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Vol. 15 · No. 134 · Monday, 9 November 2026

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Working party does neither

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CAMP PENDLETON — Four Marines assigned to a working party are doing neither right now, sources confirmed today.

The group of Marines, three lance corporals and a private first class, were told by their platoon sergeant early this morning to go to the armory for a working party. After roughly 13 minutes of actual work — cleaning crew-served weapons systems such as the M2 .50 caliber machine-gun — the group transitioned to a strange new state of existence in space and time, where they were neither working, nor partying.

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