Happy Veterans Day, Soldiers! Thank you for your sacrifice.
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Happy Veterans Day, Soldiers! Thank you for your sacrifice.
Submitted by: kiltedboywonder
Lolwut?
So the mairine corpse Army predates the americn nation…u had an army b4 u had a nation wow thats wierd..
I would guess they probably take the birth of the Corps from the Corps of Continental Marines?
Also, friend, never ever confuse the Army and the Marines. Neither side will take it well
The Marine Corps was founded on November 10th, 1775. The first recruiting station was Tun Tavern, Philadelphia. The Marine Corps has been in continuous (although somewhat tenuous) service since that date.
The Marine Corps was originally founded to provide a security force afloat (in case the sailors got a little too uppity) and a landing force to attack shore installations. They also participated in ship to ship fighting.
The Marine Corps is not an “Army”. The Marine Corps is a fighting branch of the service and rarely takes weekends off.
The National Guard is indeed older than the Marine Corps, but since it wasn’t federalized until after the Marine Corps was, the Corps is the older brance of the fedaeral, or national, service.
Lastly, can’t speak for others, but as a VietNam era vet I really don’t like the current fad of saying “thank you for your service”. It sounds too trite. Like the cashier saying “have a nice day”. How many actually mean it? And if you don’t mean it, don’t say it. And then too, there are many kinds of service. Not all of them are what you think of when you think of what happens in the service. So, really, you don’t even know what you’re thanking a person for.
I thank the postal carrier who delivers to our workplace every day. At least I know what he does. Don’t know that I’d thank some of the people I served with.
I appreciate your thoughts. As a VietNam era vet you have a certain, somewhat unique perspective. I will continue to thank those that I see in uniform, however. Most of them appreciate it, and I don’t really care why they joined up or what their job is. Merely wearing the uniform, voluntarily, is enough for me. It’s more than I did. When I say “thank you”, I really do mean it.
^this
My friend died in Afghanistan. Shot in the head in his first month of service. When I say thank you, I mean it. So here I go again.
Thank you.
You are incorrect. The Army is the senior service. It was founded on June 14, 1775
Wrong. Navy and Army are senior to the Marine corps
This is the “Last Post”.. I fink it is Brilliant..so I promoted it to the front rank..
Marine Corps = men and women who serve their country all over the world
Marine Corpse = men and women who are done serving their country and have been laid to rest
Marine Core = whatever’s at the center of the Marine
yes we had soldiers before we were a nation. If you recall, the British didn’t exactly lay down when we declared independence.
Don’t ever call a Marine a soldier.
How ’bout “Devil Dog”? Will that do?
If you’re under the impression that Marines aren’t soldiers… well you’re far more pretentious than any Marine I’ve ever met or you don’t know the definition of soldier.
Marines aren’t soldiers. Soldiers are in the army. Marines are not. Nothing pretentious about it. Just a simple fact. The Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy. Not the army. And certainly not soldiers.
On another note, I get really irked when these talking heads on the TV news talk about “the troops”. Troop, or troops, is another term for soldiers. It used to mean specifically mounted soldiers, but the army now uses it for all their personnel. But sailors, airmen/airwomen and marines aren’t “troops”. So, when they talk about the 3 US troops who died in Afghanistan today and then go on to say that 3 marines were killed they just show both their ignorance and their lack of real interest.
sol·dier
[sohl-jer] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
2.
an enlisted man or woman, as distinguished from a commissioned officer: the soldiers’ mess and the officers’ mess.
3.
a person of military skill or experience: George Washington was a great soldier.
4.
a person who contends or serves in any cause: a soldier of the Lord.
5.
Also called button man. Slang . a low-ranking member of a crime organization or syndicate.
6.
Entomology . a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped female ants or termites specialized, as with powerful jaws, to defend the colony from invaders.
7.
a brick laid vertically with the narrower long face out. Compare rowlock ( def. 2 ) .
8.
Informal . a person who avoids work or pretends to work; loafer; malingerer.
So yes, It can mean someone solely in the army – but you’re missing the spirit of the law. Any civilian who calls you a soldier is not trying to offend you – jump off of your high horse and realize that you’re not the only one serving our country. For you to consider being called a soldier an insult, you are insulting all of the soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for your freedom.
