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Vol. 15 · No. 132 · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Recruit starts EAS countdown to be more like a real Marine

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DARWIN, Texas — Many aspiring Marines do everything they can to embrace their future career, but Zachary Greenville takes it one step further: Counting down his days until his end of active-duty service.

“Watching boot camp videos on YouTube and making Recruit Training graduation calendars is boot shit,” Greenville, a poolee in the Corps' delayed entry program, told reporters as packed a dip from his first ever can of Grizzly. “My Staff Sausage says I need to show initiative, so I’ve planned out my whole career from beginning to end.”

Greenville says the first thing he plans to do is get rid of his “high-and-stupid” after boot camp and get full sleeves. The year or so afterward is unclear before he can begin not giving a fuck anymore.

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