Marine Corps "Contest Of Honor"

[stopcicles]

Fuck everything about this.

[motleyhar]

This commercial cracks me up every time I watch it, thanks for posting.

[jonnyg28]

Man if I had a dollar for every lava beast I had to slay just to get to work! That's just life for a Crash Crewman at MCAS Yuma! LOL

[Dylank1324]

WARNING: your experience may differ

[PANYHK]

This is the commersial that got me!

2002-2008

OORAH !!!

[cwood4ever]

Why arent they showing all the Marines police calling?

[cwood4ever]

I miss the usmc so much

2003-2007 Wish I never got out.

[FLSHBK1]

@cwood4ever Well, they can take you out of the Corps, but they'll never take the Corps out of you. Remember, you're NEVER a civilian again ~ you'll always be a Marine. You'll never change that. Thanks for your duty to our Corps and country. OooRah.

[cwood4ever]

@FLSHBK1 OHHHRAHH

[ANGRYMAPLE]

This advert is listed wrong, this ain't the US marines this is for the SPACE MARINES FOR THE EMPEROR

[CookiesAndGuns95]

People called the police for help, the police called Chuck Norris for help, Chuck Norris called the Marines for help. Coincidence? I think not! Semper Fi!

[Faxe90Swe]

@CookiesAndGuns95

And the Marines checked the yellow pages for someone to interpret the war manual for them.

[pointman127]

Do the Marines really have such an obstacle coarse as part of the training? And in addition I was wondering about that monster, do they really train like that? Is the monster like mechanically driven or is it more like they have one of the instructors dress up in a huge monster outfit for that specific part of training?

[counterhit121]

HAHAHHA the LAVA MONSTER

[cashbash92]

Marines defeat Balrogs all the time. As portrayed in this commercial. AGHHH OOORAH! :)

[smgblack]

They over-exaggerated the taliban BIG time

[cadian14758]

'Woo, dress blues and a sword!'

[LtDan104]

@cadian14758 Shoulda rolled into battle with a sword, Brad. That would've fucking rocked.

[TruBlueRepublicanSue]

who needs commercials? thanks to Obama destroying the economy, I am sure all the military branches have more recruits than they can handle.

[Loxleiev]

@TruBlueRepublicanSue rioght hes responsable for the shit that was left after 8 years of Bush's administration, hes also destroyed the economy by saving companies like GM and many others with YOUR money, he saved america's economy, hell, kinda he saved the worlds economy as aidding the PRIVATE sector, he saved companies that produce weapons, tanks, and many other military assets, so why dont go back to the cave where you came from and wait for the commies to come u toothy fucksister dumb fuck

[aznkent29]

Man this is an awesome commercial......I'm totally bought on being a Marine officer now.......just need to finish up college and I'm attending OCS......OOOORRAAHHHHH!!!!

[armykid567]

what year was this in?

[pointman127]

@armykid567 I saw this the first time in 1999, so somewhere around that era.

[matthew2496]

if only boot camp was that easy.

[wilsontc123]

I joined to fight lava monsters.

[Loxleiev]

@wilsontc123 my cousin to slay dragons, and my uncle to fly harriers =P and drive corvettes and having a hot blonde as girlfriend too!

[artuno1207]

It's a known fact that if this were to be the actual Basic Training for the Corps, not only would they be the best in the world (even though they already are) but then it would LITERALLY be the few and the proud. Cause the rest of the recruits got their asses handed to them by a lava monster.

[TheSouthernAndrew]

I was 5 years old when I first saw this, I'm 16 and a half now and it's still one of the coolest Marine recruitment ads.

[cmfreezi]

Since when was there a lava monster in the marine training? I dont remember that

[JonesyLedZeppelin]

@cmfreezi it was actually number 157 on the possible threat guide list. right after stormtroopers and before the blob

[ryanpsullivan87]

lol they will do anything to get people to join

[USMCMichaels]

That looks fun.. Why the hell dont we have one of these in RCT?

[Rohiriim]

This is how the tradition of the officer's sword really came to be. Lololol

[Dogmeat1950]

lol.This got so many people lol. hell I wanted to Join the USAF when i was a kid but when I was 14 I say this and I'm like fuck that I'm joining the Corps.

[luiskilla91592]

i want to slay dragons too!!

[SketchyPeenut]

My recruiter asked me why i wanted to join, i said i have sense i was a kid and i saw the commercials... he response? "Lemme guess it was that fuckin lava monster?"

[AssholeByNature413]

ANY1 KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG?/!??!?!

[hornet1045]

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

[68calsurgeon]

haha! how do you come up with this stuff without being on substance?

[Kolashov]

looks awesome rly x)

nice how they always use swords.

it's so knightly 'n medieval.

[TheLightningspeed]

I dont know about you, but bootcamp was not like this

[liquidsol]

This commercial was awesome back in the day. The music rules.

[Usboy267]

Because of this commerical i joined the Corp

[4764258]

best video game commercial of all time

[vedde]

Hahaha, What a load of crap!!!

