Looking To Join US Military/Marines, help! (not sure where else to put this)

As of today I fucked myself out of a union job, prior to this I was considering joining the military but wanted to see if the union would work out first. As is hasn't I was wondering if theres any potheads on here who have served in the military or are serving and if they can give me any tips or share some experiences so i know what I am getting myself into (not sure if it is final yet). As well as some advice on what not to get into, and what is best suited for what types of people.

Please i would appreciate it if this was kept only to those with experience in the military and not just people opinions on weather its a good idea or any of that crap. I have that decision to make on my own.

Happy Tokage Eveyone :rastasmoke:

How come you already got a red dot? LOL

I was in the Marines and the Army and the National Guard..In the Infantry in all 3..
DO NOT go into these services and become an Infantryman...Unless you like to KILL, be killed or injured or love crazy adventure..remember we are in a time of war and you will go there. if you want to go to war, join those..if not, then you should consider the Air force or the Navy..maybe even the Coast Guard..Good luck and dont die.

i was in he army , m1 tanker , so i got to serve on the lines with the squishies (infantry, because they squish as you run them over) but i toked the whole time i was in execpt for basic of course. make and become good freinds with your drug and alchohol nco. he will be able to give you a heads up when ever your gonna have to take a piss test. also dont sweat the test at the meps station, i was hot for mine and they " lost custody of the sample" so i just had to take another.

if you want to stay out of combat go into postal or supply. tanks, infantry, artillary, engineers, medics, truck drivers, mechanics, recovery get to see combat.

if your lookin to travel and see some foreign country join the army or the airforce. they have bases all over the world. where as marine and navy just get to see the ports and dont always get off the ship

good luck and have some fun

I respect your courage, but what are you fighting for?

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Originally Posted by yokinazu

i was in he army , m1 tanker , so i got to serve on the lines with the squishies (infantry, because they squish as you run them over) but i toked the whole time i was in execpt for basic of course. make and become good freinds with your drug and alchohol nco. he will be able to give you a heads up when ever your gonna have to take a piss test. also dont sweat the test at the meps station, i was hot for mine and they " lost custody of the sample" so i just had to take another.

if you want to stay out of combat go into postal or supply. tanks, infantry, artillary, engineers, medics, truck drivers, mechanics, recovery get to see combat.

if your lookin to travel and see some foreign country join the army or the airforce. they have bases all over the world. where as marine and navy just get to see the ports and dont always get off the ship

good luck and have some fun

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good advice on being cool with the drug and alcohol NCO...they always told us a month ahead of time when there was a random..I pretty much smoked the whole time I was in the Army too. Never popped on a test either.

Man... my own advice is to re-read everything people already said... again and again... then think if its REALLY what you want to...
Do you want to give your life in a war started by someone like bush? Are your life so worthless? Are you so dumb? Or what?

Yeah, don't enlist then decide it was a mistake when they're shipping your ass to Iraq.
Because they will, they basically have no regards for your life, you're there to fight, and you will fight.

Think this through, for your and your family's sake.

They don't cal marines Jarheads for nothing.

If you really want to then go for it.

Just don't be fooled by all these attractive looking brochures etc. that they give you about military life. They make it seem glam and fun for obvious reasons - otherwise nobody would join!

A few of my mates are in the army and they cannot wait to get out, they have made good friends. But they are treated like shit day in-day out.

Just think long and hard man...

I thought about joining the marines...but im a daily smoker... so i couldn't NOW be fit enough to run and stuff...but i used too...before i started smoking. I always wanted to be the military...but i dont agree over the war... support the troops though!