Confused Marine debuts hybrid service uniform
Below is a picture of the United States Marine Corps Service C (left) and A (right) uniforms. The Service C uniform, dubbed “Charlies” or “Chucks” is authorized for leave and liberty and is most commonly worn by drill instructors during the summer months for days such as Family Day, graduation, and Sundays and holidays. The Service A uniform, “Alphas,” is also authorized for leave and liberty but is required when checking into a new duty stations ashore.
Apparently, some new Marines didn’t get the memo.
This Marine was checking into MCAS Miramar with a mixture of Service A and Service C Marine Corps uniforms, affectionately coined CHALFAS. The Marine reported to his new unit with a crinkled short sleeve Charlie shirt, chipped, unserviceable collar emblems upside down, no tie and tie clasp, no shooting badge, no belt, belt loop or belt buckle, and wearing white socks.
This is a pretty popular picture circulating around Parris Island, with every drill instructor pointing fingers at the next one saying “He came from your platoon!” It’s an entertaining piece for sure.
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WTF? Seriously? What was he thinking? Maybe he lost everything he was missing in transit? I wonder what was going through his mind right before he walked into his new duty station…You know…the only person to blame for this is the person that checked in with him. Wow…
Was he high? Seriously. He must’ve been.
He was trying to start a new trend with the “Chalfas”, i mean it looks pretty cool, loose, comfy, chillaxed lol…
Maybe, he was still hungover…but give credit where credit is due .. he did report to his duty station.
Once, when my ship was in Canada, we were the last USN ship to leave port.. A young Marine, raced up in civilian attire and reported he had missed his ship’s movement – We took him abroad and dressed him in dungrees and the next day returned him to his unit via helo – - There were 6 Gunnys waiting for him..
The recruits are inspected in Alphas the week prior to graduation. I don’t know how in the hell they screw it up so bad.
This guys went to his new unite from MOS. he went to school at Camp Johnson in NC. He’s a Mech 3521 and he was the scribe for AMOC 13. I know cuz i was AMOC 11 (two classes before him). When I saw this picture here in Japan; I flipped out as i cracked down laughing. And to this day i can’t believe it. Either way, I know he got checked because its a requirement, so my guess is that he lost everything on his 10-20 day leave transition.
Unacceptable but shit happens. I just can’t believe he couldn’t ask for help.
Reminds me of a knucklehead I went to bootcamp with. He checked into SOI East with a set of Alphas with cover, tie, and belt missing. Additionaly he brought one set of cammies and left the rest of his uniforms at home. It was a bad day for him. Come to think about it he was a meritorious PFC (squad leader in boot camp) got out after 4 years still a PFC…….Bottom line no matter what they accomplish in boot camp some guys just don’t get it.
On another topic, Jayme have you heard where Coleman was posted?
Reminds me of some isnspections PFC Kohler stood!
You always had a squared away uniform,it must have been Lodes I was thinking of. Was I not wearing the prescribed gear, I also had my weapon both of them ? Setting the example right?
Hey are you heading this way anytime soon?
Its unprofessional as a leader to allow a photo like this to leak to the general public. What kind of an example do you set when you embarrass a soldier or marine by leaking a photo out for public ridicule rather than take the time to correct the Marine’s deficiency on the spot and notify his NCO’s of the deficiency?
“This is a pretty popular picture circulating around Parris Island, with every drill instructor pointing fingers at the next one saying “He came from your platoon!” Bottom line is this kid is busted, meaning he’s screwed up. If you see him, pop him in the mouth.”
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That last bit is also unprofessional as well
I think its pretty unprofessional to wear such a jacked up uniform, its defacing what the Marine Corps stands for. He deserves to be humiliated, and who cares if the picture circulates, his face isn’t in it, for all we know it could be the Commandant playing dress up.
That’s what I’ve been trying to say!
Dave is my hero! not really. And to add to his previous statement……………….. Hey he must of been one of yours Kohler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Are you kidding me? Are you sure this is really a Marine? I can’t imagine anyone leaving Parris Island looking like that, what is this guy Hollywood or something??
I’ve served with many P.I. Marines and I know that only this kind of turd comes from “that” part of our corps. We’re Hollywood Marines because we are what the legends are made of.
HA! I’m a west coast Marine too. We’re all turds and we’re all studs.
When I checked in to MCT there was an S-bag checking in in Dress Blue “Delta’s.” Wow, they tore that guy up all they thru the 3 weeks or whatever it was.
I as a 30 year spit and polish or as the young marines would say lifer his uniform was just unsat he should have recived office hours for reporting to duty out of uniform. We are called the Presidents own For a reason Beacuse our uniforms we wear with pride day in and day out put his ass on the quater deck
I was lucky enough to get my “time” messed with as a young Marine if I got retarded. Office hours don’t mean much anymore because such a small percentage of Marines stay in long enough for it to affect them.
NJPs are like “time-outs” to young Marines.
You are a true man !!!
How I envy you!! I’m a Senior Three student in China.Many of my classmates regard Marines as heroes.They look forward to joining Marine.We have been fed up with the socialists.Once all of us are ambitious to serve our country,but now,we are asked to serve the Communist Party.Maybe I can never be a Marine,I will be a freedom fighter forever.
We’re always looking for a few good men!
I think I will be a member of them! Believe me,Sir. Semper Fi !!
Atleast he wasn’t UA
ha you all are funny and you all shoudnt be talking if you dont even know the story behind it
yup thats right there is a story its called bad leadership in the marine corps
you think this marine didnt know it was wrong?
he did
but JRC thinks they are a bunch of DI’s
BITCH your ADMIN get that??????
yeah bet you didnt know that huh?
Yes he is a Marine but its funny reading every thing about the picture and no one knows the story about why he was dressed like that.
1. Sometimes when new Marines come in at the air port from their school a lot of Marines that been in likes to mess with the new marines telling them they don’t have to be in uniform when they check in or they have to be in a different uniform.
2. When this Marine was checking in to Miramar the shuttle dropped him off at the PMO gate and PMO was messing with him more telling him he has to be in this uniform but mixing up his uniform and he didn’t know what to do because we all know newly young Marines won’t open their mouth about anything to an NCO when they’re scared because holy shit its an NCO I better do what he says because he knows better and do what hes told like a good Marine he is.
3. The only reason why I know all of this is because he was my Marine yeah it was all funny when I got an e-mail showing me this picture well not this one but the whole picture that didn’t cut off is head or cut most of the back ground out of it. And I remembered what I said to all of the other Corporals I work with was “Damn I feel sorry for his NCOs when he shows up”. and not even 30 seconds later my Gunny tells me go pick up our new Marines from the duty sure enough when I get to the duty I looked over and there he was I knew he was mine and I told my self “shit I just jinxed my self son of a bitch”. So I went to correct his ass and talk to him about what the hell was he thinking so he told me his story bring him back to our shop and thanks to him I got my ass handed to me because he looked like a bag of ass and from two weeks after things actually started to look a lot better for him and the other Marine he came with too which looked like a bag of ass as well but not as bad as he did.
Its a shame there are ass monkeys out there giving bum scoop to new Marines. It just makes everybody look bad. On the other hand, when these kids leave boot camp we make it VERY clear what uniform they should be reporting in. This kid had a bad case of dumbass with a sprinkle of outside influence.
SIX Gunnys? Must’ve been a boring day for them to wait around for some turd…
His unit was aboard an LPD – The Gunnys were waiting just forward of the flight deck. They only had to wait a few minutes.
Yeah, nobody checks in alone anymore. Some BUDDY f**ked him.
I doubt it was a case of not knowing. Uniform regs are stressed throughout recruit training. I believe he probably thought it wasn’t a big deal.
I remember having my shooting badges switched when I reported to MSG school. Luckily somebody caught me in the door as I was heading in and let me know. I pulled my pistol badge off, recentered my rifle badge, and reported without it.
Coleman emailed me 21 May. He’s in Quito, Ecuador. We know how he likes those brown girls…
Oh, I am sure he knew what was correct. I am just kind of surprised he attempted it is all.
OORAH, GySgt! This is PFC Davis from 1001. I hope everythings been well on your side. I seen the picture n that guy is JACKED-UP. That’s a disgrace to all PFCs of the corps. I’ve never seen such, it’s like shit bag at it’s finest (or worse to be exact). I should be graduating from MATSG-21 as an aviation electrician around the end of July. The wife n son are fine n everything’s going fine. Hope to see you in the fleet. Semper Fi!
Good to hear everything is going well. That young Pfc probably didn’t have a kick ass Senior Drill Instructor like you did.
Ah HELLZ no! Now you’re getting personal, so I might have to go ‘crusty Gunny’ on your ass. Believe me, I learned from the best!
The day I checked in to the platoon you chewed my ass for being lackadaisical in the AASBn grad. You said “You think you’re better than everybody else because you have a college degree.” Then pulled my punk card a year later and snatched me for the company office.
But you NEVER mentioned my uniform!
And speaking of uniforms, where is it authorized to wear kevlar, flak jacket, boots, and a roll of duct tape?
“Leak” a photo to the general public? This kid was OUT IN PUBLIC, embarrassing the Marine Corps. Photo leaking happens at GITMO.
Embarrassment works wonder for correction. Believe me, he was corrected as soon as he stepped through the hatch. He was instructed how to wear the uniform and remediated in recruit training, and STILL showed up looking like garbage.
Are we going down the road of a kinder, gentler, “how to YOU feel, young Private” kind of military? You don’t breed killers by asking opinions at their level.
Fear not, Dave. This photo won’t affect a single thing in the Marine’s career (even if he stays in for the long haul). He was simply being publicly retarded and got busted. I can’t speak for the pics with the transvestite hooker though…
This is what we do; old Marines, young Marines, Drill Instructors, recruits, etc. etc. We laugh at each other. We laugh WITH each other. We learn from other’s mistakes. We. Are. Public. Yet the Corps is the most mysterious branch of service in America. We don’t hide or keep secrets.
My very own former recruits have commented on this page. To us, it’s entertainment with a built in lesson learned. To the outsiders, I understand it looks cruel and unnecessary.
Maybe we should be embarrassing other public figures to correct deficiencies? Because it works wonders on Marines.
That was sarcasm. I don’t actually want anyone to pop him in the mouth (but a bitch slap would suffice).
Thanks for reading, by the way. Don’t stop. Eventually you’ll figure out my sense of humor. (I’m a lover, not a fighter.)
Im not trying to make anything “gentler and kinder”. I’m saying all that should of happened was the chewing at the door when he stepped in and one from his NCO chain and leave it at that.The rest was unnecessary. They should have at least blurred his identity out if they were going to distribute the photo. This photo could cause problems later in life if this guy gets out of the service.
Regardless, I, trapped in the driver’s station and FORCED to watch, was mentally scarred for life. It felt like I was in some weird fetish film.
I haven’t had leave since Jan ’08. Things got screwed up out of DI School, then by the time it was fixed I started shooting with the PI team during breaks between cycles.
I’ve got three days the end of June for a wedding in Cali, but only a week between my next two cycles at the end of the year. I don’t see myself being able to take leave until then.
When I finally DO take leave, I still don’t have a damn plan.
Eat a dick. YOU emailed me the damn thing, saying he was Alpha. I think I saw him outside the Quebec sqadbays on grad morning in white skivvie shirt, pt shorts, and coreframs. Yup, probably your turd I bet. You were just trying to get the jump on finger pointing.
I agree, more like he sold his own out to further his own amusement.
It IS tough to believe, but being with recruits will teach you that they are capable of screwing up anything. You can look at it two ways:
1. Recruits are just young Marines waiting to be trained or
2. Young Marines are just recruits who left boot camp.
Either way, us salty dogs know it takes more than walking across the parade deck to be a Marine to the core. It took me a few years.
Let;s just hope the little turd gets back on the path to greatness.
Well said, Gunny. That picture made the rounds on the air station as well. Good learning tool and I hope you share it with your next cycle.
BTW, found you on Twitter using the nearby tweets function from my Palm Pre’s twitter client. I’ll follow you and add you to my milblog feed in Google Reader. I’m @artitumis on Twitter.