Yeah you can quiet college anytime you want, the Marines are always looking for people like this 21 year old whipper snapper who knows it all, and can make decisions on thier own. The Marines need young whippers snappers like that, that is what makes the Marines so good. They just can’t wait to give this young 21 year old whipper snapper a whole new life complete with a fast pace new world view, and new type of fast pace education, free room and board, and a chance to travel the world while at it.(sarcasm alert)
The Marines: Travel to exotic, distant lands; meet exciting, unusual people and kill them.
My son joined the Marine Reserve just out of high school. Did two years in engineering school at VCU on a scholarship before going to Iraq.
He wrote:
“I didn’t join up to be part of some government conspiracy—I joined because I thought it was just one small way that I could contribute to the people of this country... although the discipline didn’t hurt much either.”