1. Brodyssius

    What fucking dumbass posted this? I don’t think General Amos or Colonel Schmitt would approve. I don’t really care, but given the way some people feel about that flag, it wasn’t a particularly wise move to post that picture on the internet.

    13 years ago at 11:00 am
    1. Brahcision maker

      if they feel bad about that flag, fuck them. they need to learn some history if they are offended by the flag.

      13 years ago at 11:03 am
    2. Brahcision maker

      and the “dumbass” that posted this is probably one of the men serving our country. so you can go to hell you sorry piece of shit.

      13 years ago at 11:04 am
    3. Fratdaddy 101

      Get the fuck outta here . Maybe General Amos or Colonel Schmitt would not care for this but you need to realized what we southern gentlemen stand for . You sir are the dumbass.

      13 years ago at 11:09 am
    4. Brolysses S Grant

      Soldiers=awesome, America=awesome, Confederate Flag=stupid. Thanks for your service though, sincerely.

      13 years ago at 1:26 pm
    5. Brodyssius

      Okay you fucking douche bags. You’re welcome to ride the coattails of the liberty that the Marines like myself and those in the picture have helped protect so that you can wear your blazers and your fucking khakis while spending your parent’s money and living in a dream that you’re going to leave college with shitty grades and walk into a six figure job. It’s cool.

      JPHaze, shut the fuck up. You’re either a poser with grand visions of becoming an officer–or you’re some beltfed douchbag that quiet professionals make fun of to their face and behind their back. Given that I see you saying you were with 1stMarDiv, I am inclined to say the latter.

      In my six years in the Corps I earned the right to call a stupid and a stupid act–regardless of where the Marine is when he does it. Take the picture, post it on facebook, impress chicks, get laid–but don’t post it on a site that anyone and everyone can see. Not smart. Furthermore, given that the fallout from pictures like this rolls downhill, it will not just affect those in the picture, but those directly over them, none of whom had anything whatsoever to do with the picture.

      13 years ago at 3:09 pm
    6. Success

      A. Calm the fuck down. B. Point me to a provision of the UCMJ or local reg. this photo breaches, counselor. Activity unbecoming? No. And being in the corps for 6 years does not entitle you to go on a goddam website and bitch and name call like a little girl. C. You certainly don’t have the psychic powers to know whether anyone in that picture actually posted it here. Though I respect your choice, quit acting like you’re somehow superior because of voluntary service and hpow bout you shut the fuck up douchebag.

      13 years ago at 3:21 pm
    7. Fratent Pending

      Success, I think we are all entitled to post bitchy comments if we want, that is what 99% of this site is.

      13 years ago at 3:36 pm
    8. Success

      Agreed FP, but there are limits, i.e. bitching and name calling those who disagree with you because you have 6 years in the corps. That shit rubbed my ass the wrong way.

      13 years ago at 4:03 pm
    9. bornaBROg

      “That shit rubbed my ass the wrong way.” This happens to me a lot. On a more serious note, thanks for the service and commitment..

      13 years ago at 4:33 pm
    10. Fratent Pending

      ^Both of these, I generally disapprove of writing novels on the comments section as well.

      13 years ago at 4:43 pm
    11. Brodyssius

      I am calm, but I don’t like having anyone say that I am “what is wrong with this country” or that I am a “piece of shit,” especially when at this point in their lives most have not actually done anything for the country other than scream “Merica” and celebrate the Fourth of July.

      No, there is nothing in the UCMJ about taking pictures with Confederate Flags, nor is it necessarily “conduct unbecoming.” Those are the extremes however. A commanding officer can punish people for general stupidity if he so chooses. You are right though, I don’t know who posted the picture. Having said that, if it finds its way to a CO’s desk, he really isn’t going to care.

      I can say for a fact that HQMC has people who sit around and literally scour the internet looking to catch Marines doing stupid stuff. Each division has a group dedicated to this function as well. Personally, I think the picture is great. I am from Alabama and fully understand the history and significance of that symbol–but a company commander or a battalion commander isn’t really going to care when one of his bosses starts breathing down his neck about his Marines posting pictures with the rebel flag in it.

      Honestly, I think time in the service does give me and my fellow service-members a moral highground that someone who hasn’t served doesn’t and won’t have until they do. The “Greatest Generation” wasn’t about a bunch of draft dodgers was it???

      Sorry for the novel. It warranted a thorough response. As did my last comment.

      13 years ago at 5:17 pm
    12. Dirty Mike

      your fucking dumb, its not about racism its about southern pride. go back to the north you fuckin yankee ass clown.

