Marines Hire Falconer to Thwart Seagulls That Are Hazing Recruits at Boot Camp

[douglas9]

Marine recruits training on the East Coast might have to deal with pesky sand fleas, but those on the West Coast are facing off against bigger pests: aggressive seagulls.

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego has turned to a California-based falconry service to chase away Western gulls interfering with training spaces at boot camp.

"The gulls interfere with outdoor training on obstacle courses [and] confidence course, and cause damage to electrical connections on solar panels and stucco on historic facilities," Capt. Martin Harris, a spokesman at the training depot, said. "During the nesting season, April to July, they become aggressive and can attack personnel and visitors aboard the depot."


https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/08/marines-hire-falconer-thwart-seagulls-are-hazing-recruits-boot-camp.html

[Siwsan]

1. We had a running joke about seagulls, when I was in boot camp, in Orlando

If there was a newly arrived group of 'baby booties', we'd point at the seagulls and say "Well, looks like there will be 'chicken' for dinner, tonight."

[mahina]

2. I was bomber by one in Oregon once.

It was disgusting. Good aim!

[3Hotdogs]

3. It was Datona beach, 1960. Friend and I were in a motel for a couple of days.

There was this guy, kinda alpha type. I didn't like him.

Anyways, he had a ukulele --- looking back on it ---for fux sake, a ukulele and you're trying to be a tough guy?

So he's on the patio, looking up at a girl on the balcony of her room and he's serenading her.

Overhead, comes a pelican and dumps one on his head.

I didn't know about no karma stuff at that time, but looking back...

[Karadeniz]

4. I like to see natural solutions!