Reply #7: I wish I could get on board with this post, but as a vet, I can't.

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"few clerks and jerks other than the band..."

I would bet my last dollar that "Regular Marines" don't consider members of the Marines who are clerks OR members of the Marine Band "jerks". Marines are Marines. Ask one. Marines are Marines, and once a Marine, ALWAYS a Marine. I can't think of a single organization in the entire world that I have more respect for. This former Squid loves him some Grunts.

"Sandlandnistan"? Really? REALLY? Being a vet myself, I'd have to say that I'd give my utmost respect to ANYONE who wore the uniform in this place you call "Sandlandnistan" no matter what they did there, whether it be play a fucking trumpet to pump up the troops or carry an M-16 to kill the enemy or cook or push paper and ensure everyone gets paid.

From the beginning of your third paragraph to the end you engage in some pretty serious hyperbole.

"decided to critically would and harrass his betters". DECIDED to?