RaymondPeter
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Post by RaymondPeter on Nov 10, 2007 13:49:22 GMT -6
I had breifly looked into the Marines but was put off by the recruiters, as well as the marines that I know personally. No offense to any of you that are Marines, but the ones around here are a little too cocky for my taste. Yes every group has that, but when that is all you see of them it tends to get to you. It is a great service to be in (I now have a few friends that are in the Marines and they are great guys), but the people I grew up around had attitudes that made me look at other options. The next branch I looked at was the Army. My family has an Army/military tradition dating back to before they left Prussia. (yes I said Prussia, I did not mean Russia) After doing some research on my own I went down to the recruiter and started my journey to becoming an infantryman. I had high enough scores that I could have had pretty much any military MOS (other than ones that you can't hear glasses) but I choose the infantry for personal reasons.
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Post by Marine on Nov 10, 2007 15:08:35 GMT -6
None taken, RaymonPeter. I joined the Marines to carry on the family tradition, my family has been in the Marines sence WW1.
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Post by USN CHIEF on Nov 10, 2007 16:27:57 GMT -6
I joined the Navy because the recruiter told me that the Navy was the best branch... He told me that the Navy was going to take me around the world for free and they were going to feed me 3 times a day and I was going to be given a house and I was not going to have to pay rent.. I immediately signed up.. If I knew what I know now, I would have joined the Marines... But I guess that on this lifetime I will stick with the Navy...
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RaymondPeter
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Post by RaymondPeter on Nov 11, 2007 0:29:04 GMT -6
Gotta love those recruiters! I still remember the Drill Sergeants saying, "Don't thank me, thank your recruiter" every time that someone would slip a "Thank you Drill Sergeant!"
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Post by flyboy on Nov 11, 2007 17:52:40 GMT -6
As I am sure you can guess by my name I joined the Air Force. That was a fairly easy choise for me being that I have been an airplane buff my hole life. If I had it to do all over again Id still join the USAF only diferance would be after my six I would re-enlist insted of getting out
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Post by fred on Nov 11, 2007 18:46:28 GMT -6
BECAUSE MY HOLE F--CKED UP LIFE I WANTED TO BE AN AIRBORNE RANGER ! SO IF YOU ARE RECOVERING MY BODY KISS MY COLD DEAD ASS ! HUAH ! DEATH FROM ABOVE .
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Post by sleeper on Nov 29, 2007 15:21:24 GMT -6
Hoooy Ya PeterRaymond,
I too joined the United States Army and my MOS was also Infantryman, can's say I loved every minute of it but I loved it more then disliked it, if you know what Imean....I thank God above today for giving me the sense enough to join when I did...I believe more healthy males should join upon their completion of either high school or college for a minimum period of 2 years....then they can say what the hell they want about this GREAT COUNTRY of OURS...additionally it will either make or break them, better they learn now then later in their life that they could have made a difference.....
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Post by sleeper on Nov 29, 2007 15:25:24 GMT -6
On another note, my son who tried to go into the military, US Army then any other one that would have taken him all turned him down, we even went to our Congressman who stated due to his injury when he was a child he had a non waiverable situation.....basically he was 7 years old when a kid threw a rock, hitting his eye and causing a retinal detachment, my son was very depressed that he could not join the military, as he had graduated in 2003 from high school, but he decided to go to college and now works for lockhead martin as part of the dod section...so in my opinion he is serving our Country...just gets me really pissed when so many disgrace those in the military, well this is for another thread site...sorry...rambling on again...
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Post by zimme71 on Feb 20, 2009 17:53:23 GMT -6
I had breifly looked into the Marines but was put off by the recruiters, as well as the marines that I know personally. No offense to any of you that are Marines, but the ones around here are a little too cocky for my taste. Yes every group has that, but when that is all you see of them it tends to get to you. It is a great service to be in (I now have a few friends that are in the Marines and they are great guys), but the people I grew up around had attitudes that made me look at other options. The next branch I looked at was the Army. My family has an Army/military tradition dating back to before they left Prussia. (yes I said Prussia, I did not mean Russia) After doing some research on my own I went down to the recruiter and started my journey to becoming an infantryman. I had high enough scores that I could have had pretty much any military MOS (other than ones that you can't hear glasses) but I choose the infantry for personal reasons. No offense taken. Interestingly, my family was from Prussia as well. Migrated sometime right before the Franco-Prussian war from what I understand.
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Post by zimme71 on Feb 20, 2009 17:54:13 GMT -6
None taken, RaymonPeter. I joined the Marines to carry on the family tradition, my family has been in the Marines since WW1. Semper Fi Devil Dog!! Ooh-Rah! Lcpl Zimme71
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Post by rickieadefehr on Mar 16, 2009 3:30:52 GMT -6
Navy,,, My Dad's best friend was a SeaBee. He wanted me to join, was going to. After a year out of high school. Well about the time i was going to join. SeaBee's came to our carpenter's union hall,wanting construction people for 'Nam. Had a program called;I.P.O. in 1970. Was instant petty officer. Due to being a journeyman sheetrock hanger i was, i was a journeyman carpenter. Sign up as E-4. Builder,took six-month delay to get married. On the way to Gulfport for I.P.O. boot camp,program was stopped Had to go to San Diego. Learned to be a Swab too. Then off to Oxnard,Ca. for Builder's A school. I never regreted it once. Fighting and building. Just my game. I love to tell,we starved over seas. Maybe ,just maybe one hot meal a day. Never enough food when on deployment. Fighting the cook's in the chow hall's. If we could get to a base,we had to eat,with the morning cook's,at four A.M. They didn't like that. them cooking for twenty or so SeaBee's. That early in morning.We alway's kick_ss and got fed. SP's,or AP's it didn't matter we wanted FOOD. Hot meal,was a rare thing overseas.You say ,Sea Rat's,we had to steal our's,or trade for them case's. We would fish when we could,most alway's after dark. We worked fourteen,sixteen ,or more hours a day. You name it,we built it....Can Do.....NMCB TEN,1970--'75.
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Post by Chaindriven on Mar 16, 2009 6:03:08 GMT -6
Lt Colonel Defehr, Amazing experience. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by vanbyars on May 5, 2009 14:52:06 GMT -6
My brother in law was a recruiter and I thought the Air Police uniform would help me with the girls. How stupid can a guy get. Man was I dumb.
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