http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/ en-us 2005-03-05T01:23:11-05:00 http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/discuss-testing.html http://www.markcarey.com Jag anonymous 2005-02-03T21:09:17-05:00 http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/discuss-squids.html MARINES SAILORS SMARTER I resented the derogatory comment on the 12/31/05 JAG episode by the neurotic Marine General JAG Commander, when referring to U.S. Navy personnel as “SQUIDS”. This was demeaning to anyone who has served in the U.S. Navy. (My statements assume that the USN and USMC approve of all script material on JAG.) Marines are given an elitist attitude starting in boot camp, and are taught to look down on the Navy. Therefore the “squid” label for sailors. One common Marine taunt is: I would rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in the Navy. My reply to this is “Yeah, we know your sister quite well. She’s our aircraft carrier’s favorite whore.” It is common for Sailors leaving their ship to be unduly harassed by hostile Marine gate guards and MPs ashore. Some Marines explain that this game is played to relieve their boredom, from long periods of inactivity on the job. Squids are easy targets. Having served in the Navy and also with the U.S. State Dept. in 4 different U.S. Embassies in the Far East, I worked with several Embassy Marine Guards. A few of them were pretty cool guys, but the rest were just plain DUMB. During one emergency at the Embassy in Bangkok, we discovered that the Marine Guards had not been properly trained to start up the emergency electric generators, which was one of their duties after hours. The Marine Gunnery Sgt. in charge was reprimanded by the Embassy Communications Officer. If you rank all branches of the U.S. Military by the level of intelligence in each branch, the Marines will most likely place at the bottom. Here’s how they probably would rank: Navy Air Force Army Coast Guard Marines A lot of ex-Marines end up in low paying jobs at places like Walmart, McDonalds and as security guards, after leaving the Marine Corps. This is due in part to the fact that the USMC doesn’t have the number of technical schools that the other branches of the military have. Therefore, it is not necessary to recruit a lot of people with high IQs. Most Marines would not qualify to train in highly technical programs. There are few jobs on the outside for ex-riflemen. Due to the type of operational and maintenance requirements for aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and guided missiles, the Navy has a large number of highly... Jag anonymous 2005-01-24T15:27:20-05:00 http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/discuss-november-5-2004-episode.html censorship? when one of the witnesses was on the stand to testify, there was a 'bleeped out' portion (several seconds in length) of his testimony. in my area, the network we view the program on is owned by sinclair broadcasting (self-stated conservative network that aired anti-kerry programming prior to the election). question: what was bleeped out? might this have been an attempt by sinclair at censoring this portion of the script? was there something mentioned that could have been construed as anti our present adminstration? and if so, does cbs know or care?... Jag anonymous 2004-11-06T13:13:38-05:00 http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/discuss-november-5-2004-episode.html censorship? when one of the witnesses was on the stand to testify, there was a 'bleeped out' portion (several seconds in length) of his testimony. in my area, the network we view the program on is owned by sinclair broadcasting (self-stated conservative network that aired anti-kerry programming prior to the election). question: what was bleeped out? might this have been an attempt by sinclair at censoring this portion of the script? was there something mentioned that could have been construed as anti our present adminstration? and if so, does cbs know or care?... Jag anonymous 2004-11-06T13:12:01-05:00 http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/discuss-november-5-2004-episode.html censorship? when one of the witnesses was on the stand to testify, there was a 'bleeped out' portion (several seconds in length) of his testimony. in my area, the network we view the program on is owned by sinclair broadcasting (self-stated conservative network that aired anti-kerry programming prior to the election). question: what was bleeped out? might this have been an attempt by sinclair at censoring this portion of the script? was there something mentioned that could have been construed as anti our present adminstration? and if so, does cbs know or care?... Jag anonymous 2004-11-06T13:10:21-05:00 http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/discuss-november-5-episode.html censorship? when one of the witnesses was on the stand to testify, there was a 'bleeped out' portion (several seconds in length) of his testimony. in my area, the network we view the program on is owned by sinclair broadcasting (self-stated conservative network that aired anti-kerry programming prior to the election). question: what was bleeped out? might this have been an attempt by sinclair at censoring this portion of the script? was there something mentioned that could have been construed as anti our present adminstration? and if so, does cbs know or care?... Jag anonymous 2004-11-06T13:09:48-05:00 http://www.markcarey.com/blogorum/tv/jag/discuss-welcome-to-jag-blog.html Welcome to Jag Blog, a blog and forum where anyone can blog about Jag. Talk about your favorite episodes, characters, opinion, trivia, or anything else about Jag. 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