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2007-07-31 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-07-31 12:33|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The money quote:
:On July 3, 2005, Sgt. Johnson went to a park not far from his base in Germany to be initiated into the 'Gangster Disciples,' a notorious Chicago-based street gang. He was beaten by eight other soldiers in a "jump-in" - an initiation rite common to many gangs.

Johnson died that night from his injuries."

Can we give this guy a Darwin award?

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-07-31 13:10|| 2007-07-31 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Parris Island? I seriously fuckin doubt that...

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-31 13:23|| 2007-07-31 13:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure we NCOs tolerate and sometimes run gangs in the military. It helps keep the troops in a fighting mood. We also have a direct line to the tooth fairy.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-07-31 13:45|| 2007-07-31 13:45|| Front Page Top

#4 With all of those jump-ins happening the tooth fairy racket is probably pretty lucrative.

Posted by AzCat 2007-07-31 14:02|| 2007-07-31 14:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Which is why the NCOs have a direct line.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-07-31 14:12|| 2007-07-31 14:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Shavon Striggles, a Marine corporal, poses in gang colors inside the barracks on Parris Island.

I doubt the veracity of this story. Anyone that is a shooter sure as hell wouldn't shoot like this dumb shit. For one thing, it is not accurate; you give up your sights and secondly, you are liable to get popped in the eye with a spent cartridge.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-31 14:22|| 2007-07-31 14:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Special Forces Shift Strategy
New Special Ops Commanders Believe Killing Terrorists May Not Be Enough

LOL, I might have almost believe this (gang) story, if'n I hadn't seen this headline and byline on the side (also CBS news). "Fake, but accurate" still seems to reign supreme, even after Dan left, LOL! That one above is almost worthy of the Onion!

Posted by BA 2007-07-31 14:51|| 2007-07-31 14:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Special Forces Shift Strategy
New Special Ops Commanders Believe Killing Terrorists May Not Be Enough

LOL, I might have almost believed this (gang) story, if'n I hadn't seen this headline and byline on the side (also CBS news). "Fake, but accurate" still seems to reign supreme, even after Dan left, LOL! That one above is almost worthy of the Onion!

Posted by BA 2007-07-31 14:52|| 2007-07-31 14:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Appreciate you giving your name, Corporal Striggles.
We'll be in touch.

Posted by NCIS 2007-07-31 15:15|| 2007-07-31 15:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Interesting . . . .

We have the "Shock Troops" story, and then the one in The Nation that's a retelling of John Kerry's "winter soldier" testimony circa 1971, and now this--all of which seem to be propagating the meme that our soldiers and Marines are psychopathic, kill-crazed lowlife losers--just as one of our major political parties is counseling retreat. If I were the suspicious, cynical sort, I'd start to wonder if someone wasn't trying to undermine popular support for the military as a way of undermining support for the mission.

Posted by Mike 2007-07-31 15:47|| 2007-07-31 15:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh, yeah... I've been wondering about that for about a week now. An interesting coinky-dink, no?

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-07-31 16:01|| www.celiahayes.com]">[www.celiahayes.com] 2007-07-31 16:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Darn you mike now I have to don my tinfoil hat to keep them from reading my mind and sending commands from space. OTOH Only drug-crazed gang members would enlist/re-enlist with Bush and his gang of thieves in office.
See it fits the agenda. ;-)

Next week wel will hear about Female soldiers selling their bodies in Iraq to make a "little extra" money for when they go home. All of which will be a attributed to an unnamed source at an unknown location.
Because only whores would serve under Bush.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-07-31 16:04|| 2007-07-31 16:04|| Front Page Top

#13 Don't miss the related story, about how gangs are getting military training CBS.

A former Secretaty of something-or-other sez the military is so desperate, they'll take anybody!

Posted by Bobby 2007-07-31 16:14|| 2007-07-31 16:14|| Front Page Top

#14 FYI, "Cpl." Striggles is listed in the system, but it appears he is no longer on active duty and has been reduced to private. MOS 6046, Aircraft Maintenance Administration Specialist.

My wife actually brought this story to my attention and was seriously concerned about it. I told her it was a bunch of BS, and asked her who she would believe, a guy with over 14 years in, or Katie Couric?

The media and anti-war crowd want to still portray us as "victims" and the war so terrible that it is destroying innocent, defenseless minds. They did the same thing during Viet Nam. They were all "baby" killers, ignorant, gullible, "killers", and dupes of the government. Now we are gang members....

Posted by 0369Grunt 2007-07-31 16:28|| 2007-07-31 16:28|| Front Page Top

#15 During the Vietnam War there were some pretty serious racial disputes in both the Army and Navy, however, as simple fact remains that criminals don't make good soldiers, and soldiers, once they live the military, no longer have the organization they would need to be effective organized criminals.

On top of everything else, their military skills are often more valuable as such, than most criminal enterprises they could join. For example, if a soldier or Marine leaves the service right now, they can turn around, fly back to Baghdad, and make a fortune as security personnel or mercenaries.

The ones too dumb to figure this out are also not going to be the best criminals.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-31 16:58|| 2007-07-31 16:58|| Front Page Top

#16 I could have sworn that Uncle Sam's Misguided Children thought they were the baddest gang on the planet. I think it was in one of their tv ads.

Posted by Steve 2007-07-31 17:30|| 2007-07-31 17:30|| Front Page Top

#17 Not to mention the reference DNA and fingerprints taken for all new recruits. Just the thing gang bangers want on file.

The press are IDIOTS

Posted by Andy Cholump7818 2007-07-31 19:04|| 2007-07-31 19:04|| Front Page Top

#18 I've seen minor gang involvement around Marine bases....we even had a shooting with a couple of new joins that claimed they were gang bangers - actually a pair of clowns w/delusions of grandeur who should've never got across the parade deck at PI. However, gang stuff is usually confined to the shit bags we throw out (for drugs or whatever) that don't want to go home and can't grow up so they stick around the area (Jacksonville, NC in my experience), live in a trailer and act like the hip-hop retards they see on cribs. Our recruiters usually do a good job of screening out gang bangers & other degenerates......not to mention the fact that anyone w/a felony conviction gets red flagged off the get go. The MSM is stupid (I know, a built in redundant statement).

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-07-31 22:39|| 2007-07-31 22:39|| Front Page Top

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