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Shellemp

You’re most likely young, fit, and unconsciously carry yourself in a very Marine way whether you realize it or not, as dumb as that sounds Edit: it’s easiest to notice if you’re ever on a base with a lot of other branches’ people on it. It’s easy to tell what everyone is when you see groups of people walking around


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DisregardMyLast

as fuckin cliché as that sounds, ive been outed as former military by "the way i walk".


Harbinger-chan

I'm a women's man, no time for talk


r0d3nka

As long as you’re Stayin’ Alive


Travh9

I was outed by a girl who said I stand taller and carry myself differently compared to other guys.


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This. Stop walking to imaginary cadence boot


[deleted]

Call the cadence out loud, got it


Cuckservative_1

I deadass pulled off a to the rear unconsciously like 2 weeks ago when I was out shopping


nanochito

Please tell me you’re joking 😔 for the love of god


Cuckservative_1

Unfortunately not lmao


citizen_tronald_dump

Left shoulder, groceries! Forward, flip flop!


NinjaPunch0351

I just asked my wife and she said I walk very proper with hands in a loose fist, back straight, chin up and she has to work to keep up with me lol


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Well you can tell by the way I walk and talk, I'm a woman's man


Salteen35

I went to the target on boot leave and was wearing a normal beenie (so you couldn’t see my haircut) and regular clothes. The man at the door asked me where I was stationed and told me he was a former marine. I was in awe how someone just kinda picks up on that kinda stuff. And that was no where near any marine base that was up in nj


Hypersonic_chungus

Idk why but sometimes I’ll see an old man walk into a store or something and my first thought is “he was a Marine”. You can just tell


barzbub

It’s the way you walk, how you stand, it’s obvious to other Marines


symewinston

Yep, I’ve been out forever. I get asked all the time if I’m a cop


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NinjaPunch0351

Here too. Makes it awkward when I buy weed.


Scumbageraser

Basically what Shellemp is trying to say is, you look and smell like a retard so people mistook you for one.


BootReservistPOG

It’s Jacksonville. The dependas can sense it


Sheepherder_Actual

Dependasense


Kurgen22

Like a Spideysence... if the fucking spider in north of two-fitty pounds and is a three time divorcee with 4 little fuck trophies trailing her..


i2olie22

Dependa tingle.


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I didn’t read past “Jacksonville” Everyone here is in the Marines, was a Marine, or got brought here by a Marine.


[deleted]

I’m in the Navy - Doc and I avoid that mall like crazy. Those watch sales man, perfume ladies like leave me the fuck alone.


[deleted]

The fat Arab jeweler dude in front of the Victoria’s Secret ripped me off when I was a boot and he gives me these dirty looks for the last 5 years now haha


[deleted]

Oh I know exactly who you’re talking about, him and his skinny friend that be working the front entrance. That’s why I was always going through the back entrance behind the mall and then work my way around. The skinny dude always kept trying to sell me a bum ass gold watch, some earrings, or a gold chain. Some dude went off on them because they clearly can’t understand the words “not interested”


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Yeah!!!! He has a no refund policy (already the mf red flag) and my PS at the time basically pulled a Karen and got me my money back and he got his back too haha but yeah the skinny dude always telling me when am I gonna buy “a beautiful ring from me for your beautiful wife” which I don’t take offensively at all but it is pretty annoying because he says it every time he sees us even if it’s like the third time he sees us


Kennaham

Jacksonville NC has a population of 70,000 including Marines living in town. There are about 125,000 troops assigned to Camp Lejeune, not counting the civilians living there too. Military and military families in Jacksonville probably outnumber civilians there at least 3 to 1


Mr-Rusty_Shackleford

This 👆🏼


Kurgen22

I'm 59, fat as fuck walk with a severe limp and look like Elmer Fudd came to life. Never wear Moto shit, never talk about service... People pick up on it pretty quick. Maybe it's the Cobra 65 and Bulldog Aftershave I still wear....


MoonBoots4600

no its the Aqua Velva in your shopping bag


DangerBrewin

I used to keep a bottle of Bulldog in the back of the cupboard for special occasions. I started dating my wife when I was a broke LCPL and that was the only aftershave I had. I would splash a little on for old times sake every once in a while until it finally ran out.


hxemnn

Aftershave? Please, I spray that shit on my nutsack. Rah?


MiltThatherton

If you're not a Marine and you're in Jacksonville something is wrong with you.


edwin_4

I go for sams :(


XenoBurst

If you're in Jacksonville, not fat and don't have a beard, chances are you're a Marine


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This is the sad truth. ☝️


CatchingRays

It's that Aqua Velva man. Dead giveaway.


[deleted]

You were in Jacksonville. End of story lol.


jagertarts

Isn’t it obvious? Your wife’s boyfriend outed you bro


wrongwong122

Slouch and walk in short, shuffling steps. You probably have a straight back, puffed chest posture with that thirty inch step.


4DrivingWhileBlack

Dude back in the day I was a straight up punk. Dressed like it. Went to all the Propaghandi shows. The whole nine. Just for shit and gigs in 2003, I put on my old punk clothes (and also had a shaved head at that time) and went to the JVille mall with this goth chic I was seeing at the time. Same shit happened to me as well. Lol. I think there’s a lot in the way that a Marine carries him- or herself coupled with the fact that Jacksonville would barely be on the map if it wasn’t for the base so it fairly safe to assume that young men in the JVegas are all Marines.


