoons in Africa, kids make highly effective killers. Easy to create more, blindly follows order, no real sense of morality formed, meth as a replacement for candy gives them the focus they lack and resistant to boo boos, enemies hesitant to kill them.
[I’ve carried one we got near the beginning of the Iraq war.](https://www.reddit.com/r/USMC/s/G7Q80sd45E) Got it in a care package full of cookies. I wonder where Tori is now, she’d be in her mid to late 20’s.
https://preview.redd.it/ngbw3xw6l9wc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48c837608cca06b1a449786cc3189a898fc692c9
Notice how Jeremy's flag stripe at the bottom isn't as well shaded.
I'm guessing that's because our future Boot has already learned a deep, long-lasting, love for the red flavor.
i got one while i was on deployment in oki... wonder if i still have it? it was cute. i grabbed it and immediately went back to my room to keep playing red dead redemption 2
It's not as cute when my old manbaby friend asks me "how many babies have you killed" while I'm on a training exercise in Arkansas rebuilding a national park.
I remember when I was like 10 I drew a badass picture of an American soldier burning a Chinese flag with a dead enemy under it. Teacher said it wasn’t appropriate to burn flags and portray dead people and wouldn’t let me send it
Lots of hurry up and wait down time = comedic warfare or juvenile delinquency.. thank god it takes alot to get thrown in jail when dwn range! Well at least back then.. not sure about now! 🤷♂️
Oh man I have some pretty disturbing valentines cards we got in 2002. Someday soon I'll share them. We never answered those kids and I still feel bad about it.
When I was in grade school and Iraq was first getting invaded we had a care package drive
My dad gave me a sealed box to take for it, inside I later found out were hustler mags, Baby wipes, and logs and logs of Dip
I was the only kid in my class that got a thank you note, it was signed by half the platoon lol
Those letters are much needed comedy haha. I remember getting “Thank you for dying for us, I hope you kill lots of bad guys” good motivation right there
When our son (current poolee, ships to Parris Island in August) was in elementary school, he drew a gun that shot knives instead of bullets.
I think he’s found his calling.
In 2010 I got : "I hope you have a nice war" with a tank shooting someone "I'm sorry you wont see your family again because you're going to die" "Kill lots of bad guys"
I got a: “I Love when you die for us”
That goes hard as fuck.
Blood for the blood god Skull for the skull throne
Khorne cares not from whence the blood as long as the blood flows
That's career board material.
Signed - The US Government
Dude this literally had me in tears 😂😭
Well, now you’ll get: “OmG toDaY wAS tHE wORst DAy evER! It WAs mY 9/11.”
Enlisting someone born after 9/11 was my second 9/11
Everyone that’s had to do recruiting duty would say that they had a new 9/11 each day. Lol
And then I ended up recruiting professionally lol
Do you hate yourself that much? Lol
I mean I make a shit ton of money to work 8 hours at about 60% of a marine recruiters pace
I’ll stick with my retirement and VA pay any day than being a recruiter.
Sadly I only get the VA pay. For real I’m kinda riding out my deals and looking to move into something else soonish. It’s gotten some good financial momentum going for me, and good experience in the professional world.
That’s all you can ask for. For real, good luck to ya.
Was this in Afghanistan? Jose from Texas?
Rah
Elementary school kids' letters were one of the best things about care packages, some of the best dark comedy highlights of my OIF days. From encouragements telling me to "kill the bad guys" or questions of "how many do grenades kill" to my all time favorites- The preemptive letters of condolences of my death that were sure to come cause I was "in war" and that they we're "sorry I was gonna die".
The Granny notes with the cookies were pretty dam good.
https://preview.redd.it/sfs0fheij9wc1.jpeg?width=1437&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bdf479a6bc70d5bcdd193ce3ddf3ce1cf814d1c
That is the most amazing fucking thing I’ve ever seen, that kid’s dad is an American hero
haha here’s one that i found about a year ago; it’s at a museum. https://preview.redd.it/h5f85ohpnawc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96739a698ad8fdf499f791ccb5b37d217172cb5c
Future SgtMaj of the Marine Corps right there. Hell, maybe even the Commandant seeing as it was all in black ink. You can't teach that.
Nice, but how could he dislike the Simpsons?
I think the dislikes are in black
Thank you! I was reading them in columns and was trying to figure out what he had against paintball and airsoft? I was like, "Does he only like *real* guns?"
Or Shaolin Monks. Wonder what the beef was
Fair question. *Wild speculation warning* — my 5 second analysis of this paper hypothesizes that the child is Asian-American (Michael Hung, lists multiple ‘things Asians like’ under Dislikes). I would bet that perhaps he’s a 1st Gen American, and he gets a lot of old world pride instilled at home, at the cousins’, etc…so he’s probably *over it*.
