Calling ALL Marines - Past and Present

long story short, 10 year service limitations as a sgt, plus career ending injury during cycle = work in receiving company, then medically retired. At least I will be getting something after all of this.

 

My Father was a Marine. Served right before Vietnam. Deployed in Okinawa Japan for a year and half on stand-by waiting to go in to Vietnam.

He passed away in 08. He was and will always be my hero.

Thank you to all of you for your service to this country and keeping it free. I'm graduating from college at the end of this school year and for the last year I've been throwing around the idea of going to OCS and becoming a Marine.

 

Ah I got ya...that sucks getting hurt to the point of discharge medically but it does happen. Well good luck Devil.

Sorry to hear bout your dad. Hell yeah man...go for it! Its an experience to say the least.

 

Kinda suprised that there aren't very many YAT-YAS'rs on here!?! Does seem to be quite a few air wingers though.

 

0311 Rifleman
Scout Swimmer
1991-1995
Tip of the Spear

for those of you who weren't

Everyone can't be the tip of the Spear
sometimes you have to be the shaft!!

 

Does it count if I love hanging around with tracks? Used to move all your heavy shit around 3533 LVS Dragon Master.

 

Nice. Would love to hear some good stories of your time at MCRD.

 

had a recruit who was supposed to be a weather observer, and every morning from second phase on, we use to have this kid run out side the squad bay, stick his finger in his mouth put it out in the air and give us the weather report. if he was wrong....he got IT'd.....and of course he was always wrong....lol

 

... ^^^ ... if your disability increases in % later ... you can surpass normal retirement pay at 20 years and especially since disability is tax free. But adding CRSC to a normal 20+ year regular retirement is a different story.

Same thing happened to me and looking back was best thing in my life. Literally saved my life at the time and gave me full tax free disability (and some other bennies regular retirees do not get) many years later.

Good luck and make lemonade from these lemons as time goes on.
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Excellent!

 

Was his name flohr? Buddy at work said they made him do that at the rifle range, called him "radar" cause he had big ears.

 

0311 CPL

3rd LAR C co
Iraq 2007-2008
Iraq 2009
2nd BN 8th MAR
Afghanistan 2011
Yemen 2012

Missed Sgt by 27 points last quarter. Trying to do the VEERP when it comes out for FY 14 Marines in March

 

Yeah the 03 field is tough right now. A lot of good marines are getting forced out to protect the desk homeys jobs. Its the same thing that happened after desert storm. Just a different President.

 

Service Dates: 2002-2010
Rank: SGT
MOS: 1341 Engineer Mechanic
Deployments: Iraq, 2004-2005-2006
Unit: MACS-2

 

I also was a 1341 in MACS-2. I was at det b from Nov 06 to Nov 09 now I am with HMLA 167

 

Hopefully going to be a future marine! waiting to find out when i head up to MEPS in Portland, OR. Don't know what my general job field is going to be yet as i haven't taken the ASVAB, which i'll take in Portland. If everything goes smoothly i'm looking at shipping out to Boot Camp in January. I'd ask for advice for going into bc but i know what thats gonna be, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT haha. Can't wait! i'm stoked and ready to go!

 

I tried to join the marines but I'm colorblind so i wasn't able to. So now I'm in college working towards an engineering degree so i can hopefully get in as an officer or something.

Anyways nothin but respect for you guys. Always been a role model to me.

 

This gave me a chuckle this morning.

 

Haven't visited this thread for a while...

Classic. The big eared guy in our platoon had the highest PFT Run. Go figure.

Now this is classic hilarity. Maybe next Friday I can get down to the depot for morning colors and a graduation. The GF has never been and I always love going down to the place of my second birth.
oooooh rah!