Boat Wrap

I am currently in the Marine corps. For some reason the senior drill instructor took an instant dislike to me, and has been making my life a living hell. I'm a little on the heavy side and I have a pretty hard time with the exercises. Whenever I screw up the drill sergeant is all over me. He gave me a demeaning nickname I would rather not mention and he keeps making comments about how fat and useless I am. I tried to just stick it out until the day he found a jelly dougnut in my footlocker. He used that as an excuse to turn the other recruits against me. Whenever I screwed up during a drill, instead of punishing me, he punished all of THEM. This went on for a while before the others came after me. They snuck up next to my bed in the middle of the night, wrapped me in a blanket so I couldnt move, gagged me, and beat me with towels filled with bars of soap. I just don't know what to do anymore… If this keeps up I might just snap. Anybody have any ideas on what I should do?
Many of you are asking how I have access to the internet from boot camp. Well ladies and gentlemen of thi supposed answer site, I have one final thing I want you to consider: this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee — an eight foot tall Wookiee — want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!
Look at me, I'm a fat marine being picked on in boot camp by a sadistic drill sergeant, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. And while you are answering this question, wondering "How is he online?" remember: If chewbacca lives on endor, you must acquit!
I hope this clarifies
Nice response "awood." Stop wasting your time? You are sitting around on f***ing yahoo answers. Clearly you are capable of wasting your own time, idiot.

Take your M14 into the head, Load it, perform some rifle manual Scream your Rifleman's creed, wait for your DI, blow him away when he arrives, then scare the shit out of the guy on fire watch before blowing your brains out. That should solve your problems.

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A young man was lost wandering in a forest, when he came upon a small house. He knocked on the door and was greeted by a very old Chinese man with a long, grey beard.

"I'm lost," said the man. "Can you put me up for the night?"

"Certainly," the Chinese man said, "but on one condition. If you so much as lay a finger on my daughter, I will inflict upon you the three worst Chinese tortures known to man."

"Ok," said the man, thinking that the daughter must be pretty old given her father's age, and entered the house. Before dinner, the daughter came down the stairs. She was young, beautiful, and had a fantastic figure. She was obviously attracted to the young man since she couldn't keep her eyes off him during the meal.

Remembering the old man's warning, he ignored her and went up to bed alone. But during he night, he could bear it no longer, and sneaked into her room for a night of passion. He was careful to keep everything quiet so the old man wouldn't hear. Near dawn he crept back to his room, exhausted, but happy.

He woke to feel a pressure on his chest. Opening his eyes he saw a large rock on his chest with a note on it that read, "Chinese Torture 1: Large rock on chest."

"Well, that's pretty pathetic," he thought. "If that's the best the old man can do then I don't have much to worry about." He picked the large rock, walked over to the window and threw it out. As he did so he noticed another note on it that read: "Chinese Torture 2: Rock tied to left testicle." In a panic he glanced down and saw the rope was already getting close to the end. Figuring that a few broken bones was better than castration, he jumped out of the window after the boulder. As he plummeted downward he saw a large sign on the ground that read, "Chinese Torture 3: Right testicle tied to bedpost."

Ron was in big trouble with his wife. He forgot his wedding anniversary. Naturally his wife was livid. She told him, "Tomorrow morning I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in less then 6 seconds!! AND IT BETTER BE THERE!!"

The next morning Ron got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway.

Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, and brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.

Ron has been missing since Friday.

The Pentagon recently found it had too many generals and offered an early retirement bonus. They promised any general who retired straight away his full annual benefits plus $10,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any two parts of the general's body, with the general getting to select any pair of points he wished.

The first man, an Air Force general, accepted. He asked the pension man to measure from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. Six feet. He walked out with a check of $720,000.

The second man, an Army general, asked them to measure from the tip of his outstretched hands to his toes. Eight feet. He walked out with a check for $960,000.

When the third general, a grizzled old Marine, was asked where to measure, he told the pension man … "From the tip of my penis to the bottom of my testicles."

The pension man suggested that perhaps the Marine general might like to reconsider, pointing out the nice checks the previous two generals had received. The Marine insisted and the pension expert said that would be fine, but that he'd better get the medical officer to do the measuring.

The medical officer attended and asked the general to drop the pants. He did. The medical officer placed the tape on the tip of the general's penis and began to work back. "My God!" he said. "Where are your testicles?"

The general replied, "In Vietnam."

nice, star

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Lol, I hope my subject wrapped it up. First of all I'm currently 3 months pregnant, (prior service Marine Corps) and my husband will be deploying to Iraq in early May (515th Sappers -Army-) when I'm about 5 months pregnant. I was just wondering if it would be at all possible (or even likely) for my husband to obtain some form of leave around the time the baby is born in late August. Clearly, there is no way to know "When" the baby will come so I was thinking of looking into getting a scheduled induction. But I won't bother if its not likey that he'll be able to make it for the birth. Can anyone help me out here with a more assured answer as opposed to just a guess?