[CountryBoy2576]

the "commercial perversion" is that large...

[WimpBastard]

this is so fucking badass

[WimpBastard]

this totally makes me want to join the marines 100% serious

[Coribec]

This must have been when D&D was a thing.

[LukeUlrich42]

All the old ones show officers and the new ones show enlisted marines...kind of interesting.

[dodgingaces]

ooooh maan the 80s XD semper fi!

[rlap]

LOL

[yadatalatura]

God that musics so fucking cool! i want that song on my ipod this looks like something out of God of War! lol

[Valrul]

Propaganda can be pretty funny sometimes

[icepenguin21]

i remembering seeing this when i was 10, why i joined

[ririckyrickyracoon03]

i bet the recruits joined and when they went to the gulf war they probably said "where the fuck is the giant?"

[LukeUlrich42]

This is an officer ad. Check out his shoulder boards.

[Cazfootball19]

AHHAHAHAHAHA

[TurboSpaghettiRobot]

Oh shit I just remembered, that lava monster thing reminds me of the fucking boss from Quake

FUck that was an awesome game

I'll join the marines if they have that sweet double nailgun

[SwordPengy8]

lol yea, i have it on my psp. sickkk. double nailgun = awesome.

[TurboSpaghettiRobot]

I wanna be a marine and just jump through vent fans all day

[Brainstrain]

I guess they're using Lava-based IEDs?

[deadlygnome]

looks like the marines are going to invade middle earth next

[batwingedloony]

Kill browns by day, drug and rape young brown boys dressed as girls by night

That's MARINE CORPS STRONG OO-RAH

[fartamplifer]

The US Marines protect us from Balrogs.

[kelsbackonyoutub]

hi kids kill the pesky brown other save your country

[IAmTheInternets]

slay the lava monster, join the marines, kill brown people

oorah

[LukeUlrich42]

I'm glad to see an ad featuring an officer for once...

[CaramelAnt]

I had no idea Kratos was a member of the United States Marines.

[wizzlewizzie]

This commercial was kinda lame sorry, I like the other ones better.

[AeonSamurai]

This was the first recruiting commercial I ever saw. I have to say, the newer ones are less cheesy, but this one i just plane awesome! Thanks for posting

[infantryman0311]

Right here. This is the one that got me. I thought, "Ooh! Dress blues and sword!" Too bad you have to pay for your blues and be and NCO to rate a sword and then pay for that. Semper Fi.

[mgallo99]

They left out the part about field day :)

[WILLuGOoutWITHanEMO]

semper fi till I die

[ViennasNachos]

Semper Fi Do or Die BRO !!!!!!

[22204aaa]

We got some A-grade idiots here.

[kosemekars]

US Marines: we fight dragons!

[Ballistic641]

where is the one where they slay a dragon

[BrianJensen]

I get it! The lava monster is like a terrorist, or the embodiment of Al Queda. heh heh

[ShortyChild189]

This one is from tlike the early 90's. I remeber watching it after dinner one night in '94, I think.

[pointman127]

@ShortyChild189 You sure? I know I saw it in 1999, they wouldnt have used it for five years would they?

[Kepxa]

A recruiter once left me alone because I called out their bullshit and lack of lava monster fights in the real Marines. I would have joined if he promised me at least ONE fight with a lava monster on a glowing bridge. ..but he would not promise me the fight. Talk about a bait and switch, false advertisement!!

[BrianJensen]

... xD

[guhqbpvqesofmo]

using a fantasy realm and targeting children is fucking awesome

[wharghoul]

It would be more realistic if they replaced that golem with an Iraqi child, screaming in agony as he burns to death from bombs dropped on his village.

[fenixdown22]

his village more like its village

[heresywar]

you'll also get to rape iraqi children, cool bonus

oorah!!!

[Ofir84]

join the U.S Murder Corps now! Hoo-rah !

[BloodBrotherUSMC]

Best. Commercial. Ever.

This is the ad that made me join the USMC! I was disappointed that there weren't any fire golems though.

[Twnglck40s]

US marines have ugly uniforms

[stephyelle]

That's the first I've ever heard that. So clean cut.

[fartamplifer]

I wanna fight balrogs. :)

[czarben]

Fucking propaganda.

[datonedude000]

how old is this commercial??

wat year did it come out??

[footboy05]

hahah i remember when i first saw this ad i was about 5 and thought marines really slay dragons

[OwigamiHey]

oh man that is the funniest thing ever lmao

[iammjolnir]

who says they don't?

[Russelldourden1993]

So this proves it once and for all. Gandalf is a marine.

[random0815]

wow, saw it on the daily show too, you got to be kidding me!!! this is unbelievable, this easily dwarfs the worst nazi propaganda of the time, when such reckless filth doesnt cause an outrage the society is deeply deeply sick, holy sht!

and btw: the daily show is not above it: they ran such spots in their commercials as well! and stewart turns into a fawning puppy whenever some military minion is on the show

[asianelite]

just saw this on daily show

[hmcscarlet13]

Thanks for posting...I looked for this a bunch a few years ago and finally gave up....until today!

does anyone know what the music is? I've been dieing to find out since I first saw this commercial 15 years ago!

