View Full Version : Who is joining over 25?
showershoe26
03-04-04, 01:00 PM
Hey guys just curious if there are any other recruits over 25?!!!
Personal Quote-
Favorite color? = camouflage!
Favorite food? = the enemy!!!:eek: :devious: :evilgrin:
not over 25, but we ship on the same day, and will be in the same company... Just thought you'd like to get to know a friendly face
showershoe26
03-04-04, 01:15 PM
Whats up Jesse!!!
Cant wait to meet all my fellow brothers in hell!!
I see your from Wisconsin,long............. bus ride!
jay2120
03-04-04, 03:44 PM
I am 22 so Were close to age I will be there a week after you. How r your run times these 18 year olds can run like the wind I feel so much older.
I'm 22, and I am getting about 10:30 on my run....
These kids are slow...
showershoe26
03-04-04, 05:32 PM
hey jay2120,
my run time is about 13min
anything under 13:30 for 1-1/2miles will get you started
good luck and I'll see you there!-(I'll be the bald 26yr old trying not to get quarterdecked every 10 minutes.:yes:
hound79
03-06-04, 11:46 PM
i'll be 25 when i ship.
Shower shoe you still might want to get that run time down to ten something before you ship
SSgtOfMarines
03-07-04, 03:17 PM
13 minutes at the mile and a half marker?
If I get to the half way point any slower then 10 minutes im ready to kill myself.
Oh, and im 28........ with a jacked up back and shin splints :)
Osotogary
03-07-04, 03:51 PM
SgtOfMarines,
I'm pushing towards 59.
I don't run for time. I just run (more like jog) to run (jog).
I can't stand running or jogging around a track.
My hat's off to all of you.
SSgtOfMarines
03-07-04, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by Osotogary
SgtOfMarines,
I'm pushing towards 59.
I don't run for time. I just run (more like jog) to run (jog).
I can't stand running or jogging around a track.
My hat's off to all of you.
bro, I hate running with a passion. Believe me, if I didn't have to, I wouldnt.
btw, where in S Fl are you?
Osotogary
03-07-04, 05:03 PM
SgtOfMarines,
Miramar. North of Miami, south of Ft.Lauderdale.
SSgtOfMarines
03-07-04, 05:21 PM
We'll have to get together the next time I go home on leave. Im 5 minutes from 595. Sunrise to be exact
Osotogary
03-07-04, 05:45 PM
I look forward to meeting you. Give me a couple of days to get the house "squared away" and all of my running shoes put away.
LOL
A good friend of mine, who was with Recon in Beruit, also lives in Sunrise. Maybe you gents know one another.
showershoe26
03-07-04, 11:29 PM
My father still lives in the best fishing hole in the southern United States........Okeechobee,Florida.
Not to far from you guys!
Osotogary
03-08-04, 05:34 AM
showershoe26,
There are also some neat campsites around that area. Say hello to your father for me and best wishes to you on your quest to become a U.S. Marine.
marinemom
03-08-04, 05:37 AM
showershoe26,
My son was 25 in October, shipped the following March. His run time was about 10 minutes, and it improved a lot...courtesy of the Drill Instructors, lol.
One of his advantages - according to him - was a higher level of maturity making him able to do his studying better than some of the younger recruits, and to be able to handle some of the other things a bit better. He was also able to help some of the teens to handle to boot camp stress a bit better.
His one problem? He got the nickname "Pappy" from some of his younger platoon members - and if he runs into them now, he is still called that.... not a bad thing.... but embarrassing, according to him, to have it shouted at you from 10 feet away as you head into the chow hall, lol.
mdshoreboy
03-12-04, 12:36 AM
I just turned 23 myself. Definitely wish I followed up on the recruiters back when I was still 18, but I guess it took me this long before I realized this is what I want to do.
JBrac420
03-12-04, 07:25 AM
I joined after college @ 22 and felt down right elderly compared to the 17 and 18 y/olds around me. In retrospect I think it was good for me to go later because at 18 I don't know if I had the maturity to follow through. Maybe the DI's would have brought it out of me... who knows?
jasultan
03-12-04, 11:20 AM
Showershoe26,
I was 27 when i shipped out. Feel free to ask ne questions that you might have.
riverrat47
03-23-04, 09:32 PM
Showershoe,
Get a pair of Nikes. I think those showershoes are the problem!
Seriously, get into the best shape you can. Run and PT untill you cant do anymore, then do some more. It pays.
I've been out of the Corps for over 30 years but still remember the pain of going into Boot Camp out of shape.