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WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps is modernizing and plans to start using computers by the year 2030, a Corps official said today.
“We were excited to put in the research and roll up our sleeves,” said Lt. Col. Burgermeister, a spokesman for Headquarters Marine Corps. “It turns out, Marines don’t like two things: being treated like garbage when they’re boots, having their families drink cancer water we’ve known about for decades, and they are not fans of Army hand-me-downs. We can’t do anything about that first thing, but we sure as heck can get rid of these M-16s and maybe upgrade some of our 1980s systems.”
When informed that he listed three things, Lt. Col. Burgermeister throat-punched the Duffel Blog correspondent.
Still, the announcement came after a series of other breathtaking changes the Marines have been championing. In many ways, the Corps is making greater strides in this new era of competition than its fellow services.
The Air Force, for example, refuses to recogni…
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