Should former Marines who join another service give up the Title?
Please know, I'm not trying to be a smartass. It's just a way of thinking I don't understand. If you stayed in, and then got out or retired, then I got it...agree 100%. But you quit that and became a Soldier.
Worry about something important, like the fire power cycling around you marked "General Delivery" or "To Whomever It May Concern".
Ronald Reagan
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/04/08/page/10/article/marine-corps-drumming-out-ritual-halted
I think people take this forum far too seriously. I love my service, I love my country and I love my fellow military brothers. I would do anything for a brother, that I could.
I really love learning about leadership from more experienced troops and this gives me some perspective.
Lastly, I think we all imagine ourselves in a certain way, while our friends, subordinates and leaders may have a different take.
While in the USAF, every supervisor and commander I served under and would always bring up the fact that I was an asset to the unit due to all the experience, training, knowledge and professionalism that I brought with me as a Marine to our unit and base.
I did not go around bragging that I had come from the Marines - it showed in how I conducted myself in everything I did.
Our unit had every branch covered (prior service members at one time out numbered the ones straight out of basic for quite some time).