One reason I love being a Marine...

Caught a shell inside of my flak jacket while doing one of our moving maneuvers on the range. Heard it sizzle my skin as it made contact. Didn't want to be dropped for a safety violation so I continued firing. It was just a nice little black burn in the beginning, but after 2 days I have this. It's going to probably leave an amazing scar.....oh well. Chicks dig scars right lol :D:P I also have a small one on the side of my face, but that one isn't too bad.


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That looks like its gotta hurt.

Thank you very much for serving!!

It's just a little tender now whenever I move my neck around. Otherwise, it looks a lot worse than it actually is. Welcome :salute:

Ouch. Thank you VERY much for serving!! I appreciate it!

Ouch, yeah chicks dig scars from what I hear! :salute: Thanks for serving!

You may be a marine with a scar, but I wear pink hello kitty t-shirts :P

I HATE burns, you wouldn't catch me trying to hide that.

Hoorah! Yep I am familiar with that hot brass on the skin! I had 3 in a row hit me in the same spot on my left cheek and even though they didnt get stuck between my flak jacket or my collar they were so hot that I had a blister on my face. That sucked cuz I was walking around like that for a few days. But I have had it stuck before and that wasnt pleasant at all. I pretended I had a weapons malfunction and dropped to a knee and scooped it out and went right back to shooting.

Definitely been burned by brass before. We were shooting our 9mm a week or so ago and I was standing behind my buddy catching all his brass and jingling them in my hand to keep from getting burned. Good times.

OH YEA!!!! I had a couple of those in my day. I also had an M60 machine gun have a round cookoff in my face when I was an M60 gunner. I had a double feed jam and (being new on the gun and in the middle of a live fire) I opened the feed tray cover with my face about 1/2 inch away from it and BOOM!!!!! The gun was really hot and cooked off that round that was jammed. Blinded for a day and powder burns all over my face.

Like someone said though, chicks dig scares.

Dude why didnt you just call timeout or hit pause?! :rofl:

Thanks for your service and thanks to all other servicemen/women out there!

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Dude why didnt you just call timeout or hit pause?! :rofl:

Thanks for your service and thanks to all other servicemen/women out there!

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I wish there were marines where I live.

Where do you live and how come?

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Originally Posted by Lazarus1437

Where do you live and how come?

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I live in the UK and because I find fit men in uniform especially gorgeous :P

we do have Marines in the UK? the royal marines but you never see them ;P

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

we do have Marines in the UK? the royal marines but you never see them ;P

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Haha Marines in the UK are more elusive than a hatchling BP lost in a mansion.

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Originally Posted by Bellatrix_LeSnake

Haha Marines in the UK are more elusive than a hatchling BP lost in a mansion.

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Lmao!

^^^^KML^^^^ :gj:

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Originally Posted by Bellatrix_LeSnake

I live in the UK and because I find fit men in uniform especially gorgeous :P

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I can't argue with that, I do look pretty darn good all suited up lol :P

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Originally Posted by Lazarus1437

Caught a shell inside of my flak jacket while doing one of our moving maneuvers on the range. Heard it sizzle my skin as it made contact. Didn't want to be dropped for a safety violation so I continued firing. It was just a nice little black burn in the beginning, but after 2 days I have this. It's going to probably leave an amazing scar.....oh well. Chicks dig scars right lol :D:P I also have a small one on the side of my face, but that one isn't too bad.

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haha...awesome. We used to have Marines deploy with us all the time when we were doing migrant interdiction operations down off Haiti and DomRep...good times!!! :banana:

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Originally Posted by sho220

haha...awesome. We used to have Marines deploy with us all the time when we were doing migrant interdiction operations down off Haiti and DomRep...good times!!! :banana:

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Were you down there for the earthquake that hit?

That's a nice scar 'ya got there bud! :gj:

I had a small .22 case eject and land in my shirt, left a burn mark that looked just like the brass. It was neat, until it turned into a blister....:rolleyes:

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That's a nice scar 'ya got there bud! :gj:

I had a small .22 case eject and land in my shirt, left a burn mark that looked just like the brass. It was neat, until it turned into a blister....:rolleyes:

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Thanks! It has character right lol?! This is probably the worst one I've had to date...but I like it. I like watching people I talk to stare at it during conversations trying to figure out if it's always been on my neck or if its new. The confused look is priceless.

I'm jealous scars are the best! I get my share from downhill skateboarding. Congrats on the badge of honor and thanks for serving!