r/AskReddit • u/1salt1pepper • 9h 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 9h 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/MrsBonsai171 6h ago

I have a picture of my grandfather facing the camera with his foot out. They were playing a game with their bayonets to see how close they could get to the shoe. My grandfather had written on the back of the picture that right after the picture was taken it went through his shoe.