Marine infantry vs. Army infantry...need info
03-25-2010, 05:13 PM
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03-28-2010, 03:10 PM
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You really sound like the guy who after about 2 years absolutely hates his life, the Marines, and the military. blah blah Marines blah blah air force is gay blah blah **** education blah blah blah. See you on the off ramp in 40 years.
03-28-2010, 04:53 PM
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There is nothing more special (except maybe the commercials) or hard about being in the Marines over the Army. I know two dudes who were in the Corp, one who was a grunt and the other was in force recon, They both went Army to go SF after working with a ODA downrange. They both just liked the way the Army operates better than the Corps. The Army has some major downsides and some great upsides exactly the same as the Marines. I just kind of get tired of hearing the whole either its in you to be a marine or its not. You have to love it to go through some of what you'll go through. The funny thing is that you usally only hear this from new guys or pogs. I have never heard a MARSOC or Recon guy talk about how badass you had to be just to be in the Corps. Kind of tells you something dont it.
03-29-2010, 09:57 AM
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[QUOTE=1999vetteroo;13100620]You're not to smart.... Ask one your friends to interpret my statement. I don’t' care what you're tired of. This is about the OP making his decision[QUOTE=1999vetteroo
Whats the matter buddy the POG comment hittting a little to close to home. So if you are so much smarter than me why dont you tell me how people are supposed to take this other than it is harder to be a Marine than in the Army
[QUOTE=1999vetteroo You either love the Corp or you don't... If you're unsure about it, just join the army. I say this because, either its in you to be a marine or its not. [QUOTE=1999vetteroo
Whats the matter buddy the POG comment hittting a little to close to home. So if you are so much smarter than me why dont you tell me how people are supposed to take this other than it is harder to be a Marine than in the Army
[QUOTE=1999vetteroo You either love the Corp or you don't... If you're unsure about it, just join the army. I say this because, either its in you to be a marine or its not. [QUOTE=1999vetteroo
04-05-2010, 12:37 AM
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Pick whichever you feel is best. I'm a Amtracker here and love my job. Pieces of ****?...yes lol...pretty badass at the same time. There are always other jobs that are very close to being a grunt while getting to do the same ****. Any grunt that has deployed has had an AAV unit attach to them and we do the same **** they do. To each his own.
04-05-2010, 01:33 PM
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Pick whichever you feel is best. I'm a Amtracker here and love my job. Pieces of ****?...yes lol...pretty badass at the same time. There are always other jobs that are very close to being a grunt while getting to do the same ****. Any grunt that has deployed has had an AAV unit attach to them and we do the same **** they do. To each his own.
And hey man I thought you were gonna hook it up with some tires?
04-06-2010, 12:46 PM
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I would def put that 90k Post GI Bill to use and get a degree first. I have two uncles that just retired from being cops, one was a Texas state trooper another was with the Dallas bomb squad. Both said they wish they would have got there degrees for better pay and encase of being laid off you always have something to fall back on! Just a heads up! I wanted to be a cop too but I am done with anything military related...so I am becoming a high school teacher!
04-06-2010, 03:34 PM
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I am active Navy. Been in for 10. I wouldn't change it for anything. I love it. It is what you make of it. I have thought, from time to time that I should have joined the marines. But honestly. With my mentality, I wouldn't have survived for as long as I have.
I have worked with the army NG and marines. Marines for 4 years, Army NG for the past year. And I have to tell you. I am sorry, but Marines hand down. Army NG, at least the ones that I work with. Are ******* retarded.. Smokers is about the only thing I get a kick out of, from the army. Granite its NG, there are a lot of 16th that can be thrown in the same pile of worthless.
04-06-2010, 03:46 PM
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I would def put that 90k Post GI Bill to use and get a degree first. I have two uncles that just retired from being cops, one was a Texas state trooper another was with the Dallas bomb squad. Both said they wish they would have got there degrees for better pay and encase of being laid off you always have something to fall back on! Just a heads up! I wanted to be a cop too but I am done with anything military related...so I am becoming a high school teacher!
Right im in college now for secondary education so i can coach football, but yes im gunna try to get my associate degree before i get out.
04-06-2010, 05:28 PM
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That's because it takes them that much longer to get it right the first time.
I am active Navy. Been in for 10. I wouldn't change it for anything. I love it. It is what you make of it. I have thought, from time to time that I should have joined the marines. But honestly. With my mentality, I wouldn't have survived for as long as I have.
I have worked with the army NG and marines. Marines for 4 years, Army NG for the past year. And I have to tell you. I am sorry, but Marines hand down. Army NG, at least the ones that I work with. Are ******* retarded.. Smokers is about the only thing I get a kick out of, from the army. Granite its NG, there are a lot of 16th that can be thrown in the same pile of worthless.
I am active Navy. Been in for 10. I wouldn't change it for anything. I love it. It is what you make of it. I have thought, from time to time that I should have joined the marines. But honestly. With my mentality, I wouldn't have survived for as long as I have.
I have worked with the army NG and marines. Marines for 4 years, Army NG for the past year. And I have to tell you. I am sorry, but Marines hand down. Army NG, at least the ones that I work with. Are ******* retarded.. Smokers is about the only thing I get a kick out of, from the army. Granite its NG, there are a lot of 16th that can be thrown in the same pile of worthless.
04-07-2010, 07:56 PM
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4 Weeks of drill and ceremony? LOL Does it really take that much time for someone to learn parade rest attention fall out? Just how much of that "field training" is some guy who sits in an office going to remember in a few years? I hardly count that as making 1 paper pusher superior to another one.
Method to the madness isn't just a myth or a copout. Regardless of how many view these little things as bullshit there is almost always a reason behind the things that aren't necessarily immediately recognized as valuable.
I myself am also 03 Marine. Semper Fi.