Submariner [was "thousand-yard stare"] (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Bill Palmer]

yes, that's one of them.  Never heard it before, though.

Why do they paint "TGIF" on Marines' boots? To remind them "toes go in
first"

Bill P
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>> plus countless jokes pointing out the
>> general lack of intellectual capacity among Marines.
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