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05-28-11, 10:55 PM #16
Kim, I love you. Will you marry Dan.
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05-29-11, 06:32 AM #17
heck in 52 the recruiter never said anything about an mos an no one asked as far as i know we just wanted to be MARINES
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05-29-11, 07:01 AM #18
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05-29-11, 07:13 AM #19
Graduated highschool @ 17, figured i needed to drag my feet four years anyway, BINGO!! Had never heard the term MOS untill the last part of boot when they nicely
informed us there were actually different fields we would all work in other than Infantry. Prior to that, I thought we all had to do what was needed to be done on a daily basis.
There was the Airwing option others had talked about, it wasn't a deal breaker, didn't even enter into the contract. Guess you could just mark "Sucker" on our heads back then compaired to what the kids today are getting.
The "Mothers of America" have pretty much ruined our Corps ........
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05-29-11, 08:09 AM #20
I wanted to pull butts on the flamethrower range or be the dud retreiver at the grenade pit but they both required some college. So I became a successful wireman who never wired and mustang HST/FAC radio operator who never took a written message.
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05-29-11, 08:29 AM #21
I wonder how many would join today if there were no contracts.Suppose that would take us back to the days of the draft.
Greetings!!!!! One word sure to spread terror into the minds and hearts of all 18 yo American males
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05-29-11, 08:42 AM #22
In '69 I remember a wish list my recruiter had me fill out. I chose infantry, tanks, arty, in that order. At the end of boot I got 2841,, ground radio repair. Pretty close, hugh?
Anyone else remember a 'wish list'? Meebe that was just for us 'young' old farts.
Also remember seeing my recruiter twice on the 120 day delay program. Now I think they live together.
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05-29-11, 08:45 AM #23
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05-29-11, 08:48 AM #24
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05-29-11, 09:05 AM #25
I my opinion,,,,,,
The buddy program was a good way to gather more cannon fodder. After all, normally only 1 person gets an idea at a time. So Billy wants to be a Marine but he's kinda nervious about the thing. natural. " Hey, I'll get Mikey to join too". Now Mikey is thinkin WTF??? but ole Billy is my life long sidekick so OK, whatever you say buddy. There you have it. More meat for the freezer bags,,,but I'm a little jaded these days. If we were allowed to do the job back then, I might have a different opinion.
But thats just my opinion.
No, I don't regret my decision, or my service. I'm just as proud as the next jarhead. This is my weekend to do a bunch of stupid thinkin...........
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05-29-11, 09:27 AM #26
Mos??
The answer, as far as I'm concerned is NO, to all of the questions DAN. I do not recall being given an MOS. True. I never paid any attention to it, until I sighned up for this Site. Also True. I had a number of different jobs during my active service time, and negver knew my MOS. My time as an Interior Guard was the longest time I spent in one job. Field Radio was second longest. I liked both jobs, but I liked Radioman best. The guard job got me too close to the chucken-sh*t Feather-merchants. I far preferred Field Officers, or Marine/Navy Pilots. ( You can keep the brownie points DAN, that butter is free.) They were the REAL Marine Corps. Fair Winds, and Following Seas, and Sempre Fidelis, to all of the Brothers and Sisters.
Ken
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05-29-11, 09:42 AM #27
Yes...I joined with my best friend Terry Malone and they confirmed we would go through boot together.
We did get separated after ITR.
He ended up in I/3/5 and we just happened to see each other when I was on Op Colorado and they were passing through our LZ west of Tam Ky near Hiep Duc.
This was just after Op Hastings and the Hill 362 ambush.
Sparkie.....never felt he and I got more grief than any others. BUT....I'm sure we didn't send out any memo to the DI's that we joined together.
We hardly spoke and were not in the same quonset hut.
Time for a refill...
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05-29-11, 09:43 AM #28
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05-29-11, 09:45 AM #29
Mos??
I had a reply all typed out on here, but somehow, I lost it. Oh well. I never paid any attention to my MOS, in fact I have to search hard to remember ever having heard mine. Then I came on this site, and everyone talked about MOS. I still don't pay any attention to it. Dan, My answer to your questions has to be NO, except for the last one. I wanted infantry. I concidered the Guard detail in DC to be the pits, but you play the hand you're dealt. FRair Winds, and S?F!!!
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05-29-11, 09:55 AM #30
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