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Originally posted by 6526238:
What is a typical night in the barracks like? do most guys do their own thing, ie. work out, play video games, watch tv, etc.? or do most guys just take the down time to sleep and get ready for the next day? do most infantry guys work out on their own in addition to the morning pt sessions? sorry for all of the questions, i am leaving for boot on the 24th. going in as infantry...

In my experience the barracks is pretty much a non happening place. Most guys hang out watch TV, listen to music, shower with your room mate, do laundry, play video games, prep uniforms, enjoy some roommate spooning time, eat dinner...you know nothing spectacular or inordinary. Thursday nights are field day and that is all that you do on Thursday nights. Weekends are pretty quiet because most guys swoop.

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What is a typical night in the barracks like? do most guys do their own thing, ie. work out, play video games, watch tv, etc.? or do most guys just take the down time to sleep and get ready for the next day? do most infantry guys work out on their own in addition to the morning pt sessions? sorry for all of the questions, i am leaving for boot on the 24th. going in as infantry...

To answer your question; YES to all of the above. Depends on the person and what is needed or on the schedule.

Some guys hit the gym before work at 0400, others hit it after hours, some went to the base theater, the movies or mall out in town, some hit bowling alleys, others drank, some prepper their uniforms for the next day, some went out with real live girls, some of the country folk went out with local farm animals, somehad duty, some hit the PV, some played Axis and Allies or D&D, some had Nintendo competions some watched TV and veged or rented movies.

I mean it all depends on the person and what you felt like doing, or had to prep for and of course had money for was another factor.

Now SharpShooter I am worried about you unless you roomed with a cute WM. Or as they saying goes,

The Marines were looking for a Few Good Men. And so were you.

I'll be watching you boy

thanks guys, i am just trying to get a feel for what barracks life is like.

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Barracks life if what you make of it. It is utilising what is to offer in and around where you are stationed.

And it is also what you are into. You would be hard pressed not to find one or two people at least in your unit who like the same things you do no matter how strange or twisted or sickenly tame they may be.

Yes assuming you complete Boot Camp and all of that why wouldn;t you do the things that you liked doing in your off hours?

If I recall you wanted infantry, so you have the choice of the following Bases:

Lejunne well never been there but it is near a city or two and in the country as the Carolinas are rather rural, so you have what those two things offer.

Pendelton: Oceanside right off base, Orange County and Los Angeles to the North and San Diego to the South. If you do not find something to do there you really are dull.

29 Palms, okay the City of 29 Palms and Barstow not much but just down the road is L.A., and San Bernardino <the city of sucks but Big Bear, Arrowhead and Palm Springs are cool, try Palm Springs durring Spring Break!>

And then you are also not that far from VEGAS BABY!

K-Bay, expensive but lots of scenery, water sports and nightlife.

Oki, hey its not that bad I personaly loved it. Lots of field time, fewer games, its not too expensive, chances to club, have fun and absorb forgein culture, and lots of sports and tours that are pretty cool, and it ends in either 6 months or a year.

Again it is what you are in to and what you make of it. If you are a couch potato then yes you can do that too.

hahaha ,definitely not a couch potato here mudrollin, thanks again for all of the info.

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Originally posted by MudRollin03:
Oki, hey its not that bad I personaly loved it. Lots of field time, fewer games, its not too expensive, chances to club, have fun and absorb forgein culture, and lots of sports and tours that are pretty cool, and it ends in either 6 months or a year.

Wow, so Marines will only spend 6 months or 1 year at Oki, where do they go after that, one of the Marine bases in CONUS?

Also, do Marines at Oki get to deploy to Iraq or are they there just incase the **** hits the fan in that part of the world?

Oki;

A normal deployment to Oki is for 6 months. Basicaly 3rd Mar Div borrows its infantry BNs from the other 2 Divisions who go on the UDP <Unit Deployment Program> And the duration for the deployment would be for 6 months. Sometimes it could go longer if something screws up the deployment schedule and the units releiving the deployed unit are needed elsewhere. It could also be shorter if the deployed units are needed elsewhere as well. Or if a shorter deployment is needed to get the regular schedule back on track.

