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

My experience has shown that Marines who go to other units in the Army Reserves make them better. Often with combat experience, discipline, and a positive attitude.

Before I retired from the Army Reserves, there were several NCO's in my unit who were all prior service Marine Corps. They didn't get into specifics but said policy is if you leave the Corps and want to reenter military service the only branch available is Active Duty Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve. I think this policy applies Navy and Air Force as we several prior service from those branches as well. Why I don't know.

Their brains catch up with them.

The reason the ratio is so hi because you don’t have to go back to boot when your a marine how ever the other services have less stress and faster rank advances

Because they are so much damn easier!! Faster promotions, a tent and cot as well instead of a shelter half and and thin ass sleeping pad. I made it from Corporal in the USMC to Major in the USA in just about 10 years. Marines are Spartans everyone else are just regular Soldiers and the like save for special forces.

Usually you get to PCS more often and you get to go TDY alot more. Then there is off duty time. You're not cleaning your equipment all the time or begging for a pass to go off base. It could be for a hundred reasons why marines join the ARMY or Air Force. But you'd really have to ask a marine.

Because we are still Marines, only with a different job. I was a 10 year Marine in the Army for 10 years, one day seven years in I got pissed at something and said well that's not the way we do it.

First Army duty station 85 was 2/7 Cav and went to combat with C Co 2/187 Air Assault, 101st Airborne just before I retired 95.

Now I'm a Marine Garryowan Rockasan with a Screaming Eagle for a combat patch.

The best of the best, at least in my mind. :)

We recruited a lot of Marines into the Air Force Reserve in my day. It was beneficial to us to replace those reservists from the Vietnam bulge that were retiring, and it was beneficial to the Marines because we had more fully paid slots at all ranks than any of the other service reserves (at least at the time.) And before someone starts accusing us of poaching, we actually got the blessing of all of the other reserve branches before speaking to any of their folks, active or reserve.

A former Marine is Marine for Life. They make one hell of a fine to excellent Soldier. More opportunity in the USAR,ARNG that's a fact. I speak from my own past. Veteran VN,and Persian Gulf War. Served proudly. Semper Fi

Either because their MOS has frozen promotions (because of E-9s who refuse to retire) or they think they will get promoted faster in the Army (which isn't guaranteed).