24 Hours with Female Marines in NYC: Fleet Week

NYC Fleet Week - an annual event where active duty Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen descend upon the city to rub elbows with the public and blow off some steam.
But to a lot of civilians, the image of ‘Fleet Week’ has been shaped by TV shows like “Sex in the City” - a kind of holiday where men in uniform are rewarded with free drinks and women throwing themselves at them.
But how true is that narrative when talking about female service members? What do they want out of Fleet Week? Last year, Vice’s Erica Matson was invited aboard the USS Arlington to spend 24 with a group of female Marines as they experienced Fleet Week for the first time.
CORRECTION: at 3:11, we state that "the military civilian divide is at an all time low", which is incorrect -- according to the United States DOD, the military-civilian divide is at an all time high. We regret the error.
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[@Wheelz987]

I love when Vice tries to find the "dirt" but it turns out the people are just doing a great job and are happy lol. Thank you for your service ladies!

[@moulehumide7342]

Vice is trash we all know it but yet... here we are

[@durktank5001]

Moule Humide it’s sometimes entertaining to watch them squabble

[@revejmal]

"happy"

[@citygirl7536]

There’s a rape issue and it’s going to get cracked down soon!

[@josephesposito3499]

SIMP!

[@tevinhandy]

Hanging with officers expecting to have a good time LMAO 😂😂😂😂

[@reynazuli]

king wiz zone lmao nerds haha

[@DudetaketheBus]

In Japan, officers out here let loose 😂

[@thegreatdogzilla5855]

@@DudetaketheBus who wouldn't let loose on a paid vacation.

[@shakenbake7826]

THE GREAT DOGZILLA Are you dumb? These people are training and are on standby to go to war, what are you doing? Taking the male lead in drama club?

[@thegreatdogzilla5855]

@@shakenbake7826 wow you got it all wrong 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ cringe ass.

[@jeaninetungsten8865]

The issue here is, labels, she is a Marine not a “Female” Marine.

[@shakenbake7826]

Rosie 47 She’s a female

[@callmekat1838]

But she is a female

[@shakenbake7826]

Pride 365 I’ll bet you haven’t served

[@callmekat1838]

In the military they don’t look at what gender you are they just expect you to get the job done.

[@shakenbake7826]

Pride 365 Navy.

[@iSoldat]

What most civilians don't understand is that the military doesn't start wars, politicians do and specifically career politicians. As long as career politicians are allowed to remain in positions of power, the military will be needed.

[@Josh-qx8sq]

Uhm i think any civilian would know this

[@shawnc1016]

@@Josh-qx8sq You would think, but not really.

[@Alex10daysago]

If you join the military you are basically willing to be a hoe for American interest

[@worldbeatxxx]

I hear lots of negative comments about politicians.. which I totally understand but what are the options folks? Should we all just have no co-ordination? Should we just let every state run things the way they want, without any coordination between states. Do people think that there is no politics in the military, or in any organization where there are more than two people? And the distrust of career politicians... ya Trump, how's that working out for you? Let's stop career military.. just give folks guns and let them have at it.

[@snapdragon9300]

Even in peacetime without conflict, there will always be a need for a military. HADR roles for environmental catastrophes for starters. Look at the scale required too assist like Californian fires earthquakes, Hurricanes, floods etc across Usa. Mass migration due to climate change will put a greater strain on your borders than you ever experienced in history too. Domestic terrorism has called on explosive experts, intelligence from the military as does continued Army ,Navy, Air force Navy assist to stop drug smugglers abroad.

[@xSylk]

"We have a lot in common, she's from Michigan and my dad has family in Michigan."

[@heinkle1]

Separated at birth...

[@kiero6823]

Ooof

[@summernasser7747]

lmfaoooooo im dead

[@jcis4164]

Bruh

[@404usernotfound9]

I live in LP next to detroit

[@meesert]

"We have so much in common, my dad has family in the state were she's from" lmao

[@TitanUnleashed7]

meesert I legit was reading this comment the exact moment she said that😂

[@sownheard]

We have so much in common I got a face and she has a face it's only 2 degree's of separation.

[@orlandorossano1964]

Exactly!!!!!!😵😵😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aceventura3935]

Was gonna say right before I read this comment dang I was hoping somebody did not beat me 2 it

[@edaxsachorwzky8898]

meesert I know right? Lol!

[@Bmoney98]

Female marines all look like badass to me i love seeing them

[@lexivlad]

Me too💪

[@redbloodedamerican0523]

Fr and the female drill instructors look fine as hell

[@thisguy3807]

What's a female marine? Do you a marine?

[@barrontrump3943]

W Williams51 yep women destroyed our military. Its so weak now.

[@sad_vegan507]

Thank you brotha!

[@jackohlander8355]

“Over-the-top portrayals of front line combat in Hollywood.” *shows Jarhead*

[@towelie9659]

She took the shot

[@Sarge92]

@Shem Casimir yup what people think iraq is like: BOMBS EVERYWHERE EVERYONES DIEING ITS LIKE SAVING PRIVATE RYAN BUT WITH MORE DRONES what the military is really like: bombs n shit here and there EPIC boredom doing random shit on base to try and stop boredom excitement because its time for bombs n shit then some sad shit i dont wanna think about

[@djefr]

I was looking for this exact comment. Just goes to show how little they know.

