Ford Mustang: OT: Any US Marines out there?

It refers to their hair cuts being tight and high which supposedly makes
their heads look like jars.

SVTKate wrote: 

"SVTKate" <competitive> done said:
 

Here's a link to a discussion on alt.fan.tom-clancy on the subject.

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=34E6A582.281D%40earthlink.net

I think the correct answer is from the shape of their headgear on their older
uniforms.

The term "leatherneck" comes from a uniform marines wore in the nineteenth
century. They wore a peice of protective leather around (you guessed it) their
necks.


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> Question ask by my eldest daughter (dating a Marine) 

I served in the USMC from 1968 until I retired in 1991 and never did hear a
definitive answer to "why Jarheads". Why are sailors "Squids" and army
soldiers "Dogfaces"?

>> where is R. Lee Ermy with an answer when you need him?! 

Thought I remembered Gunny saying that "jarhead" came from the fact that the
older uniforms made the Marines look like their head was "screwed on" hence
"jarhead." I could be wrong though, the brain doesn't work like it used to.

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> I served in the USMC from 1968 until I retired in 1991 and never did hear
a 

Thank Goodness us Air Force folks are just "Fly Boys" !!


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No kidding.

Scott Williams
USAF SRA '94-'98

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hear 
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Thanks guys.
She was happy to hear that it wasn't really some hidden insult.

Kate

"Scott Williams" <net> wrote in message
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| No kidding.
|
| Scott Williams
| USAF SRA '94-'98
|
| "Katmandu" <rr.com> wrote in message
| news:EPQ4b.25337$neo.rr.com...
| > > I served in the USMC from 1968 until I retired in 1991 and never did
| hear
| > a
| > > definitive answer to "why Jarheads". Why are sailors "Squids" and
army
| > > soldiers "Dogfaces"?
| >
| > Thank Goodness us Air Force folks are just "Fly Boys" !!
| >
| >
| > -ERIC
| > Ret. (4-1-03) USAF, MSgt.
| >
| >
| > 89 5.0 LX Vert, Cobra long block, 2.5" O/R H-pipe, 2.73s w/Locker
| > 40 Series Deltas and some kinda Wild Assed Cam!
| >
| > Check out the Ford Engine Heaven!
| > http://users.boardnation.com/~katmandu/index.php
| >
| >
| > "Skunkfeet" <com> wrote in message
| > news:aol.com...
| > > > Question ask by my eldest daughter (dating a Marine)
| > > >>
| > > >> What does it mean/refer to when someone refers to a Marine as a
"Jar
| > > >> Head"
| > >
| > > I served in the USMC from 1968 until I retired in 1991 and never did
| hear
| > a
| > > definitive answer to "why Jarheads". Why are sailors "Squids" and
army
| > > soldiers "Dogfaces"?
| >
| >
|
|

Wait, I heard it had something to do with the Lobotomy scars? Just kidding!
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