You Know You've Been Stationed at Camp Lejeune If...
-You've been one of the 10,000+ cars clamouring to get out of any of the gates after the 96 begins.
-You saw the movie Hustle and Flow, and decided many scenes resemble the War Zone on the corner of Western and Lejeune or Country Club and Western.
-You check for wedding rings or wedding ring tan lines when checking out girls or guys at a bar.
-You have ridden the mechanical bull at Gus's Warehouse when it was still there.
-You’ve eye witnessed a shooting at the OK Corral aka The Waffle House at the corner of Marine Blvd and Onslow Drive.
-You've seen the town shut-down after officials see a snow flurry
-You avoid Henderson Drive, Western Blvd in Brynn Marr and Bellfork Road after a heavy rainfall.
- You remember the Phoenix restaurant and the old Thunderbird Lounge.
-You, like everyone else, were already in Iraq when President Bush came in 2003, so he had no one to speak to.
-You have taken part in the pilgrimage to Waffle House or the Waffle Shop at 4 AM after a night of clubbing anywhere in Jacksonville.
- You’re a regular at Sgt. Major Sywanyks nightclub but you damn if you can pronounce it correctly let alone spell it.
- You remember any of the following nightclubs:
Rich’s on Bellfork
P.J.’s (The Puerto Rican joint)
Affinity on New Bridge St
Lorese’s Café (sp) on Court St
Harvey’s Nightclub in what is now the Quality Inn
Mugs Away on Gumbranch Rd
Planet Rock on Highway 17N
Shirley’s V Bar on New Bridge
The Marina Café on Highway 17S
Or you remember when Party Zone used to be a movie theatre
- You remember when Pickett Town and Sandy Run were war zones.
- You remember the "Geiger Tiger" days and partied there on Friday nights or the Staff Club at Camp Johnson.
-You ever joined the after midnight crowd that gathered in the parking lot of the Kangaroo store just to park, fight and get arrested by JPD.
- You remember when Court Street was the to-be place every weekend in the 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s.
- You scratch your head when you hear about men getting caught up in a prostitution sweep since the undercover cops posing as hookers look much better than the real Jacksonville prostitutes.
-You like Hula's on the Island, but don’t realize that its a local gay bar.
-You have to sit through a three-hour safety brief and then fill out a five-page questionnaire just to get off for the weekend. It doesn't matter though, because five of your friends still get charged with alcohol related offenses.
-You are confused by the streets with single letter names on mainside.
- You’ve ever been robbed by a Jacksonville cab driver.
-You got shin splints and fell out of a division run because the pace was too ridiculously slow.
-You've showed up at formation still drunk from the night before.
-You've sprinted more than a mile to avoid having to stand at attention during colors.
-Most of the people you know have more than five tattoos.
-You've actually seen tumbleweeds blowing across the empty MCX parking lot when you stayed on base during a 96.
-You've actually been partially eaten by mosquitoes and chiggers while in the field.
-Your bus pulls through the gate after returning from Iraq, and realize that you're not that excited to be back.
-You have driven over 1000 miles one way in a weekend just to party.
-You never got to experience spring break in Myrtle Beach because you were deployed everytime.
-You needed more than two trucks to get out of a mud hole while off roading on the tank trails.
-The OOD wakes you up naked on the company lawn after a barracks party. He makes you police call for the rest of the day in exchange for not logging you in.
-You have run 5+ miles with an extreme hangover.
-You know what military special is...and you frequently buy it from the 7-day store on the weekends between paydays.
- The sound of live fire rounds, grenandes and machine guns don't frighten you, but piss you off
- You remember when the PX, 7-Day Store and Main Exchange used to look like warehouses versus stores.
-You can spot the new boots by their Corfam shoes with civilian clothing attire.
-You have eaten Burger King 2 or more times in a day because your chow hall sucks that bad.
-You know someone that knows something about anything that you need to know.
-Field day taught you that dirt exists in places you didn't even know dirt could exist.
-You can walk through a barracks parking lot and identify license plates from all 50 states.
-You drive a mustang or a crotch rocket.
-You pretend to look the other way at the Annex to avoid having to salute.
-You work on your car at the hobby shop.
-You have more electronics packed into your barracks room than most people have in an entire house.
- You remember Union Cab, Metro Taxi or Dynasty Cabs
-You think “Actionville-Jacksonville” might be the worst city in the history of mankind and although it’s obvious the town would be a mere bump in the road without the base, the locals seem to act like they’re doing the Marines a favor by letting them live in their town.
-You know that Sneads Ferry doesn’t actually contain a ferry. But you refer to it as God's Country anyway.
-You have been to a party at Midway Park and Tarawa Terrace I and II.
-You want nothing more than to not be surrounded by Marines.
- You ever drove down Henderson Drive and got yelled at by Officer XY Brown for "speeding."
-You have spent a major holiday with someone else's family.
-You hate being referred to as devil dog, because an ass chewing usually follows it.
-The freakiness of the Orleans House on 17S creeps you out, and you don’t like its proximity to the Triangle Motor Inn.
-You don't know how to spell your first name, but can recite all eleven general orders verbatim.
