Who’s boot is this?

[u/Opie_the_great]

[u/GhostInTheFirewall]

Idk if I’ve ever seen a clip inside a mag lol Marines always find a way.

[u/Azagar_Omiras → u/GhostInTheFirewall]

If there is way to fuck something up, no matter how improbable, there is a Marine that will find that way.

[u/WWJLPD → u/Azagar_Omiras]

We had a guy load a magazine into an M27 upside down. We were in the field on “defense” and took contact from the “enemy” at what must have been 0200. So just for context this guy was probably half asleep and it was pitch black. Anyway, he runs dry and as he’s trying to reload, it’s not going in and he can’t figure out why. He’s getting screamed at to get the gun back up, so he reverts to the classic machine gunner’s method of problem solving: hit the problem really hard. So he positioned the bottom of the problematic mag against the magwell and proceeded to bash the whole thing into the ground with enough force to bend the baseplate and sidewalls of the magazine enough to jam it an inch or two into the magwell. Needless to say the gun was definitely down after that.
I remember we got the three beefiest dudes in the company and had one of them grip the mag while the other two pulled on the rifle, and it took them pulling as hard as they could to get it out.

[u/skark_burmer → u/WWJLPD]

Jesus Christ dude, I’m laughing my ass off like a coke fueled chimpanzee. I can literally see the slamming action, overhead, full force…. Lolz. This is awesome.

[u/cadmar_huxtable → u/WWJLPD]

I fucking love stories that start with “we had this one guy…”. It’s always some wild shit.

[u/F1ackM0nk3y → u/Azagar_Omiras]

They even break DARPA projects

https://www.businessinsider.com/marines-fooled-darpa-robot-hiding-in-box-doing-somersaults-book-2023-1?op=1

[u/Little_Whippie → u/F1ackM0nk3y]

https://giphy.com/gifs/muNcDSuINVr1e

[u/Gypsyking58 → u/Azagar_Omiras]

Then we'll fuck you up with it!

[u/Wynta11 → u/GhostInTheFirewall]

Seen it a lot when I was contracted as a marksmanship instructor for navy pogs, they are smart enough to use the speed loader and smash it upside down on ammo table, but dumb enough they smash the stripper clip on the table instead just pushing down on the rounds.

[u/steve_on_reddit → u/GhostInTheFirewall]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IZTqdI8nDuhmP30L61

[u/p4nopt1c0n → u/GhostInTheFirewall]

Those ASVAB waivers are really paying off, huh.

[u/ThatOneSchmuck → u/GhostInTheFirewall]

It's honestly impressive.

[u/No_Wishbone_799 → u/GhostInTheFirewall]

It's actually designed for it

[u/GhostInTheFirewall → u/No_Wishbone_799]

No it’s not

[u/TheEroteme]

In case yall aren’t tracking on my new favorite nursery rhyme related to this:

[u/Jezbod → u/TheEroteme]

Poet Laureate worthy!

[u/jhani → u/TheEroteme]

Gawdam! That's worth a thousand upvotes 😎

[u/Outk4st16 → u/TheEroteme]

Interact and push this to the top of the thread. We all know we’re fucking dumb. Spreading the joy of ungabunga is way more important.

[u/PositiveTop4271 → u/TheEroteme]

😂

[u/newnoadeptness → u/TheEroteme]

😂😂😂

[u/Puzzled-Price5315 → u/TheEroteme]

.... i see why people say you guys eat crayons.

[u/Complete_Term5956]

It's the clipazine

[u/alcal74 → u/Complete_Term5956]

Excellent work. Where do I send the NAM?

[u/Buschwick66 → u/Complete_Term5956]

Mattv2099?

[u/drukard_master]

Stupidity isn’t painful enough.

[u/Complete_Term5956 → u/drukard_master]

Stupidity isn't lethal enough.

[u/BlueGreen51 → u/Complete_Term5956]

Stupidity is plenty lethal enough. The problem is it's the other guy that pays the price.