Yes you’re right by strict definition, but also by definition a Marine isn’t a soldier. A soldier is someone in an army, a Marine is a marine with naval traditions on board a ship, not land.
It’s not that people are offended to be called a soldier, but that you’re overlooking 235 years of progress and distinction between the US Marine Corps and US Army.
The United States doesn’t NEED a Marine Corps, everything can be done by other branches. Our air support can be provided by the Navy or Air Force. We can be transported by the Navy of Air Force. Our infantry and armor can be replaced by the Army’s infantry and armor.
It’s the fact of the matter that the US WANTS a Marine Corps after 235 years of tradition and culture. That’s why Marines get offended when we are called “soldiers”
totally understand your point of view.
Fact: I am in the Army, and I have many friends in the Air Force, Navy, and Marines, and my father served in the Air Force for over 30 years. On my last deployment I interacted with members from all 4 branches.
Fact: Marines are Marines, members of the Army are Soldiers, members of the Air Force are Airmen, and members of the Navy are Sailors.
Jake, since you are one of those annoying people who have never served and never will, stop correcting veterans. It is not pretentious to say a Marine is not a Soldier, in fact most of them would probably take offense to that because they are not Soldiers. You are in fact pretentious for opening your mouth about something of which you have no idea.
Finally, when refering to a person or group of people by “Soldier”, “Marine”, etc, it is capitolized.
For clarification, by “annoying people who have never served”, I mean people who talk about the Military like they have some insider knowledge. No offense to those who chose not to for whatever reason.
5* Branches
Marines are soldiers.
Yeah go a head and call a Marine a soldier in his or her face and see what happens.
deffiantly agreed, it’ll be a bad for someone who calls me a soldier
lie down you f**king spacker, not lay
Correct. The 13 founding colonies existed as functional governments well before the Articles of Confederation or Constitution were written. They had their own militias that became part of the National Guard and, because of that, the US National Guard can be said to be an organization 370 years old (vs. 234 for the US). Similarly, the USMC was founded by the 2nd Continental Congress in 1775, before the US itself was created.
Eh… the other guy is just being an ass hole.
Not Funny
Both of them failed. Jim is just stupid, and Mickey failed to mention they’re pronounced the same way sooner.
No it’s funnier if you let stupid people be stupid
Exactly.
He just didn’t expect Mickey to be *that* dense.
I came to say this. I realized after Jim’s second post that he thought “Corps” was pronounced “Corpse.” Mickey was a little slow as well.
Mickey was being sarcastic.
Mickey also typed “it’s” where he meant “its”.
Now you’re just being petty.
Not F-uckin’ Funny
It’s facepalm funny, and sad.
Um….I don’t get it…
witch one is the stupid one?
not sure who the idiot would be, but can you guess the only one who made me laugh?
your name says it all
which*
…but I think you’re trolling
Not only can Jim not spell, he’s also a complete moron. It isn’t Mickey’s responsibility to educate the planet about how to pronounce the word “Corps”, you’d think it was common knowledge to folks with any sort of formal education whatsoever. No fail on his part at all.
Not everyone is familiar with military terminology. The first time I saw the term “Marine Corps” I read it as “Marine Corpse” too. Someone had to tell me otherwise. It’s not exactly a normal pronunciation. Nothing about the English language would suggest that this word would be pronounced any other way, and “Corps” could be an abbreviation of “Corporations,” so anyone who does not know much about the armed forces, and the Marines in particular, could make this mistake.
Everyone needs to calm down and get off their elitist high-horses.
Expecting other adults to read at an 8th grade level is not “elitist”.
Like.
Getting uppity because someone mispronounces or is slightly confused by a word that isnt pronounced at all how it is spelt is though.
Teach someone all the English skills you want but if they’re never heard anyone read it before they’ll still f**k up “Ciobahn”.
I don’t know about anyone else, but we were taught how to pronounce “corps” in elementary school. Expecting people to know how to do something I was taught when I was no more than 11 isn’t particularly elitist.
Read your post again moron – you expect people to know how to do things YOU were taught at school. I was taught about the NZ Treaty of Waitangi, I expect you know all about it?
But only a limited number of countries were affected by the treaty of Waitangi.
Last I checked almost EVERY country int eh world has some kind of military corps
Only a limited number of countries speak English.
Too… much… stupidity… can’t… breathe…
These guys deserve to get smacked by Sgt. Hartman.
