erewhon 2012-05-04 01:11:37 AM

Kittypie070: The fine young gentleman is gonna come all the way back from hanging out with Chesty Puller and Smedley Butler in Valhalla just to give you a boot in the ass for that one.

Truthfully, I don't think I could have stood honor guard at the door and listened to him pass without doing something embarrassing and rainy.

No shame in that.

We're the unrefined iron ore from which their steel has its origin.

buckler: erewhon: Kittypie070: The fine young gentleman is gonna come all the way back from hanging out with Chesty Puller and Smedley Butler in Valhalla just to give you a boot in the ass for that one.

Truthfully, I don't think I could have stood honor guard at the door and listened to him pass without doing something embarrassing and rainy.

For the family, I hope they give him a burial with full honors.

I doubt they're allowed to do that for honorary members. I wouldn't be offended/complaining/butthurt if they did though.

I like how the comments fta are still full of people arguing about marines vs army including but not restricted to, who will be "guarding the streets of heaven".

I cannot even imagine this, feel horrible for his parents and family.

over_and_done: buckler: erewhon: Kittypie070: The fine young gentleman is gonna come all the way back from hanging out with Chesty Puller and Smedley Butler in Valhalla just to give you a boot in the ass for that one.

Truthfully, I don't think I could have stood honor guard at the door and listened to him pass without doing something embarrassing and rainy.

For the family, I hope they give him a burial with full honors.

I doubt they're allowed to do that for honorary members. I wouldn't be offended/complaining/butthurt if they did though.

Then forget the fired salute and flag presentation. Just an honor guard to accompany his casket or urn.

buckler: over_and_done: buckler: erewhon: Kittypie070: The fine young gentleman is gonna come all the way back from hanging out with Chesty Puller and Smedley Butler in Valhalla just to give you a boot in the ass for that one.

Truthfully, I don't think I could have stood honor guard at the door and listened to him pass without doing something embarrassing and rainy.

For the family, I hope they give him a burial with full honors.

I doubt they're allowed to do that for honorary members. I wouldn't be offended/complaining/butthurt if they did though.

Then forget the fired salute and flag presentation. Just an honor guard to accompany his casket or urn.

Or have R. Lee Ermey do the eulogy.

Semper Fi young man.

fark cancer.

flahorsegirl: Maybe it's because a colleague of mine just lost another one of his kids (8 month'old and 5 yr old, respectively) to some unfixable blood disorder, and I was in the military at one time, the image of a marine standing guard outside the room of a little kid stricken by a disease modern science can't grapple..... I'm reduced to tears......

I just totally pictured that in a Norman Rockwell-esque way.

/darn you...
//*sniff*

Worth repeating



// salutes

This story made me think of this song. The circumstances are different, but it's still pretty powerful.

Donnchadha: One Bad Apple: acanuck: What a waste of tax money - shouldn't they be in Afghanistan with their buddies vs a candyass assignment warding off ghosts?

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Ghosts are a good warm up when you're practicing to fight lava monsters.

Lava monsters that hate our freedoms.

I didn't know that Gandalf was a Marine.

So what's semper fidelis in Elvish?

/sorry, had to nerd the thread up, since we already have the asshat angle covered by at least five trolls
//and those red eyes are certainly due to cat hair....
///looks around for cats

Bravo Zulu Marines, Bravo Zulu.

Godspeed young man.

Kittypie070: The trolls in here have water for blood.

THIS

LordPomposity: Anybody else just come to these threads to read the troll posts?

/not disappointed

I came here to read the posts of human beings who have a heart and tons of love to spare.

/Not disappointed either.

Directorscut: If you can troll in here, you can troll anywhere.

Kid was tough, Marines respected that.
Sounds like the little boy knew what the real meaning of life is.

Damn. I've been looking for that. Maybe he wrote it down or sent it in a someecard or something.

Sad story. Cool sounding kid. Burned bright.

See,

Not all marines are puppy-chuckers...
This story is very touching...The posted pictures make my eyes moist....

Salt Lick Steady: That's what I'm going to do - I'm going to put the Hymn on it. Thanks dude, I didn't even think of doing words

Given the theme, you could always do a globe-and-anchor on one side.

Specialist Five Lawrence Joel, outnumbered 6 to 1 by the Viet Cong, embodied the true spirit of our combat medical personnel. Nothing I can write will state the medic's value to the U.S. Army more than this excerpt from Specialist Joel's Medal of Honor citation:

