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im in 3/6

painfully earned my ****ing ass. makes me ****ing sick how pogues pick up soon as they rate a score. real Marines in the infantry have to EARN those stripes:thumbdown

'R&R to Qatar'


whaaaaat???? are you on an extended Marine tour? or just 7 months?

that is ridiculous, i want my R&R!!! been here over 5 months now, a stones throw from where you are...

This happened where I live. same place that the Bible coin controversey happened. what a deployment, jeez...

http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/2008/06/marines-need-yo.html

ha! you guys think you got it hard? before this deployment we went to A.P. Hill in the winter. absolutely bone shattering cold. it was painful to train. we stayed in squadbays though, i guess...

dont cut off your circulation, because then you front sight post will bounce up and down with the beat of your heart. i used to put a hand sanitizer bottle in my cammies sleeve pocket to avoid...

I live and work out of the ECP that this happened at. I personally know the Marine that was involved. To be honest, I am ****ing ****ed. How could he have not known that those coins would **** off...

I heard OCS is all about running, no IT. How and why is that? How long and fast do you run in OCS?

bootcamp was pretty easy, hell by the end of First Phase my D.I.'s were relaxing once in awhile..smokin n' jokin with us. except for the KillHat...that took awhile hahah



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Hey when you get to the Fleet you'll realize how much of bootcamp was straight up BS.

yea get a riggers belt, at least for the field. best $30 i ever spent...

Wow. Wearing your flak or utilities off base (even on a bet) is the most irresponsible thing you could do, you're giving us boots a bad rap....


btw, how do I change my avatar to PFC?

Are you serious???? 3/6 has enough to issue every single one of us PVS14's!

the specs are pretty much the same for any other saw. I carry one but it has the M4 buttstock and a 13.75" barrel. The only downside is that the ACOG is calibrated for a 20" M16A4, and doesn't...

I understand what your trying to say but I've been with my unit in the fleet for a couple months now. The senior Marines and NCO's here are truly teaching and mentoring me more than any SOI...

what company are you in zackmerc? I graduated charlie in september. yea dont **** off the instructors, they are truly *******s. they always seemed like most of them didnt give a **** and showed...

Oh man, if your a grunt....the fleet life is awesome. Because you are either in the field doing cool infantry stuff (well it can be miserable sometimes).....OR your in garrison. In the rear, we don't...

SOI was bull****. yea i know it was just the "Basics", but when I got to the fleet there was a lot of catching up to do knowledge-wise. A lot of what I learned at SOI went straight out the window as...

I am graduating SOI West in two weeks as an 0311. I already know that I am going to 3/6. How is the Camp Lejune area for a young, single Marine? Thanks for any help.



Semper Fi

Don't worry about being denied a Rifleman slot hahahah. Anyone can get 0311, it's the default MOS if you can't get into weapons. If you want weapons there is usually a test, especially 0351. I failed...

So if you're wondering what SOI(ITB/ West) is like I can share some info. I have about 3 weeks left, and I'm an 0311. We got 4 days off for labor day weekend so thats cool. Some pointers..

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I'm not being sarcastic...MCRD SD is pretty nice. I missed it when we were up north at Camp Pendleton. MCRD SD is such a beautiful depot. The weather is perfect year round, the chow is pretty good...

Senior Drill Instructors are cool like that. Prove to them that you are putting out and want to be there...and they will take care of you to their best ability and fight to keep you with the platoon....

but I looove the extra "attention" you get when theres only 49 other recruits than you :D

No really, I miss my DI's a lot. They were Outstanding Marines and damn good role models.

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Trust me, it's no where as close as the real deal. I did the Young Marines thing as a kid and it pales in comparison. All the little things that make a Marine a Marine are absent in the...