Thanks for all the help......

This message has been edited. Last edited by: gabrielfish,

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Hince the fact I don't want to just enlist and want to become an officer.

I thought you said math was your weakness? Not much of a speller either. Additionally, do not EVER AGAIN IN YOUR LIFE refer to enlisted Marines as "just enlisted" or again imply they are inferior to officers in any way aside from rank. I know that was not your intention but be more cognizant of what you say (or type, rather).

I never served in the Army, and I only know a handful of soldiers. Everything they do, multiply it by 100 and you have the Marine Corps. Take their gear, date it back a few years, and you have the Marine Corps.

Don't get me wrong, the Army has its place and purpose in the service. They essentially occupy what we attack/sieze. They are a massive juggernaut who's weapon systems are generally larger than ours, but who's movement is many times slower. Their initial training is much shorter and from I hear, much easier. Their physical, height/weight standards are more lax, as well as their personal appearance/grooming standards. Obviously this generalization does not apply to every single Army component (Rangers, etc).

The Marine Corps is the service where pride in the Corps, teamwork, the ability to endure hardship, being proficient in your MOS, and carrying yourself like a professional are critical. If you think you can hold yourself to the highest standards of military appearance, discipline, and professionalism, join the Marine Corps. If you want to advance your career, have a 9-5 job, get promoted relatively quickly, have long hair, and wear faded cammies, join the Army.

Now, onto the officer vs enlisted question. As a 2 year enlisted Marine and soon to be officer, I am glad I enlisted first, however I would not recommend it for you as the possibility of deployment or other training schools will tear you out of school faster than you can say Semper Fi. I would go in a heartbeat, but thats just me. I am sure most reservists would not be so stoked.

I would suggest you contact an OSO (Officer Selection Officer, usually a 1st LT or Captain in your area) and get more information about applying to the PLC (Platoon Leader Course) or OCC (Officer Candidates Course) programs. Both are available over the summer months so you do not have to miss school.

Additionally, I cannot imagine you having a 6 pack and weighing that much. You are overweight by USMC standards and I can say with 100% certainly that no OSO will accept you in that state, regardless of your fitness level (74" is 214 lbs, 75" is 220 lbs). Try to lose some weight. If you are running 6-7 miles a day and not bullsh itting it by taking breaks or walking, you will be fine for OCS, that I can tell you.

You also must be in a 4 year accredited school with GPA of 2.0 or higher and no F's. You did not mention if you were in a 2 year school or not.

Any other questions, post them up. I am certain other Marines will give more information also.

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Additionally, I cannot imagine you having a 6 pack and weighing that much. You are overweight by USMC standards and I can say with 100% certainly that no OSO will accept you in that state, regardless of your fitness level (74" is 214 lbs, 75" is 220 lbs). Try to lose some weight.

I'm 72" and 213... tape in at 15% though, and I definately don't have a six pack. OCC 196 next month!

Are they actually letting you ship? Our OSO wont ship anyone outside the height/weight specifications.

Yeah I didn't mean enlisted men where inferior to officers in any way I just simply would like to get my degree first. I am no lier. I have really strong abs. VERY tone. I am extremely bulky on top of that. You ever see Brock Lesner? Allot of people say that my body build is identical to his, and he weighs in allot higher than me. Any ways be leave what you want I am a Mui Thai kick boxer and I have wrestled for most of my life. Any ways I don't see my spelling mistakes so could you point them out for me? I see some grammar mistakes if that is what you are referring to. Also do you know about whats the deal about my Adderal?

Stop taking the drugs, man-up and focus. I never took that crap, just pay attention and seek help before you go popping pills to help you concentrate.

It does not matter how strong you are, if you are outside of the height/weight regulations you will get measured for body fat. I think the cutoff is 18% so you better have a ton of muscle to compensate. How fast is your 3 mile time in sneakers? Anything over 22:00 will be dangerous, and over 24:00 is disqualifying.

Right now I can do 3 mile run in 17-18 min's every time. I think I am some where around 16% body fat.

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Any ways I don't see my spelling mistakes so could you point them out for me?

