Meanwhile, back there in The Nam

[Darto]

[Rob454]

1. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “I am Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be ‘Sir.’ Do you maggots understand that?”

2. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “Bullsh-t. It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mama’s *** and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress. I think you’ve been cheated!”

3. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “I bet you’re the kind of guy that would f-ck a person in the *** and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I’ll be watching you.”

4. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “You goddamn communist heathen, you had best sound off that you love the Virgin Mary, or I’m gonna stomp your guts out! Now you DO love the Virgin Mary, don’t you?”

5. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “That’s enough! Get on your feet. Pvt. Pyle you had best square your *** away and start sh-tting me Tiffany cufflinks or I will definitely f-ck you up!”

6. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “Are you quitting on me? Well, are you? Then quit, you slimy f-cking walrus-looking piece of sh-t! Get the f-ck off of my obstacle! Get the f-ck down off of my obstacle! NOW! MOVE IT! Or I’m going to rip your balls off so you cannot contaminate the rest of the world! I will motivate you, Pvt. Pyle, EVEN IF IT SHORT-D-CKS EVERY CANNIBAL ON THE CONGO!”

7. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “I’m asking the f-cking questions here, Pvt.! Do you understand?”
Pvt. Cowboy: “Sir, yes, sir.”
Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “Well, thank you very much! Can I be in charge for a while?”

8. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “Were you born a fat, slimy, scumbag puke piece o’ sh-t, Pvt. Pyle, or did you have to work on it?”

9. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “If it wasn’t for d-ckheads like you, there wouldn’t be any thievery in this world, would there?”

10. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “Holy Jesus! What is that? What the f-ck is that?! What is that, Pvt. Pyle?!”
Pvt. Pyle: “Sir, a jelly doughnut, sir!”
Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “A jelly doughnut?”

11. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman: “You forget your f-ckin’ name? 0300. Infantry. You made it.”

12. Unnamed Colonel in Vietnam: “Son, all I’ve ever asked of my Marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Viet-namese, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out. It’s a hardball world, son. We’ve just got to keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.”

13. Animal Mother: “You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk?”

14. Crazy Earl: “These are great days we’re living, bros. We are jolly green giants, walking the Earth — with guns. These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we’re gonna miss not having anyone around that’s worth shooting.”

15. Da Nang Hooker: “Well, baby, me so horny. Me so HORNY. Me love you long time. You party?”

16. Pvt. Joker: “Sir, does this mean that Ann-Margret’s not coming?”


That’s all I got ta say ab out Viet nam.

[anyracoon]

Yep.
I can remember my drill Sgt. Castillo. he spoke semi-broken English. One day he said, "you got to have Proud", not "Pride', when we ran in cadence we would chat. "We Got Proud!" He would just smile, not knowing we where making fun of him.

[WOODY2]

Ahh the good old days when one could express themselves and feelings didn't count.

[Preston-CLB]

Heard the following over the radio in 1968...

"Bark! Charlie, Charlie! This is red -alpha 4. What the F***, over! Break right! Break right!"
-P

[anyracoon]

I would be interested in what type of politically correct yelling is aloud now in basic training.

[ohsmily]

I would be interested in what type of politically correct yelling is aloud now in basic training.

If not aloud, are you talking about whispering? Or written word?

[HKAllTheThings]

The good thing about Vietnam, there was always some place to go and there was always something to do.

[BigPimping]

Awesome post Rob. Respect.

[gwanghoops]

hickok45's kid is getting better. good stuff. too bad the m14 wasn't select fire.

his October video dedicated to the M60

[ja308]

This guy is a pro ! He outlined the M60 problems perfectly.
thanx for sharing .

[Rob454]

Awesome post Rob. Respect.

Tir yet tir. Tank you tir.

I just got done watching FMJ. Another lesser known but good one is The Boys in Company C if you haven’t seen it

[Pofoo]

I never heard of the 60 having problems while I was in Nam.
Think that any problems were from poorly trained personel????
I loved the sound of the 60's. It meant that we were fighting back and things weren't too bad------------------yet.

[wpage]

WWII, Korea, somewhat standard warfare, Nam the new way. Now Nam the standard of the unfortunate plight of the American service person. ..

Who is your enemy?

[jarhead714]

I never heard of the 60 having problems while I was in Nam.
Think that any problems were from poorly trained personel????
I loved the sound of the 60's. It meant that we were fighting back and things weren't too bad------------------yet.

The M60 was a poor design. It would literally gall it’s cams over time and be rendered inoperable long before any other machine gun in service in the entire world. Most of the malfunctioning in combat occurred when someone other than the actual machine gunner took it apart and put the gas system together…backwards. That the U.S military was saddled with the Pig for decades instead of the absolutely superb MAG 58 which was already available at the time the M60 was adopted can only be described as a travesty. It was only through the Marine Corps begging and pleading to the DoD in the 1980s that the 240 was brought in to replace the iconic but much maligned M60.