Merry Christmas From Afghanistan

Who said Marines don't have other talents? This Marine is awesome and the video is funny and moving at the same time. I will absolutely be thinking about the Marines who are deployed around the world during the holidays and encourage you to do the same. I have been away from my family for multiple holidays over the past 10 years and know what it is like to be away from them, patrolling on a desolate desert road thinking about the conversations being had around the table. This service is definitely a necessary sacrifice that I would happily do again in defense of our great country.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

We haven't done a bored Marines video in a while, so I dug this one up from last Christmas/New Years to remind us that, even in a deployed environment, Marines still find ways to have fun during the holidays.

Everyone loves bored Marine videos

As my first blog post here (here's a link to my bio), I thought I'd start on the lighter side.

Who hasn’t seen a bored Marine video on YouTube?! It seems like in between saving kitty cats and battling insurgents, junior Marines have a LOT of time on their hands and no better way to use it than making a spoof video or showing their ignorance.

Even the Marine Corps Times has a few blog posts highlighting their picks of bored Marine videos. (Be warned: MCTimes seems to be partial to the young lads dancing around with bare chests exposed doing horrible pop music covers.)

I know these videos cause senior leaders a TON of consternation - one comment on the MCTimes blog mentioned punishing the Marines in a video for not wearing the Marine Corps running suit properly. What those same leaders fail to remember is they most assuredly did the same type of things when they were junior Marines. I know I did some pretty crazy/stupid stuff when I was a junior Marine, and I was considered to be on the conservative end of the spectrum.

These bored Marine videos help show there still is a human side to Marines; in other words, they are NOT brainwashed in boot camp! If they were brainwashed, do you honestly think they would covering a 90’s Backstreet Boys song?!

So while MCTimes brings you examples of the “better” bored Marine videos, I wanted to show you a couple of what I think are some of the WORST bored Marine videos on YouTube. The Marine(s) who made these videos should be ashamed to watch them even if they're alone!

Marines Dance To Backstreet Boys - http://bit.ly/9sWvNa


How to become a Drill Instructo(r) - http://bit.ly/a2brhw


BONUS! #1
Just so people don’t think male Marines are the only ones who create these videos, I’m going to include this video of female Marines made by a female Marine.

Jess and Becca rocking out - http://bit.ly/a0YNR1


BONUS! #2
A lot of Marines have gotten the dreaded “Beretta bite”, but the school-girl scream in this video is priceless!

Bored Marine in Iraq - http://bit.ly/cKbc4r


So those are what I consider to be some of the worst bored Marine videos. Feel free to share yours!