Originally Posted by HousingCop

The ore bulk carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sank without a distress signal during a gale on Lake Superior, November 10, 1975, killing all 29 crew.

Why would anybody in New Braintree want to celebrate such a tragedy?

Originally Posted by CTrain

When I met with a Marine recuiter back in my senior year of high school, he told me that "something like 75% of all Mass. Troopers are Marines"

But, considering the nature of a recruiter's job, I'd be more likely to believe Killjoy

Originally Posted by HousingCop

The ore bulk carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sank without a distress signal during a gale on Lake Superior, November 10, 1975, killing all 29 crew.

Why would anybody in New Braintree want to celebrate such a tragedy?

Originally Posted by mikemac64

Not a Trooper.

Originally Posted by co2

The percent that the recruiter should you. Was given from marine recruiter command out in springfield. They told us they got that number from mass state police headquarters.
Semper Fi

Originally Posted by bbelichick

The only possible explanation would be if you were aboard said sunken ship, but the fact that you are still here posting your stupidity rules out that possibility.

The next time you haul your fat ass onto a boat, let us know so we can get some cake and wait.

Originally Posted by Killjoy

I suspect, although I cannot prove that the large influx of ex-Marine Corps members after Vietnam contributed to the current association many feel exist between the MSP and the Marines. Many of these ex-Marines became drill instructors or training cadre, and imprinted their terminology and lingo on recruits. "Deck", "Head", "Ladderwell", "Bulkhead" and many other nautical terms are now used at the academy, and hence tend to stay in use throughout a Trooper's career.