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    Future of Marine Corps

    Hi there dear fellow Marines

    I been doing some research online and reading up some news in Afghan and would like to get a few opinions from fellow Marines if that's ok with you guys since I am just a wannabe.
    With all the rumors of downsizing the Corps and Afghan combat actions dimming down, is the Corps still deploying troops out to Afghan at this moment? Are overseas jobs pretty limited at this time?

    Thank you very much for your time in advance


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    It's Afghanistan; an Afghan is an oddly quilted blanket, or a person. FYI, an Afghani is a unit of money.

    Combat actions are not dimming down in Afghanistan. Maybe during the nesh, but that's been over with for two months. Certainly not in Helmand Province.

    There are still deployment rotations to Afghanistan, and Marines are still responsible for Helmand Province.

    What type of overseas jobs and in which locations?


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    We're still deploying to Afghanistan and should be at least through 2014 in significant numbers. They want to reduce the number of troops deployed in general, so that number may change rather quickly. They're trying to get the Corps down to 186,000 within the next few years, basically around what it was at before 2001. Nothing too bad, but it'll be harder to get in and re enlist soon but that's expected with less space available.


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    Quote Originally Posted by hussaf View Post
    It's Afghanistan; an Afghan is an oddly quilted blanket, or a person. FYI, an Afghani is a unit of money.

    Combat actions are not dimming down in Afghanistan. Maybe during the nesh, but that's been over with for two months. Certainly not in Helmand Province.

    There are still deployment rotations to Afghanistan, and Marines are still responsible for Helmand Province.

    What type of overseas jobs and in which locations?
    Thank you very much for your input sir and excuse my poor spelling
    Well what I meant by overseas jobs such as being stationed in Okinawa or Mainland Japan as such is what I meant. But again thanks for the info, I just need a reassurance from a fellow Marine becuz I am looking to re-apply to join and with all the rumors spreading around I just want to ask for some advise.



    Quote Originally Posted by Lava Dog View Post
    Don't make the downsizing of the USMC out to be something it is not. The USMC wants to go back to where they were a few years ago, so things really wont change.

    Leaving a country like Afghanistan takes years. So even if the USMC announced they are pulling out today, it takes several years to go through with it.

    Thank you for your time to reply my post Sir, greatly appreciate it.
    Come to think of it, fighting insurgency does take years and for the fact that they don't give up easily (or ever), the reason I brought it up is becuz I wanna re-apply to join and with everythings going on these days, I just want some reassurance from a fellow marine so again thank you for your info sir.



    Quote Originally Posted by Mxzero View Post
    We're still deploying to Afghanistan and should be at least through 2014 in significant numbers. They want to reduce the number of troops deployed in general, so that number may change rather quickly. They're trying to get the Corps down to 186,000 within the next few years, basically around what it was at before 2001. Nothing too bad, but it'll be harder to get in and re enlist soon but that's expected with less space available.
    [b]Thank you for your reply Sir, I just want to get some advise from a fellow Marine due to the fact that I been reading up a lot of news on the reducing in numbers and I wanted to re-apply to join. [b]


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    Quote Originally Posted by Applicant View Post

    from a fellow Marine
    becuz I am looking to re-apply to join
    and with all the rumors spreading around I just want to ask for some advise.






    Thank you for your time to reply my post Sir, greatly appreciate it.
    Come to think of it, fighting insurgency does take years and for the fact that they don't give up easily (or ever), the reason I brought it up is becuz I wanna re-apply to join and with everythings going on these days, I just want some reassurance from
    a fellow marine
    so again thank you for your info sir.





    [b]Thank you for your reply Sir, I just want to get some advise from
    a fellow Marine due
    to the fact that I been reading up a lot of news on the reducing in numbers and I wanted to re-apply to join. [b]


    Swee-pea,,,
    Your PROFILE didn't show that you earned the title of MARINE
    Just how do you figure you are our brother ??????



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    Quote Originally Posted by m14ed View Post

    Swee-pea,,,
    Your PROFILE didn't show that you earned the title of MARINE
    Just how do you figure you are our brother ??????
    Sorry if my words are miss leading Sir, what I meant by Re-Apply is becuz I got DQ'd back in March when I was being processed the whole 9 yards.
    Should of said Re-Try instead of Re-Apply, again sorry for the confusion.