-Your platoon commander has given a class about the Spartans.
-You use racial slurs as terms of affection.
-You've gotten a speeding ticket on 40, 95, 24, or 17.
-You've geared up at Saigon Sam's.
-A majority of the people you know are paying 15%+ interest on their new cars and don’t know that's a bad thing.
-You witnessed someone spend an entire paycheck at a strip club, and then ask to borrow more money.
- You remember the term "Chicken Sandwich and a Grape Soda."-You think Michael Moore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Jane Fonda are all forms of the anti-Christ.
-You don’t think its strange to share the road with hummers, LAV's, and 7 tons, and signs that say "rounds flying over head," and "tank crossing" are everywhere.
-You know someone that already has a joint checking account with the girl they met last weekend, and are surprised that their money is gone within the week.
-All your CD's and DVD's have been eaten by the barracks.
-Your friend’s wife works at Hooters.
-You have gotten tanked while doing your laundry at Soaps.
-You have phone numbers saved on your cell with area codes from all 50 states.
-You learn Spanish to find out what all your Mexican friends are saying about you.
-You learn all the Asian languages to ensure your dry cleaning wont get messed up.
-You know your entire platoon's life story because you have had several hours of post with all of them.
-You had to buy digital cammies off ebay because the main PX ran out before you could get off work.
-You have taken part in an extensive discussion about the differences between Puerto Ricans and Mexicans.
-You have paid over $100 for someone to take your weekend duty just so you can sleep in.
-You think $150 is a reasonable bar tab.
-You have used Everclear, Tropicana Twister, and frozen fruit to make jungle juice in your barracks room trash can. Then you hid what you couldn't finish in your wall locker during field day inspection so it didn't go to waste.
-You can spot a boot at the mall in an instant. The jungle boots and moto shirt might have given them away.
-You have a story explaining how your recruiter screwed you, and how you’re going to kick his ass if you ever see him again.
-You know that 1/2, 3/8, and 1/10 are not fractions, and you may belong to one of them.
-If you've hunted from your barracks window, only to have your kill taken out of your freezer during field day inspection, by your company MSgt.
-If one of your friends has dated, married, divorced or impregnated one of the strippers who work at The Cave, La Mirage, Driftwood, Cherries, Southern Comfort, etc.
-You go through a Health and Comfort inspection by the Lt. Col. just to find some beer you forgot you had hidden in your wall locker afterward.
-You know people who were playing "The Game" from the movie Waiting...and were caught by a SNCO, in a class room, in MOS school
-You can't wait to drive out the front gate for the last time.
-Finally, you spent all you time at Camp Lejeune complaining about it, but realized that you missed it when you left.
-You saw the movie Hustle and Flow, and decided many scenes resemble the War Zone on the corner of Western and Lejeune or Country Club and Western.
-You check for wedding rings or wedding ring tan lines when checking out girls or guys at a bar.
-You have ridden the mechanical bull at Gus's Warehouse when it was still there.
-You’ve eye witnessed a shooting at the OK Corral aka The Waffle House at the corner of Marine Blvd and Onslow Drive.
-You've seen the town shut-down after officials see a snow flurry
-You avoid Henderson Drive, Western Blvd in Brynn Marr and Bellfork Road after a heavy rainfall.
- You remember the Phoenix restaurant and the old Thunderbird Lounge.
-You, like everyone else, were already in Iraq when President Bush came in 2003, so he had no one to speak to.
-You have taken part in the pilgrimage to Waffle House or the Waffle Shop at 4 AM after a night of clubbing anywhere in Jacksonville.
- You’re a regular at Sgt. Major Sywanyks nightclub but you damn if you can pronounce it correctly let alone spell it.
- You remember any of the following nightclubs:
Rich’s on Bellfork
P.J.’s (The Puerto Rican joint)
Affinity on New Bridge St
Lorese’s Café (sp) on Court St
Harvey’s Nightclub in what is now the Quality Inn
Mugs Away on Gumbranch Rd
Planet Rock on Highway 17N
Shirley’s V Bar on New Bridge
The Marina Café on Highway 17S
Or you remember when Party Zone used to be a movie theatre
- You remember when Pickett Town and Sandy Run were war zones.
- You remember the "Geiger Tiger" days and partied there on Friday nights or the Staff Club at Camp Johnson.
-You ever joined the after midnight crowd that gathered in the parking lot of the Kangaroo store just to park, fight and get arrested by JPD.
- You remember when Court Street was the to-be place every weekend in the 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s.
- You scratch your head when you hear about men getting caught up in a prostitution sweep since the undercover cops posing as hookers look much better than the real Jacksonville prostitutes.
-You like Hula's on the Island, but don’t realize that its a local gay bar.
-You have to sit through a three-hour safety brief and then fill out a five-page questionnaire just to get off for the weekend. It doesn't matter though, because five of your friends still get charged with alcohol related offenses.
-You are confused by the streets with single letter names on mainside.
- You’ve ever been robbed by a Jacksonville cab driver.
-You got shin splints and fell out of a division run because the pace was too ridiculously slow.
-You've showed up at formation still drunk from the night before.
