Veteran Continues To Serve Country By Pointing Out Uniform Discrepancies On The Internet
PLYMOUTH, Minn. – A local veteran is taking to the web in what many call a one-man crusade against the breakdown of military order on the internet.
Thomas Trupia, a veteran of the Marine Corps and resident expert on everything, says that he became fed up with the lack of discipline that has overtaken the Armed Forces since his General Discharge six years ago.
“We’re living in dangerous times,” Trupia tells Duffel Blog during an interview in the basement of his mother’s suburban home. “Back in my day, during the Old Corps, we didn’t dare disgrace the uniform standards like these young ones do today, much less post it online. I’m here to put them in check and enforce discipline online.”
The 28-year-old basement-dweller is part of a growing number of digital warriors who have traded in their rifles for the keyboard.
“You see that?” Trupia says as he points to an image posted on a popular military-themed Facebook page. “These Marines are in the privacy of their barracks room with their MarPat…
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