My pro bono work for the day:

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So for the past year I have been taking a real interest in serving my country. I originally thought about joining the navy. But after doing some research I realized that I wanted to be a infantry man. So I looked into the army and tried to get a plan made out for me. I was going to go into Army ROTC and after college go threw jump school become a ranger. But as of late I have seriously thought about being a Marine, why is it so different from being in the army? Is it harder? I have a decent GPA ranging from a 3.0 - 3.4. My worst subject being math. Apart from that I consider my self to be a good athlete. My daily aerobic exercises include running 6-7 miles a day. I am a fairly big guy; I am 6'2.5 and I way in at 225 lbs. I am very tone for my weight/hight * 6 pack * any ways I want to serve my country to the best of my abilities. So here are my actual questions. After reading what I had planed for my self in the army do you think the Marines would be a smart choice for me? The college I want to go to offers NROTC so yeah I got that set. O I am on Adderal Xr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall

Is this a bad thing will this compromise where I want to take my future in the US military? I am not reliant on it at all. It just helps me keep my focus in classes like math. I only hope to serve my country to the best I can and make a carrier out of it. Hince the fact I don't want to just enlist and want to become an officer.

Sincerely Gabriel P. Fisher

a infantry man = an infantryman
threw jump school = through jump school
my self = myself
I way in at = I weigh in at
any ways = anyway
planed = planned
carrier = career

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Yeah I didn't mean enlisted men where inferior to officers in any way I just simply would like to get my degree first. I am no lier. I have really strong abs. VERY tone. I am extremely bulky on top of that. You ever see Brock Lesner? Allot of people say that my body build is identical to his, and he weighs in allot higher than me. Any ways be leave what you want I am a Mui Thai kick boxer and I have wrestled for most of my life.

lier = liar
Allot = A lot
be leave = believe


There you go stud. Good luck.

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Originally posted by NJRUSMC:


I never served in the Army, and I only know a handful of soldiers. Everything they do, multiply it by 100 and you have the Marine Corps. Take their gear, date it back a few years, and you have the Marine Corps.

If the Marines are the attacking force ** on the ground in the military than why is it that the army's gear better than the Marines?

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If you want to advance your career, have a 9-5 job, get promoted relatively quickly, have long hair, and wear faded cammies, join the Army.

I want to be a soldier and serve my country while being able to advance my self threw the ranks and in the same time advancing my carrier. Am I looking into the right place or should I continue thinking about the army rangers, SF etc.

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Originally posted by kengardner:

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Any ways I don't see my spelling mistakes so could you point them out for me?

My pro bono work for the day:

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So for the past year I have been taking a real interest in serving my country. I originally thought about joining the navy. But after doing some research I realized that I wanted to be a infantry man. So I looked into the army and tried to get a plan made out for me. I was going to go into Army ROTC and after college go threw jump school become a ranger. But as of late I have seriously thought about being a Marine, why is it so different from being in the army? Is it harder? I have a decent GPA ranging from a 3.0 - 3.4. My worst subject being math. Apart from that I consider my self to be a good athlete. My daily aerobic exercises include running 6-7 miles a day. I am a fairly big guy; I am 6'2.5 and I way in at 225 lbs. I am very tone for my weight/hight * 6 pack * any ways I want to serve my country to the best of my abilities. So here are my actual questions. After reading what I had planed for my self in the army do you think the Marines would be a smart choice for me? The college I want to go to offers NROTC so yeah I got that set. O I am on Adderal Xr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall

Is this a bad thing will this compromise where I want to take my future in the US military? I am not reliant on it at all. It just helps me keep my focus in classes like math. I only hope to serve my country to the best I can and make a carrier out of it. Hince the fact I don't want to just enlist and want to become an officer.

Sincerely Gabriel P. Fisher

a infantry man = an infantryman
threw jump school = through jump school
my self = myself
I way in at = I weigh in at
any ways = anyway
planed = planned
carrier = career

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Yeah I didn't mean enlisted men where inferior to officers in any way I just simply would like to get my degree first. I am no lier. I have really strong abs. VERY tone. I am extremely bulky on top of that. You ever see Brock Lesner? Allot of people say that my body build is identical to his, and he weighs in allot higher than me. Any ways be leave what you want I am a Mui Thai kick boxer and I have wrestled for most of my life.

lier = liar
Allot = A lot
be leave = believe


There you go stud. Good luck.

Honestly have nothing better to do? I had most of those words spelled correctly if not all and it was grammar mistakes and or the word was used out of context. So yeah uhh you don't have any information for me?

incoming!

“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” - George Orwell

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Originally posted by NJRUSMC:
Are they actually letting you ship? Our OSO wont ship anyone outside the height/weight specifications.

