Oh, and Marine food is just okay?

Sure, it’s good. Especially the MREs (Meals Rejected by Everyone)

Well that’s a first.

Your recruiter lied, Jimmy. They do that sometimes.

You can get structure and direction at a monastery. Be just wants to blow stuff up.

he will get into really good shape. a job. the food isn’t that bad since it is outsourced to kbr/halliburton. free medical/dental. college aid. and, if he does one of those support jobs, "rear with the gear, " it becomes a 9 to 5 job. he just have to endure the basic where he is lower than a maggot, more push-ups(front leaning rest) than he can imagine, and those damn hills.

“The biscuits in the Army, they say are mighty fine. But one rolled off the table and killed a pal of mine . . . "

Just stay away from Jake Haper’s mess. (2 & 1/2 Men reference)

They say that in the Army the coffee is mighty fine. It looks like muddy water and tastes like turpentine!