Reply With QuoteI think the making fun of new officers thing is service wide.Originally Posted by :Danger Close:
Would you say its true officer in the MC get more respect then in the Army? I have a friend (i know i know we ALL have this friend. But i really do* that is Army SF and he said when he was just plain infantry enlisted would always play jokes on the new officers and such.Nothing better than Marine Infantry...period
Not that many units are spending time aboard ship...we're all in the sand box...
Last edited by :Danger Close:; 05-21-2008 at 06:48 PM.
I think the making fun of new officers thing is service wide.
I say join the French Foreign Legion. They're all high speed and stuff, plus you'd get to wear those really cute camo shorts when it's hot out.
From what I was told from a gunny in the MC. "asking brand new lieutenants to go for things that do not exist may be funny in the army, but it's VERY risky in the Marine Corps. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but in the nearly three decades I've been serving...enlisted / officer / civilian...., I've never seen it. Perhaps that's why we're not the army..."
I will NEVER join the french, in anything.
I really like where this thread is headed. Its about 60% of the way to pure awesomeness. Let's not forget to bash blind people in here. We don't want to ruin the awesomeness.
hank
Go in the Army, they need plumbers for the barracks.
Ok what am I doing that is so funny?
Its not necessarily you, its the responses. Your question has been asked around 100000000 times but putting that aside the responses are solid gold. Expect a lot of attention when the regulars show up. It'll be a show. I'd say there is a 100% chance that someone other than me will quote Apocalypse Now.
hank
Honestly, all MOSes are pretty much the same sh*t different branch. There are differences, but they are miniscule. Like the quote states below, all the branches are cross trained by other branches. For example, if you are going into Army, Navy or Marine Intelligence, you are still going to be trained by the Army in Ft. Hauchuca.
You lack awesomeness but that's cool since FFL awesomeness is far beyond any awesomeness that is in this thread.
Hank, I just kicked a blind old lady.
I saw that, I was counting her money for her. Thanks a lot.
hank
Well, here's my prespective. Let's start with a little about me.
I come from New Orleans -- I was raised to be a sauciere.. a great sauciere.
We specialize in sauces; my whole family. It's what we do. I was
supposed to go to Paris and study at the Escoffier School; I was saving the money. They called me for my physical so I figured the Navy had better food. They lined us all up in front of a hundred yards of prime rib -- magnificent meat, beautifully marbled.. Then they started throwing it in these big cauldrons, all of it -- boiling. I looked in, an' it was turning gray. I couldn't stand it. I went into radio school.
Marine Corps infantry is good and all, but you better be ready for a rough time. Oh and as for Marines on ships, it sucks. I'm part of the 26th MEU and all we really do on ship is sleep, work out and wait in rediculous lines for chow. It sucks but it's skate as hell.
that is a camradery thing and has nothing to do with lack of respect, from my experience in the "disrespectful" Army if you dont get messed with it is for a reason.
even as an officer you will be given respect such as saying Sir and being saluted, but real respect is earned.
hoo-rah!Nothing better than Marine Infantry...period
Marines are the way to go!
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