Marine in College

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[quote]Hannibal King wrote:
FAKE- Marines cant get into college…

It takes what… a 20 on the ASVAB to get into “The Corps”?[/quote]

yeah, you’re a real genius yourself. What do you think? they send everyone with a score over 20 to a different branch of service? Last I checked the number wasn’t 20 either. This story was obviously posted for the humorous element. Having served in the Marine Corps and attended college I guess I am a walking example of your ignorance. I think the story is hilarious. Semper Fi

I replied before I saw all of the other replies. I’m glad I’m not the only one that’s calling you on your stupidity. btw, since we’re on the subject of inter-service rivalry, here’s an oldie, but a good one: What does ARMY stand for? I heard a pretty funny acronym for it… any takers?

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[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
orion wrote:
BarneyFife wrote:
I hope no one thought my comment was anti-miltary.

It doesn’t matter if he was a marine, or a banker. I just don’t like it when people use religion as a backing to do others harm.

It does make a difference if he is a marine or a banker.

First, a banker did not swear to defend the constitution.

I did.

Second, he was never trained to kill.

I was

Third, and most of all, I would not want someone with a loaded weapon close to me in a combat situation when the same someone cannot keep a cool and clear head in a fucking classroom when some moron hurts his precious little ego.

well said.

Btw, I took the crack about Marines and college as a joke, not as an anti-military quip. To me, it was more of an inter-military jab. I thought it was funny. I was Army and I work with an ex-Marine copter pilot. We make jokes about each other’s branch from time to time.

I’ve also found that the most arrogant, self-important servicemen I have come across have mostly been Marines. They rank right up there with Navy fighter pilots. I still respect them, and all servicemembers for the jobs they do, I just appreciate a little humility.

DB[/quote]

Humility doesn’t get the job done. If you like walking around with your tail between your legs then you obviously joined the right branch of service, not the Marine Corps

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[quote]jbnh007 wrote:
Hannibal King wrote:
FAKE- Marines cant get into college…

It takes what… a 20 on the ASVAB to get into “The Corps”?

yeah, you’re a real genius yourself. What do you think? they send everyone with a score over 20 to a different branch of service? Last I checked the number wasn’t 20 either. This story was obviously posted for the humorous element. Having served in the Marine Corps and attended college I guess I am a walking example of your ignorance. I think the story is hilarious. Semper Fi

I replied before I saw all of the other replies. I’m glad I’m not the only one that’s calling you on your stupidity. btw, since we’re on the subject of inter-service rivalry, here’s an oldie, but a good one: What does ARMY stand for? I heard a pretty funny acronym for it… any takers?
[/quote]

Well, there’s my personal favorite:

A in’t
R eady for
M arines
Y et. Though I did love the USMC-

U
S igned the
M otherfuckin’
C ontract!

Mike

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yessir!! that’s the one I was thinking of. And of course the USMC one is a classic. another good one:

M - My
A - Ass
R - Rides
I - In
N - Navy
E - Equipment

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[quote]devilBASTARDdog wrote:
Hannibal King wrote:
carter12 wrote:
Just wondering how you know so much about this Hannibal King?

I was in the 2nd- 75th for 4 years. A friend from my fireteam is now a recruiter and we hang out quite frequently.

How did I know you were a soldier? So you being in the Army makes you an expert on the Marines. I see. A 90 or whatever my score was (not lower than that for a fact) got me infantry. And yes, I was in Ramadi. And no. I don’t want to talk about it.

All is fair in love and interservice rivalry, but your innacurate statements are taking this a little bit too far. The Army and the Marines are two very different animals. You should know that. Be all you can be! Hooah!

DD [/quote]

STOP LYING haha

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Rangers:

R: Suck
A: My
N: Salty
G: Nuts
E: Marine
R: Scum
S: Bag

Haha marines are so big headed, the smallest things make you low-scoring babies break down and cry “semper fi”.

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i scored a 70 something back in high school and realized i was too smart to be a soldier, but not smart enough to be “intelligence”, so i became a chef. the only regret that i have in life thus far is not being a military man. my family has been military since the time of the persian empire, my father and my uncle are he first ones not to join. if my dad did i probably wouldnt be typing this though. i dont what the fuck this had to do with anything, but…

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[quote]mazilla wrote:
i scored a 70 something back in high school and realized i was too smart to be a soldier, but not smart enough to be “intelligence”, so i became a chef. the only regret that i have in life thus far is not being a military man. my family has been military since the time of the persian empire, my father and my uncle are he first ones not to join. if my dad did i probably wouldnt be typing this though. i dont what the fuck this had to do with anything, but…[/quote]

If it makes you feel any better, I was turned down for marine ROTC. I thought I was a very strong canidate, but the recruiter told me that I wouldn’t get rotc, because I wasn’t a minority or a woman. (he used more colorful terms). I thought he was completely full of shit. I wasn’t accepted, but I don’t know if what he said had anything to do with it. And I didn’t figure on enlisting. So that makes me one of those people that couldn’t “hack it” like someone said earlier.

