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Few, Proud, Remarkable
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| April 23 2004
| Richard Lowry
Posted on 04/22/2004 5:41:03 AM PDT by sean327
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This is the reason we don't need to bring back the draft. These kids will keep comming to Parris Island and San Diego,and the Drill Instructors will keep turning them into Marines, just as they have for 228 years.
Semper Fi
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posted on
04/22/2004 5:41:03 AM PDT
by
sean327
To: sean327
I support the draft but feel that service overseas should be volentary. I have a feeling that many draftees would choose service overseas with a pay increase and a chance to learn new skills.
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posted on
04/22/2004 5:44:46 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
To: sean327
I remember being in Marine Combat Training, a sort of fourth phase after boot camp when Saddam invaded Kuwait in '90. Training took on a much more serious nature after that.
Remember some of these guys that are actually doing the training are reservists now since the regulars have gone to war already.
I can imagine it's much more intense these days.
To: No_Outcome_But_Victory
Has the USMC ever taken draftees ?
To: sean327
Bump
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posted on
04/22/2004 5:57:58 AM PDT
by
m1-lightning
(God, Guns, and Country!)
To: sean327
"From Chicago-born US Marine, Lance Corporal Ryan Christiansen, when asked if he was concerned that a ceasefire would allow Saddamite forces to regroup said: "I really don't care; they're all gonna die."
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posted on
04/22/2004 5:59:09 AM PDT
by
Toespi
(,)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
From what I'm told the Marines always resisted draftees (even during Vietnam). The USMC is very small, only 198,000 when I was in. They don't want any slackers in the ranks. They don't enhance the Esprit De Corps, or add to the mission.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Yep, during Vietnam. The Corps couldn't meet its recruitment quotas and a certain percentage of draftees were assigned to the USMC.
I was a draftee myself. It turned out to be a great experience and left me with a very positive appreciation of the military, and grateful for the opportunity to serve my country.
To: No_Outcome_But_Victory
I am sure the Corp may have resisted taking draftess, but the truth is that during VietNam the Marines were forced to accept draftees to fill out the ranks due to insufficient volunteers. This process usually took place at the induction center.
"Army,Army,Army,Marine,Army,Army,Army,Marine..etc"
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posted on
04/22/2004 6:17:24 AM PDT
by
sargunner
To: sean327
"Who is the father of Marine Corps aviation?" The answer comes back, "A. A. Cunningham, sir." "Who is the father of Marine Corps aviation?" "A. A. Cunningham, sir."That's true.
To: sargunner
Yes, that's true. When ordered, the Commandant must do as he is told. Fortunately, the USMC is a lot better at weeding out the non-hackers than most.
To: sean327
Marine Bump!
Semper Fi, do or die!
Kelly
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posted on
04/22/2004 6:31:08 AM PDT
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1/5 1st Mar Div. Nam 69&70 Semper Fi http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com)
To: A.A. Cunningham
You're pretty old... how'd you do it? :)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Yes.
To: No_Outcome_But_Victory
By the seat of my trousers.
To: No_Outcome_But_Victory
You're right. It was my experience that once a draftee had proven himself to be a fit Marine recruit he was, under most circumstances accepted and the draftee distinction was lost. Whereas in the Army, the volunteer maintained an RA (regular army) designation to distinguish between those on a full term enlistment and those that were drafted. I don't think the same existed in the Corp.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Yes, they stopped drafting in Feb of 70. Of the last recruits to be drafted who were in boot camp at that time a number were in tears when they heard the news (but they made it and graduated). The rest of us volunteers just inwardly smiled (God forbid the drill instructor would have seen us smiling).
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posted on
04/22/2004 6:36:18 AM PDT
by
RJS1950
To: sean327
For all the hardship they deal out, the drill instructors are working as hard as the recruits. They have signed up for brutal hours and physically taxing days. One drill instructor says he tells recruits convinced that their instructor hates them, "If that's so, how come you see him more than his children see him?"
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posted on
04/22/2004 6:36:20 AM PDT
by
Gunner Mike
(Ready on the right? Ready on the left? All ready on the firing line.)
To: sargunner
Heh, heh - I remember that at the induction center. A group of us were already committed to the Corps, but it was priceless to watch a couple of truly long-haired hippie types swoon away when the sergeant said: "all of you odd-numbered maggots, welcome to the Marines".
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posted on
04/22/2004 6:39:05 AM PDT
by
RJS1950
To: RJS1950
Ah, the memories....
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