One year is the normal deployment for personel assigned to an unaccompanied tour. <Unaccompanied is going solo without family> At that point however you are considered permamnent personel.

Now as of 1994 the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade was disbanded and its assets assigned to 3rd Mar Div. Basicaly the Marines lost on papper but not a real unit. And 3rd Marine Regiment aka 3rd Marines became part of 3rd Mar Div, as far as I know they are the only organic infantry unit that is assigned to the Division beyond HQ and Support personel <clerk, motor T units, TOWs, Recon etc as to the extent these are assigned my knowledge is limited>

When not deployed to Oki in Peace time and of course assorted training evolutions to CAX, Bridgeport, PTA, RIMPAC etc they are at their home bases.

As for the Marines assigned to Oki, they are for the most part there to handle anything errupting from that part of the world. In the olden days it was the assorted Cue in PI, reinforcing Korea and also for the training available in Oki at CTA and NTA, Fuji, Korea, Thailand and of course then PI and then Hong Kong, and if I recall back in the day also Iwo.

They will also be the first responders for disasters an example would be Mt Pinatubo when it blew in PI.

But yeah basicaly you will spend a year to 18 months normaly at your base of Lejunne, Pendelton and 29 Palms not sure about K-Bay now, and then spend 6 months in Oki then return to your old base in Conus.

In todays world however, you also have deployments to A-Stan and Iraq in addition to Oki and your normal training evolutions so the operation tempo is fast paced for sure.

I can give an educated guess how much time a unit is really just at their primary base as I have followed my old regiment assignments as best I am able and all I can say is they are all over place.

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In todays world however, you also have deployments to A-Stan and Iraq in addition to Oki and your normal training evolutions so the operation tempo is fast paced for sure.

So how often does that happen?

Sorry if this has been answered, I used the search feature but it kept on coming back as an error.

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Originally posted by MudRollin03:
In todays world however, you also have deployments to A-Stan and Iraq in addition to Oki and your normal training evolutions so the operation tempo is fast paced for sure....

Not only do you have units deploying out of the states to Iraq, but you have units deploying to Iraq out of Oki as well. There have been MEUs to pull sandbox duty from the Oki as well as 3rd Recon Bn just stood the whole unit up for a deployment there as well....

If I was trying to become a scout/sniper, would the 0311(rifleman) be the best MOS to go after, or the Reconnaissance man, or an 03xx for that matter...pardon my ignorance, i am just a "wannabe"

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Originally posted by DerekGoDucks:
If I was trying to become a scout/sniper, would the 0311(rifleman) be the best MOS to go after, or the Reconnaissance man, or an 03xx for that matter...pardon my ignorance, i am just a "wannabe"

Infantry anything. You have to be one to qualify. You do not have a choice unless you are reservist anyway.

Tell me if i get this right; When i select my MOS, I can select Infantry, but cannot select a specific part, i.e. Rifleman, reconaissance man, mortar man etc.? Someone please clarify this for me.

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Originally posted by DerekGoDucks:
Tell me if i get this right; When i select my MOS, I can select Infantry, but cannot select a specific part, i.e. Rifleman, reconaissance man, mortar man etc.? Someone please clarify this for me.

You are correct.

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Originally posted by Josepy:

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Originally posted by DerekGoDucks:
Tell me if i get this right; When i select my MOS, I can select Infantry, but cannot select a specific part, i.e. Rifleman, reconaissance man, mortar man etc.? Someone please clarify this for me.

You are correct.

Yup. Does this suck? YES. If I were you, I would either sign up directly for the reconnaissance contract (thereby guaranteeing myself 0311) or go to the Army....

I like to paintball and airsoft. Can you have that type of stuff in the barracks? Would a sniper or recon have the same kind of day as regular infantry i.e. cleaning? Or are they out in the field more?

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Originally posted by scoutsniper2b:
I like to paintball and airsoft.

LOL


With statements like that and your screen name you're going to get on great here.