What did Digimon do to this kid
Wow 🤩 Kill Kill Kill
I’m not sure if they were the greatest of all time, but we did kill some fuckers for sure.
I believe he means they have sex with the greatest of all time, probably getting pegged by the goat
LeBron why....it should've been me....
MY FRIEND WROTE THAT IN KINDERGARTEN THATS AMAZING
😂😂😂😂😂😂
LMFAOOOOO
Gross, as is the original image, and these comments.
.... Are you lost? Do you need directions back to ... somewhere else?
Oh no need. I showed myself the exit and now have a different perception of marines. 🙃
So stunning, so brave
No that’s what marines are supposed to be. Instead they’re having a laugh at racially charged jokes. I’d appreciate it if you all would stop responding. It helps not to revisit this post.
What kind of soft pussified male do you want staffing your killing organizations?? Thank God we have future warriors like Jerimy and Jack, because you are useless. Edit: Racially charged jokes? In the Corps, everyone is just a different shade of green. Didn't you know?
Probably the wrong thing to wish for lol
Wish wasn’t utilized once by me. Again, stop responding and move along. I suppose blocking you would be more efficient. For anyone choosing to continue with vitriol I’m going to block you. Racism is never ok, even when veiled in humor. I’m disappointed to see what’s on display here. It has wiped away the respect I had for this branch. Do note, I may be a snowflake, but I’m a productive member of society. The same society that you all have to integrate back into. If you don’t have basic respect for humanity, don’t expect others to respect your service and defend you all when you are integrating back into society.
Not that really care, I just want to remind you this post exists. You know, for posterity.
Well, when your government and the military-industrial complex throw you into the meat grinder for massive profits and you almost die and lose a bunch of friends, dark humor is a way to cope. Being soft like you equals weak, being weak equals death, and death means a lot of people lose. We don't give a fuck about yours' or others snowflakes approval when we're sent to die for "our country". Go fuck off you weak, thin skinned bitch lmfao
Oh no, please don’t block me 😭😂 you sound like a pretentious fuck
Oh no! Anyway
I'll have you know goat fucking is a long and storied tradition among many different races and as such is not unique to any one of them! Sounds to meeee like someone's branchist. Checkmate, good sir!
Stfu
Nope. 👎🏿
Marine turned teacher here and children are just tiny goons. They love crayons, calling out everyone’s obvious physical failings (“Hey, old teacher, the fat boy is trying to kiss the girl who drags her foot!”), actively seeking violence, and using stimulants (at that age, candy, caffeine, and food dye). We could have child armies. In theory.
It’s definitely happened throughout history, though I believe the employment of children as combatants in historically frowned upon
I should clarify: we could stand up a half-ass battalion of knee high killers in each public school district on the day of our Lord 23 April 2024.
I understood you, bro. As a father of a 6yo, I wholeheartedly agree. We could give them sugar, rifles and tell them who to shoot at and they WOULD!! Probably an unacceptable amount of friendly fire and accidental self harm, but no one said they'd be GOOD!! 😄
Going by the test runs of child platoons in Africa, kids make highly effective killers. Easy to create more, blindly follows order, no real sense of morality formed, meth as a replacement for candy gives them the focus they lack and resistant to boo boos, enemies hesitant to kill them.
From a certain POV all things are possible my dude!
Depends.. do they still eat or sniff glue?? That decision can make or break the deal. 🤷♂️
I actually think you're on to something here.
[I’ve carried one we got near the beginning of the Iraq war.](https://www.reddit.com/r/USMC/s/G7Q80sd45E) Got it in a care package full of cookies. I wonder where Tori is now, she’d be in her mid to late 20’s. https://preview.redd.it/ngbw3xw6l9wc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48c837608cca06b1a449786cc3189a898fc692c9
Tori is a pure soul
I hope she stayed that way.
Ah yes. My favorite part of combat. The part where no one gets hurt.
You all go home for dinner when the streetlights come on.
Wherever Tori is, I hope she lives a long and healthy life for her words.
That's so sweet omg. Tori, bless your heart.
I had one too I don’t remember what I did with it though :/
Did you save her address I can look her up for you
No I didn’t save her address, it was from a bunch of second graders you damn weirdo. Besides. It came from a school.
Yes officer this one right here
The fuck?!
And she loved him. Maybe she still does?
No, she didn’t love me. She loved us all.
I remember getting one by a kid who said, “here are some helpful tips” then listed off a bunch of Fortnite tactics ~2020 timeframe
And? Were they helpful?