After treating the men wounded by the initial burst of gunfire, he bravely moved forward to assist others who were wounded while proceeding to their objective. While moving from man to man, he was struck in the right leg by machine gun fire. Although painfully wounded his desire to aid his fellow soldiers transcended all personal feeling. He bandaged his own wound and self-administered morphine to deaden the pain enabling him to continue his dangerous undertaking. Through this period of time, he constantly shouted words of encouragement to all around him. Then, completely ignoring the warnings of others, and his pain, he continued his search for wounded, exposing himself to hostile fire; and, as bullets dug up the dirt around him, he held plasma bottles high while kneeling completely engrossed in his life saving mission. Then, after being struck a second time and with a bullet lodged in his thigh, he dragged himself over the battlefield and succeeded in treating 13 more men before his medical supplies ran out. Displaying resourcefulness, he saved the life of one man by placing a plastic bag over a severe chest wound to congeal the blood. As 1 of the platoons pursued the Viet Cong, an insurgent force in concealed positions opened fire on the platoon and wounded many more soldiers. With a new stock of medical supplies, Sp6c. Joel again shouted words of encouragement as he crawled through an intense hail of gunfire to the wounded men.

acanuck: What a waste of tax money - shouldn't they be in Afghanistan with their buddies vs a candyass assignment warding off ghosts?

Sigh. Even if you want to take the dimmest possible view you could, the cost of one guard is a very small price to pay for free publicity and maintaining a good public image. Both of which which are advantageous to recruiting. So, it'd actually be a extremely efficient use of tax money.


Of course, that's not why they did it. They did it because it's depressing as fark and if you're powerless to help, the least you can do is show your respects.

I don't think subby understands the Fark/Ultra Fark progression.

There are a lot of dusty threads around here, but this has been the dustiest for me.

Way to go, Marine.

The5thElement: TheEdibleSnuggie: People die all the time.


This instance is no different.

Stfu, gtfo.

Vote button.

I must be catching a cold.

NeoBad: That's about as awesome as anything I've read ever on Fark. Thanks for greening that one. Thanks to subby for the post and thanks to the Marines who made it happen.

//proud to be married to a Marine.

You're welcome.

I'm an old Army Infantryman. This story crushed me when I read it. Had to share. Story deserved it.

/subby

Is it me or does it seem obvious to others that naming your kid Cody is an automatic death sentence.

If the Army and the Navy ever look on heavens scene.
They will find the streets are guarded by UNITED STATES MARINES.

Nice story and all, but really - putting Heaven under martial law is erectioneering for Marines?

"You - with the wings - lesse your papers... ~clack~"

Coelacanth: Last Verse of the Marine Corps Hymn

"Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines."

"Doesn't matter if you're Navy white
Air Force blue or Army green,
You will find your wives are slee-ee-ping
With United States Marines."

Smokey the Bare: The Daily Mail had a surprisingly good article about this.


FTA:

In keeping with the Corps motto of Semper Fidelis, latin for always faithful, the Marine stood post outside of Cody's door all night, saluting Mrs Green as she went in and out of the room, right up until Cody passed on Saturday.


Ok...it was allergies until now.

Now I'm simply openly weeping.

/Thank you, USMC.

kregh99: Coelacanth: Last Verse of the Marine Corps Hymn

....
You will find your wives are slee-ee-ping
With United States Marines."

Or as we sang when the green belts weren't around (which was sometime around dark-thirty. Seriously, D.I. are cross-trained as ninjas to sneak up on recruits.)
"If the Army or the Navy, ever look on heaven's scene,
they will find the angels are in love with UNITED STATE MARINES!"
and to jaytkay
Life sucks and then you die?
Not exactly. Life CAN suck, do your best to see the humor in it before you die.

I'm sensing something in my .... yep, there's something in my eye.

FTFA: "Cody was given Marine navigator wings and was made an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps. For one Marine, that wasn't enough, so he did even more."


That probably should be aviator wings. No such thing as navigator wings.

/missing the point

Molavian: In before Marine Core.

sno man: This kid was a fighter, and by all accounts fun and funny too...
And a fan of the core, how could they possibly not do this.
And I really need to dust off my lap top apparently.

Just barely.

Came for seeing how the trolls approached this one, leaving unsatisfied by predictability.

/dusty

Slartibartfaster: Worth repeating

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// salutes

Please stop. I'm at work.....it's hard to cover the sniffling....


Rest in Peace, small Marine, Rest in Peace.

You know, we finally found the Fark thread where the snark and trolling is too much for me.

R.I.P. Lil' Man

Wow he is set. Pension and preferential hiring.

this is too much dust for a Friday morning...

/yeash

Semper Fi Devil Dog

Not News: Young boy dies. Fark: An old man lives. Ultrafark: Fair trade.

Recruiting. How does that work again?

tonguedepressor: Is it me or does it seem obvious to others that naming your kid Cody is an automatic death sentence.


'Ehhh...what now?'

/Good on you Marine
//My keyboard is soggy?

(speechless)

Wow. God bless that boy and the Corps.

Somaticasual: sno man: fan of the core

Not that big of one, apparently.

You are just jealous that you do not know how to spell Marine Core.

sno man: sno man: Somaticasual: sno man: Somaticasual: sno man: fan of the core

Not that big of one, apparently.

The Kid.
not me.
corps.
corpse.
your point sucks what?

What are you, 12?

Oddly that was going to be my next question for you.

*checks profile*
TX
nevermind...

This had so much potential and then it died.