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[quote]Hannibal King wrote:
Rangers:

R: Suck
A: My
N: Salty
G: Nuts
E: Marine
R: Scum
S: Bag

Haha marines are so big headed, the smallest things make you low-scoring babies break down and cry “semper fi”.[/quote]

hahaha! Like you were a Ranger!?! You mean the Pink Power Ranger, right?

I have a bunch of friends that are/ were REAL Army Rangers (the ones that train with who? oh yeah, the Marines) and they don’t even like to consider themselves part of the Army. Why do you hate the Marine Corps so much? What’s with the low-scoring comments? I thought we already established the whole score thing? And that you’re wrong about the not being able to be in the Infantry with a high ASVAB score. You are honestly trying to say that the Marine Corps won’t let someone be an Infantryman if they’re too smart? Wow, you are a real delusional piece of work. Whatever branch you served in, if you even did, obviously never taught you respect. Jealousy, envy, sure…

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[quote]Hannibal King wrote:
devilBASTARDdog wrote:
Hannibal King wrote:
carter12 wrote:
Just wondering how you know so much about this Hannibal King?

I was in the 2nd- 75th for 4 years. A friend from my fireteam is now a recruiter and we hang out quite frequently.

How did I know you were a soldier? So you being in the Army makes you an expert on the Marines. I see. A 90 or whatever my score was (not lower than that for a fact) got me infantry. And yes, I was in Ramadi. And no. I don’t want to talk about it.

All is fair in love and interservice rivalry, but your innacurate statements are taking this a little bit too far. The Army and the Marines are two very different animals. You should know that. Be all you can be! Hooah!

DD

STOP LYING haha[/quote]

You win. My favorite is:

U-Uncle
S-Sam’s
M-Misguided
C-Children

So true. Oh, and what are the three phrases you NEVER want to hear a grunt say?

  1. “I’m bored…”
  2. “I’ve got an idea…”
  3. “I’ll fix it!”

It usually goes in that order too…

DD

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[quote]Mikeyali wrote:
Hannibal King wrote:
Mikeyali wrote:
devilBASTARDdog wrote:
Hannibal King wrote:
Backlash79 wrote:
Mikeyali wrote:
FYI, the corps requires the second highest ASVAB to get in, behind the air force.

Mike

FYI you’re wrong.

Coast Guard - 40 prior to 2003, 36 after 2003
AF - 36, 21 w/waiver
Navy - 31 prior to 2003, 35 after 2003
Marine Corp - 32, 25 w/waiver
Army - 31, 26 w/waiver

Told ya. It’s sad, that you marines are so stupid you don’t even remember your ASVAB scores.

hahaha. Or you could have said: “You Marines are so stupid even when you get high scores you join the infantry.” The Marines attract a strange breed. That’s why so many of you REALLY don’t understand why we don’t bitch about the war etc.

DD

Shit, I just about typed the same thing before I read this. The funny part is that while I scored a 98, my best friend scored a 99 and followed me into the grunts. That 1 percent still pisses me off.

Mike

Wow your so cool, we all believe you, even though you picked a near perfect score for yourself to brag about, fucking idiot. The marine corps do NOT let you pick your job, if you score too high they will not let you pick infantry or “grunt” as you morons called it.

By the way, I’m just curious as to how many of you “SUP{ER HARDCORE OMG MARIENS” faught in a war? Or do you guys just beat up on college professors and brag about your fake asvab scores and lie about your MOS’?

Not that I feel the need to defend myself, buuuuut for any young impressionable types that may come across the thread…

You cannot choose your exact MOS. What you can choose is the first two numbers of your MOS which is called your field. I chose the infantry option which meant that my MOS would be 03XX. When I went to infantry school post boot camp it would be established what my exact MOS within the field would be. Those MOS’s are: 0311-rifleman, 0331-machine gunner, 0341-mortarman, 0351-anti-armor assaultman, and 0352-anti-armor guided missileman which is where I was sent. My brother, upon enlisteing got to choose his field which I think was called combat support. It included tankers, amtracks, and a few others. He was made a tracker. So yes, you can choose your field, not your precise MOS.

As far as lying about my score. One good indicator that I am not is that fact that I know which version of you’re and your to use when I type. I don’t really know how I learned it though since I beat up all my teachers in high school which totally prepared me to beat up all my professors in college. Beating up teachers is a time honored Marine Corps tradition started way back in 1775 when Samuel Nichols recruited kids that beat up their professors and were expelled from college. He hated professors and would invite the unruly kids to Tun Tavern for a beer where he would recruit them with wild stories of beating up teachers in foreign lands.

Mike[/quote]

Awesome! Best response yet!

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[quote]Hannibal King wrote:
Rangers:

R: Suck
A: My
N: Salty
G: Nuts
E: Marine
R: Scum
S: Bag

Haha marines are so big headed, the smallest things make you low-scoring babies break down and cry “semper fi”.[/quote]

Kinda reminds me of that old song in the 70’s.
[sung to the tune of The Green Berets]

Falling soldiers from the sky,
Chickenshits, who run and hide.
1000 Marines will shit today,
And wipe their ass,
with a black beret.

Mike