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Damn, brother! Over a year in SAC?? You're a strong man. Part of me is envious of what your CO did for you, on the other hand, in the 10 years since I was discharged (damn near to the day now that...

Hahaha, this is bringing back memories. Remember that initial burning you got when the mask made contact with your skin? Nothing REAL bad, but you could feel it even though you hadn't hit the gas...

I had to go through 3 times in bootcamp.

First time, I went in, the mask wasn't functioning properly. I reported a problem, but they didn't believe me, so they had me going through some of the...

Dan,
I don't want to speak for this young man, but I believe he meant that he is not seeing much in the BUSINESS world that he really wants to go do.

As has been said, you'll do fine on the...

Its the .408 Cheytac, nice little round with an outstanding ballistic coefficient. Kinda speciality though.

Whether Marines deploy with the .50 Barrett, I couldn't say, but I've seen them with...

I'm not HSLD, never been in combat and didn't go through the new shooting courses. I do, however, shoot a lot.

I've heard your arguements by many people, and I'm sorry, but I disagree, and...

Yes, some do, though I don't have a list of them. I've seem some articles of them playing. They will probably play any local club teams around would be my guess. When I lived in San Diego, there...

Oh, absolutely not. Let me clarify, I don't think anything they do entitles them to combat pay. I was simply noting the comment about some of them claiming PTSD. Whether its PTSD, guilt, whatever...

That depends on a LOT of things. Specifically, during which period of time. If you mean after bootcamp and ITB, and ignoring deployments, its going to depend on your unit and training schedule. ...

I can understand paying them equally to pilots who sit in the planes. They're doing just as much work and have just as much skill. But combat pay is ridiculous. They are not in danger. Pay them...

Anybody can go.

I've gone to several graduations where I knew no one. I just like going to see my new brothers get born.

I'm kinda curious, did the woman he helped ever come forward? I would think she had to of. Otherwise, how would we know that he was coming to her aid if there was no one around to witness it?

A little bit of quick math:

3 meals M-F = 15
2 meals Sa&Su = 4
Total of 19 meals per week

Average month has 4.5 weeks, for a total of 85.5 meals per month.

$286.75 divided by 85.5 meals...

My favorite Drill Instructor was prior Army and had his sh!t seriously squared away.

Like others have said, you'll get your balls busted a bit and might earn a few extra push ups here and...

This is nothing new. Young men have been drawn to "the glory of combat" since combat has been around. That's the way it has always been and the way it will always be.

In my opinion, the reason...

This is either a new thing or incorrect.

I graduated from MCRD/SD April 13th, 2003 and we wore Service Deltas. Wore them for the Eagle Globe and Anchor ceremony too, the only difference was that...

I was not a tanker, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but, there was a documentary awhile back on USMC Tanker school on the Discovery Channel that I'd be willing to bet wouldn't be...

Early December means graduating in early March. 10 days boot leave and you'll be reporting to SOI in mid March. MCT is 6 weeks, so you're looking at graduating from there end of April/beginning of...

OK, well, that helps. Keep in mind, DI PT will pretty much be a constant for 13 weeks, so get used to it.

Do you have a work out partner? The best workout that I did (and we did it in...

Typically, crunches are the easy "gimmie" points. I think everyone in our platoon had maxed out by the end of bootcamp. But, if you're not hitting the minimum now, that could be a problem. I'm not...

As others have said, everyone gets cold feet.

I've also told civilian friends that its like riding your first roller coaster. You see it and you want to ride it, so you go get in line. You're...

There are pros and cons to both. I went after college.

Pros: I was more mature and was able to see through some of the mind games and put things in better perspective. I had lived on my own...

Hell, I'll say it!

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Maybe some of the HSLD Marines here can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that there are some USMC MOS's that send people through BUD/S.
If you just want the school, maybe you could stay in...

Moleskin is kinda of like a squishy sticker. You cut it to go around the problem area (usually a blister). The idea is to raise the area around the problem so that your shoe or whatever rubs the...