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The Sgt above hit it on the head but I'm bored so I'll go into more detail. PS..I was a grunt in an infantry battalion. A "normal" tempo (training to combat) used to be 7 months on deployment, 7...

This is in case you do wind up at Okinwana.

I was at Camp Hansen/31st MEU and found Okinawa a lot of fun.

Here is a few points...

-Get used to the humidity. It gets old real fast and I...

Infantry training totally depends on the unit and their deployment tempo. If they're doing pumps every 7 months without a lot of down time, they won't have a lot of opportunities for special...

Lot of Marines go to SERE.

02/Intel (all HUMINT/0211s), Recon (Battalion), MARSOC, sniper platoons (depending on availability of slots), etc.. and just a lot of other random MOS's.

I knew of...

Holy ****, this thread hit me like a ton of bricks. I saw the name Peck and thought....no...couldn't be. Then I looked it up and sure enough, it was my friend John Peck.

We both got CAP'ed out...

It's hard to really answer your question because after going to Com school (boot camp -> MCT -> com school), your life could be very different depending on where you're stationed and with what unit. ...

Just wanted to let everyone know that I did end up joining. I'm current at Infantry Training Battalion and should pick up with a unit next month. My age was never an issue except for the occasional...

Everyone has always told me that I'm mature for my age. My partying/sh*tbird days are well behind me (now I am starting to sound like an old fart) and I have no reason to believe I'll ever fall back...

I'm not quite sure if this is the correct forum for this question so I ask the moderators to please move this if you feel it belongs somewhere else.

Ever since I was 15 years old I considered...