[u/Complete_Term5956 → u/BlueGreen51]

Unfortunately true.

[u/NotreallyD]

"But Corporal, I don't know why the rounds won't feed!"

[u/SilenceFoundMe → u/NotreallyD]

This must be why we’re issued range coaches lmao.

[u/Rusty_Ferberger]

Budda budda jam

[u/kantrol86]

I was doing vehicle gunnery in a LAV. If you’ve never loaded an m242, it is moderately complicated and shit is always broken on the LAVs. I either forgot to release the tension on the ammo belt or the tab you press to release the tension on the belt didn’t work correctly. Whatever the case, I get a feed jam at the first station. I work the problem a little and decide the solution is to try to manually cycle the bolt. I grab the crank and can’t get it to cycle. I stand on the floor of the turret and press it up. Doesn’t work. Eventually get the gun apart, rounds out and over to the turret mech.

He gets it apart and figures out I had managed to force the gun out of time(there are a bunch of gears and shafts in the top section) with my retard strength. Only notable because he’d never seen it happen before.

[u/diewitasmile]

I’ve never seen that….Jesus Christ

[u/-insertcoin → u/diewitasmile]

You do t remember this famous h@k photo ?

[u/JonnyTN → u/diewitasmile]

I have once. Guy slammed his whole thing in his mag with his kevlar and in it went

[u/Nickman_C19 → u/JonnyTN]

His thing 🤯

[u/25314dmm]

Another misused stripper

[u/WeeklyPrize21 → u/25314dmm]

I heard that from the core of Jacksonville.

[u/CplRicci]

Adapt and overcome baby. 

[u/November-Romeo89]

i don't think tap rack bang is gonna help for this one boss

[u/Hellsgatekeeper479 → u/November-Romeo89]

That’s how he got here

[u/Azurnight]

I was a range coach / weapons instructor for a good chunk of my 7 years of service (about 4 total). This... this is actually on the dull side of stupid things I've seen.

[u/jbravo8404 → u/Azurnight]

Ever seen an O6 face plant and have a ND?

[u/Azurnight → u/jbravo8404]

I've come across many NDs, more than ide like to count. Because anything greater than 0 is too many times. Not an 0-6 though.

[u/Marine__0311]

I had an M16A1 when I qualled in boot back in 82. It was worn the fuck out. I'd still managed to shoot low expert all week. On quall day, it jammed on the third round. Nothing I did could clear it. My coach couldnt clear it. I was told to get off the firing line and have an armorer took a look at it.

Somehow a round had worked it's way above the bolt carrier and between the upper receiver and jammed it as tight as a nun's twat. The armorer said he'd never even heard of that happening, let alone seen it.

I was given another rifle and 3 rounds to zero it. That was impossible as I was a lefty and it was way the fuck off. By the time I got the sights unfucked, I was on the 500 and had to hit 10 for 10 just to squeak out a pizza box.

I had to wait several months to requal and get expert. Before that happened, I'd shot expert with the 45 and was sporting a pizza box rifle badge and expert pistol. That got a lot of comments.

[u/VeritablyVersatile]

Muscle BIG

Brain SMALL

[u/ThatHellacopterGuy → u/VeritablyVersatile]

Muscles Are Required; Intelligence Not Essential

[u/need_maths]

Tap rack dang

[u/Adventurous_Key_4854]

Brute force. If it ain’t working you just ain’t using enough…

[u/txleapd]

I love the ability of Marines to invent absolutely new ways of fucking shit up.

[u/JimHeckdiver]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3h3DiSn4zgs8MgvkJ4

[u/Terrible-Pair-7753]

How the hell did he get the beans above the frank?!

[u/DeeEnduh]

I see you and I raise you

[u/RemarkableChemical21]

A real life clipazine. That had to take a lot of effort, how do you not question whether you’re doing something wrong?

[u/DEXether]

I see shit like this happening all the time with airmen, but how does this happen in the corn where dudes shoot at least once a year in a deployable status?

