Pamene mamembala a 1953 3rd Marine Gonjetseni athamanga adayitanidwa kuti adye chakudya ndi okondedwa awo a ku Britain pakati pa mpikisano wapachaka, iwo sanazindikire kuti zotsatirazi zidzatsogolera ku miyambo yapamwamba kwambiri ya Marine Corps.
Pa mpikisano, Marines ochokera ku gulu la kusambira anaitanidwa kukachita zomwe British Royal Marines amazitcha usiku. Imeneyi inali miyambo yomwe inayamba m'masiku a King Arthur ndi Knights of the Round Table.
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Koma, monga Gunnery Sgt. Johnnie C. Watkins, a Sergeants Course omwe sali woyang'anira ntchito, SNCO Academy, Camp Hansen akufotokozera, chochitikachi chasintha momwe US Marines amachitira lero.
"Cholinga cha usiku wamasiku ano ndi kuzindikira ndi kupereka ulemu kwa a Marines omwe adatsogola," a Brunswick, Ga. "Zimatipatsanso mpata ngati gulu la abale kuti tizisamalirana ndi zovala zoyenera."
Usiku wachisokonezo umakonzedwa kuti ukhale ndi phwando lokonzeka ndi kusangalatsa kwa asilikali. Azimayi apatsidwa udindo wokhala pulezidenti wa chisokonezo; iye ali ndi udindo ndipo amayang'anira kutuluka kwa zochitika.
Vice-Purezidenti wa chisokonezo, kapena 'Bambo Wachiwiri, monga momwe adatchulidwira mutuwu, amachititsa kuti aphungu azisankha komanso azilamulira omwe angayankhule ndi purezidenti.
Alendo oitanidwa ali mbali ya gululo. Mwamwayi, malo awo ali pamwambowo ndi purezidenti.
Otsalira a ophunzirawo amapanga chisokonezo. Iwo ndiwo mtima wa chochitikacho ndipo amayembekezeredwa kulipira ngongole pamene pulezidenti akuwona zoyenera pa nkhani zomwe zatulutsidwa ndi anthu osokonezeka.
Pakati pa chakudya chamadzulo usiku, anthu amtunduwu ali ndi mwayi wopereka munthu wina wosokoneza bwino ngati ali ndi chifukwa chovomerezeka.
Wofotokozera nkhaniyo ayenera kuyang'anitsitsa ndikufunseni a Mr. Vice chilolezo kuti athetse vutoli. Bambo Vice ali ndi mwayi wosankha pempholo kapena kupititsa kwa purezidenti. Ngati pulezidenti amapereka chilolezo, munthu wodetsedwayo ayenera kunena mlandu wake chifukwa chake bwenzi lake liyenera kulipira.
Ngati wotsutsanawo akupanga mlandu wabwino, purezidenti amalipira mlandu woweruza milandu yomwe amawona kuti ndi yoyenera, kapena amamukakamiza kuti azichita masewerawa kuti awonongeke.
"Purezidenti amachititsanso kuti anthu ena amatsenga kuti achite masewera olimbitsa thupi," anatero Watkins. "Zonsezi zimadalira momwe Marine amakhala pansi monga purezidenti."
Njira zina zimapanganso mwambo wa chisokonezo usiku. Zimayamba ndi maola ola limodzi kumene Marines wa chisokonezo amamwa wina ndi mnzake komanso amakumana ndi kuwalonjera.
Makhalidwe a chisokonezo usiku amayamba pamene chisokonezo chikulowa, chotsatiridwa ndi alendo omwe ali pa tebulo. Ndiye chisangalalo cha usiku wa chisokonezo chimayamba ndi chakudya. Marines of the mess amakhala pansi pa chakudya chamadzulo, kawirikawiri Prime Rib. Panthawiyi, Marines amapereka mazunzo kuti apereke ndalama, Watkins anafotokoza.
"Pazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zomwe ndakhala ndikusokoneza kuyambira ndakhala Mnyanja, ndakhala ndikuwona zovuta zambiri," anatero Watkins.
"Mwachitsanzo, ndawona kuti Marines ali ndi pizza yoperekedwa kwa munthu wina wa chisokonezo pa nthawi ya chakudya."
Kutseka kumamveka pambuyo pa gawo la chisokonezo usiku, motsogoleredwa ndi toes zoperekedwa ndi mamembala a chisokonezo. Mavutowo amaperekedwa ku nkhondo Marines akhala akumenyana kale komanso zam'tsogolo, Watkins adati.
"The toges of the mess is a night mess that's about," watkins anatchulidwa. "Zimapatsa ulemu ndi kulemekeza misonkhano yonse yomwe Marine Corps wagonjetsa. Chotsatira chomaliza ndichokwanitsa kuti Marine Corps apambane."
Zina zina za usiku wamtendere zikuphatikizidwanso. Kawirikawiri wokamba nkhani akubwera kudzapereka ndemanga, Mndende Wachiwawa / Wopanda Kuchita pa tebulo amadziwika, ndipo woyang'anira mutu wa khitchini adzawonetsa ng'ombeyo pokhudzana ndi chisokonezo.
Kwa Marines ena, usiku wachisokonezo ndi nthawi yosavuta kuti Marines onse azigwiritsa ntchito mokwanira, anati Sgt.
Iris M. Feliciano, waya wosayendetsa ntchito, woyang'anira mauthenga, 12th Marine Regiment.
"Kodi Marines amapeza kangati kavalidwe kake kavalidwe kangapo ndipo amadya madzulo ngati awa ndi anthu omwe amagwira nawo ntchito?" wochokera ku Chicago anafunsidwa. "Ndizosavuta kuti aliyense athandizane, kuchokera kwa mkulu wotsogolera kupita kumsika wapansi, onse pamalo amodzi kuti azikhala limodzi."
Feliciano amawonanso kuti chisokonezo usiku sizowonjezera mwambo; Ndizophunziranso.
"Usiku waumulungu umapanga chidziwitso pa miyambo ndi makhoti, komanso kuyanjana," adatero Feliciano. "Chimodzi mwa zolinga zake ndikumanga Esprit de Corps, ndipo mpaka iwe uli gawo la imodzi sizitanthauza zambiri."
Kwa iwo omwe sali gawo la chisokonezo usiku, Marines omwe akhala ali pafupi ndi Corps zaka zingapo ndipo amapezeka usiku wovuta kwambiri amalimbikitsa kuti wina asapatse mpata kutenga nawo mbali.
"Ndikulimbikitsa olimba onse kuti apite ndikuthandizira chisokonezo usiku," anatero Sgt. Maj Efrem A. Wilson, yemwe ndi mkulu wa SNCO Academy. "Zonse zokhudzana ndi kuphunzitsa, kuphunzitsa ndi kutsogolera Marines."