Some genius found a way to save some money at our expense. We traveled from Thailand to Okinawa Japan on new boat called a HSV (High Speed Vessel). It is much cheaper to put 1,000 Marines on a catamaran and float them over, from Thailand to Okinawa, than to travel by any other means.
While we were loading our gear on the boat I posted our “Guardian Angels” (armed Marines on overwatch) forward and aft. After a while I saw one of the guards with his rifle at sling arms. I asked him why he would have his weapon at sling arms when he had a 3-point tactical sling?
He said there was another GySgt on the boat running around yelling at Marines. I told the guards not to do anything this guy says. When I found him, he was yelling at about 20 of my Marines as they unloaded a van with PX (store) supplies. I told them to stop and go away; I did not have to tell them twice – they wanted away from this idiot:
E-7: What do you think you are doing?
Me: What am I doing? What the Fuck are you doing? Who the Fuck are you?
E-7: I am the PX Marine for the boat.
Me: The what? I have never heard of this MOS. What makes you think you can tell my guards, who are infantryman, how to hold their weapons?
E-7: Their weapons should be pointed in a safe direction.
Me: Hey idiot. How fast can you engage a threat from sling arms, assclown? Would you rather be shot in the head or the foot? Think about it. Why were my Marines unloading this van?
E-7: These are the supplies for the PX.
Me: Oh well, because you chose to act like an ass and order my Marines around without as much as a hello, you can unload the van by yourself.
E-7: That would take me an hour.
Me: Better get started. Oh, and, do not even think about taking any of my Marines. I called small unit leaders together and told them to order all of our Animals not to listen to this assclown. (While he stood 10 feet away steaming mad).
SF DKD
Photo: TITP 2002 Marines learning how to catch and kill Cobras.
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