Report: Marines lead all services in binge drinking, sex partners

[Ooh-Rah]

"If you want to feel the pride of being a Marine....you have to earn it!"

Report: Marines lead all services in binge drinking, sex partners

A new report from the RAND Corporation analyzed survey data from thousands of active-duty military members and found Marines are more likely to be heavy drinkers, use tobacco and engage in riskier sexual behavior than the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the other branches.

RAND found that incidents of binge drinking and hazardous drinking among Marines was almost double what it was in the Air Force.

 

[SpitfireV]

Crashing ships, firing COs, losing in the drinking and rooting stakes to Marines. How far the navy has fallen.

 

[AWP]

Ric Romero works at the RAND Corporation?

 

[Marine0311]

I am SHOCKED AND APPALLED that such behavior even goes on

Next thing you'll tell me is that Marines drink and throw furniture off the 3rd deck.

Not that I would know about such things.

 

[Deleted member 2517]

Typically the shittier your day to day life is the harder you party aka don’t care if you live or die.

I’d love to see a more in depth study of individual groups in the DOD and how weird they get. My guess the list would be-

1. Ranger privates
2. Entire USMC
3. Submariners
4. Cooks
5. Riggers

 

[Devildoc]

Straight from the "no shit" files....
Royal Marines would be at the tippy-top of that list....

 

[Deleted member 2517]

Straight from the "no shit" files....
Royal Marines would be at the tippy-top of that list....

When the Paras started talking about ball gags, head mounted dildos and their “initiations” for new guys, we knew we had been bested in the debauchery department...

 

[Grunt]

For some reason, I was never proud of the distinction of leading other services in binge drinking....

 

[Devildoc]

For some reason, I was never proud of the distinction of leading other services in binge drinking....

You know what we (i.e., corpsmen) called binge drinking if we weren't participating? Skills lab.

 

[Gunz]

Ric Romero works at the RAND Corporation?

Must you be so FARKing obvious?

 

[J.]

Im just glad they didn’t do a base by base comparison because I don’t feel like having a safety stand down here.

The commandant came here and had a meeting with every NCO on base last year and said we were the “NFL of alcohol abuse”.

 

[RustyShackleford]

...throw furniture off the 3rd deck.

I'll never forget the time staff duty approached me while on CQ and asked why in the hell a couch was just launched from a third floor window.

 

[DC]

Beer machines in the barracks1977-1979
Drink any age on base(USN)
Diver groupies(watsa condom?)
Breaking shit is entertainment
Blowing up shit pure fun
I miss it all everyday!

 

[Deleted member 2517]

I'll never forget the time staff duty approached me while on CQ and asked why in the hell a couch was just launched from a third floor window.

You’ll be happy to know much hasn’t changed in your absence.

 

[Teufel]

Who paid for this dumb ass study?

 

[Marine0311]

I'll never forget the time staff duty approached me while on CQ and asked why in the hell a couch was just launched from a third floor window.

I don't know what you're talking about

 

[Gunz]

 

[Ooh-Rah]

That may or may not be me in the middle .... what. a. night.

Circa 1990 - Okinawa

 

[Gunpowder]

What...Fayettenam in the 70's...82nd Airborne=the price of admission. As I recall, damn near an entire division provided the weekly entertainment! Lets not forget the Dragon Club!

 

[Ooh-Rah]

"I'd like to thank Miller, Budwiser, Corona, Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, John Jameson and the countless women that have helped us achieve this lofty goal!"

That would be one hell of a Navy Achievement Medal to write up!