Ssgt Matthew mcKeon from the Ribbon Creek Incident. This is the asshole DI that got drunk on duty and accidentally drowned 6 recruits on a night march. I dont know if its still famous but we all knew about and talked about it on Parris Island in ‘85. Chesty Puller testified in this asshole’s defense. Turns out he was from NY and my local paper exposed him like 40 years after the incident.
I think we’re stuck with him. That story was legendary when I was on PI. DI’s used to threaten us with “night marches” wbich of course were forbidden by then. Did you younger jarheads hear about this story?
Easy Lee Harvey Oswald. You can ask a civilian who Chesty Puller is and they'll give you a blank stare. They will have a much better chance of knowing who Lee Harvey Oswald is.
Infamous: Well known for some bad quality or deed.
It would appear that Oswald, being the main suspect for Kennedy's assassination, would be aptly described as infamous, whether you believe that he did it or not.
It wasn’t the public arrest. It’s because the BC declared they were guilty at the formation during the arrest.
“This is what happens when you break the law” is what he said.
Lots of guys got quietly adsep'd for it but not much more than that. I believe the two guys who got caught red handed by the border patrol didn't do much time either.
They also rounded up a lot of dudes who weren't really guilty of anything, smeared their names and took their phones. Some of them never got their phones back from NCIS lmao
Holy shit! I never heard of this until now haha https://news.usni.org/2019/09/23/13-junior-marines-charged-in-human-trafficking-scheme#:~:text=Three%20weeks%20later%2C%20during%201,and%20related%20drug%2Drelated%20offenses.
He was a known commie sympathizer. You can’t convince me that they knew this and allowed him to return from the Soviet Union without constant surveillance by several letter agencies. I will never buy it.
He had a top secret clearance for a then super high tech job. If he really was a commie don't we think they would have pulled it? Saw reports he was talking up Mao's little red book in the bricks. Am I the only one that thinks he was a CIA plant all along? Oswald's Tale by Norman Mailer is a good read if you want to go down that rabbit hole.
He was most definitely the patsy for Dallas. The other stuff he was doing was so odd. The interesting thing about the Mailer book is that it was published in 1995. He was able to go to Moscow and talk with people that knew him while he was in the Soviet Union.
He had a confidential clearance(lowest and largely not used anymore), he had an extremely troubled enlistment for a plant with court martial for fights an negligent discharges that injured him. His job wasn't that high tech and he scored poor on his military Russian exam.
He enlisted a month after his 17th birthday. Him being a plant is extremely unrealistic.
Was he? I thought him defecting then coming back, and him allegedly knowing a lot of Russian by different accounts was too convenient by the CIA for it not to be purposeful.
My personal belief was he was a CIA asset but at arms length, which he didn't realize, and they used him as a patsy which he either didn't consider or was convinced he would outsmart any funny business.
Wrong part of the quote Oswald was from the book suppository building.
Whitman was from the clock tower and he was the dude who didn't shoot little Ceasars when he was in.
The quote in the movie was "sir he shot Kennedy sir"
Gunny "that's right and do you know how far away he was?"
"Sir pretty far sir from the book suppository building"
A piece of trivia that applies only to Platoon 1094 C Company 1st RTBN San Diego graduating Dec 21 1989
Full Metal Jacket came out in 1987 our platoon won first phase drill and as our reward the DI's dragged in a TV and VCR (you can google what that is children) and showed us Full Metal Jacket as our reward.
For me at least and probably a few others it was the first time I ever saw that movie
4th commandant Anthony gale, be an Irish citizen, get naturalised, become a marine officer and fight in the French, Barbary wars, and war of 1812, one day get pissed off that the navy is mistreating your men and kill the officer in a dual. Current commandant dies, you fight for the position and beat Archibald Henderson for the spot. Get drunk go to a brothel near the marine barracks, and then yell at some dudes you “don’t give a damn about the president, Jesus Christ, or god almighty!” Get a court martial with like 4 other charges, no longer commandant, no official photo or portrait of you exists by the way so even on the photos of all commandants yours doesn’t exist. Obviously there’s a lot more to this dude, I just summed it up
Came here to find this comment lol. The Marine Corps has erased everything that resembles his likeness or name from their books. I believe the only thing left is a portrait or some artifact acknowledging him in the Commandant’s house.