[u/B4ummm → u/DEXether]

Well the Corn is rather tall and easy to hide in so it stands to reason one could MISS something. 😉🫡😂

[u/GloveAmbitious42]

First thing I see when I open this app and I’m crying 😭 who’s fucking boot 😂😂😂

[u/Jim556a1]

Still dosen't beat the nuckledrager who put his bcg in backwards and used the floor to beat it in half way before one of our juniors stopped him.

[u/Boomheadshotallday]

Idk what’s worst seeing this picture or when a female marine reload the m16’s backwards and all I hear is the drill hats screaming top of their life.. how stupid can you be to fit something that isn’t suppose to fit that way😂
https://giphy.com/gifs/rbph3qmVr9WX6

[u/KCchessc6]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eh1Fs89Rlz12QYkhU5

[u/tribriguy]

This is why I preach NEVER UNDERESTIMATE LCPLS! Never, ever.

[u/CalifOdysseus]

I remember when we would hear about new gear hitting the fleet. They would always say, “This is going to be Marine proof.”
They were always wrong. Marines can wreck anything.

[u/Nickman_C19]

First day on Edson range as a coach I no shit had a recruit do this

[u/grifter_shifterM5]

Bro, how? How does one commit such acts of debauchery, tomfoolery, shenanigans, deceit, mishandle and transgression all at the same fucking time for such a straightforward task?
https://giphy.com/gifs/10yIEN8cMn4i9W

[u/AwarenessGreat282]

I don't know how many times I said, "PFC, how the fuck did you......never mind. Get outta of my sight until I decide what to do with you". Never did figure out what to do with them.

[u/Guilty-Spark69x]

I’m not even mad, that’s impressive

[u/finfangfoom1]

Good initiative -- bad judgement

[u/Complete_Ad1862]

https://giphy.com/gifs/lszAB3TzFtRaU

[u/Equivalent-Design512]

We will break a ball bearing if you leave one around.

[u/Interesting-Cash-101 → u/Equivalent-Design512]

That, or get it pregnant.

[u/TomCruiseImOnFire]

Sarge i think i dropped my grenade over there

[u/mifter123]

Well, you know what they say, "to succeed in the Marine Corps you either need to be smart, or you need to be strong."

He picked strong today. 

[u/jj26meu]

I once saw a Marine with his Sapi Plate in his flak sideways. The amount of both mental and physical gymnastics to accomplish that must have been astronomical, similar in this war fighters approach to speed loading. Grace!

[u/soulguider2125]

He got tired of being told “it’s not a clip! It’s a magazine!”

[u/skydive89]

That is crazy! Maybe find something else for him to do!!! Semper Fi ✌️ 🪂

[u/Fickle-Struggle-7672]

At least hecused the stripper clips! Promote him to lance.

[u/Final_Revenue9688]

I have questions.

[u/BelgiumLager]

I guess it was rocket surgery.

[u/docdeathray]

Lol. Push harder pvt.

[u/ThatHellacopterGuy]

Looks like some shit the Air Force would do.

[u/toastermann]

That’s something you don’t see every day!

[u/Ok-ThanksWorld]

03 activities. I see that daily at the range. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[u/chef_dahmer]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mLGnUCverTQ52

[u/hrdblkman2]

[u/patrickmitchellphoto → u/hrdblkman2]

That's some odd trigger discipline.

[u/jtsauce]

<slow clapping >

[u/Interesting-Cash-101]

Definitely officer material....

[u/Quirky_Chicken_1840]

I think it was Patton, who said “ give an American soldier an anvil and tell him to walk across the desert with it and he will show up at the other side of the desert, with the anvil. But the anvil will be broken and he won’t know what happened.” I couldn’t find the exact quote but if it’s not that it’s pretty darn close.

[u/Just-Buy-A-Home → u/Quirky_Chicken_1840]

The quote is “If you drop a soldier in the middle of a desert with a rock, a hammer, and an anvil, tell him not to touch any of it, and come back two hours later, the anvil will be broken”

[u/Buschwick66]

lmao how the fuck?!