[@towelietowel4513]

towelie I’m a little high

[@RKLIFE17]

I thought that was weird too! The first Jarhead is amazing

[@ravenbeast813]

Damn, she tried really hard to get something juicy about the Marine Corps

[@archerj.maggott1372]

There was no chance that they were going to do that. They were clearly hand-picked by their command to be interviewed by the press. The giveaway was the part at 9:15 where the lieutenant was talking about how her dad -- an Army veteran -- was unenthusiastic about his daughter joining the Marines. The reporter asked why, and the obvious answer is that her dad was afraid that his daughter would get sexually assaulted. She was clearly pretending when she said she didn't know why her dad was unenthusiastic about her joining, and then she said something really vague instead. She'll definitely get a NAM for that one.

[@IAMMRONALD]

failed

[@seanthat0126]

Yeah should of came to the birf for that

[@chaching1951]

Archer J. Maggott exactly

[@Karn3fice]

yeah all you needed to do was post the video and read the real juicy from the ex former non marines who hate females. really makes sense that *those* kind of males always work so well in the corpse. otherwise they'd be in prison, where they belong. to be raped by those who don't care about gender - finally getting a real lesson in life.

[@djbutterchicken]

She’s digging so hard trying to get an angle where they are being oppressed and just not getting it lol

[@StevenSanchezWelding]

djbutterchicken glad I’m not the only one who sees it

[@JohnnyV_Val]

Yeah, military is and has been equally opportunity for 40+years

[@nikitaw1982]

She could have combed her hair too. Looks like a dead animal.

[@Jcruises_]

@@nikitaw1982 lmfao

[@SPIIIVA]

Marines are too sharp to feed into vice’s bullshit! Ooorah!

[@seaninness334]

Kinda cringey piece on the part of Erica Matson. How many times can you bring up Sex and the City and how disillusioned you are?

[@Sarge92]

that refference would only make sense to a verry small subsection of people primarilly people who are A women B watch sex and the city C are old enough to have even seen that show

[@mr.joseph7806]

She's a sea hag.

[@jparker19822009]

She looks sloppy to be a reporter she definitely needs a haircut it’s too long

[@illbuyourniknak]

VICE Interviewer: “In what ways are you oppressed???” LT: “We have equal pay. There are no closed doors in the Marine Corps. anymore.” VICE Interviewer:.............”Kill the camera, kill it.”

[@josephesposito3499]

Except wo-MEN don't deserve equal pay, as they have easier standards, not to mention a plethora of privilages

[@toolio5268]

@@josephesposito3499 name one privilege that female marines have. Also what ‘easier standards’? Last time I checked, females have to pass the same pt test as men and no one cares about your gender in the marines. If you can get the job done, good. If you can’t, you suck at it.

[@your_mom_is_my_dad]

Yeah there is no legal oppression anymore just harassing or dismissive comments. Depends on the definition of the word if you'd count that as oppression but it's a fact that it is happening.

[@bennyadrianmartinez]

The officer corps makes up a fraction of the military. The enlisted give a much better perspective of what fleet week really entails.

[@michaelreyes6258]

Benny Martinez 😆 the Corps meant to do that. They don’t want Vice following a bunch of shit bags around 😆 Semper Fi

[@Chromiumism]

@@michaelreyes6258 damn fucking straight, imagine if vice was allowed to go to fleet week with a group of lance coolies

[@toryleigh]

That’s what I’m saying.. So irritating..

[@michaelreyes6258]

Chromium 24 😂 wouldn’t be a good PR move for my beloved Corps

[@jarrettware5863]

America isn’t ready to see junior Marines out “hunting”😂😂😂 this video was heavily vetted by Public Affairs and they carefully choose this Lt.

[@Jr-ej2tq]

Lmao the thumbnail looked like a video game🤣

[@gearsito2595]

Lol I thought the same

[@etho86]

Looked CGI!

[@sownheard]

It looked like a character select screen. I'm playing as Basic Betty

[@prabumandvi9617]

I knew it, im not the only one 😂

[@Einzbrn]

It looked like a not particularly good render either. Lol

[@sashagirly17]

“I thought fleet week meant you could let loose and be crazy.” The look on those women’s faces was kinda funny. This girl should have done some research

[@alara5414]

Anyone else notice that at 11:10 both of the Marines are in step with each other and aligned? Probably just me 😅

[@yowaddup5649]

Force of habit at this point I suppose

[@littleredhead75]

I was in JROTC in high school for 4 years. By my second semester of it I was doing that with all of my friends instinctively

[@josephesposito3499]

tHAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH LESBIANS

[@kevinmcmillin870]

You step off with your left foot. Mighty mighty drill foot

[@user-ul3ew2su7m]

Interviewer is kind of embarrassing, like alright u watched sex and the city....

[@amberkelly8055]

Right lol. How many times did she mention that fucking show? 😂

[@agg9984]

She wants to enlist... just for the jacket tho

[@ancietman]

Airhead!!.

[@MargotHypnos]

Wasnt Sex and the City - last century?

