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Originally posted by Ignoranceisbliss:
Note: With the cut back of the surge, battalions are being scattered like a mother****er all across Al Anbar to fill in the holes, so its possible your stepson was on a MIT team or something, 100 miles from 3/2s main body.

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Originally posted by 10713106:
I first of all would like to thank you for serving.I'm not sure if this is cool or not but I have a few questions about being there. I have a stepson in 3/2 marines. He is telling ,via email,friends of his about waxing mfers and terrorists sneaking in the wire things that if he truly went through I didn't think a marine would talk about to civilians. The reason I question his conduct is he has told people in the past that he was a scout sniper working with the CIA.Pretty amazing 4 months after recruit training. Also do most marines take to heart the whole marine honor integrity motto? He is coming back from Iraq next week.

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Originally posted by anywherealwaysready:
Of course his tall tales aren't respectable, and his exagerations are like fishing stories. I never said he was telling the whole truth, that wasn't the point.
The point was- regardless of whether or not he has ever pulled the trigger and his exaggerated stories, he still deserves a certain amount of gratitude and respect just for being a Marine, deployed- out there defending perhaps a slightly more honests american ability to sit on the couch and watch american idol.
Most grunts I know are quite dissapointed when they come to face the fact that they don't get the opprotunity to do what they or america expects them to, and a few exaggerate to compensate. Is that right? NO. But if you're not out there, you should be so damned grateful that he did any kind of deployment for you, and happy he's just coming home in one piece.

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Originally posted by followmetolive:

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Originally posted by anywherealwaysready:
Of course his tall tales aren't respectable, and his exagerations are like fishing stories. I never said he was telling the whole truth, that wasn't the point.
The point was- regardless of whether or not he has ever pulled the trigger and his exaggerated stories, he still deserves a certain amount of gratitude and respect just for being a Marine, deployed- out there defending perhaps a slightly more honests american ability to sit on the couch and watch american idol.
Most grunts I know are quite dissapointed when they come to face the fact that they don't get the opprotunity to do what they or america expects them to, and a few exaggerate to compensate. Is that right? NO. But if you're not out there, you should be so damned grateful that he did any kind of deployment for you, and happy he's just coming home in one piece.

I do not agree. But that aside...this wouldn't be the Rachel I know from 1/6 i think it was? Or maybe 2/2? The Rachel I know through eric peterson sgt type.

if it is what's goin on man?

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Of course his tall tales aren't respectable, and his exagerations are like fishing stories.

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The point was- regardless of whether or not he has ever pulled the trigger and his exaggerated stories, he still deserves a certain amount of gratitude and respect just for being a Marine, deployed-

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Originally posted by anywherealwaysready:

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Originally posted by followmetolive:

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Originally posted by anywherealwaysready:
Of course his tall tales aren't respectable, and his exagerations are like fishing stories. I never said he was telling the whole truth, that wasn't the point.
The point was- regardless of whether or not he has ever pulled the trigger and his exaggerated stories, he still deserves a certain amount of gratitude and respect just for being a Marine, deployed- out there defending perhaps a slightly more honests american ability to sit on the couch and watch american idol.
Most grunts I know are quite dissapointed when they come to face the fact that they don't get the opprotunity to do what they or america expects them to, and a few exaggerate to compensate. Is that right? NO. But if you're not out there, you should be so damned grateful that he did any kind of deployment for you, and happy he's just coming home in one piece.

I do not agree. But that aside...this wouldn't be the Rachel I know from 1/6 i think it was? Or maybe 2/2? The Rachel I know through eric peterson sgt type.

if it is what's goin on man?

No, not her, sorry.

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Originally posted by Bri6366:

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Of course his tall tales aren't respectable, and his exagerations are like fishing stories.

I disagree completely. There is a big difference between some irrelevant fishing story and exaggerating his military exploits. Once he gets away with a few fibs about high-speed units he’s in and combat he never saw, he’ll stretch them further and start wearing medals he didn’t earn as well.

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The point was- regardless of whether or not he has ever pulled the trigger and his exaggerated stories, he still deserves a certain amount of gratitude and respect just for being a Marine, deployed-

He should be proud of his service at face value. Should we all be blind to the fact that he’s a liar, insulting our intelligence and making himself and the Marine Corps look pretty stupid? What about all of the Marines who really did see combat? What about the Marines who didn’t see combat and are honest about it?

By the way, what is your MOS?

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I know the name Golder and you look familar.

The name Dugger ring a bell?