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Disassembled and cleaned this "Broomhandle" Mauser C96 yesterday. The barrel was really awful. It looked like it had never been cleaned. It was bright and shiny when I finished, however. It passed the function check and "fired" a chop stick, so I deemed it good to go. Sadly neither he nor I had...

I fully expected that my son would get a full scholarship somewhere, but still set aside a large amount of savings just in case. I remember the week after I-Day coming into that windfall and reinvesting it. It was a wonderful day. Okay, so nothing really happened other than it went from "money...

The windows don't open all the way at Bancroft Hall anymore, so no more Red Beach Dive Team. Marine humor is dark. ;)

In Japan, tatoos ("Irezumi") are something that gangsters and "bad" people get. Nobody wants to see them, apparently.

65 Days to I-Day.

Nope. Just wrap him in bubble wrap. He'll be fine. 65 days to I-Day. :)

Points awarded for the proper spelling of the heavenly product of Scotland. :)

Oh I get that. Maybe he's just paying it forward and wants to know the inner struggle of an enlisted Marine, before becoming a mustang and working his way back up. Mustangs are truly loved in the Corps because they have done every job. It's the math I don't get. O-3 (with 4 years+) to E-1 =...

Wow. This thread is really something and I have seen some threads before. :p

I don't get it, but good for him if that's what he wants to do.

Call the office of the registrar. It is listed here: https://daytonabeach.erau.edu/about/records

I would expect the percentage isn't nearly that high. You are either qualified or not. Let's remember that when they fill out a class, they are choosing candidates whom they think will be able to excel at the Academy and go on to be good officers in the Fleet and Corps. Making officers is the...

Many people don't care about firearm maintenance. They often let it get to a point in which the gun doesn't function anymore - then bring them to me - bewildered as to why they don't work. I imagine it's a lot like cars, that way.

Guy brought in a rusty Beretta shotgun the other day...

I think everyone who was ever a Plebe had these experiences and takeaways from it. I think that's why the upperclass continues to "pay it forward" and make Plebe lives - shall we say difficult - during the AC year. There is a real possibility that a lot of Firsties will look back to Youngster...

I read that OP and thought to myself "said every Plebe, ever." :)

THParent = Teufel Hunden parent = Devil Dog parent = Marine parent I came up with it because DS went to USNA and wanted to follow in my footsteps. I told him "hey, the Navy is bigger and there are a lot more opportunities there. You should consider big Navy". Not once did he consider Navy. rah.

You could with a military ID when I went in 2018, but rules may have changed.

That's a C model. I looked up the number. ;)