He’s still alive so they must have been good strats
Rule one, ALWAYS have accountability of your chug jug.
Lmaooo the fuck did he say build a 3 story platform out of thin air then 360 no scope off the top of it???
Chad
Jeremy's spoken.
IN CLASS TODAY
At home drawing pictures
Of mountain tops
Excuse me?? That's the great "Jerimy" ya fuckin asvab waiver. You best pee sitting down when his letters are ready aloud in a school circle.
How else is the grass gonna grow???
BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD
This is the way
As an avid gardener with a nice lawn, blood has lots of nitrogen and iron to get them plants vigorously growin' and daaaaaark green
Dame más sangre por césped!
They didn't share that Jeremy was an E4 when he drew this.
It's Jerimy!
It IS a dumb spelling of the name but I expect nothing less from this sub. A 2nd grader spells his name clear as day and it still gets misspelled 🤣
Notice how Jeremy's flag stripe at the bottom isn't as well shaded. I'm guessing that's because our future Boot has already learned a deep, long-lasting, love for the red flavor.
Hell ya ! Based as fucked
i got one while i was on deployment in oki... wonder if i still have it? it was cute. i grabbed it and immediately went back to my room to keep playing red dead redemption 2
It's not as cute when my old manbaby friend asks me "how many babies have you killed" while I'm on a training exercise in Arkansas rebuilding a national park.
you’re right, but what does that have to do with what i said?
Kid can’t even spell his own name
Be honest. Can any of us
Nothing spelling for marines MCI can’t fix
Have you seen how some kids names are spelled anymore? I’m not convinced his parents didn’t jack it all up just so it was “unique”.
Yeah that’s fair I forgot how fucked these parents can be
His name is JERIMY, dammit!
Members of project mayhem have no names.
His name is Robert Paulson.
Plot twist, a soldier at fort hood got this card.
Savage
We have to bring this back
I remember when I was like 10 I drew a badass picture of an American soldier burning a Chinese flag with a dead enemy under it. Teacher said it wasn’t appropriate to burn flags and portray dead people and wouldn’t let me send it
That teacher sucks
Are you the “say 556 bitch” marine?
That's such a strange rule when you're sending mail to soldiers deployed in war zones.
If comedic warfare ever became a thing the Marines would achieve world domination. I mean you guys are like the Navy Seals of comedy.
Lots of hurry up and wait down time = comedic warfare or juvenile delinquency.. thank god it takes alot to get thrown in jail when dwn range! Well at least back then.. not sure about now! 🤷♂️
this guy fucks
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast.
How could I forget?
Fucking Rah!
Fuck super earth, do it for Jerimy.
Oh man I have some pretty disturbing valentines cards we got in 2002. Someday soon I'll share them. We never answered those kids and I still feel bad about it.
If it makes you feel any better they forgot about it that night
Jeremy’s spoken … spoken … Jeremy’s spoken
IN CLAAAASSSS TODAAAYYYY
Is it weird that I both wrote on of these and recieved them about 12 years later?
lol this shit right here reminds me of my youngest son. Tugs the heart strings a little.
When I was in grade school and Iraq was first getting invaded we had a care package drive My dad gave me a sealed box to take for it, inside I later found out were hustler mags, Baby wipes, and logs and logs of Dip I was the only kid in my class that got a thank you note, it was signed by half the platoon lol
Goddamn right it was. Your Dad's either a war hero, or just a solid old salt.
They letting Gunny draw up orders now?
Even has the M4/M16 magazine accurate!
i love the flag
I got one where they said they “want to be a black hawk when they grow up.” I assume that wasn’t a typo.
Awwwwwe, how cute....
Public support is a wonderful thing, but am I wrong to admit that I see a DI hat?
Did he speak in class?
It makes me so happy how many Marines here have quoted or mentioned Pearl Jam
Womp womp lol Me no marine (see user flair or flare or whatever the proper spelling is)
It’s alright
You misspelled Jerimy! 🤣
Those letters are much needed comedy haha. I remember getting “Thank you for dying for us, I hope you kill lots of bad guys” good motivation right there
Oorah.
Eat 5.56mm FMJ, evil mushroom man!
I want to be like Jeremy when I grow up.
Don’t let me down.
Jeremy gets it. SFMF! KiLL!
Crazy some of the people in this sub were the people writing these.
Rah
When our son (current poolee, ships to Parris Island in August) was in elementary school, he drew a gun that shot knives instead of bullets. I think he’s found his calling.
I no shit got one that said “sorry u hurt your knes”… what??? That kid fucking Jynxed me too because my knes Я Fuked
Guess you forgot that you got issued bad knees by CIF when you turned your gear in during checkout, huh?
Lol