View Full Version : If you didn't choose USMC?
TSchultz
01-26-08, 11:13 PM
I just read a post where a poolee stated that he wanted to become a firefighter and it sparked my interest in what everyone else would have liked/would like to do as an alternative career if they hadn't choosen the USMC.
If you didn't choose to join the Marine Corps, what would you pursue as a career?
Or when you get out, what will you pursue?
Me- Farming (probably just a Wisconsin thing...)
zackmerc
01-27-08, 12:18 AM
Astronaut, Airline Pilot, Billionaire Playboy
DemonicOne
01-27-08, 12:31 AM
college
kelley26
01-27-08, 12:41 AM
the Marine Corps :) !!! But seriously I would probably just be some loser at life!
TSchultz
01-27-08, 12:45 AM
Yea Kelly I could see that :p
kelley26
01-27-08, 12:56 AM
OHHH did i say loser? :sick: whoops I meant winner... everybody knows I'm going to be rich reguardless of my career choice! I mean I could even work at Hardees an still be rich cause I'm so hot and they would have me modeling thickbugers on TV like parris hilton did!
jungleman4422
01-27-08, 01:57 AM
Well I wanted to be a pilot for the longest time and actually I have attained my pilots license.
Covey_Rider
01-27-08, 04:39 AM
Hue Hefner :)
Marine84
01-27-08, 07:15 AM
Be a Madam running a high $ "escort" service
PHILLYBOI
01-27-08, 11:27 AM
right here in the basement
DGardner
01-27-08, 12:39 PM
College. Pursuing a Music Education degree, with a minor in criminal justice. Sitting around getting so fat that i can't see my toes. glad i'm that's not going to be me... I hate school... haha
I'd be a Model/Actor.
and I am serious.
Big Jim
01-27-08, 02:25 PM
Be a Madam running a high $ "escort" service
Kim...I just LOVE the way you think because that;s exactly what I was gonna do!! Mine was going to be called "The Sin Bin" or "The Den O' Passion" or "Big Jim's House of 99 Flavors!!!" LOL Whaddaya think? If you can be the madam...I can be the owner/operator/bouncer/quality control/bartender!!!!! That is a plan ain't it!!
Ub3rmike
01-27-08, 03:10 PM
Go to business school and take it from there. However, I'm heavily weighing the 20 year stint in the Corps if I make it through OCS in a couple of years.
PatriotGirl422
01-27-08, 04:29 PM
I'm gonna be a high school U.S. history teacher.
Coast Guard.
(No, really.)
Patriot34
01-27-08, 05:18 PM
A RN at St. Joesphs hospital in Marshfield, WI working in pedeatrics. That is actually what I want to become after the Marine Corps.
chili77bowl
01-27-08, 05:38 PM
It would be a toss up between a Brain Surgeon or a Fry cook.
Seriously, I would have stayed in the Army.
Wyoming
01-27-08, 06:30 PM
.
Piano player in a whure house.
(Wait, that's what I told my Mom I was gonna do in '65. She was fine with it, and then I joined the Marine Corps, and she nearly sheeit.)
SgtHopperUSMC
01-27-08, 06:51 PM
Nothing Else Matters!:flag: :evilgrin:
Phantom Blooper
01-27-08, 07:08 PM
Chippendales Dancer............
Zulu 36
01-27-08, 07:15 PM
It's hard to imagine since I wanted to be a Marine from a young age. I probably would have become a civilian cop sooner than I did.
RuffNight2007
01-27-08, 11:17 PM
Prob. be locked up or some **** =/
Rowe907
01-28-08, 01:07 AM
I would just smoke a lot of reefer, play video games, and eat cheetos..........
chili77bowl
01-28-08, 04:25 AM
I don't know...when I get out...I want to teach. Science at a Baptist College.
Sgt Leprechaun
01-28-08, 04:36 AM
Lesbian, trapped in a man's body.
No, wait.
"Man hoor"
No...that's not it...
Oh, wait, you mean "Employment"???
Dad...
Police officer/Accident investigator/Detective, 911 dispatcher, Museum Docent, Editorial Writer, Newspaper columnist, Armed Security Guard, Civil war Surgeon, Military Antiques dealer.....water purification system sales, bookstore clerk, parts truck driver, mall security guard......
