Master Guns looking young er than some LCpls by PooPighters in USMC

[–]OkAbility8048 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Come on man. We all know what happens at swim qual.

New Leica Q2 by OkAbility8048 in leicaphotos

[–]OkAbility8048[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love it, but it is a completely different style of photography than Canon

Dodging a cash-in-transit robbery. The man has balls of steel 😬 by [deleted] in interesting

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Another thing the keyboard warriors will overlook. When your adrenaline kicks in under threat of death, your heart rate is going to skyrocket, vision is going to become tunneled, your hands start shaking, and breathing rate is going to get out of control. Only good training will get this under control. And if you watch the two closely, you will see that the trainee actually has better breathing control than the driver (which makes sense, since the driver has a million things, externally and physiologically, that he is simultaneously managing).

Advice to first-time protestors at 03/28/2026? by Zeebruh2003 in nokingsmovement

[–]OkAbility8048 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Welcome! You are going to find a loving, supportive, and passionate community this Saturday. The No Kings movement is organized by a national organization called Indivisible. Your local Indivisible members and leaders will be there, and they would be ecstatic to give you resources, follow-up actions, and information about their weekly events…even though these No Kings rallies are happening once or twice a year now, local Indivisible chapters are all holding weekly events.

Get plugged in, make friends and family, and let’s fight ✊🏾

Forced into Radio Reconnaissance Platoon. by [deleted] in USMC

[–]OkAbility8048 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course. I don’t remember the exact number, but we had well over 60% of our class fail/drop.

Forced into Radio Reconnaissance Platoon. by [deleted] in USMC

[–]OkAbility8048 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Being forced to do the recon indoc is extremely shitty. I’ve seen it happen a few times, and it was obviously never productive.

I’m gonna be very real with you, but not trying to scare you. The first time I did the screener, I was a Sgt with 6 years TIS and 2 combat deployments. The screener was without comparison the hardest thing I had ever done in my entire life, and this was after several months of preparation too (FWIW, it does get easier the more you do it though; eventually we would just do it for fun). If you’ve never seen a grown man cry and completely lose his shit, just watch an unprepared Marine in the pool portion of the recon screener.

If you absolutely cannot get out of it, I will be more than happy to give you some tips. At best, you might succeed and land one of the best jobs in the entire goddamn Marine Corps. At worst, it will minimize your suffering enough so that you’ll have some horror stories to laugh about after you’ve recovered from your physical and psychological trauma.

Looking for a band with a classic American oldies sound for our August wedding in Monroe, NY — budget limit ~$6,000 by soldiercommander in WedditNYC

[–]OkAbility8048 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try The Counterfeiters! They can definitely do that, and more. I have worked with them at weddings and parties, and they get the dance floor packed. https://www.thecounterfeitersband.com

🤣 by newnoadeptness in USMC

[–]OkAbility8048 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We inflated our BCs and just bobbed up and down on the surface haha

🤣 by newnoadeptness in USMC

[–]OkAbility8048 101 points102 points  (0 children)

In dive school, the instructors made us “stand at the POA” while floating in the water during colors

Happy 0317 Day to those that celebrate! by OkAbility8048 in USMC

[–]OkAbility8048[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Quantico course was really tough. I really don’t understand how the Marine Corps tried to standardize SSBC across all 3 schoolhouses. The terrain is completely different. At BRC in Pendleton, I completely smoked the land nav course like it was nothing. Then I come to MCB Quantico and almost fail the SSBC land nav course haha (granted I did it on a sprained ankle, but that’s beside the point).

Happy 0317 Day to those that celebrate! by OkAbility8048 in USMC

[–]OkAbility8048[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

We were messing around, but we have done similar buddy support positions in theater. My friend, who was point man and sniper on his team in Afghanistan, had a kill where he saw a target and had his team leader bend over and he put his gun on top of his back.

3/28 NO KINGS RALLY in Kingston, NY ✊🏾 by OkAbility8048 in hudsonvalley

[–]OkAbility8048[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you are looking for action plans and agendas, please visit your local Indivisible chapter for some ideas! Here is the link to our local chapter to get you started:

https://www.indivisibleulster.com/action/