"The Origine of the Military's Iconic Mantra..." Topic
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Tango01 | 25 Sep 2022 9:41 p.m. PST |
…‘EMBRACE THE SUCK' "One of the best pieces of advice, for people in careers both in and out of service, is to learn to deal with things or take the bad in stride.
But the military, famed for its ability to turn a phrase or ruin anything with an absurd acronym, came up with its own colloquialism for making the best of any situation: "Embrace the suck." Though it's impossible to trace back the phrase definitively to its first user, it became popularized in 2003 by Marines in Iraq. Retired U.S. Army Reserve Col. Austin Bay authored a book in the mid-2000s called "Embrace the Suck," in which he explains the meaning of the phrase…" Main page
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JMcCarroll | 26 Sep 2022 3:20 p.m. PST |
Putang should learn to "Embrace the Suck". |
Wolfhag | 26 Sep 2022 3:54 p.m. PST |
When I was in the Marines in the early 1970's the "suck" was a derogatory name for the Marine Corps like, "How long have you been in the suck?" The definition of Embrace the suck: The situation is bad, deal with it. Is about right. However, the term really has a deeper meaning. When you embrace it (situation or pain) you own it. When you own it then it cannot own you. When you own it in your mind you convert that negative energy into positive energy, kind of like a mind over matter. For me, I talk to it out loud, laugh at it and ask it if that's all the pain it can throw at me. That's how I'd get through my 100-mile bike rides at 65 years old. But then I'm kind of whacko like that. I met Kyle Carpenter, a Marine Corporal that survived rolling on a grenade to save his buddies. He went through dozens of operations and facial reconstructions and he described the pain of rehab and learning how to use his arms again as an "Embrace the Suck" moment. Wolfhag |
Tango01 | 26 Sep 2022 4:32 p.m. PST |
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