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    I believe what m14ed meant, and he can correct me on this if I'm wrong, is your referrence to "Hi there fellow Marines".
    Since you have not earned the title Marine, you shouldn't be calling us your fellow Marines, you should've just simply said......"Hi there Marines."


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    Forgot to include this post also......


    Quote Originally Posted by Applicant View Post
    Thank you very much for your input sir and excuse my poor spelling
    Well what I meant by overseas jobs such as being stationed in Okinawa or Mainland Japan as such is what I meant. But again thanks for the info, I just need a reassurance from a fellow Marine becuz I am looking to re-apply to join and with all the rumors spreading around I just want to ask for some advise.





    Thank you for your time to reply my post Sir, greatly appreciate it.
    Come to think of it, fighting insurgency does take years and for the fact that they don't give up easily (or ever), the reason I brought it up is becuz I wanna re-apply to join and with everythings going on these days, I just want some reassurance from a fellow marine so again thank you for your info sir.




    [b]Thank you for your reply Sir, I just want to get some advise from a fellow Marine due to the fact that I been reading up a lot of news on the reducing in numbers and I wanted to re-apply to join. [b]



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    Quote Originally Posted by SoftballCatch23 View Post
    I believe what m14ed meant, and he can correct me on this if I'm wrong, is your referrence to "Hi there fellow Marines".
    Since you have not earned the title Marine, you shouldn't be calling us your fellow Marines, you should've just simply said......"Hi there Marines."
    Understood Ma'am, sorry about that I just didn't know better. Thanks for the clarification.


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    We are not dear Marines (we are members of the world's finest fighting force).

    Since you are not one of us, you cannot be a fellow Marine. Get a clue.

    Our current commandant wants to get back to our roots as a small but lethal forward-deployed Naval expeditionay force and leave the large drawn-out operations to the Army. Too many Marines today have never been aboard ship and he wants to change that.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tennessee Top View Post
    We are not dear Marines (we are members of the world's finest fighting force).

    Since you are not one of us, you cannot be a fellow Marine. Get a clue.

    Our current commandant wants to get back to our roots as a small but lethal forward-deployed Naval expeditionay force and leave the large drawn-out operations to the Army. Too many Marines today have never been aboard ship and he wants to change that.
    Thank you for your input sir
    As I apologized many times already that I didn't know better and all i wanted to is to show respect. Have a nice day.


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    For those of you Marines who took extreme offense to my post, I apologize for that. All I wanted was to show some respect here, and I didn't know any better. With that being off my chest, thanks for all the informantion.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Applicant View Post
    For those of you Marines who took extreme offense to my post, I apologize for that. All I wanted was to show some respect here, and I didn't know any better. With that being off my chest, thanks for all the informantion.
    These guys can be a little touchy sometimes but I can assure you that most have pretty thick skins. I'm pretty sure nobody was EXTREMELY offended by anything you said. Just make sure you use proper etiquette before you post. Good luck to you young man.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Swampfox View Post
    These guys can be a little touchy sometimes but I can assure you that most have pretty thick skins. I'm pretty sure nobody was EXTREMELY offended by anything you said. Just make sure you use proper etiquette before you post. Good luck to you young man.
    Thank you for your understanding and advise Sir, you have a nice day.


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    Just some perspective here from my experiences:

    1. During and immediately following a period of "drawdown" commitments of Marine units to overseas contingency operations usually increase.

    2. No one has a crystal ball that can predict when or where Marines will be called upon to conduct combat operations.

    3. The Middle East and portions of Africa are experiencng times of immense turmoil.

    The current administration is beginning to take a hardline stance with Syria. The situation in Libya is in flux. Who knows how things will settle out in Egypt. Yemen has experienced much unrest and repression. The so-called "Arab Spring" is moving into the "Arab Summer" and is more likely headed to brush-fire season. The newly formed nation of South Sudan is liable to be challenged in the coming years. Somalia is as big a disaster as it has ever been, except during this famine the al-Shabab militia is already armed and exerting its influence against UN and African-Union forces. Mind you, there is still North Korea, Iran, China and a whole host of other items that don't make the headlines or the President's Daily Intel Briefing.

    If you enlist today and ship to MCRD tomorrow, you will probably get to the fleet in time to still deploy to Afghanistan. If not, I'm confident that before the end of your initial enlistment you'll be deployed to another unfriendly location where certain local elements would love to put rounds down range at you.


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