I could site many reasons for joining the Marine Corps. Tradition, following in my dad's footsteps. Sitting in front of the tube at the age of 5 watching Victory at Sea and being taught that one on one, no tyrant shall ever beat a United States Marine. Or just wanting to be one of America's best. It doesn't matter, I did my duty for God and country and given the same circumstances I'd do it again.

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Originally posted by hulinmr:
Cause men dig the uniform! Er, wait a minute...

heh heh heh....YUP!

My dad was an Air-force Captain (retired) My sister was married to a Navy guy, and my brother decided that the Marines were too tough, so he went to college to be an Army officer. As far as I can remember, ever since I was a little kid, my mom told me I had wanted to be a Marine. The uniform, the pride, the fact that not ANYBODY can be a Marine, drove me to want to be better than any other force we have. I didn't care about a sign on bonus, I did like the college money, but I did it for the deepest desire. to just BE a Marine! SEMPER FI!

to have the honor have being part of the meanest, toughest most feared figthing force in the world!!! ooo rah!!!

I am an Army brat, and my dad always told me that the military would make a man out of me so I joined the Marines and asked him who was more of a man now!

I knew by junior high I wanted to be military. I can't say if it was the mystique, the honor and disipline, the cool "toys", or the chance to be part of something greater, but service really called to me. The more I looked into it, I was convinced the Marines was the only way to go. Plus, it didn't hurt that the Marine recruiter was the only one who bothered to call!

My boyfriend joined and was going thru bootcamp at Parris Island. I never wanted to get married, I saw the picture of the Marines raising the flag on Iwo jima. I was very young and immature, they sure took care of that. I had to shower with three other women. That was totally gross, the Navy wanted me, but I kept to my decision to be a Marine. Semper Fi. LadyM59

I was in the Army reserves on a split option program. I wanted to go active duty and get out of Kentucky, but my reserve unit wanted to keep me. Army recruiter couldn't get anything accomplished as far as me getting into active duty. So, I talked to a Marine recruiter. Suddenly I found myself out of the Army reserves and going to Parris Island. Adapt and overcome.

Semper Fi,
BioMajor

Forgot to mention for drinking, fighting and girls.

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I figured it was a good way to get girls....
Then after I got out I would be able to hang out at the VFW or Legion and drink beer and tell sea stories...

After the Chinese Spy Plane incident in 2001, I sincerely thought we were going to war with China. I wanted a front row seat and called the recruiter. The Chinese must have got wind of me joining and backed down. HOORAAH!!!!

CPL Borton USMC (Ret.)

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After the Chinese Spy Plane incident in 2001, I sincerely thought we were going to war with China. I wanted a front row seat and called the recruiter. The Chinese must have got wind of me joining and backed down. HOORAAH!!!!

CPL Borton USMC (Ret.)

You are one entertaining mother farker!

It is astounding to me at least, that although the Corps is first to fight and first to die, many young American boys are still signing up by the droves to become Marines. They know Marine training is the best defense to the horrors of war! oohrah!

When I was younger my favorite TV show was Combat. I know those guys on Combat were Army, but my favorite movies were Marine Corps movies of WWII. I always wanted to be a Marine and to fight.

joined to get away from home spur of the moment signed up with a buddy who always wanted to join turns out I became a Marine and he didnt I would say it was the best decision of my life and as the years go by it has always been a plus people ,treat me different better more respect because they know i was am and always will be a Marine it always shows infact i work for the railroad in philly and alot of my fellow railroaders are veterans after 20 years out of all the Marine vets and there are alot I am the one they refer to as jarhead which a couple of older fellows started to call me when I first hired ,you can take man out of the Marines but you cant take the Marines out of the man.

When I was 7 years old, I was having a discussion with a friend named Gary. Gary said he was going to be a fireman when he grew up. I said I was going to be a cop. He said firemen are cooler because they get to go to fires....I retorted that cops get to go to fires also, but they also chase robbers and firemen don't do that, so hence...cops are cooler......
He then said he was going to join the air force because they get to fly planes...I thought for a second and said...Well, I'm going in the Marines because they get to fly in planes, ride on ships, ride tanks and fight on land....to a seven year old, all that stuff is pretty cool. The die was cast and 12 years later I joined the Corps then became a cop when I got out...I've done and am still doing what 7 year old me wanted to do though I never did get to ride in a tank...Gary...well.....he delivers sandwiches.

The ARMY recruiter was U.A.{ UNSAT } BUT TRUE !
I wanted to see the world and I did.

at the time in high school graduated 1984, had groups of friends some older some younger, they started going off to boot camp, would come home lighter, straighter, more disiplined. i signed up exactly one month before the beruit bombing of the marine barracks. but unfortunatlly my two closest friends, one could not muster to pass the wieght test and the other an Army recruiter got him to change his mind, he went Army Airborne, but got hurt during a jump, and was only able to finish a couple of more years before he had to get a medical dishcharge. so i went alone, gained alot of experience's some good some bad, but i would not change a thing exept that at the time i would not have gotten out if i knew that once you become a prior service there was no returning back to Active Duty.

It was time to grow up

My Dad was in the Army(between Korea and Nam). All four of my uncles were Marines in WWII and Korea(all passed on to guard the streets of Heaven). So i joined to carry on the tradition in our family.

Air Force grandbaby; all the perks of being an AF brat without all the crap, three generations of Air Force on both sides of my family. Dad and stepdad were Air Force, dad was linguistics and stepdad was intelligence. Dad was also marines for a very short time, but parental intervention changed that... Sadly.
Air Force - Too Cushy for me
Army - The kid with the lowest GPA and the worst school in the nation could get in.
Navy - Lame uniforms, plus I'd be getting no action.
Marines - Structure, discipline, honor, sense of right, plus EVERYONE would dig me in ANY USMC uniform