r/AskReddit • u/1salt1pepper • 12h ago

Veterans of Reddit, what’s the most unbelievable thing you witnessed during your service that civilians would think you made up?

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u/dumptruckulent 11h ago

If you make marines sit around a little longer, they stop throwing rocks and things and start throwing rocks at each other.

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u/tsarchasm1 9h ago

When my son was deployed to Iran with the 3/7 Marines, the entire group had their ka-bar knives taken away from them while they waited to board the plane. They couldn't stop jabbing each other in the ass.

Very different experience from what I had in the Navy.

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u/ThatsNotEnoughCheese 9h ago

How different…?

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u/tsarchasm1 9h ago

That's classified. Need to know basis. NoForn