SGT Private RallyPoint Member 938167 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>These are hilarious, unbelievable stories. You&#39;ve got to see the Marine jump off a balcony onto mattresses.<br /><br />Five times a service member’s bad decision ended up as front-page news.<br />For anyone who has worn the uniform, there’s a fundamental truth of service that never makes it into the commercials and recruiting ads: It can be boring as all hell.<br /><br />Sometimes, either due to good intentions gone awry, frustration, or someone drank too much, service members and veterans make some bad decisions. In many cases, this ends with a hangover or a moment of public embarrassment. Occasionally, these choices lead to sprains and maybe a broken bone or two, like when a Marine decided to jump three stories onto a stack of mattresses.<br /><br />But sometimes, someone does something so dumb and outrageous that it makes the news. Here are five of those moments.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://taskandpurpose.com/5-times-service-members-made-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=tp-today">http://taskandpurpose.com/5-times-service-members-made-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=tp-today</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/021/276/qrc/AP3598294408771-e1412035963151-840x420.jpg?1443053459"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://taskandpurpose.com/5-times-service-members-made-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=tp-today">5 Times Service Members Made The News For Doing Something Hilariously Stupid</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Five times a service member’s stupid decision ended up as front-page news.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-09-03T14:31:20-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 938167

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>These are hilarious, unbelievable stories. You&#39;ve got to see the Marine jump off a balcony onto mattresses.<br /><br />Five times a service member’s bad decision ended up as front-page news.<br />For anyone who has worn the uniform, there’s a fundamental truth of service that never makes it into the commercials and recruiting ads: It can be boring as all hell.<br /><br />Sometimes, either due to good intentions gone awry, frustration, or someone drank too much, service members and veterans make some bad decisions. In many cases, this ends with a hangover or a moment of public embarrassment. Occasionally, these choices lead to sprains and maybe a broken bone or two, like when a Marine decided to jump three stories onto a stack of mattresses.<br /><br />But sometimes, someone does something so dumb and outrageous that it makes the news. Here are five of those moments.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://taskandpurpose.com/5-times-service-members-made-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=tp-today">http://taskandpurpose.com/5-times-service-members-made-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=tp-today</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/021/276/qrc/AP3598294408771-e1412035963151-840x420.jpg?1443053459"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://taskandpurpose.com/5-times-service-members-made-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=tp-today">5 Times Service Members Made The News For Doing Something Hilariously Stupid</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Five times a service member’s stupid decision ended up as front-page news.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-09-03T14:31:20-04:00 2015-09-03T14:31:20-04:00 SCPO David Lockwood 938182

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>People like stupid!

2015-09-03T14:35:04-04:00 2015-09-03T14:35:04-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 938221

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Words to live by for a liberty brief:<br /><br />1. Stay out of jail<br />2. Stay out of the news<br />3. Stay out of the hospital

2015-09-03T14:44:24-04:00 2015-09-03T14:44:24-04:00 LTC Stephen F. 938241

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Unfortunately bad or incredibly stupid events frequently make the news <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="520566" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/520566-11b2p-infantryman-airborne">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a>. In some areas the military seems to get picked on but thankfully in many areas military members are respected. <br />I would like to say more stories about good Samaritans and heroic service members. At least the heroism of our service members in stopping massacres was covered for a time in major news networks.

2015-09-03T14:48:05-04:00 2015-09-03T14:48:05-04:00 SSG Warren Swan 938367

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-58368"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-did-these-service-members-make-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Why+did+these+Service+Members+make+the+news+for+doing+something+hilariously+stupid%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-did-these-service-members-make-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhy did these Service Members make the news for doing something hilariously stupid?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-did-these-service-members-make-the-news-for-doing-something-hilariously-stupid" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="7e342e15ec4f16ef41fce3627fd829a0" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/058/368/for_gallery_v2/d7c678bd.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/058/368/large_v3/d7c678bd.jpg" alt="D7c678bd" /></a></div></div>I'm just sayin.....

2015-09-03T15:34:47-04:00 2015-09-03T15:34:47-04:00 PO1 John Miller 940064

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />You can&#39;t fix stupid!

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