Why Did You Join The Corps?
I began a thread like this long ago, but obviously it is not current, and many of those participants are long gone from this site. So I begin again.
Age 16, dropped out of high school. Working in a big hospital, operating a dishwasher and washing pots and pans by hand. Must be something better than this. The military. Went to all recruiters. Wanted to go in for 4 years, not 3 or 2. Decided that since I am going in for four, it might as well be the best branch, the most elite, the most respected.....The Marine Corps stood out. The huge gold letters across the recruiter's window---U.S. Marine Corps. I decided to do my 4 years in the USMC....as I mentioned on another thread, we had absolutely no choice, no say, nothing, as to what MOS or job we would have. We joined to become Marines. That was the sole reason for joining up back then.
When I turned 17, I was at Parris Island 2 weeks later.
That's how I came to join the Corps.
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