How about GSGT R. Lee Ermey?
How about GySgt R. Lee Ermey (Or GySgt Hartman in the movie)
Marine cropse…haha
This perfectly describes the US Marine Corps.
I’m betting neither of them served in the corps, or they’d know what they were talking about. Also one of those f**ks would have whipped out their “I’ve served card”
M.A.R.I.N.E.=
Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential
My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment.
Army = Aren’t Really Marines Yet
Navy = Never Again Volunteer Yourself
Yes it does.
If you mean that people who never served in the Corps have no f’ing idea what they’re talking about, then yeah it describes it perfectly. Even the POTUS was saying Marine “Corpse” a few months ago.
I hate to burst any omg-i’m-a-big-bad-Marine bubbles here, but I’ve never served and I am perfectly capable of pronouncing Marine Corps properly. Their discussion has nothing to do with understanding the military experience. It is funny because one guy seriously underestimated his friend’s ignorance.
If I remember correctly, he mispronounced “corpsman”, which is a medic, usually Navy or Army.
A corpsman is Navy ONLY. In the Army, they are medics.
Just an fyi A Navy corpsman and an army medic share a similar job but are two VERY different entities. being a former corpsman, I feel obligated to defend that point.
This perfectly describes the stereotypical civilian who stereotypes Marines.
This perfectly describes the stereotypical idiot who thinks he’s being ironic by pointing out the stereotypical civilian who stereotypes Marines.
Oh, hooray; another IDIOT who doesn’t know what irony is, let alone recognize the lack thereof. Touche, you’ve certainly earned today’s “I’m a F*cking Retard” award. Planning on becoming a stereotypical Marine, are we?
This perfectly describes a post made on a website.
This perfectly describes a descriptive statement.
Faith in humanity…
Died quite some time ago actually.
Tally ho.
c’mon…. the real fail here has to be the person(s?) Jim has heard talk about the marine corpse, pronouncing it the same way as a dead body.
why do people find it so necessary to make others feel stupid? really, Mickey…. do you feel better now?
well the dude knew how old the Marines were, but not how to spell/use “corps”??? or know the difference?
I woulda called him out too.
damn it, where’s the “Like” button when you need it?
But Jim meant well.
you’re right. i’m just gonna imagine Jim said it, as opposed to writing it out.
IT WORKS!!!
Dunno. Why do people find it so necessary to BE stupid in the first place?
“like”
Mickey needs to learn to pick his fights. This is not someone you fight a friend over.
if I could “like” or thumbs up a comment… this would be it.
You assume they are actually friends and not just acquaintances from school/church/work/some other activity.
Army buddies?
Question: when did the topic (USMC) become a ‘someone’? And that’s the damn mildest fight I’ve seen in a while.
So i presume it is just corps and he is wrong saying core?
Corps is pronounced as “core” but yes, he is VERY wrong actually saying core.
Exactly. The word “corps” comes from the French, meaning “body.” All Marines are part of the same organization, the same body. It’s pronounced the same as “core,” and apparently Jim didn’t know the difference. As noted above, Mickey probably should have been more specific rather than just badgering Jim, but people can get nasty when they think something they care about is under attack. What I want to know is how Jim knows the Corps’ birthday without knowing how to spell it.
my thoughts exactly.
Thank you for pointing out the French origins, you’ve saved me a google search, even though I knew it was spelled corps and pronounced “core” xD
Also, my guess is that Jim was/is a Marine, since he knows their shout (1, 2, 3, 4,…). What popped up in my mind was, “This is why the US has so many volunteers signing up to go die for oil money.. they’re just that dumb.”
I don’t think you need to be in the Marines to know that. Watching a movie would suffice (or knowing a Marine).
agreed. also, humbert, if he were a Marine he would’ve known how to pronounce “corps.”
Jim probably thinks “Semper Fi” is a verb. “uhhh… how do you semperify something?”
Double fail … Pronounced Core. Written as Corps.
No, it’s pronounced corps…
*like*
jims an idiot for trying make himself sound smarter….and people think its core because we americans like to make ups our own words sometimes…and core probably just sounded better
Core didn’t sound better. It sounded EXACTLY THE SAME.
Wh– you think Americans made up the word “corps”? Really?
*facepalm*
Bob? No, just . . . no. I hope you’re just a really bad troll.
Thank you, Vets, for giving us the opportunity to procreate retards.
