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Aristus

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1. I was a tanker.

Reply to Wonder Why (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2025, 10:07 AM

Yesterday

I’m really, really pissed off that he has demanded, and is getting, Abrams tanks in his putrid, masturbatory parade. Even though they’re going to tear up the streets. (So much for eliminating government waste of taxpayer money.)

I ETS’d over thirty years ago. I’m glad I’m out so I don’t have to disobey an order to appear in the parade.

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I was a tanker. Aristus Yesterday #1

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This old Marine salutes you for the absolute truth to your words. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #3

Thank you, but although I often kid Marines (once a Marine, always a Marine), I know the extent, on a Wonder Why Yesterday #4