From the Sgt Grit Newsletter - 23 Oct 2014 Disbanded Black Berets By GySgt Mac, USMC (Ret) About 5 months ago I confronted a poser where I work. He really ticked me off and when I jumped on him I had accepted the fact that I was probably gonna lose my job. He asked me how long I was in and I told him 23 years. Dont know if it sunk in but he still continued to tell me he was in in 1968 and was in the Marine Corps Black Berets. They are the toughest of all Marines because they run 20 miles everyday before breakfast. Well the guy disappeared for a while but for the last two weeks he has been coming in daily. He sits with a Tribal Elder who is a friend of mine and just considers him a big story teller. The part that bothers me is that he is now sporting a Black Cover with a Gold Marine Corps Emblem and it says United States above and Marines below the emblem. Every night the Elder and I say good-bye to each other and this puke tries to get me to say good-bye to him. I have refused to even speak to him but it is driving me friggen nuts. I truly want to just punch this dung pile right in his pie hole but I know some one else that did just that in a bar and is now being Sued for damages. Anyone have any ideas? I only have 6 more working days in this place because I am going into full retirement and I do fully intend to verbally rip him a new azs on my way out the door but I just hate seeing him wearing that cover and trying to get everyone else to think he is some kind of war hero. By the way when I confronted him the last time he told me... Read the rest of this submission at: grunt/corps/newsletter/10270/#berets Subscribe to the Sgt Grit Newsletter and Special Offers at: grunt/subscribe/ Submit your Marine Corps related stories and images at: grunt/corps/stories/post/
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:37:15 +0000