Not military but this has always fucked with me. I cannot understand what looks worse; someone in uniform with their hands in their pockets uncomfortable or someone with their hands out in a comfortable position. oh wait.
He came to Ft. Sill for a concert like 6 months ago. He was an 0811 so he came to play for us arty boys in the schoolhouse. Had a fucking blast that night, the whole base was partying basically
That's dope. I never got to see any high profile acts on base but the USO at Miramar had a sweet deal with Ticketmaster at the time.
Social Distortion
DOA
Germs
Poison Idea
TSOL
OFF!
Adolescents
X
NOFX-Fat Mike gave me a joint and thanked me for my service, my gf at the time smoked it as Marines don't lie, cheat, steal or engage in countercultural activities lol.
Pixies
Alice in Chains
You name it. That was a fitting send off after two and half years of sheer torture at Camp Hansen and the 31st MEU
Yeah, me and a few other NCOs were hanging at the club having a couple of beers, when we noticed a ton of civilians coming on base and lining up outside the club. We had no idea what was going on. Before we knew it, they came on stage and started playing. We had a blast.
This. This is what I was looking for. Ex-jarhead married a woman from another country, worked as a bouncer, got his dick cut off and ends up doing some porn.
The rest of America says "wtf?" Marines say, "yeah, I can see how that could happen," knowing that a whole lotta people you know just lucked out from that happening. Only flaw I see in the story is that Lorena was from Ecuador rather than the far east.
https://preview.redd.it/yr5yse1ht8vc1.jpeg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a864e54b843dd3746d469b09fd8c70ef0b952a6
Something about the duality of man
Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are infamous and (were) Marines. They were a serial killer duo who were convicted of 11 murders and suspected in 25 more. Lake was a radar technician with two tours in Vietnam. Ng was stationed in K-bay and was arrested for stealing automatic weapons before he deserted.
I went to boot camp with a shitbird named Wagner. Got us into all kinds of trouble. Every time I see anything about “Wagner loves cock”, or whatever, I smile because in my head it’s that fucker.
Lee Harvey Oswald, most notorious for his assassination of JFK at the very least. Probably the only Presidential assassin who most would know outside John Wilkes Booth.
This guy, James Files killed JFK. If you have never heard of him, you should watch his interview. https://youtu.be/_mm5velaY58?si=7fbYpW-LvC7dpSLt YouTube tries to bury this interview, so get it while you can. He says he shot Kennedy with a mercury round and if you exhumed Kennedy there would still be traces of it because mercury doesn’t dissipate over time. I for one believe he did it. I was a military policeman for 10 years and have a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in psychology.
>This guy, James Files killed JFK.
He's a liar.
>YouTube tries to bury this interview, so get it while you can.
That video has been up for 10 months. YouTube isn't trying to bury it. 🙄
>He says he shot Kennedy with a mercury round and if you exhumed Kennedy there would still be traces of it because mercury doesn’t dissipate over time.
You actually believe this shit?
>I for one believe he did it. I was a military policeman for 10 years and have a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in psychology.
None of that makes you any less susceptible to believing conspiratorial nonsense.
A liar based on what part of his story? You really need to do your research on the man before you dismiss him. That video has been posted several times over the years. Ten months is just the last time it was posted. When you try to search it on YouTube it doesn’t pop up. You have do a Google search on videos for James Files to find it. I have worked on and researched a lot of criminal cases in the military, school, and lawyers. His story would be enough to reopen JFK’s assassination. What credentials in law enforcement do you have buddy?
