Posted: 7/6/2011 10:36:11 AM EDT
| Over the last several months I've noticed a new guy in town tall gooffffyyy looking bastard very large women with him all the time (Small town less than 1000 people) I am a Navy-vet so yesterday I see this guy in the store USMC tattoo on forearm (Looks pretty new) and just below it Airborne Tattoo.........ALL KINDS OF military tattoo's he always walks around in BDU'S and combat boots....I've also herard this guy saying he's thinkin about "Going back to Iraq" I not only HATE POSERS I Really don't think this guys has ever served a day in his life.................? Is it possible to be in the USMC and also serve in the Airborne? |
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Over the last several months I've noticed a new guy in town tall gooffffyyy looking bastard very large women with him all the time (Small town less than 1000 people) I am a Navy-vet so yesterday I see this guy in the store USMC tattoo on forearm (Looks pretty new) and just below it Airborne Tattoo.........ALL KINDS OF military tattoo's he always walks around in BDU'S and combat boots....I've also herard this guy saying he's thinkin about "Going back to Iraq" I not only HATE POSERS I Really don't think this guys has ever served a day in his life.................? Is it possible to be in the USMC and also serve in the Airborne? If you have a full name, birthdate, or any other identifying information, e-mail it to me and I will do what I can to check for you. |
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Can ya think of any airborne questions I can ask this guy???? Jump School is a pretty open book with the internet. No secret questions you could really ask. Could try to ask him his class number. Should be a two digit class number followed by a two digit year designation (mine = 14-84 for example) |
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The only Marines that get to go to jump school on a regular basis are Recon, ANGLICO, some riggers/loadmasters/airwing types, and back in the day, some Marines that were on Barracks Duty in Annapolis. Why? The Academy would get slots for the midshipmen, and when they couldn't go, the Marines got to backfill. We had a few Marines actually re-enlist for jump school, but this was back in the 80's.
We did have a former Army 82nd Airborne type in our unit (Weapons Company 1/8). Total POS. His jump status didn't go over too well 
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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. |
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Quoted: Quoted: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. Could be a Cherry 0451 or some shit who ran right out and got his basic wings inked on him as soon as graduated Benning. |
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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. Not necessarily. Guys in the USN and USMC wear the standard wings until they get 10 jumps. Then they wear the gold wings, IIRC. Im sure one of our local squids or jarheads can confirm. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. Not necessarily. Guys in the USN and USMC wear the standard wings until they get 10 jumps. Then they wear the gold wings, IIRC. Im sure one of our local squids or jarheads can confirm. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yeah Marines wear Basic Jumps until they meet the requirements to wear USN/USMC Master Parachutist Wings i.e Gold Wings. |
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Over the last several months I've noticed a new guy in town tall gooffffyyy looking bastard very large women with him all the time (Small town less than 1000 people) I am a Navy-vet so yesterday I see this guy in the store USMC tattoo on forearm (Looks pretty new) and just below it Airborne Tattoo.........ALL KINDS OF military tattoo's he always walks around in BDU'S and combat boots....I've also herard this guy saying he's thinkin about "Going back to Iraq" I not only HATE POSERS I Really don't think this guys has ever served a day in his life.................? Is it possible to be in the USMC and also serve in the Airborne? The Corps has some Airborne units. Does he have a tattoo of Army or USMC jump wings? No self-respecting Marine would tattoo Army jump wings on himself if he had the chance to earn USMC jump wings. Just confront him directly and ask to see his military ID card. |
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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Marines consider that the "five jump chump" wings. Marines with 10 jumps get a much cooler tattoo that kinda look like flight wings. |
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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. If he's not met the requirements to wear the Navy/Marine Corps Parachute Insignia (gold wings) then he would wear the standard Basic Parachutist Insignia. (5 additional jumps for a total of 10 while serving in a bonafide jump billet for a minimum of 90 days with some specific criteria for the jumps I.e. Combat equipment, night etc.) There's probably more Marines with lead sleds then gold wings. |
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Quoted: True. But have you ever seen one with an "Airborne" tattoo? I haven't.Quoted: Quoted: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. If he's not met the requirements to wear the Navy/Marine Corps Parachute Insignia (gold wings) then he would wear the standard Basic Parachutist Insignia. There's probably more Marines with lead sleds then gold wings. |
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True. But have you ever seen one with an "Airborne" tattoo? I haven't.
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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. If he's not met the requirements to wear the Navy/Marine Corps Parachute Insignia (gold wings) then he would wear the standard Basic Parachutist Insignia. There's probably more Marines with lead sleds then gold wings. I have. 5 jump chumps that thought they were "Sky Gods". Also a couple of guys that were prior service Army jumpers. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: True. But have you ever seen one with an "Airborne" tattoo? I haven't.Quoted: Quoted: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n278/Jec722212/AirborneTattoo.jpg Looked like this without the words below................BUT it looked like new Well, I would question why a Marine would get a tatoo of Army jump wings. Unless he was in both, which is possible. But if he claims just USMC service, having Army wings for his tatoo would be a giveaway. If he's not met the requirements to wear the Navy/Marine Corps Parachute Insignia (gold wings) then he would wear the standard Basic Parachutist Insignia. There's probably more Marines with lead sleds then gold wings. I have. 5 jump chumps that thought they were "Sky Gods". Also a couple of guys that were prior service Army jumpers.   |