If it had only been this I would have laughed it off as and thought nothing of it, but he continues...Let's go to the transcription:
Col. Tomko: I'll tell you what, with that M1A1 Abrams (tank) we got across the street, if Halladay keeps on pitching well, we can fix that with one round pretty quickly.
Cards broadcaster Dan McLaughlin: - awkward laugh - I'm sure you could. I don't know if we should say that, but you just did.
It's this kind of crap from ONE Marine(a Lt Col. no less) makes the entire military look bad and reinforces certain people's thought that the military thinks they are better than everyone.Col. Tomko: I can say whatever I want because I'm a war fighter, and this is the Cardinals Nation the last time I checked.
Also I liked this comment at the end:
Somewhere, there are Marine public affairs officers banging their heads on a table, especially since a primary purpose of Marine Week is to reinforce the perception that the Corps is accessible and friendly. Call me crazy, but a battalion commander joking about being able to 'say whatever I want' probably isn't helping in that regard.