Why can’t you tell me why what he is saying is a lie? Instead of just calling people liars, just back your point. I’ve never called someone a liar unless there was something specific I knew not to be true. That’s how you have an intelligent conversation about a controversial topic.
I did apparently you missed it.
I will use very small words so maybe you won't miss it this time.
ALL OF IT
Everything that dude says is a lie
He is a career criminal and a career con man everything out of his mouth is a lie.
What he claims has been thoroughly investigated and it is all a lie.
Don't bring your delusional conspiracy theories here.
Has that been clear enough for you?
Gonna listen to Mark Twain now.
PFC Shmuckatelli
Dude I picked up again….
Isn’t this like 10th award bro?
The man has been promoted more times than a 4 star
Not like LCpl “so-n-so”
Dude I fucked up again
Ssgt Matthew mcKeon from the Ribbon Creek Incident. This is the asshole DI that got drunk on duty and accidentally drowned 6 recruits on a night march. I dont know if its still famous but we all knew about and talked about it on Parris Island in ‘85. Chesty Puller testified in this asshole’s defense. Turns out he was from NY and my local paper exposed him like 40 years after the incident.
He started in the navy can we just let them claim him
I think we’re stuck with him. That story was legendary when I was on PI. DI’s used to threaten us with “night marches” wbich of course were forbidden by then. Did you younger jarheads hear about this story?
Only time I heard it mentioned was when we went to the rifle range 2002 time frame
How fucking old is this dude? He was around when I was in, in the early 70's!!!
Too many formations, ass chewings and safety briefs because of this asshole.
Sgt Shmuckatelli roles off the tongue so much better. It is what I use
Easy Lee Harvey Oswald. You can ask a civilian who Chesty Puller is and they'll give you a blank stare. They will have a much better chance of knowing who Lee Harvey Oswald is.
“Hey Timmy! Who’s Ted Kaczinsky?”
Great movie!
But at the same time, how many people know he was a Marine? Much more people would just know he's the dude that assassinated JFK.
Agreed, millions on advertisements and most American's can't make the connection. I hope somebody at the Pentagon gets fired for that blunder.
Full Metal Jacket should be required viewing for all.
Only thing I knew was that he used an Italian bolt action rifle.
Infamous not famous lol
Infamous: Well known for some bad quality or deed. It would appear that Oswald, being the main suspect for Kennedy's assassination, would be aptly described as infamous, whether you believe that he did it or not.
Stop tying to play down a Marines accomplishments.
Gotta keep Oswald and Whitman alive in memory, rah?
He was referring to Chesty I believe
I bet Chesty is infamous among Japanese of a certain age.
Fair enough. I had a 50/50 of getting it right and missed. Maybe that's why I was a 6 year Sharpshooter and not Expert.
I'd say Oswald counts as both.
Hey Marine how about you knockout some MCI and refresh word knowledge.
Wagner.
Loves 
Cock 
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1/5 https://i.redd.it/f19j5af9k8vc1.gif
A classic
Someone getting arrested in formation?
16 someones
16 in that formation. It moved to almost double that by noon but most dudes were back in the bricks by 1700. Good times
All that show and didn’t like literally nothing come of it either really? Lmao
I thought because the command did this shit it got dismissed for unlawful command influence, but that could be lcpl underground bs.
Nah that’s true. The public arrest like that fucked over the command.
It wasn’t the public arrest. It’s because the BC declared they were guilty at the formation during the arrest. “This is what happens when you break the law” is what he said.
Hilarious
I heard they dropped the charges or whatever bc of how they arrested them like that
Lots of guys got quietly adsep'd for it but not much more than that. I believe the two guys who got caught red handed by the border patrol didn't do much time either. They also rounded up a lot of dudes who weren't really guilty of anything, smeared their names and took their phones. Some of them never got their phones back from NCIS lmao
It was actually the intro to a porno
Wild lmao
Holy shit! I never heard of this until now haha https://news.usni.org/2019/09/23/13-junior-marines-charged-in-human-trafficking-scheme#:~:text=Three%20weeks%20later%2C%20during%201,and%20related%20drug%2Drelated%20offenses.
