View Full Version : Feeling stuck
Brand0n
10-04-17, 07:38 PM
I loved boot. Liked mct. And all that junk. But now I'm at mos school waiting to pick up. Got news that I now have to wait another 2 weeks because of peters principle.(probably not the marines in...
Kegler300
10-04-17, 07:47 PM
It's not easy being a Marine. Being in the training pipeline is just a process that you will eventually get through. Once you enter the fleet, you will look back and tell yourself it was worth it. We're here anytime you feel the need to vent your frustrations as many of us have experienced the same feelings during our enlistments in the Marine Corps. Probably our most famous motto is, "Hurry up and wait."
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Brand0n <br />
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Feeling stuck <br />
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2 weeks because of peters principle. <br />
(probably not the ((m))arines in charge probably did the job to a T but it just feels that way)
Brand0n
10-05-17, 12:34 PM
Thank you to m14ed and kegler300. Both of those replies really helped kind to put things into perspective. Ill take the advice. (And watch my grammer) thank you.
advanced
10-05-17, 12:45 PM
it could be arranged for you to recieve a shipment or
two with your drinking water shipped to you
in recycled 5 gallon fuel cans....
In case you don't know what the recycled 5 gallen fuel cans mean, in the Nam they used to ship water out to us in 55 gallon drums that had in the past been used to transport diesel fuel. When filling your canteen from these drums you had to dunk it down deep to escape the slick on top, but it always tasted like diesel. Just saying.
TravisS32
10-07-17, 05:25 AM
Youll be fine, trust me. The fleet is so much better than the school house. You still have all the BS that everybody hates, but you are treated like an adult until you give somebody a reason to not treat you that way. Just keep your head up and push forward.
Russ consider yourself lucky please <br />
-for a number of reason - <br />
1, they didn't charge deposit for the drums <br />
2, they didn't make you sign for it <br />
3, they didn't use empties from A/orange- <br />
or...
advanced
10-08-17, 08:28 AM
Thanks Ed, you make sense out of what I always thought was senseless. You've make my day with your clarity from your brightly shining light of wisdom.
Zulu 36
10-08-17, 09:07 AM
Well, there is obviously a change in attitude with new Marines these days. After I finished ITR (that would be the equivalent of MCT to boots), I was sent to truck driver's school. The schoolhouse was full and the bunch of us were divvied up and assigned to one of two places, either the Area Guard or mess duty. I got mess duty. No new classes were forming for a month. It's a *****, but oh well.
I spent two weeks on mess duty and had to get my father to die so I could get out of it. I got back from emergency leave just in time to join my scheduled class otherwise I would have been on mess duty for God knows how much longer as my class was the last one until after Christmas/New Years.
My point is, waiting for your class to form happens all of the time and has happened many, many times in the past. I expect it will continue into the future. Stuff happens. Embrace the suck. Be glad they don't have mess duty any more.
advanced
10-08-17, 12:59 PM
BrandOn, which boot camp did you go through, I notice that you are a Marine friend. Who are you?
Well, there is obviously a change in attitude with new Marines these days.
After I finished ITR (that would be the equivalent of MCT to boots), I was sent to truck driver's school.
The schoolhouse was full
and the bunch of us were divvied up
and assigned to one of two places,
either the Area Guard or mess duty.
I got mess duty.
No new classes were forming for a month.
It's a *****, but oh well.
I spent two weeks on mess duty and
had to get my father to die
so I could get out of it.
I got back from emergency leave
just in time to join my scheduled class
otherwise
I would have been on mess duty for
God knows how much longer
as my class was the last
until after Christmas/New Years.
My point is,
waiting for your class to form happens all of the time
and has happened many, many times in the past.
I expect it will continue into the future. Stuff happens.
Embrace the suck.
Be glad they don't have mess duty any more.**
***** THREAD HiJACK ALERT ****************
Mess Duty was such a good education if you look
back on it...
I don't know how anyone made fun of them dudes-
Mess cooks i mean,
Can't tell you just how many times they saved my
life from having to eat another MRE