Fleet Marine Life #75 – Hypocrite
I knew a Marine in my platoon who drove slightly buzzed into the base entrance. He smelled like alcohol and was given a sobriety test. He passed that. But he failed the breathalyzer with a less than 1 percent blood to alcohol level.
We get a safety brief every Friday telling us not to drink and drive and all that crap. But they failed to mention that even the slightest bit of alcohol in your system will get you a DUI on base.
That Marine felt fine, almost unaffected. Even then, driving shortly after drinking at least one beer is a bad decision no matter how good you feel. He did it anyways, got caught, got NJP’d and then busted down to Private First Class.
A few months later, a Staff NCO in our company gets a DUI and it gets swept under the rug. It’s a double standard! I guess it’s different spanks for different ranks. What ever happened to setting the example? A lot of my SNCOs had that “do what I say, not what I do” mentality. Like my Sergeant who yelled at his junior Marines because they were fat. That Sergeant had man titties! I’m talking about the kind where you have to physically lift them up and wipe all the debris that was trapped underneath. It’s fucking hypocrisy.
There’s many examples of hypocrisy in the Corps that I can point out. Just to name a few off the top of my head:
* My old Gunnery Sergeant had an affair with his female Lance Corporal.
* At least half my NCOs had sex with that same female Lance Corporal.
* My Sergeants would always say, “Junior Marines first” but then they were always taking care of themselves first to pretty much everything (chow, awards, comfort, billets, etc).
* A Sergeant of mine criticized me of being a terrible NCO when he couldn’t even pass a PFT. He was also drunk as he yelled this to me.
* That same Sergeant tried to sexually assault a female Marine a few weeks later.
It’s not easy and it’s not hard to “set the example”. It doesn’t take too much effort. But apparently, “setting the example” is not worth the slightest of hardship it would bring to my “leaders.”
Hypocrisy since 1775.
Yep, my gunny gets a DUI, and it’s swept under the rug. i get caught with a civilian chick in my room, they maxed me out and took my drivers license in oki, took one year to get, 13 days to lose.
Oh sgt pounder was a fat fuck that no one likes an I think it was funny how that fatso would skip his fatcamp every day but would dime out every other fat-body
I knew a First Sergeant who got a DUI, he was relocated to fill an IMPORTANT billet. I also knew about a certain commanding general, who retired way earlier than she should have, cough cough WINE IS GOOD WHILE YOU DRIVE.
When I was in Oki, two SNCO’s went out in town (Kinville I think), got into a fight and they got a slap on the wrist. Weeks later a LCpl goes out in town, gets angry and knocks over a plant no bigger than a foot tall in a bar. He got NJP’d and busted down. I absolutely despise highers in the marines. They think they are God but in fact they are no better than con men and are as intelligent as what I flush down the toilet.
NJP’d for knocking a plant down? Give me a break!
The plant was their Christmas tree and it was at most 15 inches tall. He knocked it over and got busted down.
When I was in the Navy back in the 90’s, the XO of my carrier was caught twice for DUI. The first time was by the Master at Arms on base, and of course swept under the rug. The second time was out in town and the local police did not let it slide. Eventually, he was forced to retired as a Captain but he was able to keep his retirement and privileges. However, I’ve seen many lower ranking enlisted (E-6 and below) booted out for one offense of DUI with a complete loss of all their benefits. I guess the saying is true: Different Spanks for Different Ranks.