Posted on Jan 14, 2016
The Marine Corps’ Ban On Hands In Pockets Centers Around The Possible Misuse Of A Semicolon
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Anyone who has ever served a day in the Marine Corps knows one of the storied institution’s most sacred rules: Don’t put your hands in your damn pockets.
I thought this was a "no no" in any branch of the military. I think it's shows disrespect for your uniform and your branch of service. At least that's the way it was back in my day. Even in Nam, with rolled up sleeves, we didn't put our hands in our pocket. "What are you doing, playing pocket pool", was the favorite question if someone was caught.
I thought this was a "no no" in any branch of the military. I think it's shows disrespect for your uniform and your branch of service. At least that's the way it was back in my day. Even in Nam, with rolled up sleeves, we didn't put our hands in our pocket. "What are you doing, playing pocket pool", was the favorite question if someone was caught.
The Marine Corps’ Ban On Hands In Pockets Centers Around The Possible Misuse Of A Semicolon
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SGT (Join to see), at OCS in 1972, we wore the old cotton OD fatigues and the cotton khakis. All the pocket flaps of each uniform were sewn closed (in the seam so as to be invisible). No one put their hands in their pockets because they couldn't. If the Tactical Officers saw pockets that were not sewn shut, something like dirt, mud, rocks or shaving cream filled the pockets fairly quickly. To this day, I don't like to put things in my pockets and certainly not my hands!
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It is. We had a Chief who was notorious for sneaking up behind people and catching them with hands in the pocket. You definitely didn't want to be the one he caught.
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