Is the desire to be cool...to be hip...to be part of the 'in' crowd so strong that common sense eludes those in charge?
Battle Rattle blog is milking these videos that Marines are putting on You Tube to the max. At times its almost ghoulish. At times its just sad and pathetic.
This time its sad and pathetic.
These posts of videos on the net showing Marines acting like a bunch of fucking idiots is beyond the pale.
Marines use the words...elite...hard core....shock troops....
These videos and the commands that are allowing them are tarnishing the reputation of the Marine Corps. I have yet to see US Army Rangers posting vids like this. I have yet to see the 82nd Airborne posting vids like this. I haven't seen it from the 101st, 10th Mountain or 25th Infantry Division.
But we see Marines posting this tripe. We see so called "Marine friendly" blogs posting and promoting this garbage.
Somethings got to give. To be quite honest I had hoped that the new SgtMajor of the Marine Corps would have put his foot down on this issue.
Apparently he's asleep at the wheel on this.
Oh and before you go high and to the left and accuse me of blowing this out of proportion then consider this sad fact.
Marines have been convicted of conduct unbecoming for offenses that I consider far less embarrassing to the Corps.