[@intelligentMEXICAN]

7:53 when she said she would enlist in the Marines, "just for the jacket" was a bad comment on her part. I said to myself "ya, this is the quality of journalism I expect from vice". I did not click on this video by the way, it just came on autoplay.

[@bobbygrewal5547]

"She's from Michigan and my dad has family in Michigan" excuse me what

[@willbrundish3749]

So much in common!

[@EsotericOccultist]

You're practically related. Shit it's the Midwest..you probably are related!

[@liamjahdai]

I mean it’s not that crazy, my dads from Ecuador so if a girl tells me she’s from the same city or province where my dads from I’d be like oh shit that cool 😎

[@josh33172]

I think if you're from Michigan, you're 10 times more likely to meet someone else from Michigan out and about while not in Michigan. The map made of hands is a real thing, and has to be done (despite being in the smartphone age) to show where you're from.

[@embryonic7692]

That's stupid that would make the majority of ppl best buddies and have so much things in common.. But ppl bring up shit like this aaaall the time.. I hear it so often, stupidity ringing in my ear... When I say my dads from X country people be like "OMG! I knew somebody from there" or "Wow, do you know somebody named David (or whatevva) from there?". I've never even been there and I have nothing in common with you, stop lying to yourself.

[@jamespratt7627]

Damn these women are sharp and have my respect to the fullest ✊

[@josephesposito3499]

UM BA HA HA HA if you like hermaphrodites undermining the military ok

[@josephesposito3499]

SIMP!

[@jamespratt7627]

@@josephesposito3499 low key yeah 🤣🤣

[@ASTRO_NAUTIKAL]

don't take much huh

[@halogen999]

God damn she’s just trying so hard to find something oppressive. 😂

[@grillbaked]

Yeah probably because it's there but these people are trained to hide it well. You're very gullible.

[@jamesking4865]

lovexsqualor what?

[@yanni9922]

@@grillbaked Yeah ok

[@sean1859]

lovexsqualor Trained to hide it huh? Jesus your perspective on us is so jaded...

[@thrasher9898]

Civies amiright 😂

[@baseycaker]

You said the military-civilian divide is at an all time low. That would lead one to think that there is a good relationship between the two parties.

[@Sr_Sinful]

I think they meant bridging that divide is at an all time low, but regardless it's poor phrasing

[@mtb416]

VICE is leftist garbage now, so don’t expect its reporters to properly use a turn of phrase. English takes a backseat to indoctrination.

[@GlitchMan1011]

DonkeyLips McGee if you get one engineer to interview another, nobody would understand a word they are saying. Putting someone who doesnt know much about the topic helps connect with every day people who would ask the same questions the reporters here would.

[@TheRyanadsouza]

That's what I was wondering lol. She meant high, I guess.

[@patricjohnson6814]

Angel 💯

[@dannyortega4492]

5:37 "hi can I come in?" bruh the camera is already inside

[@nikeitamisner7289]

The girl at the bar was trying hard to get that blonde marine home and she wasn't taking any of the bait lmao

[@eldarhighelfhealermiriella7653]

She wanted to get finger blasted by her lol

[@sweynforkbeard8857]

"women officers are a small percentage of women serving in the Marines" Duh! what else would you expect?

[@02stampede]

She tried to twist words there for sure. There are way more enlisted compared to officers male or female..

[@sweynforkbeard8857]

@@02stampede Plus there are way more male than female soldiers to begin with.

[@Alex-tx2je]

sweyn forkbeard sadly 😢

[@AlexSaysHi2013]

Did you think to speak to some enlisted female Marines?

[@jackcovell4725]

Their mouths were full

[@i_smoke_ghosts]

@@jackcovell4725 Oof

[@grunt2926]

@Cynthia Bonsignore Not true. Lol

[@DK-uc9zr]

@Brian Davis’s ghost Do you find that type of behavior endearing or cute? I get not wanting to take things too seriously but that's just gross, both in and out of context.

[@AlexSaysHi2013]

@@DK-uc9zr That's what the fleet is really like, not this done up PC bullshit

[@HqrvqrdDropOut]

Jarhead is a pretty good explanation on how the military actually is 😂😂

[@andysmith5270]

Pretty much

[@lawrencethompson3239]

You served?

[@solid_salsa]

You right especially the waiting and masturbating

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

My father says the same thing he served during the Gulf War as well. That's why he doesn't like watching It. I guess it gets them too many bad memories I don't know.

[@Jarhead1968]

AtBase 60 I didn’t like everything about the movie. But yes it captured the suck quite well.

[@yanetjohnson903]

she literally said "Once the public finished taking photos with The dudes in the uniform" 12:04 How disrespectful.

[@alonsoromero7283]

Yanet Johnson the fact that you saw how bias and anti-male this lady is gives me hope for the future, not many people have the amount of common sense you have.

[@looseygoosey1349]

It sounded like she had to force it out

[@sparksfly6149]

I think she’s reading a script honestly... I think even she had trouble.

[@user-nq6um4bs5y]

Yanet Johnson stop kissing men’s azz u pick mee

[@jparker19822009]

She’s a hater lol

[@user-my6vh7fj9t]

Anyone who is willing to enlist in the US military has my respect.

