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Well I don't think you can get USAA yet unless they take your current enlistment documents. You'd have to check. But USAA has basically the best rates and customer service ever, myself and others can't sing their praises enough and VERY military friendly.
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As far as some random army ssgt's comments on USMC rifle qual, I couldn't care less. We're issued weapons with acogs on them; it doesnt make sense to train with irons, and then go to combat with acogs. "Train how you fight." But that's none of my business... Last edited by Psybain; 09-12-2014 at 7:12 PM.. |
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95% Mental 5% Physical
Congrats on electing to join the Marines. Good job on getting physically ready for bootcamp. Keep up the running,
Like others have mentioned, alot of the DI's play mind games to get everyone on the same page, if not you'll be grinding away in a patch of dirt doing push ups, leg lifts, side straddle hops( jumping jacks), running in place, ect... take your pick. You would be surprised how recruits **** up simple orders...ITS ****ING COMEDY! Funny moment for me was during 2nd phase after range training, the platoon was moving slow so one of the DI's had the whole platoon walking around barracks like ducks and quacking I was in MCRD in San Diego in summer of 94, very hot during that time. Yes in the 1st 3 days you will get little sleep due to medical processing, picking up gear, and paperwork. My advice... follow orders in the fastest way possible. And welcome to working parties. Good luck |
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(Disclaimer: I was Army Infantry, not a Marine)
After days and days of the same thing (being yelled at and getting smoked) I started volunteering for everything because I liked some variety and mystery in the painful/disgusting/boring thing I was going to have to do. Sometimes it paid off, like the time I had to stay up and clean the Drill Sgt's office after lights out but he let my partner and I watch porn the whole time. Or the night I had to go "do something" for the Sgt. Major, which turned out to be him telling us to watch tv all night until he needed us, then he fell asleep in his office, woke up and sent us back with a coin "for our help" lol. Or sometimes its something that changes your career like volunteering for airborne school. I don't think I would have been offered that if I didnt just always volunteer for stuff. Also, when you are made an example of, try to let the other guys get some humor out of it. Do everything fast, mess up, get smoked, laugh about it later, submit to training and enjoy having a platoon and company of new brothers. If you are strong in something, help out some guys that are weaker instead of ridiculing them. Try not to fall into gossip groups and sewing circles, get to know everyone because you might be put in a leadership position. Also, don't get down on guys if they mess up, its training, you are all there to break bad habits and get new ones, have some grace for those guys because 14 weeks does not make your career. Here is one game the DSs played on us. They picked on one guy, smoked us and blamed him for it all the time, like "Jones can't march right so start pushing" or "Jones can't blah blah so do mountain climbers" or "thats not he position of attention Jones run 2 laps" and so on, then a while later, they had us rank the lowest 3 and top 3. Guess who was on almost everyone's lowest 3? Well, it was a test, that guy wasn't really doing anything wrong, in fact he was a pretty decent trainee, but no one was really paying attention to him just what the DS were saying. As a group we weren't helping our brother, just letting him fail. I tried to give the guy a chance because I had more life experience, and I didnt list him, but I wrote some about how I know the other guys are listing him and I that I didnt agree. After that the DS pulled me in for a meeting and I thought I was in some big poop. He told me I was the only one to advocate for him and defend him and one of a few that didnt list him as a bottom 3, and that I could watch 5 minutes of porn. So the moral is, if you are a good recruit, you might get to watch some porn. Last, I would get some sleep. I don't see the point for practicing sleep deprivation, I don't think its the kind of thing you can get used to. Trust me, you'll wake up and get out of bed every day before the lights come on, you'll be really tired, but you'll get up immediately and its not because you practiced. To me it would be like training for a concussion. Congratulations on your choice, Im very lucky to have someone like you who is willing to enlist and become a weapon who can bring violence and deal death for the country I love. |
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If you have a safe place to store them, keep them.
Depending on your unit, and your armorers mood you might be able to store them in your arms room. But that is pretty iffy. You won't be able to keep them in the barracks. A friends house on/off post can work for storage. Or marry the first stripper that leaves a snail trail on your jeans and use that sweet BAH to get a nice studio apartment where you can live and store your guns |
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i just took apart my ar pistol and sold off all the parts.
i put my Rock Island 1911 Gi model up for sale i think what im asking is a fair price considering it runs brand new 467 and only comes with one magazine. Last edited by ARgomez; 09-19-2014 at 8:24 PM.. |
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i dont get why you need to sell them and cant just store them? you will just have to buy them again....how do you know your situation wont change and you will be able to have them at your duty station, if they let you.
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Don't worry it wil be here before you know it just keep your nose clean. I heard theyre using the acogs for qual because of the "train how you will fight" mentality. Ive also heard theres still about the same % of DNQ as before. I don't know how that happens. I was a PMI and Shooting coach and expert was fairly easy to get with Irons. The ones who didn't qual in my experience were usually the real nervous ones or the ones who thought they knew how to shoot and didn't listen to instruction.
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Yeah im sure it will come and go fast just nervous as sad is it sounds im a bit self concious about some acne I got on my forehead.
on other hand ive memorized my 11 General Orders Part of the Rifles Mans Creed and some of Basic Rank Structure. Last edited by ARgomez; 09-28-2014 at 5:18 PM.. |
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I drive by MCRD and the Airport, on my way to UCSD Hillcrest or area hospitals on my job in a Ambulance. You my friend are about to enter the gates of hell..
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The memories are coming back. GET OFF THE BUS AND FALL IN ON THE YELLOW FOOTPRINTS. LOOK AT MY RED BOARD. READ MY BOARD. then hours of left over right sitting indian style looking at a wall waiting for others to arrive. receiving were you get all your goods. THE MEMORIES...
The funny thing is the first time marching to chow or medical. People have no coordination. swing left arm up with left foot up. THE GOOD TIMES. |
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When it's your turn to call cadence while running, here's a little ditty, "Ain't no use in looking down, ain't no discharge on the ground!".
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no... what would the military do for your skin? if anything it would probably be worse afterward. I'm not sure what branch you're going in but we had a week of FTX where showers were, uh, limited. Dirty everywhere, digging, training, sweating... I couldn't see it being good for my skin.
Honestly though, if you're worried about skin quality you're probably gonna have a bad time in basic. |
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One guy had massive acne, the DI's had him put liquid starch on it every day, after it dried, he showered off. At the end of bootcamp it was clear. This was the 70's.
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