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    Listen, dont look

    The only time you might ever look a drill instructor in the face is during a class or something. If he's in your face you should be looking dead ahead. I always took a "focused" thousand-yard stare...
  2. The funny thing to me is... How can you make...

    The funny thing to me is... How can you make history politically correct? It wasn't! Women had little rights. Slaves had none! Native Americans were kicked right out of their ancestrial...
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    First of all... you will not "wake up early,"...

    First of all... you will not "wake up early," especially not to excercise. Although pt during nightly free time is encouraged. Crunches and the like can conceivably be done in the rack, though your...
  4. Thread: help

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    That's a Negative

    I wouldn't bring them. In fact, dont bring them unless you've been told to specifically because everything you bring with you will be taken as soon as you arrive. From what I saw when I was in...
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    Whoa, That really means a lot Echo. I...

    Whoa, That really means a lot Echo. I appreciate it. Glad to be aboard Sixguns. I sure did have a lot of questions when I was getting started but thanks to you I had a lot of answers too ;) As...
  6. Thread: Swim Qual

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    mmmmmm... chow...

    lurchenstein, I must say Marine Corps chow is freakin' awesome. They especially know how to do it over at 3rd Bn ;) . Let me see, for breakfast i'd have me some Lucky Charms cereal, fruit, bread,...
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    Thanks to everyone! I'm really looking forward...

    Thanks to everyone! I'm really looking forward to helping out some of these poolies :)
  8. Thread: Swim Qual

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    I had my swim qual training about 6 weeks ago...

    I had my swim qual training about 6 weeks ago (I'm on boot leave at the moment). When I went through, cws 4 was swimming a short distance and then they'd teach you different ways to float by...
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    Newest 3rd Bn Marine

    Hello to all the poolies and especially to all my new brothers and sisters out there :marine:. I just graduated from 3rd Bn Kilo Company on the 25th and I've got about 8 days of boot leave left to...
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    silver at boot camp !

    Hello everyone,
    This is anthony's mom. Just wanted to let you know he is doing fine at boot camp. If his letters are to be believed.Thank you for being there for my son. i appreciate it. Hope to...
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    Time's tickin' down

    Thanks a lot friends. As I find the hour approaching, I am hoping that in a few short (god-awful and miserably long-suffering) weeks I'll be calling you all brothers. Another thing I hope is that...
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    Well, The Time Has Come...

    I'm shipping out this Monday 01/27/03 and I just wanted to thank everyone on this site for all the help, enjoyment, and encouragement I've gotten from reading all of your posts. I first joined this...
  13. Thread: Top Shooter

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    I was fortunate enough to have read _Flags of Our...

    I was fortunate enough to have read _Flags of Our Fathers_ as part of an honors sociology class at USF this past fall. It's a great book. I found the thought staggering when, after having read the...
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    What a great story. lmao

    What a great story. lmao
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    Wow

    Uplifting, plain and simple. Thx for the link. :thumbup:
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    Im not an official poolee till this friday, but I...

    Im not an official poolee till this friday, but I started working out with the guys yesterday. From what I can tell, the recruiters run with us two to three times a week. A couple of the new...
  17. Thread: Poolee Logo

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    The flag

    I'm in the process of getting med consults right now, but when i first heard the idea for a poolee logo i just thought... "gimme a break" The flag is good enough for me any day, even after i earn my...
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    The Field

    I think pretty much every student who has sat in the bleachers of their football field has thought the same exact thing. There is no way a bomber could blow up the whole school... so lets just take...
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    That's cool. I had thought about that myself......

    That's cool. I had thought about that myself... I wonder what it actually entails? but like i said in my above post... I'll be with an amphibious assault vehicle unit to start with while im in the...
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    I'm a little shocked to see that there havent...

    I'm a little shocked to see that there havent been any more replies to this thread, from POOL'ee's and DEP's in the last... month? Let us know about ur plans :rambo:
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    My story...

    I am 18 yrs old and went to MEP's a couple weeks ago. I got a 96 on the ASVAB. The doctor wants to see a CAT scan and get a psych evaluation before he lets me proceed with enlistment, because the...
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    Reserve GI Bill

    They dont take anything out of your pay like they do in the active duty program, but then again you dont get as much either. Im not sure if your monthly and GI Bill checks are separated or if they...
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    Reserve GI Bill

    That's cool, I was beginning to think i was the only one wanting to do something like this. I'm not doing the 92-k plan though. I'm going to just go to boot around january and be done with MOS...
  24. Thread: Promotion

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    Infantry

    By infantry officers, do you mean 03's? or specifically 0331's? Do you think mobile infantry like LAV's 0313, or AAV's would be rated as highly in that regard? Secondly, will my reserve experiece...
  25. Thread: Promotion

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    Promotion

    I know that it's up to you to make your career, but with that said, is there any way to figure out how high a rank you can expect achieve if you were an avg or better marine officer with a few years...
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