[@josephesposito3499]

That's because you are a FOOL! We have a dysfunctional military due to wo-MEN

[@victoriaburns296]

joseph esposito I really hope you’re trolling

[@sanjayraju988]

What about UK military?

[@malva9092]

What if I am willing and wanting but can't due to being foreign?

[@hannaherickson3548]

You’re a fool for thinking that way

[@SilverBulletBandit]

Let me put it this way: I can't speak for every duty station. But I've met very hard charging women. And I'm a navy corpsman and ice seen nothing but courage and hard work from my female marines. There is not a rotten egg in the gaddamn basket. I'm 100% happy to serve with them. They're good marines.

[@alanl440]

There's always a rotten egg in every basket it just takes time to smell it.

[@mikehascats26]

but they can't lift heavy objects

[@Nerule]

@@mikehascats26 I've met little men that get out lifted by other female soldiers.

[@mikehascats26]

@@Nerule so why is the female PT standards easier?

[@Nerule]

@@mikehascats26 In combat roles they aren't.

[@matthewmauro116]

Wants to see what fleet week is like for a female marine... ends up going out with a married woman who doesn’t drink. 😂 😂 FOH

[@TypicalFrogman]

@@guardian6912 At least our boys ain't "Alone" Right? Lol

[@gt131970]

@Lvl 1 Togepi You would be suprised man.

[@genderbender6958]

@Lvl 1 Togepi mate I've had intelligence experts flossing during a briefing. People joke about and have a lot more fun in the army than you think. This is the raf btw

[@Helium_Kennyy]

They also went out with a Navy chaplain as well. Loved all the chaplains that I knew when I was in, but come on!

[@redjacketfmj]

Dude the pogest of pog officers too

[@mashby74]

I guess all she thinks sailors and marines do is get drunk, pick up women and start bar fights just like on television.

[@mikewalsh2915]

That's all I did when I was a Marine

[@alanisnavas6323]

Mike Walsh Lmaooooo

[@jerlewis4291]

That's pretty much what I did when I was in the Navy.

[@jackbart1960]

@@jerlewis4291 only time I wasn't getting into trouble was at sea ;0)

[@nightflyer3242]

And what's wrong with that? Those are some of the best memories if you can still remember them the next morning. I smell jealousy from that reporter, she has a serious case of penis envy.

[@nenitastar99]

Damn, she was really living to get some real life sex in the city scenarios

[@stayathomemarine]

I was in the Marines for 7 years. 4 years active duty and 3 reserves.. I got out as a Sergeant. I really enjoyed my time in. But when I got married and became pregnant with my first baby, I got out. Being a mother and Marine does not mix. But that is my humble opinion. I never encountered sexual assault during my time in. I did have some guys during my single years when I was stationed overseas ask for a hug when they were drunk because they didn't remember the last time they felt the touch of a woman. I took one for the team and gave those guys a nice long hug. It never offended me. Anyway. Neat video. But I will say those officers are boot AF. lol 😂

[@leonardbomova505]

Sarah Wagner I respect you for giving them hug, little things like that matter. Thank you for your service.

[@scanspeak00]

"Hugs" eh? LOL

[@AlexoftheLight]

What does boot mean?

[@bravo2038]

Sarah Wagner SEMPER FI my sister MARINE!

[@stayathomemarine]

@@AlexoftheLight We call new Marines fresh out of boot camp 'boots'. Just means that they are inexperienced and have no tours or deployments under their belt

[@chasesonic292]

Why the lady on the thumbnail look like a gta character

[@unfriendme3726]

I thought it was Matt Damon...

[@overclocked221]

She has two ribbons, she hasn't done anything yet besides graduate basic training. Why she speaks for the military or other female's with more accolades I don't know.

[@CeeCeeB.]

@@overclocked221 because it's their first time at Fleet Week

[@ponraul1221]

Unfriend Me lmao holy shit she does look like Matt Damon!

[@unfriendme3726]

@@overclocked221 At least she's serving... So pessimistic.. YOu don't think her command picked her??? Get real bro.

[@xaviersmith2004]

2:01 you know homegirl doesn’t pass her PT test

[@swishgod2k176]

got that permanent profile

[@xaviersmith2004]

Swish God2k17 probably

[@xaviersmith2004]

Swish God2k17 hopefully she’s making an effort because if she’s not it’s going to affect her in the long run

[@noorrougelewis6704]

Well it's the navy not the marines.

[@xaviersmith2004]

Amber l yeah but military is military you should have some sort of physical appearance

[@jamesalexander1441]

Why are you using Jarhead as a portrayal of " . . . over the top frontline combat . . ." ? This film is *famously* known for being an accurate portrayal of what happens in a lot of warzones (based on the real life experiences of the marine portrayed by Gyllenhaal), where . . . nothing ever really happens. It's also *famously* known for being an anti-war film, and not an action blockbuster.

[@kombuchas4684]

I know! That bugged me so much. They couldn't have chose a worse film. Literally no combat happened

[@ProPlayClips]

Lol I just made a similar comment

[@karenrn6173]

Thanks to all who served and are serving, from Air Force veteran retired 1972-1997. My dad was an 0-6 Colonel, he had 40 years of service. He started out enlisted. Then in 62 received his commission. He swore me in enlisted and then as an officer. Dads sister was in the Navy, one brother in Navy and one in the Army. Numerous cousins, neices and neohews also served. Am now enjoying the perks of serving 25 years. E7 MSGT and then Captain 0-3. Hopefull some of these soliders will do 20 years even though the odds may be stacked against them. Enjoy this time of your life, you will look back and say where did the time go.

[@Judicial78]

5:30 Why ask to come in when your entire camera crew is already inside? lmao who are you fooling?

[@carlista2010]

They just came from sea,she was just checking 2 make sure everything was all right...didn't want 2 catch anybody in the act.

[@EthansPassions]

Me

[@navaryn2938]

"we have a lot in common! She is from Michigan and my dad has family in Michigan" I believe that is what people on the internet refer to as a "bruh moment"

[@philipangus088]

I was Navy (1967-71). The ship i was on carried 500 Marines everyplace it went. We pulled into St. Martin as a four day liberty port with our full compliment. I can say this, if your in the military, you haven't experienced a REAL liberty unless you have spent it with the Marines. Friendliest bunch of guys i ever met. We were thrown out of two casino hotel's (one on the Dutch side of the island and the other on the French), one brothel (french side), wrecked about a half dozen of those little cars they warned us NOT to rent, stuck the Dept. of Armed Forces with a HUGE bill for hospital costs and property damage and we were politely asked to leave port and not come back, by both the French and the Dutch that very first night. Naturally, we spent the next 3 days, us (ships crew) doing non-stop ships drills and the Marines doing non-stop physical drills. Well worth it for the great memory if nothing more. Of course, this was back in the old days when women weren't allowed on ships. :-)

[@SlLVERFAWKES]

"There seems to be a narrative", and you're are not pushing a narrative?

[@goofsaddggkle7351]

"About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information." Correction: "About VICE: The Definitive Guide to Judgmental Versions of Real Life from the Viewpoint of Liberal Arts Degree Graduates Straight from College Campus to Our Office"

[@Velocispic]

This needs to be spammed onto all VICE videos XD

[@supremeleader9440]

Vice whiners never stop lmaoo

[@mishasolar]

Tell me how u really feel? LOL

[@kombuchas4684]

>"Most civilians' exposure to the military is through over the top Hollywood portrayals of front-line combat." > shows Jarhead Um. LOL? That move had no front-line combat. That was kind of the point.

[@RachelLMusic]

I celebrated my 21st birthday at a bar in the city filled with Marines on fleet week. Lemme tell you, it was a BLAST. It was truly a memorable experience. I made some friends and they kicked my ass in beer pong.

[@chazzboy53]

“We have so much in common” pauses to think 😂

[@domdbg8443]

yo folks in the navy needa hit PT HARD AFFFFFF

[@SK22000]

Dom DBG yeah i saw that, from what I heard they’ve lowered their pt standards because they cannot get folks out of high school who are in any kind of shape

[@domdbg8443]

@@SK22000 that sounds right

[@ey_bud1620]

So many fat bodies

[@USMC0311CplJackson]

It's like that across the board. America is the land of the fat body.

[@Scott-by9ks]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw that.

[@mel-ec1su]

I could just tell that blonde girl was so proud to be a Marine and loved talking about her time in the Marines. I loved that so much

[@femmechanic1931]

Thank you for your service ladies! You are an inspiration to every young woman considering enlisting. God bless you along your way!

[@johnathons1789]

And there goes our birth rate

[@femmechanic1931]

You speak nonsense.

[@Winters1234]

Lieutenants getting lost in New York, that’s normal since they always get lost🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JKHGAMING]

I'll be a butter bar one day, what's a longitude and latitude? What's a compass?

[@tje5553]

Lol

[@imparadox2132]

yo i mess with your profile pic T.I.T.S. was a great album

[@cris_here]

xTony Falcone LOL

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Why? No google maps?

[@diddobaggins4794]

These are women on the officer side. Go find some military woman on the enlisted side. I’m JUST sayin 🤷‍♂️

[@Jeremiahking101]

Lmao you know exactly why they wouldn't do that.

[@menomisespeanut]

EXACTLY! I laughed so damn hard at this shit!

[@asahisagoiboi3517]

Marines from Okinawa see what they say about the USMC and the curfew.

[@relight6931]

Elisted militery women in active deployment

[@Rainaman-]

@Sophia Anatolios how many was in the start of the boot camp?

[@grantwagner684]

2:01 navy pt standards are way lower than expected......

[@monkeymonk666]

Holeeeee shit... Maybe it's just a cosplay? ... ... ...

[@BryonLetterman]

Shit, I've been out of the army for eight years and aren't in the level of shape that I was in while in, but I don't feel so bad now lol

[@Kitchdmn3]

Hahaha

[@dr.funkenstein7408]

Who you tellin 😂😂😂. You should see Air Force PT standards haha

[@tjane9937]

Oh believe me, they are. At my command we have mandatory PT twice a week, which gets cancelled everytime. Most of my shipmates don’t workout on their own and if they didn’t get the 6 week notice on PRTs would fail them.