You can be whatever you wanna be, but you'll always BE a Marine, once you earn that title.
skaterjon89
01-28-08, 04:45 AM
If I had my ultimate choice, a Fighter Pilot, but seeing as my vision sucks so much that on the vision test at MEPS the guy goes:
Guy: Read line 4
Me: There is a line 4? I can't see it...
Guy: You can't see it?
Me: I see only like 3 lines squished together I think...
After I get out of the Corps if I choose to, I would like to become a FireFighter, I have done alot so far to pursue this job, but thought serving my country right now would be a good thing... If that does not work out and I get to old or something, I would like at least my AA in FireTech and do the fire safety hazard crap and be making 6figs a year...
ElDiablo
01-28-08, 09:27 AM
My choice for after the Corps is hopefully state trooper. If not, anything law enforcement.
Fubar5812
01-28-08, 10:21 AM
probably something in the veterinary field.after i get out...well..i ain't planning that far ahead yet!!
If I didn't join the Marine Corps i'd still choose to do the same ****.
Army option 40 contract.
Twehman
01-28-08, 11:32 PM
Before I joined I had no real direction in my life, even though I am in the DEP just that has given me something to work towards, it is remarkable. If not, I would probably end up taking over the family business.
LeonardLawrence
01-29-08, 02:24 AM
sick at home, in bed :nerd: playing my x-box, nintendo 360, wi-boxy thingy....dreaming about telling hot "chicks" on line how I was a Marine.
killerinstinct
01-29-08, 09:07 AM
Be a Madam running a high $ "escort" service
HAHA i tried to be an escort but just found out i gave it up for free to any girl asking. and of course there was that occasional 2 twenty dolla wine outside of gate 2...
249gunner
01-30-08, 07:30 AM
Blackwater...something high speed I dunno.
marinebaby17
01-30-08, 04:59 PM
Probably in college trying to keep good grades, playing basketbal and trying to be an engineer
SlingerDun
01-30-08, 06:59 PM
minimum wage dave if i could hold a job, broke ass graybar loser felon bad teeth tattoos and attitude and dead, a wasted life. guilty.
The Marine Corps salvaged my lame ass. thats fact
--->Dave
Marine84
01-30-08, 09:04 PM
I think we can make it work guys..................
Big Jim - you buy the place (just to get us started - we'll work a deal on pay back).
Big Al can play the piano.
We can use Phantom to dance (come on big boy - I bet you STILL got the moves - LOL!) solely for entertainment for the girls.
And, my Brother Ordie, can recruit the girls. But, don't you come home with no trashy stuff now - we don't want no crack ho's (yes, I know you'll give some to a crack ho too but, not on THIS mission).
I don't care who names it or what it's called - you 4 figure it out. ;)
OK boys................let's have a round and shake on it :beer:
Bullrider
01-30-08, 09:50 PM
Long Haul Truck Driver
Big Jim
01-31-08, 12:40 AM
Great!!! I'll buy the next round!!! We can make a brothel that will put that "Bunny Ranch" to shame!! With better looking and more eagerly willing girls too!! LOL! Damn right!! I see the name...
KevinR90
01-31-08, 03:32 PM
I really have no clue what i'd be doing. I guess i'd go to college. The only thing that i really thought about would be majoring in something with computers. The other thing is I've always wanted to become a helicopter pilot. Funny thing though, my desire to become a Marine outweighed my desire to become a helicopter pilot- if it hadn't i probably would have joined the Army (better chance to become pilot- enlisted pilots ya know). But even then I might not have been able to become a pilot. I'm happy with my choice.
Patriot34
01-31-08, 03:37 PM
I really have no clue what i'd be doing. I guess i'd go to college. The only thing that i really thought about would be majoring in something with computers. The other thing is I've always wanted to become a helicopter pilot. Funny thing though, my desire to become a Marine outweighed my desire to become a helicopter pilot- if it hadn't i probably would have joined the Army (better chance to become pilot- enlisted pilots ya know). But even then I might not have been able to become a pilot. I'm happy with my choice.
I think piliots are overrated. No disrespect to any piliots out there, but (in my opinion) the grunts are the one's that deserve most of the credit. The grunts are the ones who see the true grit of war. Piliots they go through danger for a couple of hours sure, but grunts live in danger. I have alot of respect for both, but if I had to choose one, I choose grunt hands down.
