Originally posted by apodictic
reply to post by Reaper2137
The Marines ARE better lol. I could lat move to the Army and not have to go through your basic training because I've already completed the toughest recruit training the military has to offer. Try lat moving to the Marines and see if you can do the same. And yes, the world does view Marines differently. We were given the name "Teuffel Hunden" (Devil Dogs) by the Germans during the battle of Belleau Wood in WWI. We took Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadal Canal, and Tarawa, among others in WWII. We played the biggest role in Vietnam by taking Da Nang, Hue, and Khe Sanh. We took Fallujah not once, but TWICE during both Iraq conflicts. Everyone knows the United States Marines, and you can choose to think we're not viewed differently all you want. All I know is when we're engaged, any insurgents know not to stick around and fight with the guys in the MARPAT cammies. There's a reason we have the pride that we do, there's a reason our standards are higher than yours, there's a reason we have the most recognized and well made uniform in the world, and there's a reason that we do not refer to ourselves as "ex Marines" when our service is over. It's cause we're the baddest ass mother #ing fighting force this planet has to offer and we KNOW it. Hate all you want, I don't really care to keep replying to all this off topic #.edit on 3-1-2012 by apodictic because: (no reason given)
Than don't all you have said so far is what the marines did, not what they have become, Most ex marines I know are disgusted by the attitude and lack of discipline of the current corps, BTW a good read would be life in the emerald city, you guys were told twice to back off from Fallujah, you never retook it. As you were called off twice. Nice try there tho, this is what I was talking about, You couldn't hold a candle to your fore, fathers.
You if you are not still in are an Ex Marine, you are nothing compared to the Former marines of past wars, You just stand on the shoulders of great men and pretend you mattered like the rest of the New corps, your nothing. just like your buddy's are nothing.
Sad FACT get over it and move on! and quite whining, because that is all I see, Oh we used to be great, now we can't stop getting kicked out of country's because we can't fallow orders, logic, or common sense.