[@mongoose621]

Marine: we have equal pay Vice maggot: sOrRy WhAaAAat........*screams in Liberal Arts*

[@Atli-Eiriksson]

"Over the top Hollywood portrayals" and then show bits from Jarhead undoubtedly one of the most realistic portrayals of modern war??

[@jdros2135]

exactly what i was thinking

[@thebugsy7633]

Lmao jarhead was sooo not over the top, even I was fucking bored. Leaving the theatre I felt as if I just finished a full ass nine month deployment. Great movie for sure.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

"I don't think about gender at work" What a novel idea.

[@lindsaygonzales3598]

9:24 ughhhh they're trying to push their narrative so hard

[@MakerInMotion]

The Vice journalist was thinking "Please say rape...Please say rape..."

[@spacetiime2053]

You're pushing your own narrative onto a pause in conversation. True craziness.

[@user-nq6um4bs5y]

Lindsay Gonzales rpe is so common in the military so it’s not a narrative. Men can’t help themselves

[@users10116]

@@spacetiime2053 you clearly don't watch documentary or interview your probably right but they tend to do this a lot when they want answer Sorry for my english

[@HairyBogTrotter]

Could her constant rising inflection like be like more anoooyyang?

[@mikehascats26]

like oh my gawd?

[@richmondpd]

Once again VICE is so off base with this story.

[@j.barrett9424]

Woman: I need a job but i have zero qualifi..... Vice: Yes!!!

[@erikminamihata]

Great video. Should also follow the enlisted around. Totally different haha

[@Lenoch_]

You picked the wrong branch to interview, hipster Vice correspondent. The Air Force has the highest percentage of females.

[@matty454]

She got triggered when she said we have equal pay😂

[@lolibear]

xd

[@not.enoughto.go.around6176]

Unequal pay is a myth, a myth thats been debunked. Women have to get paid equal, its illegal if they dont... women just choose to work less and take more holidays off then men.. Its not a bad thing, its smart, but i don't think they should whine when it shows.

[@matty454]

Not.enough to.go.around factz

[@iamanationalistandproudofi1101]

She ruined her leftist victim-hood narrative

[@bvanwart]

@@not.enoughto.go.around6176 can you provide any evidence to those really rather reaching claims? Don't tell me to Google it, thats lazier than the argument you are making.

[@deviildogg1]

Sooo...I was taking this serious until she said "reserves"... 🤣

[@thewatcher4552]

Hahahhaa

[@hannahrenay3057]

There’s nothing wrong with the reserves

[@Rainaman-]

@@hannahrenay3057 as a reserve, I disagree

[@tjnaptown6362]

@The Weapon Collection wait till WW3 start

[@natrone23]

Part timers.

[@gageallison1115]

Damn she’s a lieutenant at 37 years old. I hope she was prior enlisted

[@josephesposito3499]

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

[@kaayb3243]

@Tennessee County boy childish mentality

[@kevinm.8682]

That's what I was thinking as well. 37 is waaaaay too old for even a First Lieutenant. Thing is, she doesn't have that many awards and decorations.

[@daniel-kn3tq]

@@kevinm.8682 she’s been in since breakfast.

[@cowboy4378]

“Most of civilians exposure to the military is through over the top Hollywood portrayals of frontline combat” Yes, but you used Jarhead as an example. *The only movie I have ever seen that accurately portrays modern deployment*

[@FirdausIsmail1]

From a former beauty queen to a marine. How awesome is that and those girls are genuine and not faking to anyone.

[@RambunctiousRegan]

I’ve never in my life heard of fleet week lol

[@brianfeher5077]

it's funny how they went around with a few officers. If she interviewed someone enlisted it would of been a totally different out look...

[@kevinpoppe8285]

Vice couldn't handle the shit that happens witj enlisted. Watch their episode on vet tv she looked so uncomfortable the whole time

[@timl4257]

The bun hairstyle is the best, neat and professional. In the military you are all there to do a job so everyone should be seen as equal. Especially if everyone gets the same training. Great to see women in the military especially at higher rank. Also, if you want to improve relations between civilians and the military, you have to be professional, not get wasted, otherwise you will lose your job.

[@GrimRScythe]

OR You could just call them Marines.

[@mayhemmike1789]

No.... there female Marines & Marines!

[@nastyham5302]

Grim Scythe but women NEED to be celebrated! jokes bruh i noticed that too, it’s annoying as hell huh?

[@ociriszues]

Or we could just call them WM's.

[@lonestarfrog]

Or you could call them THICC

[@ipellly]

i thought that once you enter the military you're not a man or a woman, you're a soldier that's it.

[@onionsoup6813]

"…the military civilian divide, which is at an all time low." I'm sorry? Where have you been between Vietnam and 9/11?

[@MakerInMotion]

Those hippies who spit on the troops returning from Vietnam are now the college professors teaching the upcoming generation that America is pure evil. The protests against Vietnam were loud because of the draft. But I think today's young people hate their country more than the Vietnam generation did.