I've just been so stressed thinking about it. We live about 2,000 miles away from family and neither of our parents will be able to take time off work (or would be able to afford) to come out here for the birth… I'm just starting to think that I'm going to be in L&D alone with nothing more than a wedding ring, and my doc
Just and FyI current Army deployments to Iraq are 15 month tours

I spent five years in the Navy and had friends deployed to Iraq with the Army under individual augmentee status. One of my friends had a pregnant wife and unfortunatly, they would not let him come home. I would call the Ombudsman (Navy/Marine Corps) or squadron dependant liason, they should be able to help you get answers to your questions.

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Hector lives in a wooden shack on the outskirts of Juarez, Mexico,
four miles from the town of El Paso, Texas. He drives an old, blue and
rusty Chevrolet pick-up truck that looks like many other old blue and
rusty Chevrolet pick-up trucks in Mexico. You'll see Hector wearing
faded blue jeans and a long sleeve blue work shirt. Both are dirty and
frayed. His straw hat was once white, but now a dark beige with
several sweat-stain hatband rings. Mr. Lopez is a small man, 5'6" in
height and weighs 143 pounds. He walks with a slight limp, and holds
his hat in one hand when he bows shyly to say "Si Senor". Hector, like
many Mexican men, has grown a mustache. We see lots of "Hectors"
these days, and we avert our eyes from them because they are, well,
poor.
One morning Hector drives to a desolate spot overlooking the Rio
Grande, River. He walks to the water's edge and looks across the 70
foot wide stream, enters the river and dog-paddles across with the end
of a rope in his mouth. Standing on a Texas rancher's soil, and with no
one in sight for miles, Hector pulls the rope which is wrapped-around a
55 gallon drum and easily pulls the floating barrel over to him. He
removes the lid and dumps a 3 foot tall, 88 pound metal object into the
sandy soil at his feet. Using his bare hands, Hector covers the object,
then swims back to the Mexican side of the river, pulling the empty
barrel back with him. He discards the empty drum in an old abandoned
tar paper plant junk yard, and drives to the Avenue of the Americas.
Hector shows the border guard his Matricula Consular ID card, speaks a
few words in Spanish to his fellow Mexican, and drives into the City of El
Paso. Hector eases the old Chevy up Airway Boulevard, turns East on
Montana, and after several miles, turns south on Ranch Road and down
to the Rio Grande, River. He stops hear the spot where he stood an
hour earlier, uncovers the object, and places it on the front passenger
seat of his truck. Hector proceeds to drive up Ranch Road, headed for
the United States Army Post of Fort Bliss.
The "object" Hector has next to him on the front seat is a 2 kiloton
Russian nuclear warhead, stolen (along with 2 others) by a former
Russian rocket-army colonel following the break-up of the Soviet Union.
This particular nuclear device was purchased for 50 million Saudi-Arabia
oil dollars, sent to Mexico by cargo freighter, and off-loaded to a barren
Mexican shoreline onboard a rubber Zodiac boat.
Hector's real name is Mohammed Saad, a Jordanian born former
Fedayheen soldier who killed 67 Israeli's in the Gaza over a period of 18
months. "Mohammed" earned his undergraduate degree in engineering
from Purdue University in Indiana. He speaks 4 languages fluently,
including Spanish, and learned and adopted the shy mannerisms of a
"peon". He is a clever, bloodthirsty killer.
"Hector" (Mohammed) obtained his Matricula Consular card for twenty
five dollars and a forged Catholic Baptismal Certificate. He could use his
Consular card to get an American driver's license in 16 states.
Hector "hung out" in Juarez for 3 weeks, observing, learning
mannerisms and "quirks" of the poor Mexican people while he awaited
the arrival of his bomb on a Cessna 172 single engine airplane that
delivered it on a dirt road close to his shack. The bomb was, like him,
offloaded from an Iberian registered freighter somewhere between
Texas and the Yucatan Penninsula.
Hector's "contact" is an old friend named Bakari Salihan, who lives
extremely well and dresses impeccably as a commercial real-estate
developer in El Paso, Texas. They communicate via small notices in the
Catholic section of the newspaper. Bakari is head of a new Islamic
mosque in El Paso, and gets plenty of cash from The Muslim
Brotherhood to front his efforts for "Allah".

Keep an eye out for Hector and Bakari. They are here.

http://www.focalpointusa.org/meethectorlopez.html

Sorry – you've lost me!

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I am trying to lose weight. I am currently 170lbs and 5'10.

For breakfast I have:

2 eggs, scrambled, plain
8oz fresh-squeezed orange juice
1/4lb fresh strawberries, sliced
8oz milk, skim

For lunch I have:

One (1) apple
One (1) Banana
8oz fresh tomato soup

For dinner I have:

Turkey, provolone cheese, lettuce sandwich on a whole wheat wrap, no mayo, no dressing, no salt, no pepper, no oil, just as described
8oz milk, skim

I also drink 64oz of spring water each day or more, depending on how much I excercise, and snack on only roasted unsalted peanuts and natural fruits.

