1. Can cuss for ten minutes without ever repeating a word.
2. Have a spine.
3. Can play a cherry Lieutenant like a finely tuned instrument.
4. Can see in the Dark.
5. Have eyes in the back of their heads.
6. Still don't trust the Russians.
7. Still hate the French.
8. Don't know how to be politically correct.
9. Don't give a hoot about being politically correct.
10. Think that "politically correct" should fall under "sodomy" in  the UCMJ.
11. Love deployments because there is less paperwork and more "real" work.
12. Can run 5 miles with a hangover.
13. Do not fear women in the military.
14. Would actually like to date GI Jane.
15. Still know how to use a buffer.
16. Can tell you anything you want to know about an M1911A1 even  though they are no longer in the inventory.
17. Believe that they do have a rendezvous with destiny.
18. Believe that "Nuts" wasn't all that Brigadier General McAuliffe said to the Germans at Bastogne.
19. Don't know how to use a "stress card".
20. Idolize John Wayne.
21. Don't believe that AAFES really needs a "commander".
22. Can remember when gays weren't a "minority group".
23. Would have paid money to see Custer getting his clock cleaned.
24. Really don't like taking mess from those who haven't "been there."
25. Know how to properly construct a field latrine.
26. Know how to call for fire - no matter what their MOS is.
27. Know that every Marine is really a rifleman.
28. Might admire the Germans, but still realize they got their butts kicked.
29. Aren't afraid of the Chinese, who probably don't have enough rowboats to invade Taiwan.
30. Would rather be OPFOR than MOPP 4 any day.
31. Don't believe a thing the Iraqis say.
32. Don't need a GPS to find themselves.
33. Have enough cammies in their closet to start a surplus store.
34. Think that MRE's taste good. (with a little hot sauce)
35. Are convinced that "wall-to-wall" counseling really works.
36. Have more time on the forward edge than most others have in the chow line.
37. Know how to make coffee when the measuring scoop goes missing.
38. Know that it's not good coffee when you can see through it.
39. Don't blame poor marksmanship on their rifles.
40. Know that bad leaders will always say they have bad troops and most often those "bad troops" know the truth.
41. Know that threatening troops and leading them are very different.
42. Don’t have to brag about being a leader.
Remember......"Enlisted men are stupid, but very cunning and deceitful and bear considerable watching." > > (Officer's Manual 1894)