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Vol. 15 · No. 123 · Thursday, 15 October 2026

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Vetbro apparel company pivots from stupid shirts to aggressively homoerotic ones

AI deemed ‘too smart’ to replace infantry

Hegseth opens up new TradWife MOS

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Marines: solving every problem with either a knife hand or C4.

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14 Feb Theologians say God actually hates the infantry "Look me in the eye and tell me God does not 100% revile the infantry." 2 min 3 Feb Navy corpsman refuses to give Motrin, tourniquets “I am making Havoc healthy again,” says Kennedy. 2 min 24 Jan Department of Government Efficiency unable to find single chief warrant officer to fire “You can’t fire me if you can’t find me,” read a note at the bottom of a coffee mug at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. 2 min 8 Jan Local Marine recruiter fist fights Matt Gaetz over high school senior "I have no idea why my former Congressman was here in a red convertible Mercedes." 2 min 6 Jan SOF in crisis after POG terrorist stacks more bodies than career Green Beret "Our nation expects only the best from SOF, including their transition to the crazed veteran life." 3 min 2 Dec Marines honor J.D. Vance by bronzing locker they shoved him in during service Uncommon valor with common storage. 2 min 8 Nov MEPS doctors say sedentary lifestyles bad for recruits’ supple bodies and soft, soft skin “These are not the buttholes that defeated the Nazis." 3 min 1 Nov Marines allowed to use knife hands as voter identification When asked for comment, a spokesperson from the Marine Corps simply stated, “Yut.” 4 min 31 Oct Annual sorting cover ceremony sorts recruits into military branches As recruit H. Potter was called forward, he was heard muttering, “Not Marines, not Marines." 2 min

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