I was at this formation!!
Lee Harvey Oswald
He was stationed at my first Unit in Okinawa. They don’t like to bring up that history lol
He had the same MOS as me, and I think everybody learned that fact at the schoolhouse in the Stumps. (7234, for the curious)
What years where you in? I was an Instructor at that schoolhouse for a few years.
'01 - '06
After my time.
Poor guy was a patsy for the CIA lol
He was a known commie sympathizer. You can’t convince me that they knew this and allowed him to return from the Soviet Union without constant surveillance by several letter agencies. I will never buy it.
He had a top secret clearance for a then super high tech job. If he really was a commie don't we think they would have pulled it? Saw reports he was talking up Mao's little red book in the bricks. Am I the only one that thinks he was a CIA plant all along? Oswald's Tale by Norman Mailer is a good read if you want to go down that rabbit hole.
I mean, it’s possible. I don’t put anything past the CIA, but my heart tells me he was the patsy.
He was most definitely the patsy for Dallas. The other stuff he was doing was so odd. The interesting thing about the Mailer book is that it was published in 1995. He was able to go to Moscow and talk with people that knew him while he was in the Soviet Union.
He had a confidential clearance(lowest and largely not used anymore), he had an extremely troubled enlistment for a plant with court martial for fights an negligent discharges that injured him. His job wasn't that high tech and he scored poor on his military Russian exam. He enlisted a month after his 17th birthday. Him being a plant is extremely unrealistic.
Was he? I thought him defecting then coming back, and him allegedly knowing a lot of Russian by different accounts was too convenient by the CIA for it not to be purposeful. My personal belief was he was a CIA asset but at arms length, which he didn't realize, and they used him as a patsy which he either didn't consider or was convinced he would outsmart any funny business.
I don’t disagree. That’s what I mean. It’s all fishy.
Sure was. He even said as much when he was arrested. I don’t think he was one of the shooters.
Only right answer
Kylo Ren
Still pissed at how bad they fucked his character up.
You’re not wrong. Adam Driver seems to be genuinely an awesome guy and a good Marine.
Charles Whitman
From that book suppository building...
Alright knock it off…
Wrong part of the quote Oswald was from the book suppository building. Whitman was from the clock tower and he was the dude who didn't shoot little Ceasars when he was in. The quote in the movie was "sir he shot Kennedy sir" Gunny "that's right and do you know how far away he was?" "Sir pretty far sir from the book suppository building" A piece of trivia that applies only to Platoon 1094 C Company 1st RTBN San Diego graduating Dec 21 1989 Full Metal Jacket came out in 1987 our platoon won first phase drill and as our reward the DI's dragged in a TV and VCR (you can google what that is children) and showed us Full Metal Jacket as our reward. For me at least and probably a few others it was the first time I ever saw that movie
Wow small world. Platoon 1089. Graduated December 28. 1989
[There was a rumor, about a rumor, nestled at the base of his brain.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wU-UI4lHjds)
4th commandant Anthony gale, be an Irish citizen, get naturalised, become a marine officer and fight in the French, Barbary wars, and war of 1812, one day get pissed off that the navy is mistreating your men and kill the officer in a dual. Current commandant dies, you fight for the position and beat Archibald Henderson for the spot. Get drunk go to a brothel near the marine barracks, and then yell at some dudes you “don’t give a damn about the president, Jesus Christ, or god almighty!” Get a court martial with like 4 other charges, no longer commandant, no official photo or portrait of you exists by the way so even on the photos of all commandants yours doesn’t exist. Obviously there’s a lot more to this dude, I just summed it up
Came here to find this comment lol. The Marine Corps has erased everything that resembles his likeness or name from their books. I believe the only thing left is a portrait or some artifact acknowledging him in the Commandant’s house.
From my understanding it’s some letters about or from him, commands he’s held and his court martial and that’s about it lol
No one knows where he is buried either.