KevinR90
01-31-08, 09:07 PM
well that's true- except for the fact that with those couple hours of action- speaking about helicopters- they're not exactly safe. Slow moving big hunks of metal in the sky = nice target.
But i'm not going to get into a discussion about what MOS is #1. Besides, I don't know enough about it to make an informed comment.
candidate
02-03-08, 11:20 AM
If I wasn't going to accept my commission spring '09, I would be looking into the Navy's medical field. Being a corpsman is about as close to the Marines as you can get without being a Marine.
yellowwing
02-03-08, 12:06 PM
Artist or swimming instructor.
I could be doing the artwork for The Brothel. :p How about this for a business name:
Lucifer's
TrevelyanInc
02-03-08, 07:53 PM
<< Artist Recruit. Works For Free.
SO, sorry yellow.
Seriously though, I'd be a musician or a therapist. I'm way too people oriented.
bgsuwoody
02-03-08, 08:01 PM
If I didn't choose the Marine Corps I wouldn't know how to...
Police Call...
Field Day...
Hurry Up and Wait...
Dig Fighting Holes...
Wake Up at 0500...
PT at 0600...
How to Stand at Parade Rest when Speaking to Anyone lol...
Police Call...
Field Day...
Police Call...
Hurry Up and Wait...
Field Day...
Field Day...
Police Call...
Hurry Up and Wait...
Police Call...
Field Day...
Police Call...
Marine84
02-03-08, 08:22 PM
Lol!
yellowwing
02-03-08, 09:11 PM
<< Artist Recruit. Works For Free.
SO, sorry yellow.
Seriously though, I'd be a musician or a therapist. I'm way too people oriented.
That's cool, I'll teach the gals how to swim :banana:
Big Jim
02-03-08, 09:39 PM
Artist or swimming instructor.
I could be doing the artwork for The Brothel. :p How about this for a business name:
Lucifer's
COOL!!! maybe we can even have a "Devil and Hell" decor!! LOL! You can do a mural for the front room where all the girls come out for the "clientel" to "choose their flavor"...so to speak. Remember...everyone involved gets FREE FRINGE BENEFITS, too!!!! Is that a dream-job or what?!?!? Selling pleasure for a living...what a way to go!!! I'm in...I'm in!!!
the Marine Corps :) !!! But seriously I would probably just be some loser at life!
Amen to that.
There going to have to kick me out of the Corpse.
Wyoming
02-03-08, 09:43 PM
Amen to that.
There going to have to kick me out of the Corpse.
SAY WHAT!!!!
SAY WHAT!!!!
Yup, i caught it before that, but the edit thing disapeared.
PatriotGirl422
02-04-08, 09:31 AM
There going to have to kick me out of the Corpse.
Haha I thought that was illegal in most states.
If I hadn't moved in with my brother last year I'd probably be a drug dealer by now
jungholee90
02-05-08, 12:51 AM
I'd probably went to college and studied to be aircraft engineer, and then in the middle of it I would have regretted for not following what I wanted to do for my entire life: to join the Marine Corps. I still want to become an aircraft engineer, so by joining the Marine Corps now I can accomplish both!
skaterjon89
02-05-08, 01:27 AM
I would have also maybe joined the Navy to be a Corpsman, that was one thing I was also seriously looking into...
PooleeMoules
02-05-08, 11:42 PM
Open an Aviation restoration shop for old WWII planes....
CadetMSgtScream
02-08-08, 02:28 AM
Superhero
Just sayin, it IS a pretty interesting career path...
Other than that...I'll probably shoot for something in Architecture with my GI Bill...
Oh and if I didn't join...beats me, life rarely turns out like you expect anyway.
Camper51
02-08-08, 11:50 AM
Be a Madam running a high $ "escort" service
And just what would you be charging????? Geee............
Camper51
02-08-08, 11:56 AM
All things aside. I would prpobably be a bum since it was the Corps that gave me a job in Data Processing and that set the path for my life for the next 30+ years. Now I am in Warehousing but still apply all the principles I learned in the Corps.
P.S. I have only once held a job that I wasn't supervising someone in one capacity or another since I got out in 1977....