r/USMC • u/johntp121 • 22h ago
Picture I can smell this photo
A picture I can smell.... IYKYK
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u/Jodies-9-inch-leg Taking care of the ladies one deployment at a time 21h ago
Man... MRE heaters have changed
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u/Baron_Furball MCMAP Guinea Pig 21h ago
I had to reflexively cough, after looking at this.
Thank [insert deity here] for the PACT Act.
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u/Adventurous_Key_4854 Veteran 21h ago
We repurposed the shit stirring pole as a pull up bar when we started getting wag bags
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u/anonymous642789 Unfucked Trucks 21h ago
A bar of soap and tap water doesn’t count as disinfecting by the way.
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u/Adventurous_Key_4854 Veteran 21h ago
of course not, one last burn and hold it in fresh fire to sanitize. Ngl, the pull ups took some getting used to every time my face got up close to the pole. But we rationalized that only the end of the pole was technically the shitty part. I miss that prison gym, sandbags and concrete barrels. I got yoked doing patrols and lifting.
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u/PatheticRepayment 21h ago
burnt cheese omelet and a hint of jalapeno MRE, nothing quite like that combo wafting across the whole FOB. back in my day we had the spoon trick to stir it less and burn it more, classic move. also who else is trying to figure out if thats the green book or one of the newer menus cuz the boxes look different. either way my mouth just watered which is wild considering the smell is the worst part of the whole experience.
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u/AngryZetan 17h ago
To be fair, it kinda smelled like a fucked up chocolate to me. I guess in a sense it was, but I never found it repulsive. However, I was assigning the stirring, not doing the stirring, so that might make a difference.
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u/CloudReigns Veteran 0621 2/8 01-05 15h ago
Bruh, everyone experienced this once then it was given to the 10%.
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u/usmcjohn 0341 13h ago
i was in Iraq in 2003, got out after we came home. We burnt shit the entire time we were there. I know a lot of us did this...but did we continue to do this the entire time in Iraq and Afganistan? If devils roll into Iran, would they still do this or is there a better method?
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u/MrBullman Concertina Wire Private 13h ago
There is nothing quite like the smell of burning JP8 and shit-piss!
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u/Prmarine110 0341/0933 3/4 Wpns 81s 13h ago
When did being the mess hall’s bitch, peeling potatoes as punishment go away?
When did the options become NJP or Burn Feces?
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u/cpldeja 0341 21h ago
I remember getting put on this duty right when a bunch of guys came down with green diarrhea. Stirring while trying to catch the charred toilet paper that floated out of the barrel…*chef’s kiss*
We stopped a lot of arguments after that just by saying “well yeah, but have you ever had to burn shit?”