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No organizations is without its turds. Framing can be done without skill, just like shotgunning parts at cars can. But to insinuate its a mindless trade for chest thumping gorillas is insulting. Im sure a lot of people have the same outlook on mechanics/technicians too, bunch of straw chewing rednecks wearing overalls with a red grease rag in his back pocket asking if can check your oil. Maybe you didn't mean it that way though. I agreed with everything else you wrote.

Kevin Mowdy
Technician
USMC-Exercise Support Division
Yucca Valley, California, USA