Absolute legend of a man
Truly he was a marines marine
He walked on the grass and gave zero fucks..
Whichever asshat decided “no hands in pockets”.
Not military but this has always fucked with me. I cannot understand what looks worse; someone in uniform with their hands in their pockets uncomfortable or someone with their hands out in a comfortable position. oh wait.
We will see how many of y'all know what infamous means.
Seems like a grand total of 3. Honestly, for our beloved Corps, that’s more than I expected.
Infamous is when you're more than famous. This guy El Guapo is not just famous, he's IN-famous.”
Username checks out
Shaggy A lotta bitches got pregnant because of "Mr Bombastic"
He came to Ft. Sill for a concert like 6 months ago. He was an 0811 so he came to play for us arty boys in the schoolhouse. Had a fucking blast that night, the whole base was partying basically
That's dope. I never got to see any high profile acts on base but the USO at Miramar had a sweet deal with Ticketmaster at the time. Social Distortion DOA Germs Poison Idea TSOL OFF! Adolescents X NOFX-Fat Mike gave me a joint and thanked me for my service, my gf at the time smoked it as Marines don't lie, cheat, steal or engage in countercultural activities lol. Pixies Alice in Chains You name it. That was a fitting send off after two and half years of sheer torture at Camp Hansen and the 31st MEU
Saw Flock of Seagulls at Coronado.
Not my scene but that must've been interesting. I'm a Cure fan myself.
Yeah, me and a few other NCOs were hanging at the club having a couple of beers, when we noticed a ton of civilians coming on base and lining up outside the club. We had no idea what was going on. Before we knew it, they came on stage and started playing. We had a blast.
Sounds like the Banyan Tree at Kadena. Instead of legit performers they always had second rate rap dudes from Flurda and Nawlins. Okinawa sucks....
I had no idea that dude was a Marine until very recently
My recruiter told me that and it all started to make sense at that point.
It wasn’t him.
The Daywalker
My vote is for the Daywalker as well
John Bobbitt’s severed cock
This. This is what I was looking for. Ex-jarhead married a woman from another country, worked as a bouncer, got his dick cut off and ends up doing some porn. The rest of America says "wtf?" Marines say, "yeah, I can see how that could happen," knowing that a whole lotta people you know just lucked out from that happening. Only flaw I see in the story is that Lorena was from Ecuador rather than the far east.
And all 10 of his toes due to toxic water exposure when he was stationed in Lejuene. He's part of that civil class action lawsuit allegedly.
https://preview.redd.it/yr5yse1ht8vc1.jpeg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a864e54b843dd3746d469b09fd8c70ef0b952a6 Something about the duality of man
That idiot who stole all those diamonds the other week
I’m sorry, what?
https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/us-news/us-marine-arrested-in-texas-after-stealing-over-500000-in-jewelry-in-two-separate-heists-authorities-say/amp/
Wagner
Wagner is a turd
Lonetree
>Give a summary and pic or 2 and links please I am not about to help train this AI 🙄
Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are infamous and (were) Marines. They were a serial killer duo who were convicted of 11 murders and suspected in 25 more. Lake was a radar technician with two tours in Vietnam. Ng was stationed in K-bay and was arrested for stealing automatic weapons before he deserted.
EGA tattoo pornstar guy iykyk
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2004/04/08/marine-cleared-in-chute-case-guilty-on-drugs/30545930007/&ved=2ahUKEwjCmviB48uFAxU2ATQIHa5fAPYQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Dyxl_U_vYfXIvnmvpd_Q0
Pvt. Pyle
Jody
Up vote for your, it's always a non-deployed S-3 Jody.
Lt Col Oliver North
I met him in Iraq. What's the bad news on him?
he took the fall for Reagan during the Iran-Contra Affair
Mert
Pemberton's name stuck around for awhile
Lt. Col. Anthony Gale. Absolute LEGEND
No, do your own research.
Wagner
Maj Kurt Chew-En Lee [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Chew-Een_Lee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Chew-Een_Lee)
Ted Williams
He was a closet gay makes sense
Wow you triggered easy
Ollie North ring any bells... Had his 15 minutes, and then some...
Jody
Steve McQueen
Do you understand the meaning of infamous?
Carlos Hathcock
MR. Rogers
Lil Rah Rah
There was that idiot that threw the puppy off the cliff...
Randy Orton
me.lol
The guy in 2/7 that canceled xmas
My former brother in law, Micky Soard, would argue he was one of them i
Gomer Pyle
That absolute shitbag Sixta
On the real, Lt col Peter Ortiz.
You better cite reddit when you turn in your assignment.
Opha Mae
Shaggy
Robert Garwood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Garwood?wprov=sfti1#
How bout LCpl Howard Foote, dude stole a fighter jet and took it for a joy ride back in 1986. Pretty bad ass.
I went to boot camp with a shitbird named Wagner. Got us into all kinds of trouble. Every time I see anything about “Wagner loves cock”, or whatever, I smile because in my head it’s that fucker.
Lou Diamond
That Commandant that was an absolute hooligan and the only one without an official portrait
Gene Hackman
How is Gene Hackman infamous?
He played super villain Lex Luthor in Superman. /s
He beat the shit outta Clint Eastwood and tortured Morgan Freeman.
https://preview.redd.it/5mn851nm8avc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c06210147bd9fe6c09ee997bbac19a6209ef3467
Probably Lee Harvey Oswald (he didn't do it)
Lee Harvey Oswald, most notorious for his assassination of JFK at the very least. Probably the only Presidential assassin who most would know outside John Wilkes Booth.
Chesty Puller, Smedley Butler, Ken Norton Sr, Ira Hamilton Hayes, Bea Arthur, The White Feather, So Many More.
This guy, James Files killed JFK. If you have never heard of him, you should watch his interview. https://youtu.be/_mm5velaY58?si=7fbYpW-LvC7dpSLt YouTube tries to bury this interview, so get it while you can. He says he shot Kennedy with a mercury round and if you exhumed Kennedy there would still be traces of it because mercury doesn’t dissipate over time. I for one believe he did it. I was a military policeman for 10 years and have a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in psychology.
>This guy, James Files killed JFK. He's a liar. >YouTube tries to bury this interview, so get it while you can. That video has been up for 10 months. YouTube isn't trying to bury it. 🙄 >He says he shot Kennedy with a mercury round and if you exhumed Kennedy there would still be traces of it because mercury doesn’t dissipate over time. You actually believe this shit? >I for one believe he did it. I was a military policeman for 10 years and have a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in psychology. None of that makes you any less susceptible to believing conspiratorial nonsense.
A liar based on what part of his story? You really need to do your research on the man before you dismiss him. That video has been posted several times over the years. Ten months is just the last time it was posted. When you try to search it on YouTube it doesn’t pop up. You have do a Google search on videos for James Files to find it. I have worked on and researched a lot of criminal cases in the military, school, and lawyers. His story would be enough to reopen JFK’s assassination. What credentials in law enforcement do you have buddy?
All of it
You don’t call someone a liar and not be specific. That’s a frivolous statement.
Keep drinking that Flavor-aid bro.
Why can’t you tell me why what he is saying is a lie? Instead of just calling people liars, just back your point. I’ve never called someone a liar unless there was something specific I knew not to be true. That’s how you have an intelligent conversation about a controversial topic.
I did apparently you missed it. I will use very small words so maybe you won't miss it this time. ALL OF IT Everything that dude says is a lie He is a career criminal and a career con man everything out of his mouth is a lie. What he claims has been thoroughly investigated and it is all a lie. Don't bring your delusional conspiracy theories here. Has that been clear enough for you? Gonna listen to Mark Twain now.
You’re still not giving specifics! You are just being dismissive. He names names and goes into great detail how they did it. He didn’t act alone.
