This is my rifle; this is my gun (26 seconds)

Classic. Do cadences count as music?
calvadossays...

I had no idea there could be a rational explanation for this scene until I went through boot camp and the NCOs harangued us and doled out push-ups when we'd incorrectly call our rifles "guns" (they aren't; handguns are guns, machine guns are guns, various other weapons are guns, but rifles are rifles).

deathcowsays...

> Is the video loading at all?

yes but you may do better referring to it as streaming ... you see it continually loads while playing, this lets you start watching before the video is entirely loaded.. but yes, it is loading some, and if you stick around the whole time, it loads it all

smack

MarineGunrocksays...

"This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. My rifle, without me is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than any enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will....

My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit...

My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...

Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but Peace."

- Rifleman's creed, Major General William H. Rupertus

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