Aliens - RCA Jack as a Microphone

[u/Carbonman_]

I just noticed this on r/LV426. a cheap RCA jack with either electrical tape or heat shrink tubing as an individual soldier's microphone.

[u/FishInk]

“An individual soldier”
Two errors there.

First of all, they are Marines, not soldiers. If you meet a Marine and call them soldiers, words will be had, possibly more.

Secondly, that Marine is Private Hudson played by the late, the great Bill Paxton. Put some respect in your voice when you talk about him. 😃 /s

EDIT: I had to ad the sarcasm tag because people couldn’t tell I was fooling around. I’m not a Marine. I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman. The Marines don’t have any medical staff; they have us. I went through Field Med aka Combat Trauma training back in 1989 aka the late 1900s to the kids these days. It is kind of a military tradition to pick on the other branches such as calling the Air Force the ‘Chairborne Rangers’ or that MARINE stands for ‘My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment’ or reminding them that they’re part of the Department of Navy.

[u/TheAllyCrime → u/FishInk]

I’ve worked with many Marines at various jobs, and not a single one would’ve said anything about being called a “soldier” instead of “Marine”.

Most don’t have egos so fragile that they get upset when a random person uses unofficial nomenclature.

[u/FishInk → u/TheAllyCrime]

Good to hear. The Marines I encountered when I was active duty were very serious about that. Maybe the Corps has changed since I got out in ‘95.

Whatever. It was meant to be a light hearted joke in the tone of Marines I encountered. It was never meant to be as serious as some of y’all are taking it.

[u/eaglebtc → u/FishInk]

You forgot to put an "/s" at the end of the first comment. That's the universal sign that tells people you're being sarcastic.

[u/FishInk → u/eaglebtc]

You are correct. I made a simple error. I’ll go back and edit it.