The United States Marine Corps is investigating a video appearing to show U.S. Marines drinking from a beer bong and repeatedly screaming "F*** N*****S" into a cell phone.

The video spreading across social media appears to show several U.S. Marines screaming the racial epithet and smiling into the cell phone camera. The under 16-second video was first posted to Snapchat on Friday before being shared by New Jersey activist and teacher Zellie Imani, who tweeted the video at the official USMC account. Imani asked if the actions seen in the video were "commonplace" within the U.S. Marine Corps.

Marines drinking and randomly yelling "fuck niggers" on snapchat. Is this commonplace @USMC? pic.twitter.com/SiXLcYOOjj — zellie (@zellieimani) November 18, 2017

The official U.S. Marines account responded Saturday via Twitter, saying they are investigating the matter and that it doesn't represent the values of the Marine Corps. The video has received thousands of retweets and replies as well as appearing on websites including The Root and Worldstarhiphop.

The actions depicted in the videos are not in keeping with the high standard of conduct to which we hold all our Marines.







We will thoroughly investigate the matter and take appropriate action based on the results of the investigation. — U.S. Marines (@USMC) November 18, 2017





"The actions depicted in the videos are not in keeping with the high standard of conduct to which we hold all our Marines. We will thoroughly investigate the matter and take appropriate action based on the results of the investigation," responded the USMC Twitter account.

Several commenters responded that the statement from the Marines was too "generic" and called for the Marines to immediately be kicked out of the military. Others said they were confident that those responsible "would be dealt with" by the Marine Corps.