You might be a Jarhead if...


1. You've ever used the term "Oohrah" in any context

2. Your dream home is base housing

3. You've ever rolled pennies to buy beer on a weeknight

4. You've ever sold blood to buy beer

5. You've ever financed a tattoo

6. You met your wife at a strip joint

7. Your kid has a high & tight

8. You still have your full basic issue

9. Your boot polish doesn't come out of a bottle

10. Your cammies have more starch than your potatoes

11. You refer to McDonald's food as "chow"

12. You've ever read your 'Battle Skills' book for fun

13. You still know all your General Orders

14. You call your friends "Devil Dog"

15. You think your military training is seriously worth college credit

16. Your picture is outside the Career Planner's office

17. You have whitewalls on your head, but not your car

18. You consider going to The Roadhouse a night on the town

19. You still know the words to the "Marine's Hymn"

20. You say things are 'good to go,' or 'outstanding'

21. Your favorite game is Spades

22. You still imitate your drill instructors

23. You call cadence to yourself

24. You get your haircut at the Day Store

25. You've ever given a period of instruction

26. You've ever "locked on" anybody

27. You use Aqua Velva aftershave

28. You iron your coveralls

29. You have a dog named "Chesty"

30. You have a blues cover in the back window of your car

31. You've ever done anything for love of Corps

32. You display your rank on the windshield of your car

33. You press your cammies after you get them from the cleaners

34. You have a subscription to 'The Marine Corps Times'

35. You use the term "hard charger" on a subject other than batteries

36. You think your unit doesn't PT enough

37. You think Motrin cures things

38. You wear your dogtags to the beach

39. You still use any drill instructor clichs

40. All your underwear still has your laundry number on it

41. You stencil your name on your jeans

42. You refer to regular clothes as 'civvies'

43. You've ever ironed your sheets for field day

44. You get your hair cut once a week

45. You've ever worn out an ironing board

46. You hang your dirty laundry from the foot of your bed

47. More than half of your wardrobe was purchased at the BX

48. You "quarter-deck" your kids

49. You practice line training on your wife

50. You argue with people about whether Paris Island or San Diego was better

51. You use your seabag as luggage

52. You have a picture of the Commandant in your living room

53. You wear your wooly-pully with Levis

54. You wear your all weather coat with regular clothes (or civvies)

55. The horn on your car plays the 'Marine Hymn'

56. Your picture is outside the BX

57. You've ever starved until dinner because you woke up too late to go to the chow hall

58. You have the belief that you can kick someone's ass because they're in the Navy

59. If you've ever suggested that your unit goes on a hump

60. You've ever gone to a bar or dance club in your blues

61. You found CPL School motivating

62. You like 'Tun Tavern" Beer

63. You have a camouflage comforter on your bed

64. You keep MRE's around just in case you get hungry

65. You go to the chow hall to meet women

66. You've ever had razor burn on your head

67. You signed the Chesty Puller stamp petition

68. You've ever used the term 'very well' in normal conversation


The Number 1 indicator you might be a Jarhead.... you read this far! Semper Fi!


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