Less than a month....

[LiquidCourage]

Today I filled out my "30 day Pre-Ship" papers. In less than a month I leave for Parris Island, South Carolina, for Marine Corps boot camp. It's gonna be rough, but full of memories none the less.

[MizzleTizzle]

I think thats great. And as bad as it might get, basic at least ends after a number of weeks.

And you're joining what ranks as one of the Most exclusive Fraternaties in Modern History. Semper Fidelis carry on. Get some addresses from here. Believe me there are people here who LOVE to Write. :)

This message was edited by MizzleTizzle on 1-4-04 @ 4:32 AM

[LiquidCourage]

Maybe I will write a few. Haven't posted here often in a long time, so I'm not exactly part of "the crew".

Anyway, I'm looking forward to it. After Parris Island, I go to Camp Lejune, North Carolina for Infantry training. Then I go to my school in Pensacola Florida (just in time for the summer). A guy who had the same job as me, and who went to the same school, told me that the next town over from Pensacola is Panama Beach (the spring break town). He said his school was a blast. 10 minute ride and it's Cancun.

[reeshy]

Speaking as a veteran and fellow warrior, I have just one thing to say......HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!


Seriously, good luck to you !!! It's probably one of the momentous things that you can do with your life. You will carry whatever you learn with you for the rest of your life. You will always be different from the rest of the herd!!!

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This message was edited by Tall_James on 1-4-04 @ 9:23 AM

[furie]

what crew? i've been here 2 1/2 years and i'm on the outside.

Good Luck!


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"Faith is beliveing what you know isn't true." A.C. Clarke

[MizzleTizzle]

You will carry whatever you learn with you for the rest of your life. You will always be different from the rest of the herd!!!



I now seriously regret not going, if only for the exact experience listed above. Sure it can be brutal, but look what it did for Reeshy! Hey, you do get a relaity check, and in a good way. Your own relaity, what it's like to have to be in the present moment on demand; something very few non ex-mili have.

For the record, I was in college thinking it sucked and took the ASVAB and when the recruiter called my Dad, at the time a USMC Lt. Col; was like, no. No way. You're getting a degree. And since he was paying much of the tuition; I said ok. He later said, the experience is worth it, but it was a bit dangerous when he was in, so he didn't want a dead son.

Like I said before, I never met a more anti-war guy in my life; or one that garnered more respect. He flew the flag that sits 5 feet from me; the USMC flag, and all the time, people [they lived near Belmar; think many bars with Mili and Civi peeps]are ringing the door, and asking for him, and when they find his rank, these guys can;t sir and salute him enough.

Part of it sounds gay, but read about the history of these guys, I mean what the Marines have done, and I'm just blown the F away. You ever read of those island campaigns? Guadalcanal? Iwo Jima? They made Omaha Beach at Normandy seem small-time. The japanese simply would not surrender, and they died in horrific numbers, taking horrific numbers of USMC also.

For me, courage isn't someone who has conquered the fear of something. It's the Joe Schmo, that, through that most powerful tool of Discipline, being scared shitless in a situation that would boggle the human mind, and still doing his job, all the time being scared shitless.

And believe me, I wish that these events never happened. ever.

You should see my parade rest!

[stickyfingers]

good for you....one my best friends from high school is a marine. He did it and he is now one the most incredible human beings I know. Was voted class clown in high school. I think now they would have to reconsider that title...Thanks Brian



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jrich is quite a guy

[DJEvelEd]

Can't you Marines talk out your problems before going *BLAAU* *BLAAU* *BOOM*

(Ohhh, you got me)

Good Luck and keep those nasty sand fleas out yo ass!

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[TheMojoPin]

My best friend in middle school was the world's biggest screwup. Then he joined the Marines after high school (Like his dad) and now he's working in the Pentagon (Like his dad). Those leathernecks did him good.

And you're a braver man than I for just signing up in the first place. Good luck!

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[The_Fat_Mole]

Do you really wana live in a room with 40 other guys for what ever amount of time you signed up for?

[TheMojoPin]

And there aren't any stalls around the toilets, are there? That's honestly the dealbreaker for me.

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[Snoogans]

you're smart. by the time your ready for action, itll be over. and then you'll get to stay and help this country which we should be doin more of

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[gypsy]

They don't have toilet stalls? Not even just on the side. Just bowls on the wall? Is it gay if your knee touches the guys knee next to you.

"I Whupped Batman's Ass" Wesley Willis R.I.P

[furie]

Is it gay if your knee touches the guys knee next to you.


only if you introduce yourself afterwards.


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[TheMojoPin]

Toilets along the walls, and then I think rows of them in the middle of the room, too.

ANARCHY!!!

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[LiquidCourage]

I just found out that I get a "National Defense Medal" for signing up during a time of war. Sweet, I'm already racking up the awards.

[Snoogans]

wow thats kinda phat. all you get for signing up to football is a physical

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Thanks Fluff
The BCS is a fuckin crock of shit
The Heisman voters have about as much knowledge of things as dexter manly had ability to read
Snoogans 1, Monitor 0

[high fly]

Good one, LC!




Since no one has said it, I will:


Join the Marines!

Visit exciting, exotic foreign lands!

Meet exciting, exotic foreign people!

And kill them!







" and they ask me why I drink"

[MizzleTizzle]

A Little info on the real guy behind Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, shown above; pretty impressive resume, I'd say, and I'm not even talking after service.

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Full name: Ronald Lee Ermey
Born: 24 March 1944, Emporia, Kansas, USA.
Service : United States Marine Corps 1961 - 1972
Status: Retired
Rank: E-7 Honorary Gunnery Sergeant


Ermey spent eleven years in the Marine Corps, Two of which were spent as being a Drill Instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, India Company 3rd Recruit Training Battalion 1965-67, Arrived in Vietnam in 1968 spending 14 months attached to Marine Wing Support Group 17 and 2 tours in Okinawa.

He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was medically retired for injuries received. Using G.I. Bill benefits, Ermey enrolled at the University of Manila in the Philippines, where he studied drama. Francis Ford Coppola was filming "Apocalypse Now" in the area and cast Ermey in a featured role.

He has since gone on to star or appear in approximately forty films.

A Golden Globe nominee and Boston Society of Film Critics Award-winner for Best Supporting Actor in director Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket", his numerous roles in feature film

include: "Switchback", starring opposite Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover, "Dead Man Walking", "Seven", "Leaving Las Vegas", "Murder In The First", "Life", "The Frighteners" and "Sommersby" as well as his critically acclaimed role opposite Jared Leto in "Prefontaine". He continues doing numerous voice over roles which span from "The Simpsons" to "Toy Story"(1 and 2)Watch Lee each week on his NEW show, MAIL CALL, on The History Channel. Lee most recently starred in "Saving Silverman", with Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Amanda Peet.

[FUNKMAN]

LQ,

Best Of Luck!

Funkman

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