[FLshooter23]

This is the best Commercial Ever, you do this every day in the Marine Corp!!! Slay Dragons!

0311

[infantryman0311]

This commercial got so many guys. I saw it when I was 10 and said I was joining. Well when I did my recruiter failed to tell me that you wear your dress blues once or twice a year as a grunt and you have to pay for the NCO sword.

[Pockles]

ah, yes. complete the harrowing obstacle course of steel and spikes, defeat the balrog, and then you magically become an order-taking robot

just like in real life

[foolerrant]

lol at the gay little dress sword in the end :D

[MrKips]

lord of the marines

[pistonfan2010]

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

[gthreek]

That's some real Starship Troopers shit. Brilliant.

[psionicman]

in this commercial, the lava monster represents a democratically-elected socialist government, probably in latin america

[concordat]

That's more the CIA's thing isn't it?

[anemone9]

I usually don't pay attention to these commercials, so I'd never realized before that the Marines advertise to 12-year-olds.

You're not supposed to advertise alcohol or tobacco to children, because of the dangers involved in using them. Hmmm....

[BdogBB]

THEY LIED TO ME!

[cwood4ever]

Me too wheres my monster all I did was field day and get yelled at.

[RickyChavez]

ATTACKING CTHON DOES NOTHING

[RazyKrandomGuy]

Welp. The USMC just lost my body.

Leave the Balrog to Gandolph, haha

[TurboSpaghettiRobot]

I want to join the Marines so I can kick the shit out of Quake bosses too.

It's like watching car commercials where they try to convince you how awesome their car is based on how many fake 3D spikes they can dodge.

[knightryder600]

Yeah! This was my recruiting commercial!! I was disappointed that we didn't get to fight lava monsters in boot camp. Oh well. =I

[psyclopsus]

Funny how all the old recruiting commercials for the Corps back from the 90's always have the guy morph into an officer instead of enlisted. The newer ones usually have an enlisted guy now. Even so, yes, back then it was the shit.

[LukeUlrich42]

@psyclopsus What's wrong with having an officer in the ad?

[psyclopsus]

@LukeUlrich42 Not saying anything is wrong with it. It just kinda doesn't make sense. Those commercials are targeted to recruit young kids to enlist. From my experience most officers never had a doubt about what they wanted to be, they don't need recruited. Not saying that makes them any better either, it's just a career path they pursue as opposed to being talked into it by a flashy TV commercial. That's all. -Sempers.

[LukeUlrich42]

@psyclopsus Yeah, you're probably right, actually. -2LT

[ainoshinobi]

I can just imagine the cadence that could be made off of this commercial.

What's the Marine Corps done for me?

Made my life an RPG.

Dungeon crawling and fighting hoards,

With M-1 vorpal swords.

[SinisterSapling]

snicker snack motherfucker!

[uglyxorgan]

So THATS what the Crucible is like.

[Gregiorp]

naw you do this at ITB

[LtSidrys]

Actually anyone know the name of the entire song?

[LtSidrys]

Does anyone know if that last little song at the end is part of a big song?

If anyone knows what is it, please reply and tell me

Thanks

[JohnQTub]

God, this makes me want to kill foreigners so much.

[teufelkim]

It's so cheesy... but back then, it was the shit.

[colonelpong]

It was very different back in my army days. We didnt get a magic fire sword.

All they issued us was a level three wand of invisibility and a gourd of Elf light.

Fuckin cheap bastards

[googoogjoob42]

Join the Marines, fight a Balrog.

[brietzmann]

haha^^

[ViennasNachos]

cant wait for the day i finished boot camp and wear this uniform

thanks for your services guys

oorah

[duuce13]

Me too.. Me too.. Good luck in boot camp (no sarcasm intended)

[colonelpong]

So..... you believe that upon completion of marine boot camp you will do battle with giant lava monsters?

Well. I suppose its just as realistic about the stories of weapns of mass destruction in Iraq....

[Redkangavoosa]

"NOW LETS GO SLAY THAT DRAGON!"

-Generation Kill

[Finkblob]

I so fucking loved this commercial when I was younger!

[colonelpong]

Bro, never be ashamed of your intellectual handicap. It is beyond your control. But if you perservere, you may one day be able to tie your own shoe laces....

[LetzShake]

so the marine corps is like god of war?

SWEET BALLS I'M JOINING!

[atk1540]

Lol. Good One!!!!!

[FLshooter23]

Thats how they get you.

[morcillo]

el mejor anuncio que he visto en mi vida jejejjeje

[yay084]

i remember this commercial when i first enlisted

[LeeroyFan101]

Lol a duddy of mine was like "reminds me of my dragon slaying days back in Nam"

[infantryman0311]

I don't remeber a lava monster and the NCO sword cost me like $300 bucks.

[yankeesangel03]

Mrines ads are so much more creative loved this one when it was on! 5/5

[angelmarine1292]

Heh, I still remember watching this add while it was on TV.