[@abram730]

@@MakerInMotion So you have a problem with young people knowing the truth? The country is evil because it has conservatives and conservatism was the foundation of the Satanic Bible. Conservatism about being pure evil. Some people are just evil, and they call themselves conservatives. Both the Republican and most of the democratic party leadership is conservative. When your beliefs are grounded in inverting Christian values, while at the same time falsely claiming to be Christian, you expressly state what you are. The country is the people, not the elites you conservatives serve as dogs. The young people don't hate the country. They hate you, the evil in this country. You are the rats chewing on the hull of the ship, and sinking this country. Name one good thing Republicans have done in the last 60 years. I can do pages of evil things. As to the military. The military murdered at least 2.4 million Americans with their above ground nuclear testing and they knew about fallout from Japan. That was a willful act. The military uses uranium for conventional weapons and some material came from spent nuclear fuel rods. If the human race continues to exist then they probably have killed billions. Name some good, any good.

[@MakerInMotion]

@@abram730 Your professor would be so proud of you. You should show him/her/zhir this post and maybe get extra credit!

[@hftys7237]

Abram Carroll fuck, this poet deserves a Grammy award

[@jasonperdue2554]

@@abram730 Everything you just listed as evil can be applied to every empire or country that has ever existed, or ever will exist. They all kill unjustly, they all destroy, they all burn - some sooner then others, or more then others, but they all do. You asked the OP "name one good thing the conservatives have done" and as soon as he would, you plan on naming a few wrongs, right? The exact same thing can be done to any group, if you are familiar with it and if it is old enough. Wrongdoing accrues over time on any group's record, due to humanity's inability to control itself. Seriously, name me one good thing liberals have done, and I'll name you twice as many wrongs. You'll quickly find yourself on the losing end of those scales too. Not just them, but the entire human race for that matter. I bet you a diamond to a walnut you could not defend humanity's existence by using the method you just described. Its bullshit, and flawed.

[@christina7981]

They aren't going to say a word in these interviews they aren't told to say.

[@nickdemasskateboardinganda4053]

I LOVED THIS!!!!!! MORE ON THIS SUBJECT!!!!! PLEASE!!!!

[@SE7ENSIX]

Ah VICE, sub journalism at it's finest

[@alehandromerkel7108]

One of the ladies in the bunk room looks like a female Matt Damon.

[@redcoat192]

Nailed it! Hahaha!!

[@obloodyhell1]

That 23 years old officer can pass to be Tom Brady's sister.

[@black5corpion76]

Great 👍🏼 documentary.. awesome 👏🏻

[@xParkourguyx]

Butter bar, reserve, tells a gunny to have a good night carry on. I don't know which is more entitled here

[@thawndoo]

Knifehand bout to draw blood...

[@deville8232]

@@thawndoo Knifehand is going to slice the jugular.

[@zac2399]

dude i saw the exact same thing. I was like ah hellll no

[@Hollylivengood]

It did kinda seem like Valey Girl marine, which is annoying to me even. So sorry, guys.

[@The_Osprey]

I knew a bunch of Air Force lieutenants when I was in college and they would feel sorry for any senior enlisted men who had a female lieutenant. The women were constantly trying way too hard to dominate and show rank. My male lieutenant friends would just do what senior enlisted men told them to do until they figured things out themselves. It's basic respect that women can't know so they overcompensate with petty dominance rituals.

[@sausage4049]

>people being subbed to vice just to get triggered at the content

[@user-me7mm7gr1p]

Well Vice wasn't always shit and a propaganda machine for globalists. They used to be good.

[@youngdarius17]

>people who subbed to vice just to complain about others being triggered

[@jerrybillings3039]

The 4chan deplorables are far from the smartest or most logical people in the world.

[@OfficialTedCruz]

@@user-me7mm7gr1p you're exactly the kind of guy who instant dislikes VICE videos that portray anything positive about women, minorities, gay people etc.

[@user-me7mm7gr1p]

@@sausage4049 Sure some of them, George Soros is a good example. Not all tho. If it was that easy my friend.

[@frotolamar9566]

Thank you for your service and the hard work u all do god bless 🙏🙏

[@kc_liberty_avenger5001]

Can’t wait to show my grandkids tomorrow. Blessings Savannah and a KC Salute

[@wtf1231122]

The gap is at an all time low because people want to wear the uniform bit they don't want to deploy

[@wtf1231122]

@Tabora you literally repeated what I just said, but you added that there are jobs that don't require combat. Regardless of whether you are a combat job or desk job, you will deploy .

[@wtf1231122]

@Tabora listen my friend, in this day and age, or at least for the last 15 years, due to the conflicts that we have been involved in, if you have not deployed, it's because you avoided it. ESPECIALLY if you have been in long enough to become an E-6. Those are cold hard facts my boy. Those people are cowards. They simply want the title without the danger.

[@wtf1231122]

@Tabora again...there are jobs like accounting or Laundry, but they STILL deploy. They wont be out in the suck shooting people, but they will be on base doing their job in a danger zone. Regardless of your job, when you swear in, part of that oath is to defend our country, from our enemies, both foreign and domestic. The OATH my boy, not just a rumor, this is what you swear to uphold when you enlist. So, with that being said EVERYONE deploys, ESPECIALLY if you've been in for longer than one contract. If you have been enlisted,within the last 15 years and haven't deployed, it's because you're a coward and are avoiding it.