      13 years ago at 5:19 pm
    13. pat mcRoch

      when did the south win the civil war? oh right, they didnt. Fly a real American flag, not the losing flag.

      13 years ago at 6:08 pm
    14. Success

      Goddamit brodyssius, you’re killing me. I agree you get a pass on a lot of shit. But dammit tone it down. I’m am Alabama boy as well so I appreciate you even more. Just back up a bit. I appreciate everything you’ve done and been through and I do appreciate it. You deserve what you ask for. Frat on brother

      13 years ago at 9:36 pm
    15. Broby Petrino

      The confederate flag is in no way offensive, any implications of race are based on ignorance and lack of historical understanding. And that is clearly their company flag, it is amazing how stupid people are.

      13 years ago at 11:40 am
    16. PKPInfantry

      “I can say for a fact that HQMC has people who sit around and literally scour the internet looking to catch Marines doing stupid stuff. ”

      This is true.

      13 years ago at 8:29 am
    17. Bausch85

      My dads side of the family lives in Georgia, North and South Carolina. My moms side lives in Ohio where I was born and raised. I’ve heard both sides to this North and South thing from both sides of my family. I used to spend summers in Asheboro NC with my grandparents. When I would come home to Ohio my friends always had this idea that the south was backwards and racist. I told them that there was a huge difference between what that flag means and what racism is. Not everyone understands.

      13 years ago at 2:59 pm
  2. TxTech Phi

    Thank you for your service sir! Fuck these geeds ^ hating on any picture showing American soldiers fighting for their fucking freedom.

    13 years ago at 11:30 am
    1. Fratdaddy 101

      I’m no geed sir. I support this photo specially livin in the south. This is a great photo. Enough said.

      13 years ago at 12:12 pm
    2. SouthernByGodsGrace

      I second that. Any dumb yankee that gets offended about this picture is probably a little wimp that is intimidated by Southern gentlemen that know the outdoors and what it means to be a protector.

      Thank you for your service gentlemen, I’ll be out there soon enough.

      13 years ago at 3:46 pm
    3. CAptbap

      Agreed! Respect our country, respect our service men, and respect ol Stars and Bars!

      13 years ago at 5:19 pm
    4. Fratty Liver Disease

      I’m sick and tired of this frivolous battle between the North and the South (no pun intended). I’ve lived in Texas, Georgia and Pennsylvania, and there are two things I can say conclusively: 1.) There are shit bags in the South and there are shit bags in the North. 2.) There are classy men in the South and there are classy men in the North. To the South: Get over yourselves. Your faux sense of inherent class and chivalry towards the ladies is ironically made obsolete by your pretentious, sexist, and unjustifiably cocky attitudes. You talk about Northern fraternities like they are irrelevant when in fact half of your beloved fraternities were founded in the North. Your ignorance of what it’s like to be a Greek Yankee is directly proportional to most Yankee’s knowledge of what the civil war was really about: State’s rights. To the North: Yuppies are fucking gay. Snorting pounds of coke and pretending like you know what you’re doing with stocks looks cool to you, a couple of your friends, and…that’s it. The majority of society, who understands the value of a dollar and how hard it is to work for and keep your money, will undoubtedly find your future homeless disposition amusing. BTW, keep voting for Democrats, that seems to be working out for ya. Why can’t we just get along not as North and South but as fellow Greeks? Because there’s always the shit bags who just don’t get that neither one is better than the other. We’re all Americans and that’s all I give a damn about. And btw, I was Army active duty for 3 years after college, there’s nothing I’ve seen in the UCMJ that says soldiers can’t have a picture with the Confederate flag. Half the flags soldier’s wave we’ve been at war with at some time or another. I’ve seen soldiers pose with Italian flags, Mexican flags, etc. They do this because they represents our history and ethnicity, not because of what they represented during some past wartime. I can’t believe this is even an issue.

      13 years ago at 5:31 pm
    1. Fratent Pending

      ^this, where did they get that equipment and why did they shave? Time travel FaF

      13 years ago at 12:57 pm
  3. JPHaze

    1st Marine Division with an attachment to the Recon unit. Oh Rah. Long live the USA and the South.

    13 years ago at 12:31 pm
    1. duke of fratzard

      Last time I checked, the Union still sucks, spends my hard earned money, and can’t tell the ass end of a cow from the ass end of yall’s slams.

      13 years ago at 11:42 pm
    2. carolinahaze

      ^Look up the rankings of top federal tax-donor states vs tax-consumer states sometime. Nearly all of the top tax-consumers are in the south and the donors are in the north.

      13 years ago at 11:33 am