Posted on Feb 6, 2016
If you had to join a different branch of the military which one would you choose?
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We all choose the branch we served in for a special reason, but if you where not allowed into that branch which one would you choose to join? I was in the process of going into the Marines when I was involved in a car accident and ended that dream.
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If I thought I had the cajones, no doubt I would choose to be Jarhead. If I wanted to retire on the job, the AF.
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Colleen, your Airmen are obviously of different stock than the Senior NCOs that are sent to the Senior NCO Academy at Maxwell. Yeah, we got some PT studs - and we got soup sandwiches that couldn't do half of a push-up if you pulled their arms out from underneath them...
I personally had SMSgts in my classes that had never been in a leadership position.
There were HUGE numbers of SNCOs in 2007-2009 that had never held an M-16 (let alone an M-4), and quite a few that had never actually SEEN one. I saw E-8's try to get awards and good grades by playing the "Air Mattress" card - and folks that had received multiple DUIs from multiple commands that were just swept under the rugs... all while receiving Firewall 5's on their EPRs.
They aren't all saints. No branch has all saints (though the Marines do try). Your experience COULD have been a herd of dirtbags on one particular ship, while the ship moored next to it was doing amazing things that you never saw.
I personally had SMSgts in my classes that had never been in a leadership position.
There were HUGE numbers of SNCOs in 2007-2009 that had never held an M-16 (let alone an M-4), and quite a few that had never actually SEEN one. I saw E-8's try to get awards and good grades by playing the "Air Mattress" card - and folks that had received multiple DUIs from multiple commands that were just swept under the rugs... all while receiving Firewall 5's on their EPRs.
They aren't all saints. No branch has all saints (though the Marines do try). Your experience COULD have been a herd of dirtbags on one particular ship, while the ship moored next to it was doing amazing things that you never saw.
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I am a Marine. i just happened to move over to the USCG. different life but it is pretty awesome time
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PO1 William Mims
CMSgt (Join to see) - The Shore Patrol would directly get told to piss up a rope...if they had the stones to confront a Master Chief.
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A1C (Join to see) My perspective is relatively unique for my time: I was in the Navy, stationed on an Air Force base (Yokota, Japan), long before the integrated levels of joint forces we see today. Also, it was my FIRST duty station after initial training. So, I got to compare AF life with Navy life (which I eventually experienced at sea on board). Given all that...man. I gotta go with AF. Those bastards live large and in CHARGE....comparatively.
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MCPO Roger Collins - I did date a few while I was in. Meet my wife on a blind date over 30 years ago. My roommates civilian friend. My brother and sister both married other service members.
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MCPO Roger Collins
A1C (Join to see) - If you saw me on a golf course, you would know why that isn't on my priority list.
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If you saw me dead on a jogging trail you would know I was killed some where else and dropped there...LOL
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My father was a Captain in the Air Force. He served in WWII and Korea. He was killed in 1956 when his Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star plane crashed during a training mission. If I had to choose another branch, it would be the Air Force, in honor of my father.
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MSgt Rupert Ellis
All jokes aside, a moment of silence for our fallen. We thank them for paving the way for the misguided youth in all of us. God Bless my brother in Arms..
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