Sgt Grit: I was in the Corps from '76 to '86. In my last year of duty I was stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC. I thought I could get out without incident however, three months before my exit I was Sgt of the guard in our area. 24 on, 24 off. I had a young PFC on post in the heavy equipment yard ie.. D8s, dump trucks, front end loaders. Well, late one night my equipment yard Marine really didn't care much for his line of work that late night. The story I got was, when he saw a Marine on his post approaching, he ran and jumped down a small concrete wall and rolled into a prone position with the M-16 pointed at that Marine approaching and said, "Freeze Mother F-cker". He stated after that, "And then I saw the glitter on his collar." The OD was so stunned, he turned away and proceeded to the guard shack and chewed my fellow Sgt of the guard. Two weeks later, the newly demoted PVT was on post again. I was so lucky to be on my off day.