Posted on Dec 30, 2013
Should former Marines who join another service give up the Title?
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I first joined the Army and after my enlistment, I joined the Marine Corps. I no longer call myself a Soldier, but a Marine. Should former Marines give up the title of Marine once they join another branch of service? It's analogous to a woman taking the name of her husband, then once the marriage has ended, she re-marries and takes her new husband's name. Me, I'm married to the Corps!
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Give it up; yes you are no longer part of that branch;If you join the say the seals you would call yourself a SEAL TEAM OPERATOR/MEMBER not a marine even though in your soul you are.
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Whole serving in the Army he should not say he’s a Marine but once out he can say he was a Marine who also served in the Army. Just my 2 cents
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I've heard Marines refer to themselves as "Soldiers". Not a big deal to me. Just don't refer to them as "X Marines".
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I joined the Marines first, and I reenlisted in the Army two years after. I always correct soldiers when they refer to me as a “former Marine”. Think of all the other branches; you don’t refer to them as an Army, a Navy or an Air Force. You refer to them as a soldier, seaman or airman. A Marine is a title that once earned cannot be taken away.
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I was commissioned after leaving the Corps and served until retirement, but never felt the same sense of belonging as I did and still do about the Corps. Marine is an earned identity that never leaves you even after you leave the Corps.
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Once a marine always a marine if I ever went to another branch I believe you still have the title of a is marine
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