If being a Marine is so awesome, why is it that there are so many Marines that join the Army and Air Force?

Once a Marine always A marine! We sometimes we take a cation join other branches of service. We do not need to go through their boot camp! If they want to be a Marine they have to go to our boot Camp

To see what its like to do less with new equipment.

I can't speak for others, but I knew a couple of military personnel who had been in different branches of service. The first one was drafted in the Army during Vietnam and served as a medic. got out and a few years later reenlisted in the Marine Corps and did one enlistment. He got out, reenlisted in the Navy and became a Hospital Corpsman because loved the medical field and stayed as a HM until he retired. The other one served in all 4 services because he wanted to experience each branch of service.

It's all abou opportunity. One can go as only far as they could go in one branch so they go to another. It's like going from one like job to another. Only difference is going from one culture to another while still wanting to serve your country. No shame.

After getting out, a friend talked me into attending a ANG drill. Kinda like hang around, for a bit. Next thing I know Im surrounded buy former Marines who eyeballed my tatoo. Well one thing led to another, next thing I know, I was a New Mexico ANG member. I broke away from Guard to Reserves to attend Total Army Instructor Course, along with another instructor course. Then back into the Guard with a promotion, Training soldiers coming into the guard from other services, in the Warrior Transition Course at Ft. Knox, White Sands, and Santa Fe. With the Marines I spent most time in Nam. Then Recon in Reserves. Loved it, but had more fun time with ANG.

The Marines have a 8 year plan that for most means you are not going to retire a Marine most Marines do not know this especially if you are infantry because your body will be so beat up, now the Army and Air Force are a little smarter here, why spend money on training when you can grab someone already trained.

Cause even the Army and Air Force need a few good men.

I personally went from the Marine Corps to the Army. I tried to re-enlist but it was during Obama’s drawdown and because I was in 29 palms when my reenlistment package had to be in, as well as the boat spaces went down cuz the government shut down in 2013, I got denied reenlistment for my MOS. I could have LAT moved but decided to get out and try college. Realized college wasn’t for me and tried to get back in the Marine Corps but due to their new tattoo policy I got told I could enlist but got told I could enlist in the Army so here I am now. The Army is way less disciplined and militaristic as I expected but it isn’t that bad. I just came to the realization I’m a Marine that happens to be working in the Army

My reason for switching to the Army was the lack of availability of a USMC Aviation reserve unit in my area. I had a USAR Drill Sergeant Unit in my neighborhood (walking distance) and was able to go from PFC to SGT in 9 months.

I went ANG out of the Corp and it sucked so I went active to get out of the gard then I went to ft benning where they made me go back through boot camp but one of my drill Sgt was a former marine so he took to me and I went and told him this sucked it was nothing like the Corp and he told me go ranger that's where most marines go and it is more like the surrounding like the Corp so I went that route and there was a lot of marines there but it still wasn't the marines