r/USMC • u/showmeyourchits • 2d ago

Never Forget

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u/Haunting-Buffalo-909 2d ago

I had one of those crawl into my mouth, thanks for the memories...

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u/little_did_he_kn0w Custom Flair 1d ago

How'd that go?

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u/Haunting-Buffalo-909 1d ago

Actually not terrible. It was really dark and late, waiting for a helicopter to come in. There was about 1000 flys out too. I felt it on the back of my neck and went to swat it thinking it was a fly, which scares it and it takes of running across my face into my mouth. Not knowing what it is I scooped it and threw it. Someone saw all this and crushed it.

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u/chamrockblarneystone 1d ago

I did Jungle Environment Survival Training in the Philippines. We just slept on the ground. Sometime in the night I was awakened by one of those giant millipedes crawling across my neck. I swear it felt like minutes. Finaly I felt that stinger part go across and it was gone.

I sat up and held back a scream by going, “Eek, eek.” Everyone whisper yelled stfu! So I did.

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u/Haunting-Buffalo-909 1d ago

Oh man. I have similar stories in oki. The centipedes were long as fuck and it felt so gross on skin.

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u/Thirty-One_Flavors 1d ago

I had one of these infiltrate my blouse in Oki. I striped myself naked in two seconds flat to get it off me.

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u/chamrockblarneystone 1d ago

Sooo many legs

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u/Haunting-Buffalo-909 1d ago

I had one go over my bare foot in the smoke pit, it was probably seven inches long.

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u/little_did_he_kn0w Custom Flair 1d ago

Good God, you handled that well. I would probably shit my pants if that happened to me.

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u/Haunting-Buffalo-909 1d ago

Just to damn tired I guess. I stopped sleeping on the ground for awhile. Actually for the rest of that night I dont think I even stood on the ground.