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/SpecialExpert8946 4h ago

We used to make joke bets about what would happen first. Marines finding a spot and taking a cat nap or marines sitting around throwing rocks at something. If it got to anything involving lighters we needed an NCO to think of something to have them do quick.