I'm active duty through ECP... I don't deal with an OSO or anyone else really... just a checklist from the CO, and showup for OCC.

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Originally posted by kengardner:

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Any ways I don't see my spelling mistakes so could you point them out for me?

My pro bono work for the day:

quote:

So for the past year I have been taking a real interest in serving my country. I originally thought about joining the navy. But after doing some research I realized that I wanted to be a infantry man. So I looked into the army and tried to get a plan made out for me. I was going to go into Army ROTC and after college go threw jump school become a ranger. But as of late I have seriously thought about being a Marine, why is it so different from being in the army? Is it harder? I have a decent GPA ranging from a 3.0 - 3.4. My worst subject being math. Apart from that I consider my self to be a good athlete. My daily aerobic exercises include running 6-7 miles a day. I am a fairly big guy; I am 6'2.5 and I way in at 225 lbs. I am very tone for my weight/hight * 6 pack * any ways I want to serve my country to the best of my abilities. So here are my actual questions. After reading what I had planed for my self in the army do you think the Marines would be a smart choice for me? The college I want to go to offers NROTC so yeah I got that set. O I am on Adderal Xr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall

Is this a bad thing will this compromise where I want to take my future in the US military? I am not reliant on it at all. It just helps me keep my focus in classes like math. I only hope to serve my country to the best I can and make a carrier out of it. Hince the fact I don't want to just enlist and want to become an officer.

Sincerely Gabriel P. Fisher

a infantry man = an infantryman
threw jump school = through jump school
my self = myself
I way in at = I weigh in at
any ways = anyway
planed = planned
carrier = career

quote:

Yeah I didn't mean enlisted men where inferior to officers in any way I just simply would like to get my degree first. I am no lier. I have really strong abs. VERY tone. I am extremely bulky on top of that. You ever see Brock Lesner? Allot of people say that my body build is identical to his, and he weighs in allot higher than me. Any ways be leave what you want I am a Mui Thai kick boxer and I have wrestled for most of my life.

lier = liar
Allot = A lot
be leave = believe


There you go stud. Good luck.

Can you see this guy writing your fitrep?

gabrielfish,

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Any ways I don't see my spelling mistakes so could you point them out for me?

You posted this very request, and kengardner was kind enough to do as you requested. And now you take offense with that?

And by stating you had most of them spelled correctly, if not all...are you questioning the correct spelling that he posted for you? Are you stating that you spelled them correctly, and he did not?

Sounds to me like you have problems other than poor spelling...

(Regarding the drugs - as identified at the top of this forum, medical issues must be taken up with medical professionals. No one here is a doctor who works at MEPS, so you'll have to ask a recruiter, whose job it is to find out for you).

Now, if you've got any buddies who are not on drugs, send 'em our way, okay?

Lol..... No I didn't say eathor one of us where wrong. I just simply used words out of context that where spelled correctly when spelled another way means what I wanted them 2. w/e you guys seem ** mostly like *** hats I'm out **

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Originally posted by gabrielfish:
Lol..... No I didn't say eathor one of us where wrong. I just simply used words out of context that where spelled correctly when spelled another way means what I wanted them 2. w/e you guys seem ** mostly like *** hats I'm out **

No C0ckbag, you didn't use anything "out of context", you just misspelled them because you're a fucking idiot. Plain and simple. You're also not text messaging your friggin' 15 year old girlfriend about how great your Chuck-E-Cheese finger-bang session was -- You're trying to ask serious questions to a bunch of grown men that might very well affect your life.

In the real world, how you speak goes a long way to how others percieve you. In lieu of the spoken word, internet discussions rely on proper grammar and spelling to acheive that same result. No one expects you to be a fucking Chaucer, but you are coming across as a total illiterate d0uchebag when you can't even spell basic words from the English language -- Not to mention even use them in a proper manner.

I was going to help you out and try and answer your question until I saw this last post. Now you can just go and **** yourself/ Die/ get AIDS/ etc. Someone ban this disrespectful little sh*t.

no comment I'm out.

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Originally posted by gabrielfish:
no comment I'm out.

The only post with no spelling mistakes!

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I want to be a soldier

He is probably going to join the Army now. If he cannot even maintain composure in an Internet forum, imagine how the real Marine Corps would have an effect.

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Can you see this guy writing your fitrep?

Sure, I can imagine it but I really don't want to!