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

Lots of things can change by the time you plan on joining

What ever you do, dont give them your phone number untill you are sure because the recruiters are worse than bill collectors. They will block their number and say anything to get you to join. I had a recruiter ask me " Are you going to listen to your wuss of a dad for your whole life?" so i just laughed at him seeing how my dad was in the navy, and his dad was in the marines and all the recruiter has to do is sit at a desk and make phone calls, hes a manly man alright.

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Originally Posted by kms brown

I had a recruiter ask me " Are you going to listen to your wuss of a dad for your whole life?" so i just laughed at him seeing how my dad was in the navy

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How great would this be if your dad retired at a higher rank than the recruiter...
Have Pops make a quick phone call the the recruiter...
"So... I heard what you told my son, did you refer to me as a wuss?"
"Uh..."
"That would be 'Uhh. SIR!"
:D

lol yeah that would have been great.

I did a few years in the army and I have a lot of mixed feelings. For me, it improved my life, but I still have dreams about the shit 12 years after retirement, and I didn't see near the shit these guys today are going thru. Go into the army or marines now and you're guaranteed a combat tour in some pretty harsh conditions. Just read the Baghdad weather report. It's probably tolerable right now, but in April it will be well over 100 (F).

Its not a good time to join. So dont do it, i'll tell you when.

I guess if joining is what you want to do, have some fun now, but know that your life is gonna change, I smoked a couple occasions while I was in, normally when I went home for a month of leave. But when your in country theres no place for getting high, you gotta have your shit togather and your senses sharp, so be prepared to leave weed behind for awhile. Think of it this way, your gonna have guys in your unit whose life depends on you, so you don't want to get them killed just because your a little slow or stoned. So I say go for it but just say goodbye to getting high for awhile,

I wouldnt do it in a time of war... youll be fighting and killing possibly even innocent people
besides you gotta realize that we're at war for all the wrong reasons

I was in the Coast Guard for five years. I suggest the Coast Guard because you will probably stay in the U.S. away from harm. The war is bullshit anyway. I volunteered to go to Iraq, by the way, but they said I had the wrong qualification.

I agree, the Coast Guard is a wonderful choice. Their peacetime mission is important. I, too, was in the US Coast Guard and really ended up falling in love with the seafaring lifestyle. I'm so glad I had the chance to do that while I was younger.