This is not a joke. I know where the term Leathernecks came from and I understand the term "trooper". But what does the term "Jarhead" mean and how did the Marines get stuck with it? It does seem to be a term of endearment.
2007-06-22 08:57:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I have no idea. I think the term 'Jarhead' to decribe a Marine is an oxymoron. After all you can actually put something in a jar.
Now let me say that was a joke and meant for laughs! There are no more noble warriors on the planet than the ones in our USMC!
2007-06-23 00:06:45 · answer #1 · answered by Brian C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is a Jarhead?
This is not a joke. I know where the term Leathernecks came from and I understand the term "trooper". But what does the term "Jarhead" mean and how did the Marines get stuck with it? It does seem to be a term of endearment.
2015-08-20 15:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by Madison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jarhead comes from the haircut Marines wear. The close cropped "flat top" with no hair on the sides makes the Marine resemble a mason jar - i.e. "Jarhead."
2007-06-22 09:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by Casey C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jarhead was a derogatory slang word against marines that many of them have picked up to describe themselves.
2007-06-22 09:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A marine. Jarhead refers to their haircut.
2007-06-22 09:02:25 · answer #5 · answered by chipmunkian 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From the Old Ironsides.
Below decks with the low ceilings, candles were hung with jars covering them.
Most Marines were too tall for the low ceilings and when they were called to battle stations, they scurried so fast that most bumped their heads on the jars protecting the candles.
Thus: Jarheads!
2007-06-22 09:05:01 · answer #6 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was in the service, one of the guys told me marines were called jarheads because when u r a marine they fill your head with stuff, like filling a jar.
2007-06-22 09:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by j c 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a jarhead is a marine. the name comes from their haircuts
2007-06-22 09:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by Michael W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day the lamps that lit the passage ways of navy ships looked like jars. Marines had to be a certain height to enlist. When they went out to sea on the Navy ships they were taller so they banged their head on the "jars". So the sailors called them "Jarheads".
It does NOT refer to their haircut.
2007-06-22 09:03:40 · answer #9 · answered by Manda 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Marine. Hair cut one reason. Other reason is they act like very little sense in the head under it. Pretty blue and red dress uniform aside, Army airborne all the way!!!
2007-06-22 09:44:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