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I always worried about pull-ups too as a poolee....
I always worried about pull-ups too as a poolee. The best thing I can tell you on how to improve them is to just do them more and more everyday. I have heard of people putting a pull-up bar in a...
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11-12-11, 09:44 AM
Thread: Questions?
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Hardest part of boot camp was probably being away...
Hardest part of boot camp was probably being away from my family. I was pretty homesick during first phase, but as time goes on you get used to being there. It seemed to be a pretty common trend...
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11-09-11, 04:54 PM
Thread: Questions?
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Questions?
Hey poolees, I've just returned from Parris Island last Friday, and I'll be glad to help anyone out who has questions about recruit training (without giving away too many "surprises").
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07-23-11, 01:54 PM
Thread: Poolee IST/PFT Stats
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Last IST before the pre-ship IST! Pull-ups: 17...
Last IST before the pre-ship IST!
Pull-ups: 17
Crunches: 98
1.5 Run: 10:55 (it was definitely longer than 1.5 haha)
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07-20-11, 04:05 PM
Thread: Poolee IST/PFT Stats
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Personally the only way I seemed to get better at...
Personally the only way I seemed to get better at pull-ups was to just do more pull-ups. I've been recently doing them more with palms out so my numbers have been going up on the IST luckily.
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07-16-11, 08:53 AM
Thread: Finally Back
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Congrats Marines!
Congrats Marines!
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07-12-11, 09:35 PM
Thread: Getting referrals.....
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Sometimes if I'm up for it, I'll head to the mall...
Sometimes if I'm up for it, I'll head to the mall and try to talk to some prospects (damn it's hard to pick people out) and attempt to get them to fill out a contact card and have my recruiter call...
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07-10-11, 01:36 PM
Thread: Shipping out Tomorrow.
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Good luck man, kill!
Good luck man, kill!
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06-26-11, 09:38 PM
Thread: Earned the Title.
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Grats Marine.
Grats Marine.
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06-24-11, 09:07 PM
Thread: Class of 2011 Poolee's
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Oh right, I graduated yesterday haha. Westwood...
Oh right, I graduated yesterday haha.
Westwood High School
Washington Township, NJ
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06-23-11, 11:29 AM
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I hear what you're saying, but I agree with...
I hear what you're saying, but I agree with Alexander here; I feel all Marines have served their country regardless of MOS or whether they have been in combat or not.
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06-21-11, 06:37 PM
Thread: Poolee IST/PFT Stats
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Took another IST today for some reason: ...
Took another IST today for some reason:
Pull-ups: 15
Crunches: 101
1.5 Run: 9:09 (It was a bit shorter than a mile and a half though)
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06-21-11, 01:27 PM
Thread: Poolees, what's your fav band/song?
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Pearl Jam, Metallica, Disturbed, Muse, Led...
Pearl Jam, Metallica, Disturbed, Muse, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against, Linkin Park, The Doors just to name a few. If anyone's got Last.fm I'm at...
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06-19-11, 01:58 PM
Thread: The Intel Poolee Thread
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Wow nice post, that's a lot of good info. Makes...
Wow nice post, that's a lot of good info. Makes me wonder how far they are into my clearance investigation (signed the contract in March). Not gonna lie 0231 sounds right up my alley from all I've...
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06-19-11, 08:59 AM
Thread: Earned my title.
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Congrats Marine!
Congrats Marine!
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According to a Marine I recently spoke to who...
According to a Marine I recently spoke to who just came home from boot, they are all issued to you in and at the end of boot (service, dress, MARPAT), but they of course come out of your pay.
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06-17-11, 03:30 PM
Thread: The Intel Poolee Thread
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Yeah I'm not worried at all about getting it, in...
Yeah I'm not worried at all about getting it, in fact I really hope that the MOS I get requires it because it's a really valuable asset to you one you leave the Marine Corps.
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06-16-11, 09:29 PM
Thread: The Intel Poolee Thread
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From what I've heard, the clearance is...
From what I've heard, the clearance is granted/denied way before MOS school (I think shortly after the interview for said clearance in boot camp), so if it was denied, the new Marine would know of it...
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06-16-11, 09:18 PM
Thread: New here, having a job in the DEP
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As the others have suggested, it shouldn't be a...
As the others have suggested, it shouldn't be a problem, but definitely make it a priority to attempt to get to PT and pool functions as I've seen many poolees who don't come regularly and it really...
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06-16-11, 09:14 PM
Thread: The Intel Poolee Thread
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Yeah hearing the intel roles on finding/killing...
Yeah hearing the intel roles on finding/killing Osama was pretty damn awesome. And yes, the data that comes through intel definitely supports infantry in the field! Gotta love that.
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06-15-11, 11:28 PM
Thread: Tattoos after Earning the Title
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Possibly a bulldog and USMC under said dog... Not...
Possibly a bulldog and USMC under said dog... Not quite sure yet, but definitely looking forward to it.
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06-15-11, 11:27 PM
Thread: The Intel Poolee Thread
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Yes luckily I do have my contract secured, it was...
Yes luckily I do have my contract secured, it was a DD contract so I'm hearing I'm probable to land 0231 but who knows for sure.
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06-15-11, 08:23 AM
Thread: The Intel Poolee Thread
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The Intel Poolee Thread
Haven't seen too many topics on intelligence (02xx, 26xx) lately, so let's all gather 'round and talk about what MOS you hope to land and why you picked intel! :thumbup:
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06-04-11, 02:07 PM
Thread: Poolee IST/PFT Stats
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I blame the lack of much progress to being sick...
I blame the lack of much progress to being sick for the last two weeks of May.. :P
Pull-ups: 13
Crunches: 89
1.5 Run: 9:45
One more pool function before I'm out to boot camp. :thumbup: -
05-07-11, 12:31 PM
Thread: Poolee IST/PFT Stats
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This month: Pull-ups: 12 Crunches: 89 1.5...
This month:
Pull-ups: 12
Crunches: 89
1.5 Run: 10:46 (we ran as with 4 man teams so it held some back)
3 months from tomorrow and I'm out to boot. Stay moto fellow poolees!
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