automatically makes me think back to my my three tours of duty in the US Marine Corps and all the men and women from the various units in which I served. Among them, there we... moreautomatically makes me think back to my my three tours of duty in the US Marine Corps and all the men and women from the various units in which I served. Among them, there were hundreds, maybe thousands of surnames, and now, decades later, almost every surname I hear either matches or is similar to someone I knew then.*News articles/reports, sports broadcasts, awards shows, reading literature, etc.Ok, your turn. Can you meet or beat that for a weird fact you've discovered about yourself?(Recruiting poster from 1979.)~ less
I was given the nickname “The Beast”. I was overtiming on the overnight shift when I was still a corporal years ago. The captain needed a forced cell move completed and... moreI was given the nickname “The Beast”. I was overtiming on the overnight shift when I was still a corporal years ago. The captain needed a forced cell move completed and the S.O.R.T. team doesn’t work overnight. They always used the biggest and strongest officers to do them overnight. There’s five officers who go in. The first one has a shield and the other four are etched assigned a limb to subdue. I took a running start, burst into the cell, and rammed the inmate against the wall knocking him unconscious. I was then called “The Beast” by the supervisor filming the incident. It stuck. less
