USMilitary Challenge Coins IV: The Super-Tanks
Day 1,312, 11:02
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by George Armstrong Custer
Honoring Excellence
Above and Beyond the Call
Dateline: Friday June 24, 2011 (Day 1,312)
Location: Field Dispatch; Behind Enemy Lines
Reporter: Private George Armstrong "Old Man" Custer
The USMilitary Challenge Coin IV Presentation
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was a fifth grade dropout from an extremely poor family who became the most decorated American soldier of all time. During twenty-seven months in action in the European Theatre, he received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations, including five from France and one from Belgium.
The 1955 movie, To Hell and Back, was based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy, who starred in the film.
The Challenge Coin is currently the highest honor the USMilitary has to bestow on its members. It stands as a symbol of our collective appreciation, recognizing excellence of execution above and beyond the call of duty.
Death From Above, is proud to present the fourth installment of the USMilitary Challenge Coins series.
If you're unfamiliar with Challenge Coins or this program, please refer to these previous articles:
:: http://tinyurl.com/Challenge-CoinsIII ::
:: http://tinyurl.com/2ndChallengeCoins ::
:: http://tinyurl.com/1stChallengeCoins ::
Today we spotlight our strongest fighters-- the "super tanks" who consistently lay down the most battlefield damage of all. Whether they own a lot of Companies or have well worn credit cards doesn't matter. I don't care if they're pullin' game gold outta their butts, they're going way past their maximum "food fights" and into spending o.5 Gold per 10 Health Points to keep on fighting. And they do it with Q5 weapons, too.
Readers will note the specially designed Challenge Coin Card, featuring along with the honorees' branch insignia, their logo and information, a bronze coin depicting an M-1 Abrams tank.
The inscription is a quote from Army General Creighton Abrams, who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 and served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly before his death in 1974. In honor of Abrams, the U.S. Army named the XM1 main battle tank the M1 Abrams.
"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards!"
Please be sure to see the Announcements section, below, for a word on today's prize disbursement.
USTraining Corps
General Morrigan Alexandros is the Commanding Officer of the Training Corps and the organization's top fighter. This 5000+ Strength Field Marshall** packs a 2600 damage punch with a Q5, and has earned 7 Battle Hero and 1 Resistance Hero Medals.
Morrigan's Whip It is one of five "TC Media Warriors" newspapers, where she shares her unique insight to current events and is currently promoting her run for USCongress.
TC Master Sergeant Brad Gwatney nominates Morri, saying, "Whenever you need help, she is always right there beside you no matter what rank you are to help you and guide you along your way!"
Former CJCS Jankems elaborates, "Morrigan Alexandros is a great general, fighter, and person. She is smart and headstrong - helping to keep things running smoothly in many different places - and her impact can be seen all over the military from the people she's trained to her interactions on the JCS. She is both an irreplacebale asset to the Training Corps and Military and an irreplaceable person."
USMobile Infantry
Colonel Npaidi is the Mobile Infantry's Quartermaster General, Deputy Director of Arm America, a 1x USCongressman, 4x Battle Hero and 2x Campaign Hero. A game rank Field Marshall with 4700+, Strength, his Q5 hits deliver 2400 damage.
In nominating Npaidi, Mobile Infantry Executive Officer Lieutenant General Heather Fuchs tells us, "Npaidi is a dedicated soldier who has quickly risen to become one of our best damage dealers, despite being younger than many of our other heavy hitters, and all the while playing an essential part of our branch's overall damage-producing ability by doling out supplies to the rest of our members.
Npaidi goes out of his way to help his fellow servicemen and spends most of his free time supporting the Mobile Infantry and eUSA."
USNational Guard
Lieutenant Fitisin has earned 8 Battle Hero medals, and is the Guard's M5 Platoon CO. Game ranked at General*, Fitisin's 3200 Strength delivers nearly 1600 damage with each Q5.
He also runs Citizen Fitisin, where he publishes Commentary pieces as well as "first person" stories.
USNG XO Lieutenant General Jadiv nominates Lt Fitisin, saying, "Fitisin combines a stronger battlefield performance with his able leadership of a platoon of Guardsmen. Long serving, he is known for activity at 'off' hours and can effectively bring a good amount of influence at times when it is needed."
Division 1 XO Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mensley adds, "Many soldiers who go onto other branches have fought alongside Fit in the Guard as they move up. Fitisin is often a voice for the frustration of rank and file soldiers in his shouts and articles."
USArmy
Colonel Kolv1k is the USArmy Quartermaster and is in charge of their European soldiers. A RL Estonian, he started his game in eEstonia but left as their politics became contrary to his own beliefs. Having invested heavily in Companies around the globe, after a little country-hopping he landed in the USA and the USArmy, where he intends to stay forever.
Earning 133 Battle Hero medals and 10 Campaign Hero medals, Kolv1k's 6400+ Strength and National Force game rank enable him to deliver over 3700 damage with every Q5 weapon.
USAirborne
Airborne Specialist Andy Dufresne is with the 82nd Airborne's 2nd Platoon who has earned 20 Battle Hero medals. A game rank Field Marshall**, at 6100 Strength, he delivers nearly 3200 damage with every Q5 hit.
Andy also runs the Zihuatanejo Times, where he often publishes great Public Relations pieces and currently is promoting his run for USCongress.
Airborne Executive Officer ChubbZilla nominated Andy, saying, "Andy has been with us quite a while, he has been a Platoon CO, and recently helps with processing applications. He has been helpful throughout his time in the Airborne and we hope he continues with us a long time."
82nd Airborne CO DeathAndDestruction adds, "Andy helps intake processing by contacting applicants, and was one of our longest running Platoon CO's. This powerhouse fighter has been known to single-handedly turn the tide of battles."
USMarine Corps
PFC Technician is a former Training Corps Brigadier General, a 3x USCongressman, and has earned a whopping 310 Battle Hero medals and 25 Campaign Hero medals.
USMC Executive Officer CStarlight21 calls Technician "a beast."
That pretty much covers it... Technician is a near-6400 Strength World Class Fighter beast who hits 4000 with every Q5.
But understand this... the USMarine Corps is the branch for the strongest fighters in the USMilitary, and is home to several super heavy hitters.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
I'm George Armstrong Custer, and I approved this nomination.
Rod Damon is a strange and mysterious character. He serves as head of the Strategic Air Command, organizing deployment of mobile voters around the globe as needed to help our allies ward off PTO attempts. He has served as head of the CIA, and as head of EDEN Intel. Let's face it, Rod's a big head.. you know-- floating in space, glowing in the dark, scaring little children.
In Rod Damon Was Writing, he publishes photos of hot chicks interspersed with bits of twisted humor, as well as informative and sometimes educational articles to help us in this ever-changing game.
Today we honor Rowdy Rod Damon for his indispensible role as civilian Advisor to the USMilitary Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Rod's not bad on the battlefield, either. Game ranked at Field Marshall with 4500 Strength, he delivers almost 2400 damage with every Q5.
Today's featured "super-tanks" are merely examples of power-hitters in our USMilitary. There are more. It's important to understand that we are all capable of these same accomplishments. One common key seems to be owning a lot of Companies to self fund their bonus Training and Q5 weapons. I seriously doubt any of these soldiers are wearing out their credit cards to win game medals. Focus and dedication are attributes available to us all, these soldiers just apply them vigorously.
Please join the USAirborne's Death From Above and USMilitary Command and Staff Officers in a simple demonstration of our appreciation for the personnel honored today, and snap off a sharp o7 salute in the Comments thread of this article.
Congratulations, super-tanks-- and, Thank You!
Announcements:
If I got any names, ranks, or other details wrong, please let me know via game mail.
Today's honorees will receive twenty Q5 tanks each.
That's sixteen-and-a-half a MILLION battlefield damage points in all!
Now get out there an' kill a few extra Indo-Huns for the good ol' USA!
In Wednesday's Death From Above: Movie Night, I announced a contest to run in conjunction with this Challenge Coins IV presentation.
Training Corps graduates have until this article expires of old age from the ranking page to qualify.
The first five TC grads who apply for and are accepted to another USMilitary branch will receive 5 Q5 weapons, their new unit will receive 10, and the TC will receive 10 more.
Proper procedure must be followed! Talk to your TC Platoon CO about it!
Recent Payouts:
Last week's Challenge Coins III presentation of 15 Q5 tanks to nine USMilitary soldiers.. 135 tanks.
Today's Challenge Coins IV presentation of 20 Q5 tanks to six USMilitary soldiers and one nutjob... 140 tanks.
Training Corps grads have approximately 48 hours from publication to fulfill the challenge and claim their prizes.
Kinda gets ya... right there... don' it?
Recent Donations:
Darkskye has donated $2800 today! Thanks!
Civilian jver1207 donated $1200 plus 60 Q5 tanks! Intense, man!
Send donations of your excess production or cash overflow directly to me, I do keep track and don't use them for myself. I'll acknowledge your contribution in the paper, and I give tanks to USMilitary soldiers and branches. Pretty straightforward proposition.
If you want to join the any branch of the USMilitary, the Training Corps is the place to start.
Here's the USAirborne application. Minimum Strength 1800; Barehanded Hit 400; High Activity
USAirborne Private George Armstrong Custer
Member; JCS Public Relations Department
Recommended Reading:
The familiar row of avatars linking to newspapers is being redeveloped.
Movie Night: Recruitment Extravaganza
Fighting the invasion and the trolls
United States Armed Forces Radio is on air!
America In Conflict
Be a man! Do what you have to do!
Get thee to a GUNNERY, NOW!!!
ReShout This:
Challenge Coins IV: The Super-Tanks
http://tinyurl.com/ChallengeCoinsIV
They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards!
:::
Above and Beyond the Call
Dateline: Friday June 24, 2011 (Day 1,312)
Location: Field Dispatch; Behind Enemy Lines
Reporter: Private George Armstrong "Old Man" Custer
The USMilitary Challenge Coin IV Presentation
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was a fifth grade dropout from an extremely poor family who became the most decorated American soldier of all time. During twenty-seven months in action in the European Theatre, he received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations, including five from France and one from Belgium.
The 1955 movie, To Hell and Back, was based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy, who starred in the film.
The Challenge Coin is currently the highest honor the USMilitary has to bestow on its members. It stands as a symbol of our collective appreciation, recognizing excellence of execution above and beyond the call of duty.
Death From Above, is proud to present the fourth installment of the USMilitary Challenge Coins series.
If you're unfamiliar with Challenge Coins or this program, please refer to these previous articles:
:: http://tinyurl.com/Challenge-CoinsIII ::
:: http://tinyurl.com/2ndChallengeCoins ::
:: http://tinyurl.com/1stChallengeCoins ::
Today we spotlight our strongest fighters-- the "super tanks" who consistently lay down the most battlefield damage of all. Whether they own a lot of Companies or have well worn credit cards doesn't matter. I don't care if they're pullin' game gold outta their butts, they're going way past their maximum "food fights" and into spending o.5 Gold per 10 Health Points to keep on fighting. And they do it with Q5 weapons, too.
Readers will note the specially designed Challenge Coin Card, featuring along with the honorees' branch insignia, their logo and information, a bronze coin depicting an M-1 Abrams tank.
The inscription is a quote from Army General Creighton Abrams, who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 and served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly before his death in 1974. In honor of Abrams, the U.S. Army named the XM1 main battle tank the M1 Abrams.
"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards!"
Please be sure to see the Announcements section, below, for a word on today's prize disbursement.
USTraining Corps
General Morrigan Alexandros is the Commanding Officer of the Training Corps and the organization's top fighter. This 5000+ Strength Field Marshall** packs a 2600 damage punch with a Q5, and has earned 7 Battle Hero and 1 Resistance Hero Medals.
Morrigan's Whip It is one of five "TC Media Warriors" newspapers, where she shares her unique insight to current events and is currently promoting her run for USCongress.
