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Date Posted: 22:44:43 03/29/03 Sat
Author: «șTone Caponeș»
Author Host/IP: 1Cust148.tnt2.coos-bay.or.da.uu.net / 67.227.171.148
Subject: Haha....
In reply to: DammitBoy! 's message, "Re: Hey jarhead....." on 22:30:51 03/29/03 Sat

>I did my four after college from '84 to '88.
>
>After basic, I went to Sniper school. After graduating
>sniper school, I had the option of going through
>special ops training with various units outside the
>corp. This included some travel abroad and training
>with foreign units.
>
>I figured after four years I had fulfilled my
>obligation and it was time to get on with real life.

True.

>The Army in general, not special forces, is full of
>dinks and dorks and the human offal that other
>military branches won't touch. It's entry standards
>are lower than any other branch of service.

True, that is one of the biggest problems I have with the Army. You simply need a pulse, and a 9th grade education to get in. There are a lot of great soldiers in the Army, but the lower standards has made it a haven for idiots also. That is one of the reasons I got out, that and the fact I was in a horrible unit that decided the most important thing we could do was pick up the trash so the general was happy (never mind we were a combat arms unit that deployed all the time).

>I grew up near Ft. Belvoir, just outside D.C. and I
>had the opportunity to see the 'Army of One' in action
>on a regular basis. I figured if I was ever in a
>combat situation, I wasn't going to be surrounded by
>dipshits more dangerous than the enemy.

It was probably more a reflection of the unit and training priorities. When I was in Korea, I would have gladly gone to combat with my unit. Once I got stateside, I told them I'd head to Mexico, since it was only 1 mile away from Bliss. Still, I did participate in one combat deployment but it was pretty sad. The other crews got locked on site for failing to meet the standards. My crew past with flying colors, but most of that was because of my time in Korea with a 'good' unit. Oh, and when I joined it was still, "Be all you can be."

>That combined with the fact that my Father was a WWII
>Marine vet (he was a DI at Camp Pendelton, and later
>fought and was wounded at Guadacanal) made the Corp an
>obvious choice for me.
>
>I figured after surviving 18 years of boot camp at
>home with the meanest bastard who ever lived, what was
>a few weeks at Parris Island?
>
>Being a Marine and a non-com means I hold every other
>branch of service, and all officers, in contempt on
>principle alone.

Yeah, but remember, some of us officers served as non-coms and we're moving up to try to make things better.

>A Marine prefers to start fights with squids first,
>flyboys second, officers third, and lastly army
>grunts. Why the army boys last? Because they are the
>least challenging of course!

Looks like I'm the only flyboy here.

>My dear old Dad got into so many barfights at Camp
>Hollywood, he was eventually busted down in rank and
>shipped out. He ended up a two stripe with two purple
>hearts and a silver star with oak leaf cluster. He
>still carries shrapnel in both his knees and an extra
>belly button from a bayonet wound he received at
>Guadacanal.

Damn.

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