joining the marines.

[cudvig]

Yes i know me a marine, haha laugh it up. I am currently waiting on some papers. once they clear, I will be swearing in for the marines. I will be leaving for boot camp in may most likely after i finish up the my spring semester. I am soo pumped, I dont think ive been more happy for something in my entire life. Sure it will be hard, but boot camp will be over in 13 weeks after i leave. then i come back for about 10 days and im off to "shooting camp". then back until my job training. ahh this is going to be great for me, i just know it.

just thought i would share my christmas present to DSMstyle now!


-Colin

[Outlaw1]

I met this girl once. Beautiful, veeeery smart, young, etc... Unfortunately, before I met her she had already made up her mind to join the Air Force. At some point during her basic training she injured her thumb and was given a discharge. From what I gathered, the military breaks you down to build you back up during basic. Compound the breaking down proceedure with the physical/mental failure on her part and the result is one crazy, depressed bitch. I just thought I'd share that. :D

I have several friends that were in the Marines. Good luck. Hoo-rah!

[Shotgun!]

Are you gonna be a killing machine?

Do you like sand? How about spiders?

Have fun and beat some flea-beards for me:)

[MustGoFaster]

Are you gonna be a killing machine?

Do you like sand? How about spiders?

Have fun and beat some flea-beards for me:)

Funny!

Happy killing, I have a few relatives that are/were in the army/marines. Don't think I would care for it though.

[Kougar]

Interesting choice coming from you Colin.

Surprising, that's for sure. I think it's a wise move though, and props to you for being stoked about it. Alot of people LOVE the armed forces.

[EclipseGST]

I have thought about this deeply in the last 2 years but everything seems to good to be true. Although if I were to choose one it would definately be the Marines or the Air Force. They have it a lot easier than the Army thats for sure.

My cousin is in the Army and said they flew into Kosovo to their base, as they came upon this base they saw a pool, volleyball courts, a bunch of people looking like they were having a good time, and thought to himself this is going to be great. Then they just kept going and he was like WTF??? Then the captain mentioned that it was another 5 miles to their base which ended up being just a couple tents and a good amount of fox holes. The base they passed over was the Air Force base.

[AJ]

It takes a better man than me to do this. Best of Luck and always come back home safe.

[Halon]

Are you saying the ARMY is easier then the Marines? No F-ing way. You walk past an ARMY soldier on a base, with his pants tucked into his unpolished boots, then you see a Marine walk buy with spit shined boots, and a uniform that has perfect creases in it, and that alone will tell you theres a rather significant difference. Ya it's just a uniform, but that's the life of a Marine. You will be squared away at just about all times. There is no bending the rules. Not for liberty time off, not for a dirty uniform, nothing. You will land at that Kosovo base, but in a beat up ass helicopter, and you will have a perfectly shaved face, because facial hair is not allowed, no questions asked. It doesn't matter if the chopper ride is bumpy, and you have no shaving cream or water. Your shit will be shaved. The Marine Corps is a totally different world then the rest of the branches.

Congrats on your choice man, you picked the top branch of them all. It's true, they brake you down and build you up. But if you think the Bullshit ends after you graduate bootcamp, you couldn't be more wrong. Matter of fact, your "shooting camp" which was called MCT last I heard, was even worse then bootcamp. But until you pick up CPL, expect more bullshit then you ever knew was possible.

I'm not trying to scare you away from it, it's a great thing. It has it's ups and downs, but in the end, when you're all done, it was worth every single shitty paycheck!! Good luck man!!! Semper Fi!!

[MustGoFaster]

I feel I should add that if it weren't for people like you, Brandon and my relatives that this country would not be the place it is. All of us can thank you guys (and girls) for what we have.

I'm sure you've heard it before but it's true! Just think about what it would be like if the Axis had won WWII.

[EclipseGST]

No I was saying Marines/Air Force has it a lot easier than the Army.