-You've sprinted more than a mile to avoid having to stand at attention during colors.
-Most of the people you know have more than five tattoos.
-You've actually seen tumbleweeds blowing across the empty MCX parking lot when you stayed on base during a 96.
-You've actually been partially eaten by mosquitoes and chiggers while in the field.
-Your bus pulls through the gate after returning from Iraq, and realize that you're not that excited to be back.
-You have driven over 1000 miles one way in a weekend just to party.
-You never got to experience spring break in Myrtle Beach because you were deployed everytime.
-You needed more than two trucks to get out of a mud hole while off roading on the tank trails.
-The OOD wakes you up naked on the company lawn after a barracks party. He makes you police call for the rest of the day in exchange for not logging you in.
-You have run 5+ miles with an extreme hangover.
-You know what military special is...and you frequently buy it from the 7-day store on the weekends between paydays.
- The sound of live fire rounds, grenandes and machine guns don't frighten you, but piss you off
- You remember when the PX, 7-Day Store and Main Exchange used to look like warehouses versus stores.
-You can spot the new boots by their Corfam shoes with civilian clothing attire.
-You have eaten Burger King 2 or more times in a day because your chow hall sucks that bad.
-You know someone that knows something about anything that you need to know.
-Field day taught you that dirt exists in places you didn't even know dirt could exist.
-You can walk through a barracks parking lot and identify license plates from all 50 states.
-You drive a mustang or a crotch rocket.
-You pretend to look the other way at the Annex to avoid having to salute.
-You work on your car at the hobby shop.
-You have more electronics packed into your barracks room than most people have in an entire house.
- You remember Union Cab, Metro Taxi or Dynasty Cabs
-You think “Actionville-Jacksonville” might be the worst city in the history of mankind and although it’s obvious the town would be a mere bump in the road without the base, the locals seem to act like they’re doing the Marines a favor by letting them live in their town.
-You know that Sneads Ferry doesn’t actually contain a ferry. But you refer to it as God's Country anyway.
-You have been to a party at Midway Park and Tarawa Terrace I and II.
-You want nothing more than to not be surrounded by Marines.
- You ever drove down Henderson Drive and got yelled at by Officer XY Brown for "speeding."
-You have spent a major holiday with someone else's family.
-You hate being referred to as devil dog, because an ass chewing usually follows it.
-The freakiness of the Orleans House on 17S creeps you out, and you don’t like its proximity to the Triangle Motor Inn.
-You don't know how to spell your first name, but can recite all eleven general orders verbatim.
-Your platoon commander has given a class about the Spartans.
-You use racial slurs as terms of affection.
-You've gotten a speeding ticket on 40, 95, 24, or 17.
-You've geared up at Saigon Sam's.
-A majority of the people you know are paying 15%+ interest on their new cars and don’t know that's a bad thing.
-You witnessed someone spend an entire paycheck at a strip club, and then ask to borrow more money.
- You remember the term "Chicken Sandwich and a Grape Soda."-You think Michael Moore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Jane Fonda are all forms of the anti-Christ.
-You don’t think its strange to share the road with hummers, LAV's, and 7 tons, and signs that say "rounds flying over head," and "tank crossing" are everywhere.
-You know someone that already has a joint checking account with the girl they met last weekend, and are surprised that their money is gone within the week.
-All your CD's and DVD's have been eaten by the barracks.
-Your friend’s wife works at Hooters.
-You have gotten tanked while doing your laundry at Soaps.
-You have phone numbers saved on your cell with area codes from all 50 states.
-You learn Spanish to find out what all your Mexican friends are saying about you.
-You learn all the Asian languages to ensure your dry cleaning wont get messed up.
-You know your entire platoon's life story because you have had several hours of post with all of them.
-You had to buy digital cammies off ebay because the main PX ran out before you could get off work.
-You have taken part in an extensive discussion about the differences between Puerto Ricans and Mexicans.
-You have paid over $100 for someone to take your weekend duty just so you can sleep in.
-You think $150 is a reasonable bar tab.
-You have used Everclear, Tropicana Twister, and frozen fruit to make jungle juice in your barracks room trash can. Then you hid what you couldn't finish in your wall locker during field day inspection so it didn't go to waste.
-You can spot a boot at the mall in an instant. The jungle boots and moto shirt might have given them away.
-You have a story explaining how your recruiter screwed you, and how you’re going to kick his ass if you ever see him again.
-You know that 1/2, 3/8, and 1/10 are not fractions, and you may belong to one of them.
-If you've hunted from your barracks window, only to have your kill taken out of your freezer during field day inspection, by your company MSgt.
-If one of your friends has dated, married, divorced or impregnated one of the strippers who work at The Cave, La Mirage, Driftwood, Cherries, Southern Comfort, etc.
-You go through a Health and Comfort inspection by the Lt. Col. just to find some beer you forgot you had hidden in your wall locker afterward.
-You know people who were playing "The Game" from the movie Waiting...and were caught by a SNCO, in a class room, in MOS school
-You can't wait to drive out the front gate for the last time.
-Finally, you spent all you time at Camp Lejeune complaining about it, but realized that you missed it when you left.
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