Quit acting like a Marine!

I hate that statement. It just makes you want to slap a motherfucker. It is something that a civilian will never understand. That's like telling a bitchy chic to "quit acting like a bitch," or a former police officer to "Quit acting like a cop". You see, most Marines Join the service at a young age. From then it is like a revelation of life, you are molded into a Marine, and it becomes you. You evolve from a teen into an adult in the Marine Corps, and that is a critical time in your life. Lets think for a second about the bitch. Just like the Marine they probably wern't that way when they were in their early teens. It probably started from late teen to adulthood that they became that way. Now look at the cop. The cop trains alot to find stashes of bud, or to notice if someone is drunk, etc, etc. Marine's are the same way, we train and train and train, so that it becomes second nature to live in the "field" for months, eat shity food, sneak through the brush, drink fuel tainted water thats 100 degrees plus in tempurature, have baracks where only the heater works in 120 degree heat and the AC comes on only in 30 degree cold. We sleep in two foot of water while its raining, wear grease on our face for the sake of hiding, stay up days at a time, and ran for miles. We've drank until 3 in the morning and then at 4 in the morning cary 80 pounds of gear for a 20 mile hike. We've run in the freezing cold and the burning hot to harden our bodies, humped miles of hills for endurance, and endured the worst conditions in other countries to train to kill an asshole for the sake of our Nation and to protect our country.
In other words, if I want to have a god damn high and stupid haircut, or be clean cut 0-3 inches to USMC grooming standards, that should be my choice. If I want to say words like, "good to go", "Roger that", "Semper Fi", "oo-rah!!!", or just answer your stupid question with a bark, then I can because I earned that right. And you fuck wad civilian's whining about stupid shit telling me to quit acting like a Marine, because I'm "not in any more", I've been through hell to earn that eagle, globe, and anchor, so fuck you. Marine is what I am. It is in my heart and soul, and is a part of who I am. Buddy Dj, also a Marine, and I run a military explorer unit, and some of them go into the Marine Corps as well as other services. I am still serving my country in this way and so is he. We still subject ourselfs to PT, Pain, runs in inclement weather, and wearing BDU's. Quit acting like a Marine? Fuck you bitch I am a Marine! Good to go?