Come to think of it, this coincides with Veteran’s Day.
Ummm, President Obama pronounced it, ‘korps’
Amazingly enough, even Obama makes mistakes sometimes. He is only human you know
Yes, but does he say “nuke-ya-ler”?
Presidents aren’t good at this “English” thing, are they?
i like how it was Mickey that posted this on failblog. “kiltedboywonder” if you know this person you know that he always wears a kilt, no joke.
*its inception
More importantly, what’s rule 1 and 2?
Yeah, really.
I do believe he is referring to the “fight club”/internet rules.
1. Never speak of the fight club.
2. Never break rule number 1.
ish
They both deserve a swift kick.
pee&turd?
you have hereby been kicked off the internet. have a nice day.
(look them up)
I think it is a Fight Club reference.
Did anyone else notice Jim used “it’s” instead of “its”?
That was Mickey.
Jim used your instead of you’re. But Jim doesn’t know how to spell his favorite branch of the Armed Services, so I’m not really thinking anyone expected better.
Oops, I must have been reading through the comments too quickly. I got the names mixed up, thinking Jim was the one doing the correcting for some reason…
Yeah, not gonna lie – Mickey’s totally a douchhhhe. He could’ve told him they were pronounced the same way earlier. Especially when he saw the dude say he’s HEARDDDDD it both ways. His friend was trying to thank those in service and Mickey just took everything away from that and focused on something dumb. Home boy needs to get over his holier-than-thou self.
Oh, well….
Its the thought that counts!
I’d say cut him some slack … He sounds a bit dim, you know- like he’s Army….and I was raised to never make fun of the less fortunate.
Oorah!
I’m guessing Jim is an MP.
I see Marine Corps all the time on NCIS.
I don’t get it. isn’t Jim rite that they say 1 2 3 4 I love the marine core? I’ve never heard it pronownced “corps”
omg seriously????
Please be trolling
It’s the same thing with Colonel being pronounced “Kernel”
I bet that would have confused dear Jim too.
To both of you idiots. It is the Marine Corps. Im sure neither of you had the balls to join, so neither of you would know nothing of what your talking about.
*anything
*you’re
Also, one is not required to be a member of the Marine Corps to know how to spell it.
This string of replies has more fail than the original fail, which has an incredible amount of fail.
Hehehehehehehe, it’s half the fun of this website, dear… TY for your service, and have a GREAT weekend! OOHRAH
Welcome to Failbook, where untrained Grammar Nazis and unsuccessful trolls linger with ordinary people and make conversation/trade insults as either a stampede of lols crush all reason or a flame war breaks out.
This post is an adequate example of the lols factor of Failbook’s comments. Now, let the lols begin! (Or, you know, continue . . . yeah.)
“…since it’s inception.”
Since IT IS inception?
They’re both idiots.
I would like to see what R. Lee Ermey has to say about this.
“You know what makes me sad? YOU DO!“
This is not an uncommon mistake.
maybe for a 9 year old…
Corps is a french word I believe. It is pronounced Core. Not like a dead body.. Corpse.
But it has a similar meaning. Corps = body. Body, in this context, meaning a large group of people.
It has the exact same meaning. Corps in French = body in English (but not corpse, with is cadavre).
*which.
Welcome to the Gulf Of Mexico – Home Of The Marine Corpse.
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Anyone who uses the phrase “cite your sources” needs a swift kick up the arse.
I take it you’re a fan of unsubstantiated claims?
@WitchArachne Anyone who asks you to cite your sources needs a kick… Since when is asking for more evidence than your word alone grounds to be kicked? I call that having enough of a brain to not believe everything you hear, and wanting a little more than just your say-so.
LOL …
Marine Corps = men and women who serve their country all over the world
Marine Corpse = men and women who are done serving their country and have been laid to rest
Marine Core = whatever’s at the center of the Marine
Semper Fi!
some people just can’t afford to lose…
I made that “corpse” instead of “core” mistake the first time I was reading the word “corps” aloud for a radio recording and someone corrected me. But I never believed that two different words meant the same thing. How can anyone make that mistake?
A keyboard can break, but not brake. A car can brake and break.
Isn’t corps pronounced ‘Kaw-r’ and core as ‘Ko-r’ ?
Not at all.
Mickey needs to take the 10′ pole out of his ass.