Are your parents against you?
"I have a couple thoughts concerning you thinking you want to be a marine mortar man---->I think some slick, smooth talking Marine recruiter over time somehow romanticized and convinced you America needs your services in that realm, whereby the only true thing he is thinking about is his quota to sign people into that service.
Warfare in the 'Marine' hand to hand way is truly antiquated and will soon be obsolete due to the advances in technology.
I guess what I'm saying is it is a dead end street and you can serve your country in many other ways.
Don't fall for a professional recruiters line of s-it...Also take the time to actually go to the VA ( see the wounds) and talk to a mortar man as there is really nothing there other than to prove you are a macho man and can make it through basic. Then you have the right to visit every hell hole in the world surrounded by the low i.q. ghetto boy's and the ones the judge sentenced to be a Marine---Not a good crowd to be around.
You can prove yourself in other ways----run a marathon, volunteer at habitat for humanity or just be a good citizen or something...."
"As I said there are many ways to serve your country and stay within the realm of reality. For someone to pick 'mortar man' as a career path in the Marines hints at a need to prove something and/or a complete disconnect on the reality of the job. I'd rather have a gay ballerina dancing son who plays piano in a *****house than a frickin cro-magnon jarhead...
Look into homeland security with the Coast Guard, in this manner you are definitely serving the USA and getting a return in transferable skills and you wouldn't be visiting the hell holes of the world fighting the ancient idiot jihad boys, it would be much more fun and serving to kill them when they come near our coastline.
You have plenty of time to explore your career path and no pressure as there always is 'a time of need'. Just take a look at history..It always seems to be the politicians need and the citizen's who carry the burden. (in most cases)"
"You have 2 years of high school left so I really do not see a need to make such decisisions at this time, the marines will take anybody on a weeks notice as nobody wants to do that nasty antiquated job.
It is also puzzling to me how you could make such a dceision concerning an organization and it's tactics and mission when you really could not have any way of knowing either. (other than the recruiter B.S. and the 30 second hollywood snippets)
If sweeping houses seems like a romantic career path or helping America in it's time of need I think by the time you arrive those things will no longer be in force due to the political climate. (Who in there right mind would want to seep houses in a foreign land??)
I have a right to talk about the Marines as I was with the Fleet Marines in Guantanamo Bay Cuba and also had some 'jarheads' on the aircraft carrier.
I hated their tactics with dealing with their own men.--->>First they broke them down physically and mentally then supplanted all of what a 'Marine' supposedly is and when they came out they were mind controlled robots who would do anything they were told which equates into an idiot who thought they were bad.
Live your life now and finish High School first and get off the macho military bull****---as an upcoming junior you should not even be having this discussion unless of course you want to falsely show off or make waves???? i.e pull your head outta your ass and look at all the possibilities..."
These are some emails I received from my dad. I really don't know what I should say back. He doesn't understand my reasons for wanting to serve in the Marine Corps.