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Hardest part... Probably just keeping the mental endurance to stay 100% in the game for 13 weeks straight. The details you will see when you hit the footprints.

As far as MCMAP (Marine Corps...

Start getting used to rolling with the punches; that's one of the things that separated the recruits that did really well from the recruits that had a really hard time.

Almost, if you get some focus and want a little extra opportunity, perhaps pursue an associate's degree at a community college before you enlist. The Corps awards those who enhance themselves, as...

Haha, I don't know if I totally believe that one, but that said, I still think that this is pretty cool. I loved boy scouts, but being a Young Marine would have been way cooler!

The ACLU has its place, and honestly has helped to win some of the landmark cases that secure the rights that we enjoy today (Brown vs. Board of Education being a big one), but the sad fact is that...

PS- That seemed strange at first, but we all know that Christmas is a cultural institution here in the US. I know plenty of Jews and Gnostics who celebrate christmas as a time of general togetherness...

People often forget that Islam is an Abrahamic religion just like Christianity and Judaism. Looking at it from a anthropological standpoint, not a faith based one of course, they all share a very...

Yeah, I already read up on the whole 'no head and neck tats' article. I was planning on the bicep/shoulder area. Thanks for the advice guys!

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the advice.

Yeah, I wouldn't make the fatal mistake of thinking that I'm worthy of putting that on me yet, but I suppose you are right. It would be fun to design that with him.

I am shipping to boot in about a month, (Jan 23) and I am a tattoo junkie. My dad was in the Corps as well, and we are talking about getting a tat together after I get back from the Island. I have...

Yeah, again, sort of divided on this one. It seems like a bit of an overreaction on all sides. One cannot fault a business for trying not to alienate any portion of the clientele, which would account...

It's always sad to see things that are going on outside of a relationship sour it from within. I have many friends who are politically against the war, and some who are against military in general,...

Haha, that's awesome. I mean, of course I'm inclined to say that the Marines are the best, but you know, each branch has a different mission.

The Marines' job is to be...the best.

I dunno, anyone who has read anything I have written on the other topics, particularly the McCain Ammendment thread, knows I'm a little more to the left than I assume that most of the posters on this...

The biggest thing was that it portrayed Marines as having been a lot less disciplined than I have always seen. I mean, it's a good read, but like anything, read it for what it is. Swafford is trying...

Thanks for the words of encouragement.

Haha, yeah man. It just seems to me that people on both sides of the argument have sort of lost touch with what they are yelling about. Not saying "Merry Christmas" isn't going to make people forget...

hrscowboy- Point made. I'll respectfully decline to comment further. You are right, I speak in the abstract and you guys have seen it firsthand.

No, we <i>don't</i> believe that, hrscowboy. We cannot talk out of both sides of our mouth. If the US is going to take the lead and extend the 'beacon of freedom' to these brutal nations, then we...

I have been really torn on this whole thing for a while.
On the one hand, it's important to do anything that we can to slow the insurgency not just by force, but by changing anti-American sentiments...

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0311; the good old standard.