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Originally from Utica, Michigan, Dave served four years as an Infantry Rifleman in the United States Marine Corps with the 3d Marine Division. Currently, he’s a screenwriting student at the New York Film Academy and a contributing writer for WATM.
More from David
6 reasons why it would suck to be a Space Marine in ‘Halo’
Jan 28, 2021 1:10 AM PST
Here’s what it was like on a South Korean Navy ship
Jan 22, 2021 7:20 PM PST
5 things you can learn from ‘Band of Brothers’
Jan 20, 2021 11:00 AM PST
6 reasons Marines go crazy for the M27 automatic rifle
Jan 14, 2021 1:00 AM PST
5 reasons Marine field day would make a great kid’s video game
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
6 ways the Integrated Training Exercise feels like a video game
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
5 of the major cues that will tell you if your boot is lying
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
5 big reasons why veterans might love the ‘Magnum P.I.’ reboot
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
5 of the ways to lose the “once a Marine, always a Marine” status
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
5 of the biggest ways you can still be a boot after service
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
4 of the ways the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ are like your infantry squad
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
Here are the best meme pages for each branch
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
5 of the biggest gripes about night vision goggles
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
5 of the most spine-chilling military superstitions
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
This is how soldiers illegally brewed beer on deployment
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
4 reasons why the ‘Florida Man’ is definitely a drunk Marine
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
4 civilian jobs that troops appreciate the most
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
5 reasons why peacetime training actually matters
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
5 ways ‘Post Scriptum’ is one of the most realistic military games
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
This is why team leaders should play real-time strategy games
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
5 simple things movies get wrong about clearing houses
Apr 29, 2020 3:42 PM PDT
This is why a ‘senior lance corporal’ is absolutely a thing
Apr 29, 2020 3:43 PM PDT
5 of the best jungle warfare training sites in the Marines
Apr 29, 2020 3:43 PM PDT
5 things you may not have expected from serving
Apr 29, 2020 3:43 PM PDT
5 of the best ways to destroy that post-service loneliness
Apr 29, 2020 3:43 PM PDT
5 of the best things that can happen while you’re in the field
Apr 29, 2020 3:43 PM PDT
This is what you should know about the ‘Aztec Eagles’
Apr 29, 2020 3:43 PM PDT
5 leadership lessons you can learn in the Marines
Apr 29, 2020 3:43 PM PDT
5 of the biggest ways the Marines prepares you for college
Apr 29, 2020 3:44 PM PDT
This is why becoming a Spartan from ‘Halo’ would actually suck
Apr 29, 2020 3:44 PM PDT
This is what a Marine can expect from IRR muster
Apr 29, 2020 3:44 PM PDT
5 of the top reasons why Arthur Morgan is operator AF
Apr 29, 2020 3:45 PM PDT
5 reasons why veterans make great artists
Apr 29, 2020 3:45 PM PDT
5 little things that make you feel operator AF in ‘Far Cry 5’
Apr 29, 2020 3:46 PM PDT
That time a soldier changed his name to Optimus Prime
Apr 29, 2020 3:46 PM PDT
5 reasons why being a SPECTRE would be awesome
Apr 29, 2020 3:46 PM PDT
5 of the best Call of Duty games from the past decade
Apr 29, 2020 3:46 PM PDT
Here are the major lessons I learned from carrying the M27
Apr 29, 2020 3:47 PM PDT
A leukemia survivor just became a Marine and it’s amazing
Apr 29, 2020 3:47 PM PDT
No, being a grunt won’t doom you after you get out
Apr 29, 2020 3:48 PM PDT
March is Marine Infantry Month, here’s how to celebrate
Apr 29, 2020 3:48 PM PDT
This is what class an infantry rifleman would be in a tabletop RPG
Apr 29, 2020 3:48 PM PDT
This is why grunts should keep a journal
Apr 29, 2020 3:48 PM PDT
The Legion was always doomed in Fallout: New Vegas
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Halo: Reach was one of the best video games about war
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Why ‘Crayon-Eater’ is actually just a bad joke
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This is why taping your grenades is a terrible idea
Jun 3, 2020 7:19 PM PDT
This is why Marines can be so arrogant, according to a Marine
Jun 9, 2020 6:26 PM PDT
6 things you had to have known before joining the military
Feb 5, 2020 7:01 PM PST
Here’s why Zippos are the unofficial lighter of the military
Feb 5, 2020 7:01 PM PST
6 things that made the Infantry Training Battalion terrible
Aug 13, 2018 7:10 PM PDT
5 interesting things you should know about the Yautja
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST