{"id":76149,"date":"2023-03-16T16:16:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/16\/why-well-never-know-if-john-wick-was-a-marine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:30:39","slug":"why-well-never-know-if-john-wick-was-a-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2023\/03\/16\/why-well-never-know-if-john-wick-was-a-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we\u2019ll never know if John Wick was a Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legend of the Baba Yaga began in 2014, when audiences around the world were first introduced to all-time great assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we meet our hero, he\u2019s living a quiet life with his wife, Helen, until she dies of a mysterious illness. As we learn shortly after, there is no rest for the wicked \u2014 the dog Helen left him as consolation is killed by the son of the Tarasov mob, which he used to serve as a hitman. This canine killing ends Wick\u2019s retirement and sets off a cataclysmic chain of events that has now carried four movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Wick\u2019s origin is unknown. He grew up a Belarusian orphan named Jardani Jovanovich and was taken in and mentored by a family friend. Eventually, the Ruska Roma recruited him as a hitman, but many years between that even and his childhood remain unaccounted for, which leaves audiences to wonder: Did John Wick serve in the U.S. military?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first film, a showering Wick is seen sporting a tattoo across his back that says \u201cFortis Fortuna Adiuvat\u201d (\u201cfortune favors the bold\u201d), a motto adopted, albeit with a different spelling, by the infantry Marines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3b\/USMC_-_2nd_Battalion_3rd_Marines.png\" target=\"_blank\">2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ink has led to all manner of fan theories on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/FanTheories\/comments\/i5mkdw\/john_wick_john_wick_was_a_marine_before_being_a\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a> and Wiki discussion boards about Wick\u2019s origins. And we can understand why. Wick has the trigger discipline typically associated with a seasoned Special Forces veteran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, no one has ever officially addressed the rumor of his military service. And unfortunately, it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll ever find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u201cJohn Wick: Chapter 4\u2033 stunt coordinator Stephen Dunlevy, the mystery of Wick\u2019s past is part of the allure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe more will be revealed later on,\u201d he joked with Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it\u2019s unlikely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think answering questions of Wick\u2019s background kind of spoils it,\u201d Dunlevy said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of the beauty of John Wick and the character John Wick is not knowing exactly what or where, or how. 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