[@flanagamer]

The chances of deploying these days are slim to none if you’re not infantry - I was in from ‘13-‘18 and never deployed. Hell, even a lot of infantry guys won’t deploy unless another war breaks out...

[@wtf1231122]

@@flanagamerwere there units deploying and were there volunteer slots open?

[@yobossboss9658]

Lt Plavo and that chick in red totally hooked up when cameras weren't rolling

[@estherchoe2580]

Samper Fe! Thank you for your service for peace and safe for us! God bless you! God Bless America!

[@adriannaalwaysbueno5099]

I laughed so hard when the woman said I’ll enlist .. just for the jacket 😂 I didn’t enlist but I did join a track team just for the .. jacket 😂🤷‍♀️

[@dinxsy8069]

Wait that thumbnail was of an actual female, it looked like a CGI character.

[@CoupleDrinks]

"Frontline combat" - *Shows jarhead*

[@euphyllia6590]

Hey hey Jarhead’s a classic

[@JKHGAMING]

Lol

[@ajsherrill8709]

I wish they would bring back the old WM covers. They look so much more appropriate for WM's than the male covers do.

[@stayathomemarine]

Agree. When I was getting out they were transitioning the WM dress blues into the male high collar blues. Ugh! Awful. I guess to make us 'equal'

[@pointyknifesandotherstuff8004]

“we have so much in common, she’s from michigan and my dad has family in michigan” 😂

[@otakutaka817]

I was in the Navy and did fleet week right after we had "Killed" Osama Bin Laden. One of the best times of my life. You are pretty much as celebrity up there. People will buy you anything you want. That trip made me fall in love with New York. Great people and some of the best food.

[@RambunctiousRegan]

That must’ve been really fun lol

[@erichighsmith7299]

‘oh, your just drinking water...?’ Yea okay, follow round bunch of supply officers and expect a fun time lol... follow round some enlisted and then liberty buddies going to get split up and that one sober liberty buddy is going to end up getting waisted, then magically you all meet back right before curfew get on board go straight to ur racks do same thing the next day lol

[@Porkyping243]

You choose a 37 yo lieutenant to 'show what fleet week is like.' lmao

[@briangough2751]

Never fails. Sometimes I miss those days lol

[@caps201]

Josh Richards not only that she’s in the reserves.

[@R.James.]

12:46 omg girl Ikr. Like my neighbours stepsisters cousin has a cat and he has family in michigan as well. My god so much things in common!

[@percy02152000]

I hate NY and plan to never live their again Born and raised and never liked it. Currently on a ship on the West Coast and I'm loving it.

[@TonyMoze]

Guy: “You guys are lieutenants?” Then says “Yeah I served in the marines!” 🤷🏽‍♂️ Shouldn’t he have known their rank?

[@roxxylala26]

I think it was more he was surprised they were Lieutenants than anything else.

[@TonyMoze]

roxxylala26 I guess that’s another perspective to see it at. Forget how ignorant we humans can be.

[@randomality]

These girls are brand new to the military as evidenced by their ribbons and rank.... Kind of a misguided view of what it is to be in the service when they just got in... Maybe talk to someone that's been active longer than a month or 2?

[@PlagueRiddenBlightSpawn]

Random_Avenger85 you think it only took those women a month or 2 to become First Lieutenants?

[@mikehascats26]

@@PlagueRiddenBlightSpawn they're still rookies

[@marcbartolo8238]

I don’t understand how they are lieutenants at 23 and how they have barely any ribbons

[@PlagueRiddenBlightSpawn]

@@marcbartolo8238 Four years college, Officer Candidates School, Fleet. What is hard to understand? lol

[@marcbartolo8238]

Garrett Kiger yeah I just realized

[@septemberquest6393]

Respect all women in the military... I'm an Army veteran...I've met tough beautiful women in the military..some more tougher and more devoted than some..

[@rankoss3437]

september quest where you serve?

[@josephesposito3499]

Because you are a FOOL! You must be GAY?????? There are absolutely NO attractive wo-MEN in the military, and MOST 60% have LIED about rape....todays army veteran's are yesterdays PUSSIES...

[@matthewl2036]

joseph esposito yeah they are those nurses on the ships

[@josephesposito3499]

That's because you are as affirmative action as they are FOOL

[@johnthomas460]

I give the ladies credit. They are doing what I chose not to and regret not doing. God bless them.

[@naping]

For some reason, I expect the ending to be the interviewer enlisting lol.

[@MrLM002]

That's how most military propaganda works, Vice puts out a different type of propaganda

[@pepsiman7959]

13:10 Yooo its the dude from How-To Eat Like a Marine in the Field.

[@apersonontheinternet3538]

HELL YEAH WHOOO

[@Jstalhzet]

Gah damn I didn't realize homeboy stacked Dawgon bodies

[@jerlewis4291]

I was on a DDG that did a port call in NYC in 1986 and we had lots and lots of fun. Stuff you could never get away with today. Things like coming back to the ship loaded at 0500 with no uniform shirt, cover or ribbons. We were allowed to bring new-found friends on for a tour of the ship as long as we kept them outside.

[@jmass8699]

Two amazing women doing more than there civil duty!! Awesome!!