American media’s obsession with portraying Marines as some kind of elite soldier is fucking hilarious to me after reading Generation Kill and learning they’re just drunk frat boys given guns and told to kill
They’re possibly the least glamorous soldiers anywhere
You’d think the myth would’ve been shattered after seeing a mentally disturbed trainee becoming the Perfect Marine and shooting his drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket
American media’s obsession with portraying Marines as some kind of elite soldier is fucking hilarious to me after reading Generation Kill and learning they’re just drunk frat boys given guns and told to kill
They’re possibly the least glamorous soldiers anywhere
You’d think the myth would’ve been shattered after seeing a mentally disturbed trainee becoming the Perfect Marine and shooting his drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket