# Phony (And Stupid) Fake "Marine" Busted **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347 "2006-11-30T17:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347/101 "2006-12-04T13:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=furt] I often wonder where he is now. [/QUOTE] I’d tell you but then I’d have to kill myself. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347/102 "2006-12-07T22:31:30Z")
Y’all ought to listen to this: [“Fake Hero” Pleads “Not Guilty”](http://kmox.com/pages/144105.php?contentType=4&contentId=254948) [QUOTE=What Exit?] In bootcamp and A school we marched around the base quite a bit. In bootcamp, we actually marched to Anchor’s Away for reviews, graduation and just for the sadisitic hell of it a few times. [/QUOTE] Used to be, and still is AFAIK, required of recruits at Great Lakes to sing “Anchors Away” when marching thru the tunnel under Buckley Rd. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347/103 "2006-12-07T23:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] Y’all ought to listen to this: [“Fake Hero” Pleads "Not Guilty"](http://kmox.com/pages/144105.php?contentType=4&contentId=254948)Used to be, and still is AFAIK, required of recruits at Great Lakes to sing “Anchors Away” when marching thru the tunnel under Buckley Rd. [/QUOTE] I’ll take your word on the road name, but a tunnel sounds like the part that I was remembering fondly as just for the sadistic hell of it. I think this was on the way to getting our checks cashed. This was 1985 for me. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347/104 "2006-12-07T23:47:04Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I’ll take your word on the road name [/QUOTE] I had to look it up. 🙂 That tunnel does figure into getting from NTC housing to the NavEx bank, IIRC. I was at Great Lakes in '87. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347/105 "2006-12-08T16:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] No, that is the Navy Motto. FtN or our other motto N.A.V.Y = Never Again Volenteer Yourself. 😉 Jim [/QUOTE] The N.A.V.Y. folks are also likely to be members of P.A.P.E.R.C.L.I.P. (People Against People Ever Re-enlisting–Civilian Life Incentive Program). You can identify a member by the oh-so-subtle paper clip on the front shirt pocket of their uniform. 😉 Or, for less subtlety, you could get an command ball cap with the date on which your enlistment is up embroidered on the back. I worked with an electrician for two years with a ball cap like that–when he re-enlisted, the first thing he did was to get a new ball cap with an updated date. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347/106 "2006-12-08T16:08:46Z")
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