“They are representing the Corps and if they do abuse that right, they will face someone like me later.”
Then I guess you missed reading the first line of the thread that said they were doing it for themselves and the Corps was not even mentioned except as an excuse for attention to them.
And if you are the one they answer to then you should be talking to them for approaching it publically the way they did. And you above others should understand that coming directly from their first and only connection with the military and placing them into a display of success on such a small level if they are asked questions and they shouldn’t be displayed as a source of answer.
I apologize for using the wrong terminology for training but only the Navy and Maries use boot. The Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard use basic training. Most people don’t know the difference between the army and the marine corps. So sometimes it is easier to use a terminology they might know more. Army and Air Foce basic training lasts 8 weeks (9 if you count 1 week of getting shots, uniforms, and everything else they put you thru that first week). The Marines have 12 weeks of boot camp and the Navy has basic training.
https://www.navy.com/sites/default/files/2018-03/bootcamp-brochure_0.pdf
So the question I ask is, after 12 weeks of boot do you think the boot with nothing more than boot knowledge is prepared as well as troops that have been in training at tech schools and practical experience? I would hope not. So having them go into the spotlight of representation of the Corps, which they never were doing anyway, is foolish at best. And you’re right, they should be councelled.
“All you jealous, nit-picking, non-Marines are just looking for any excuse at all to put a damper on the courage, dedication and patriotism of these young men.
Too bad about you, I guess...”
I hope you take the time to understnd you do not know who you are talking to. I worked with the Marines in Vietnam, Serbia, north Africa, Granda, and retired from, the DOD while in direct support of Combat Logistics Battalion 23. At no time did I use any excuse at all to put a damper on the courage, dedication and patriotism of these young men. Just their innocent inexperienced desire to display themselves and not the Corps. And, BTW, you forgot to mention the same qualities of the women in that branch as they even have a better retention percentage than the men.
Sorry you missed them.
wy69
So if I tell you what the Marine Corps policy is on the wearing of the uniform, you should take it as Gospel.
The Marine Corps encourages Marines to wear their Dress Blues at social events, because when more young people see these young men in uniform, yet more young people want to join us. And while I'm expounding, Marines that have graduated from Boot Camp are considered full-fledged Marines, not recruits anymore. As was once explained to me just after I graduated, no Marine is better than another: some are given respect because of their high position of responsibility but they are no better: there may even be five minutes or so when you will be the most important Marine in the world - so when you render honors to a senior Marine, he must return that respect back to you equally.
As far as your jibe about women Marines, they are wonderful and capable Marines, but I reserve judgment about their use in infantry combat. Infantry is organized murder and distractions will be fatal.