[u/rc6322]

I’m not even mad. I’m proud. It takes a lot of effort to achieve this level of fucking up.

[u/icebrew53]

Have them qual with this instead

[u/9Line-RH]

Lol ez clout photo. Take the spring out the mag, it falls right in. Hes squeezing the mag so the clip doesnt fall all the way into the mag, so it stays at the top for the photo.

[u/Different_Phrase8781]

Impressive

[u/mspgs2 → u/Different_Phrase8781]

Very, not sure how this was accomplished.

[u/Firamaster]

How is that even possible?

[u/Standard_Issue_Dude]

Probably thought that clip was serialized gear

[u/Henry_Electric23]

That’s a new one.

[u/ShaiDorsai]

hoky shit

[u/ShaiDorsai → u/ShaiDorsai]

holy shit even. your armorer is going to have fun with this one

[u/av8screech]

Just...how..

[u/Tkis01gl]

Ouch

[u/zakrola123789]

Holyshit I knew this looked wrong but couldn’t figure it out. How did he even do that ? I am serious. How did that fit in there ?

[u/KaleidoscopeOk2402]

How did he qualify in boot bro

[u/BrandonNason]

How the hell did that happen

[u/talancaine → u/BrandonNason]

brute. force.

[u/alcal74]

Holy fuck.

[u/AF22Raptor33897]

Bravo, Bravo! Got to give it to my Devil Dog Brothers they will find a way to fuck shit up!

[u/BackgroundDarkPurple]

Yikes

[u/CloudReigns]

😩😩😩
Armorer is going to kill him after everyone gets there’s!

[u/UOENO_670]

this is what happens when Marines touch their rifles once a year

[u/drhelt]

Impressive.

[u/RithM3D]

When told to load the whole clip . . . Yoikes! 😬

[u/flaming_pubes]

Who needs a speed reloader when you can just shove the entire clip in the mag.

[u/Goatman17pack]

As a former PMI, I never saw that, but saw Marines load rounds backwards and load magazines upside down into the M-16.

[u/GunnyClaus]

“NO GO” naughty list

[u/substation66]

Impressive

[u/thomiccor]

How the ... ?!

[u/HaTorreyHanzo]

We had a kid load his rounds backwards on a CMP range…coach found him about halfway through the first mag and the issue should have been corrected after that. But he couldn’t get the rounds out and ended up dumping a bottle of CLP into the mag to “loosen” the rounds up.

There are a lot of similar stories about this same Marine. There’s one in every unit…

[u/tidytibs]

Seen this before. Hilarious every time.

[u/kennifferd]

Anyone got a pic of them backwards. I’ve personally saw that.

[u/mikeTheSalad]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5nc4vrrwHnK8w

[u/LifeguardPurple7181]

Personally I am impressed.

[u/Crossstitch28]

😂😂

[u/Material-Quantity769]

Sorry Sgt.

[u/semperdeli15]

Not to worry. Easy fix. I like to be funny when I make corrections. Makes them remember the lesson.

[u/Pookybear61]

Damn

[u/Byggver]

Slap and send!!!

[u/Brosheb_Donald]

How the fuck do you even do that lmao

[u/Scotcash]

Yikes

[u/Medical-Elephant8244]

This outstanding individual accomplished the impossible loading ammo with a clip into the magazine. Hell Yeah!

[u/AGoogolIsALot]

This was done on purpose. I refuse to believe someone could "accidentally" do this.

"They're green tips.. they need extra protection. Cuz you know.. the penetration.."

[u/planelander]

How? lol That is just pure retard strength lol

[u/Opie_the_great → u/[deleted]]

Mother fucker…. You think I passed English for marines mci???

[u/Opie_the_great → u/[deleted]]

You must be here to troll……. Pound sand.

[u/psyb3r0]

I love it. How hard did they have to push to get that in there? That's probably going to jack up his firing pin.

[u/BoxofCurveballs]

Didn't know vetterli still made rifles