Cpl David Garcia 147778 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not to be biased but I used to just say, “Lonely Marine Syndrome”. From what I noticed throughout my two terms as an enlisted grunt is that the those who have not peaked in high school have an easier time through boot camp but not so much afterward. Townies such as black widows, strippers, and scallywags prey on young warriors whom suffer the disease of loneliness and promise a good life that is plagued with nonsense and bull-spit. My old command used to say, “Did she pass the float test?” in regard to a young fiancée brought into the unit’s presence. This meant if the warrior has at least gone on one deployment while in a relationship with said fiancée. <br /><br />Is it up to a command to interfere with the marital decisions of a junior enlisted warrior? When do good intentions become a line crossing into a “grown” individual’s career and life? What are the boundaries? 2014-06-08T19:44:30-04:00 Cpl David Garcia 147778

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not to be biased but I used to just say, “Lonely Marine Syndrome”. From what I noticed throughout my two terms as an enlisted grunt is that the those who have not peaked in high school have an easier time through boot camp but not so much afterward. Townies such as black widows, strippers, and scallywags prey on young warriors whom suffer the disease of loneliness and promise a good life that is plagued with nonsense and bull-spit. My old command used to say, “Did she pass the float test?” in regard to a young fiancée brought into the unit’s presence. This meant if the warrior has at least gone on one deployment while in a relationship with said fiancée. <br /><br />Is it up to a command to interfere with the marital decisions of a junior enlisted warrior? When do good intentions become a line crossing into a “grown” individual’s career and life? What are the boundaries?

2014-06-08T19:44:30-04:00 2014-06-08T19:44:30-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 147858

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Joe" loves dating strippers and buying new cars. I have seen and heard both. And we all know someone who got married RIGHT before deploying. I have yet to meet one that came back to a faithful spouse. Some did not even make it past mobilization site before they got a divorce. I think as leaders we need to tell these stories to advise these Soldiers, BUT it is ultimately their call. Many of them (and some of us) think well that will never happen to me.....

2014-06-08T20:46:08-04:00 2014-06-08T20:46:08-04:00 Cpl David Garcia 148534

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sometimes the old cliche, &quot;If the Corps wanted you to have a wife they would have issued you one&quot; makes sense.

2014-06-09T11:59:57-04:00 2014-06-09T11:59:57-04:00 SSG (ret) William Martin 148559

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>CPL Garcia, Let me get this straight, you are speaking of providing our young service members (SM) with pretty much life experience advice? I do that all the time. As a 37 year old man, many of my young soldiers are young enough to me by nephews and nieces and the advice I give them is one coming from a leader, two, I am giving them advice and looking at them as if they are my own flesh and blood. I am not talking about how to shoot a rifle or how to read a map. I want to make sure if I am available that they are making the right choices when buying a car or if I am aware they are dating a person who is known to be a library of STDs and a barracks whore.

2014-06-09T12:13:05-04:00 2014-06-09T12:13:05-04:00 2014-06-08T19:44:30-04:00