TC Master Sergeant Brad Gwatney nominates Morri, saying, "Whenever you need help, she is always right there beside you no matter what rank you are to help you and guide you along your way!"
Former CJCS Jankems elaborates, "Morrigan Alexandros is a great general, fighter, and person. She is smart and headstrong - helping to keep things running smoothly in many different places - and her impact can be seen all over the military from the people she's trained to her interactions on the JCS. She is both an irreplacebale asset to the Training Corps and Military and an irreplaceable person."
USMobile Infantry
Colonel Npaidi is the Mobile Infantry's Quartermaster General, Deputy Director of Arm America, a 1x USCongressman, 4x Battle Hero and 2x Campaign Hero. A game rank Field Marshall with 4700+, Strength, his Q5 hits deliver 2400 damage.
In nominating Npaidi, Mobile Infantry Executive Officer Lieutenant General Heather Fuchs tells us, "Npaidi is a dedicated soldier who has quickly risen to become one of our best damage dealers, despite being younger than many of our other heavy hitters, and all the while playing an essential part of our branch's overall damage-producing ability by doling out supplies to the rest of our members.
Npaidi goes out of his way to help his fellow servicemen and spends most of his free time supporting the Mobile Infantry and eUSA."
USNational Guard
Lieutenant Fitisin has earned 8 Battle Hero medals, and is the Guard's M5 Platoon CO. Game ranked at General*, Fitisin's 3200 Strength delivers nearly 1600 damage with each Q5.
He also runs Citizen Fitisin, where he publishes Commentary pieces as well as "first person" stories.
USNG XO Lieutenant General Jadiv nominates Lt Fitisin, saying, "Fitisin combines a stronger battlefield performance with his able leadership of a platoon of Guardsmen. Long serving, he is known for activity at 'off' hours and can effectively bring a good amount of influence at times when it is needed."
Division 1 XO Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mensley adds, "Many soldiers who go onto other branches have fought alongside Fit in the Guard as they move up. Fitisin is often a voice for the frustration of rank and file soldiers in his shouts and articles."
USArmy
Colonel Kolv1k is the USArmy Quartermaster and is in charge of their European soldiers. A RL Estonian, he started his game in eEstonia but left as their politics became contrary to his own beliefs. Having invested heavily in Companies around the globe, after a little country-hopping he landed in the USA and the USArmy, where he intends to stay forever.
Earning 133 Battle Hero medals and 10 Campaign Hero medals, Kolv1k's 6400+ Strength and National Force game rank enable him to deliver over 3700 damage with every Q5 weapon.
USAirborne
Airborne Specialist Andy Dufresne is with the 82nd Airborne's 2nd Platoon who has earned 20 Battle Hero medals. A game rank Field Marshall**, at 6100 Strength, he delivers nearly 3200 damage with every Q5 hit.
Andy also runs the Zihuatanejo Times, where he often publishes great Public Relations pieces and currently is promoting his run for USCongress.
Airborne Executive Officer ChubbZilla nominated Andy, saying, "Andy has been with us quite a while, he has been a Platoon CO, and recently helps with processing applications. He has been helpful throughout his time in the Airborne and we hope he continues with us a long time."
82nd Airborne CO DeathAndDestruction adds, "Andy helps intake processing by contacting applicants, and was one of our longest running Platoon CO's. This powerhouse fighter has been known to single-handedly turn the tide of battles."
USMarine Corps
PFC Technician is a former Training Corps Brigadier General, a 3x USCongressman, and has earned a whopping 310 Battle Hero medals and 25 Campaign Hero medals.
USMC Executive Officer CStarlight21 calls Technician "a beast."
That pretty much covers it... Technician is a near-6400 Strength World Class Fighter beast who hits 4000 with every Q5.
But understand this... the USMarine Corps is the branch for the strongest fighters in the USMilitary, and is home to several super heavy hitters.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
I'm George Armstrong Custer, and I approved this nomination.
Rod Damon is a strange and mysterious character. He serves as head of the Strategic Air Command, organizing deployment of mobile voters around the globe as needed to help our allies ward off PTO attempts. He has served as head of the CIA, and as head of EDEN Intel. Let's face it, Rod's a big head.. you know-- floating in space, glowing in the dark, scaring little children.
In Rod Damon Was Writing, he publishes photos of hot chicks interspersed with bits of twisted humor, as well as informative and sometimes educational articles to help us in this ever-changing game.
Today we honor Rowdy Rod Damon for his indispensible role as civilian Advisor to the USMilitary Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Rod's not bad on the battlefield, either. Game ranked at Field Marshall with 4500 Strength, he delivers almost 2400 damage with every Q5.
Today's featured "super-tanks" are merely examples of power-hitters in our USMilitary. There are more. It's important to understand that we are all capable of these same accomplishments. One common key seems to be owning a lot of Companies to self fund their bonus Training and Q5 weapons. I seriously doubt any of these soldiers are wearing out their credit cards to win game medals. Focus and dedication are attributes available to us all, these soldiers just apply them vigorously.
Please join the USAirborne's Death From Above and USMilitary Command and Staff Officers in a simple demonstration of our appreciation for the personnel honored today, and snap off a sharp o7 salute in the Comments thread of this article.
Congratulations, super-tanks-- and, Thank You!
Announcements:
If I got any names, ranks, or other details wrong, please let me know via game mail.
Today's honorees will receive twenty Q5 tanks each.
That's sixteen-and-a-half a MILLION battlefield damage points in all!
Now get out there an' kill a few extra Indo-Huns for the good ol' USA!
In Wednesday's Death From Above: Movie Night, I announced a contest to run in conjunction with this Challenge Coins IV presentation.
Training Corps graduates have until this article expires of old age from the ranking page to qualify.
The first five TC grads who apply for and are accepted to another USMilitary branch will receive 5 Q5 weapons, their new unit will receive 10, and the TC will receive 10 more.
Proper procedure must be followed! Talk to your TC Platoon CO about it!
Recent Payouts:
Last week's Challenge Coins III presentation of 15 Q5 tanks to nine USMilitary soldiers.. 135 tanks.
Today's Challenge Coins IV presentation of 20 Q5 tanks to six USMilitary soldiers and one nutjob... 140 tanks.
Training Corps grads have approximately 48 hours from publication to fulfill the challenge and claim their prizes.
Kinda gets ya... right there... don' it?
Recent Donations:
Darkskye has donated $2800 today! Thanks!
Civilian jver1207 donated $1200 plus 60 Q5 tanks! Intense, man!
Send donations of your excess production or cash overflow directly to me, I do keep track and don't use them for myself. I'll acknowledge your contribution in the paper, and I give tanks to USMilitary soldiers and branches. Pretty straightforward proposition.
If you want to join the any branch of the USMilitary, the Training Corps is the place to start.
Here's the USAirborne application. Minimum Strength 1800; Barehanded Hit 400; High Activity
USAirborne Private George Armstrong Custer
Member; JCS Public Relations Department
Recommended Reading:The familiar row of avatars linking to newspapers is being redeveloped.
Movie Night: Recruitment Extravaganza
Fighting the invasion and the trolls
United States Armed Forces Radio is on air!
America In Conflict
Be a man! Do what you have to do!
Get thee to a GUNNERY, NOW!!!
ReShout This:
Challenge Coins IV: The Super-Tanks
http://tinyurl.com/ChallengeCoinsIV
They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards!
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Today's honorees will receive twenty Q5 tanks each.
That's sixteen-and-a-half a MILLION battlefield damage points in all!
Now get out there an' kill a few extra Indo-Huns for the good ol' USA!
"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards!"
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\o/ Awww thanks. And Techie is my beast!
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I love reading these.
Wanna be bad ass ? Join to the best !
✯ US Marines ✯
"You'll be able to spit nails kid. Like the guy says, you're gonna eat lightning and you're gonna crap thunder. You're gonna become a very dangerous person."
Kolv1k makes Chuck Norris wet himself.
\o/ Good job Kolv1k and Fitizin
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Voted up. Great article Custer. Thanks for starting this up!
Thanks .....
..... Morrigan!!!!!!
Wanna be bad ass ?..... guess I have a bad ass.
Awesome! Congrats to all the honorees!
Sexy heavy hitters 😉
Great article Custer
I'm not there, so no vote.
Us, 2 clicker zombies should be taken into consideration!!!!
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Congrats everyone.
And a hearty "Attaboy!" to Technician. Way to go, Marine!
"She [Morrigan Alexandros] is both an irreplacebale asset to the Training Corps and Military and an irreplaceable person."
I cannot agree more. Voted from TC
Congrats Everyone!
well done Sirs, Ma´am, you still have a tremendous hard work to do!!!
we are all proud of you!!!!
Congrats Everyone!
Captain Communism said, "I'm not there, so no vote.
Us, 2 clicker zombies should be taken into consideration!!!!"
Don't get the idea that I don't appreciate civilians, Captain. Everyone who picks up a gun to fight for America has my respect.
But this is a USMilitary newspaper and my job is to promote Morale within our ranks.
I do have ideas of ways to honor (i.e. give free stuff to) civilians and even US Armed Forces, SEAL Team 6 and others. It'll come.
Congrats to all above nominated.
Congrats for the article, too.
Congrats Fitisin!
o7 Gentlemen! Many thanks.
Thank you..HF and George Armstrong Custer
Congrats everyone!
Nice article
another great article, we need to run a down and dirty MM blitz for all your hard work! I'll shout now... although the total invasion and election may get in the way.... Let's do this!
If your battle/campaign hero was funded by the gov't....I don't think it's worth as much....and that's probably just me. I couldn't spend hours on IRC to get into the club and didn't like IRC when I was there. As much as buying gold seperates the haves/havenots in the game now....IRC separated them before the 10g limit.
congrats everyone
Wanna be bad ass ? Join to the best !
✯ US Marines ✯
Animis, I don't mind pokin' along to that big 1000 subscribers mark. I got a distinct dislike for "MM projects" because too many writers screw off the fundamentals of journalism and circle jerk their way to a medal. It'll come in time, and when it does I'll be proud to know I've earned it.
Aaron S... I do hear ya. You'll notice I don't have a single BH medal. came close a couple times, but they don't award medals for "almost." You got a few, yourself. I'd wager those honored here, and most who get BH medals, have (like you) invested in themselves through purchasing Companies and self funding. I don't know of any government funding of BH medals, maybe someone else could address this point better than me.
Any ill feeling I have about so-called "medal whores" is easily offset by the bottom line of battle damage for America. How or why they do it is their bag, I have to separate myself from their heads and appreciate their contribution to the cause. Right now, I'd like to see us ALL get big fat egos and whip out our credit cards and tank the Spaniards and Poles and Indo-Huns right off our damn continent... and deal with our consciences later while we polish our BH medals... in a free AmeriCanada.
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congrats all, voted
Congrats everyone!
There's gotta be a way to work this stuff into a resumé, Custer. Lots of people get paychecks for less quality work than this.
Wow, so honored! The Guard is my eHome!
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Congrats to all the honorees
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Hey George, I'm a "inactive" (I don't have enough time to go to irc) marine, and the heaviest hitter in the country!!!!
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Captain Communism, then the eUS National Guard is for you! Lots of different players from heavy hitters like John Largo, to some of our newest soldiers. I work crazy hours, so it's rare that I'm on IRC. Still, I run a tight platoon that communicates with each other a lot and we coordinate, have a little fun using in-game messages and the forums. Join us (and ask to be in M5! ) I'd be honored to have you in the hit squad.
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Wanna be bad ass ? Join to the best !
✯ US Marines ✯
"You'll be able to spit nails kid. Like the guy says, you're gonna eat lightning and you're gonna crap thunder. You're gonna become a very dangerous person."
Hey hey hey now Fitisin! No sniping my Marines 😛