Comments on: What is a Jarhead?

By: larry g britner

larry g britner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:57:09 +0000

My comment is awaiting moderation? I am a jarheadd … we don’t don’t moderate; we improvise. The only reason we take the beach or take the next hill is we don’t want to have to get back on that @#%^) Navy ship.

By: larry g britner

larry g britner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:51:05 +0000

“Wing Wiper”, “Anchor Clanker”, “Dog Face”; all terms of endearment among servicemen that only one comrade to another is fully entitled the privilege of reference, my guess as a jarhead is the empty jar supposition, and folks trying to come up with some other answer don’t really understand the American GI whatever the branch of service with the term “GI” itself not exactly being complimentary.

By: James

James — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:35 +0000

The term jarhead originated from the USS Constitution. The marines that manned the vessel would be constantly hitting there heads on the “Jar” which is a piece of wood that goes across the top of the bulkhead!