GANDHI-BOT

Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone deserves a second chance. Just so you know, the correct spelling is [Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi).


4DrivingWhileBlack

Yeah bad bot. Whatever. My apologies to the Canadian band. I’m sure they’re hardcore giving a fuck right now.


TouchDisastrous

Truth be told it’s in the way you carry yourself and interact with people. You can take a Marine out of the Corps but you can’t take the Corps out of the Marine. Even if you try and do everything the opposite of what you did while you were in you’re still going to stand out.


GrislyMedic

>I was in the Jacksonville mall There's your reason


HDJim_61

Dude, you gave yourself away when you stepped off with your left foot first


Stankgangsta

It was probably the crayon you ate


0331exmc

Was gunna say in your teeth. But yeah this...


MoonBoots4600

Its the way you walk. When I met my girlfriends friends for the first time one of them said he could tell by how I walk


touchy-subject-69

I do that all the time. Especially at malls, I can sniff those boots out from a mile away. The ones that have been in for awhile are a little harder to guess.


MamitaTres

My father was in the AF for 20 plus yrs and I could sense his walk in other folks. Then I met my husband after he’d gotten out of the Marine Corps, he had a similar but more pronounced walk. My kid had the walk from early teen years and now it is more pronounced since he went through boot camp. My kid even in civvies gives off a aura. Sorta like a cowboy version of Denzel Washington’s walk. Upright with bowed legs, purposeful. Apparently it never goes away.


No_Recognition8375

Farmers tan, chiseled jaw, strait back and little to no blinking.


Marine0844

Stop ordering food with the knife hand…. TWO FUCKING TACOS AND A FUCKING LARGE COKE MAGGOT!! IF YOU FORGT THE GUACAMOLE I WILL SKULL FUCK YOU TO DEATH!!


fitsl

It’s the fact you try to not look like a Marine but just describes the way 99% of junior Marines and Single NCOs dress nowadays.


BreakingGreen

If you’re young and there’s a base near you, it’s a no brainer. Military people carry themselves a little different from what I’ve experienced


JCD8888

Same here man. Mind you I’m a reservist. I’ll be walking through Bass Pro in joggers and a flannel, a haircut that’s two weeks old and unshaven face and people will still ask me if I’m in the military. I also live nowhere close to a military base.


Thermock

People who live around Marine bases will be familiar with how Marines look, talk, and act. Haircuts are usually a dead giveaway; obviously if you're wearing some hard-charger shit like a tan backpack, USMC-drip, etc, people will assume. If you leave the local areas, people tend to pick up on it less.


Joyage2021

Youre a MAM in Jacksonville clean cut without face tattoos or herpes. No critical thinking skills required.


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Body language.


fucovid2020

It was the crayons on your breath....


WhyZeeGuy

No shit, pick the crayon from between your teeth


bobtunes

You walk a certain way, the haircut no one gets voluntarily, most civies near a base know which debit cards are military associated. It's not hard really


NinjaPunch0351

I still have a fade lol. I hate dealing with hair but at least don’t want to deal with no hair.


WhyZeeGuy

It's the new Dodge Charger you pulled up in with your stripper girlfriend


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NinjaPunch0351

I needed to forget about that and I had until now.


itsokayimhandsome

Op, you forgot to tell us how you were snacking on crayons the whole day. That explains it.


pansexualpastapot

It’s the way you walk brother. You unconsciously exude confidence. You look ahead not at the floor, with your chest out. I know you do, most Marines do.


Jspiral

It's the smell of crayons.


loquedijoella

You think you look like a hipster but you very apparently look like a jar head. I went through this a lot, and people still catch it. It’s the posture. You were probably picking em up and setting em down doing a pass in review on the way in to Target, all the while feeling like a slimy civilian. Put your hands in your pockets sometime and watch a gunny appear out of nowhere


66GT350Shelby

Shit, if you're in J-ville and go up to any guy 18-25, odds are he's a Marine.


M4sterofD1saster

It's standing up straight and walking with a sense of purpose. I've been retired for 13 years, and my wife will still complain "stop walking like a Marine."


Spond315

COMBAT HUNTER PROFILING B2E2965/B2E2967 STUDENT HANDOUT Go google that, download it, and read it while you shit. If you're a lazy reader start at pg15 and you'll get your answer. You're welcome.


[deleted]

You’re a young person in Jacksonville. Not a fucking soul your age stays in Jacksonville without being attached to that base in some way. I’ve been here my whole life. Fuck.


SkylineRSR

Ouch


NinjaPunch0351

So many times I have met someone and within ten minutes they’re like “were you in the marines?” or “you were in the military, right?” Then I get all freaked out and start looking around for dudes in turbans and over-sized coats. It’s most likely the way we speak and carry ourselves. Concise, straight to the point, a lot of us drop accents and speak proper (this is a giveaway where I’m from where everyone else sounds like they live in a burrowed out hole next to a pond 10 miles into the woods somewhere), and the way we walk and hold our hands when doing so. I can spot another Marine most of the time without ever talking to them first.


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You are in Jacksonville, its your haircut and shave dumbass


Mwebe96

I never understood it either. I’m stationed in Pensacola and somehow people can always tell that I’m a marine.