I run 1-1.5 miles per day, use a tread climber for 15mins on level 5 (out of 10) difficulty non-stop, and use a rowing machine (to practice boat rowing) on max difficulty for fifteen minutes non-stop. For those who don't know about the rowing machine, please base your answers off of the other excercises.

I'm also a college student and walk to all classes (about 1mi total per day). I do 50 pushups & 50 situps daily
EDIT: I change my meals every few days, this is just a sample of what I basically eat.
I know I am at a healthy weight, but my belly/gut is bothering me. I used to be fat, weighing in at 212 pounds and scaling at 5'9". I lost a bunch of weight by just eating healthy foods and not excercising, but I hit my plateau and am beginning to do more cardio-based excercises along with eating healthy to lose weight/build muscle.

its good to eat a variety of food not just this one day program. read tips on healthier eating and exercise programs to better help you on this site

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ABOARD USS RAVEN, At Sea – U.S. Navy mine hunter USS Raven (MHC 61) provided emergency medical assistance to an Iranian-flagged fishing dhow that requested assistance for an injured crew member.

While conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 13, the dhow altered its course and headed toward Raven’s vicinity.

Raven crew members noticed the dhow’s crew was topside frantically trying to signal the ship. A Raven crew member reported that a fisherman was waving a T-shirt and another was cradling an unconscious man in his arms.

“To see the dhow alter its course in order to try and intercept our ship made me a little apprehensive,” said Lt. Cmdr. Todd Braynard, Raven’s commanding officer. “But once I got to the bridge and saw them waving and carrying the injured crewman up from below decks, I realized they really needed our assistance.”

Raven dispatched a boarding team that included Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Amanda Powell, the ships’ independent duty corpsman (IDC). They arrived at the dhow via Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) and were led aboard by the boarding officer, Ensign Andrew Serfass.

Although she was unsure what to expect aboard the vessel, Powell said she felt an urgency to help. “I was fairly apprehensive about boarding the Iranian vessel,” she said. “But the need to help far outweighed the apprehension I felt.”

Once aboard, Powell diagnosed the unconscious fisherman with a severe case of dehydration and reported that his kidneys were possibly to the point of failure.

The corpsman quickly administered an IV of saline. Shortly there after, the fisherman regained consciousness and eventually sat up and drank water on his own.

“Bottom line, my independent duty corpsman saved the crewman’s life,” said Braynard. “A few more hours and his kidneys would have shut down.”

While aboard, the IDC also noticed that several of the crew members were suffering from various maladies including abrasions on their arms and legs and another complained of a headache. The corpsman applied iodine to the wounds and wrapped them with bandages. She also provided aspirin to help with the headache.

“Once the crew saw that I was there to help, they were very receptive to my aid,” said Powell.

The IDC also noticed that the dhow’s other eight crew members were in various stages of dehydration. Additionally, the boarding officer reported that the dhow was critically low in potable water, and the ship’s master stated that the vessel was still several days away from port.

To assist, Raven transferred 200 gallons of potable water to the dhow’s tanks and provided 10 cases of bottled water. The crew members were very cooperative and extremely appreciative of the assistance. The dhow’s master even offered the boarding officer two large mackerel as a gift for the much-needed help.

“You never grow tired of doing this part of the job; helping people who really need it,” said Braynard. “Helping people who need it, regardless of nationality or political differences, it makes our crew feel good about the job they did today.”

Powell agrees with that sentiment. “It makes me feel very good to help someone and even possibly save their life,” she said. “This is what I’m trained for and it feels good to be able to use that training to help others.”

Raven, an Osprey-class coastal mine hunter, is forward deployed to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain and conducts MSO as part of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 55.

MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment, as well as complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. These operations deny international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material.
OK this story wasn't even on conservative FOX News. I got it through a well respected milblogger who got it direct from NAVCENT.
To my knowledge this hasn't yet been run by Any media.
FURTHER UPDATE FOR THOSE SAYING "NOT NEWSWORTHY": Under ordinary circumstances Yes I see what you are saying. Prior to Desert Storm and between Desert Storm and The 2003 invasion. yes. this is just routine, Sailors doing their jobs and all that. But with all the ANTI MILITARY and ANTI ADMINISTRATION reports going on, with all the media refering to our Marines and murderer and America as the real terrorists. and we are there as occcucpiers. etc.. it is THESE stories that are the counterpoint. the truth to their lies. yet they aren't "newsworthy"?!?! of course they arent newsworthy, how dare they actually show our men and women actually doing something GOOD instead of trying ALL of them in the court of public opinion on things like Haditha and Abu Grhaib.

What a great story! Thank you for sharing that – the drive by media have their own agenda – and they love to villify our troops and Commander-in-Chief. So you have to find alternative sources to the mainstream media – the internet, talk radio, Fox News, Blogs, etc.

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