Posted on Apr 13, 2016
Should the saying "every Marine a rifleman" be changed?
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A commonly thrown around term is "Every Marine is a rifleman" I strongly disagree with this statement as I am an 0311 Rifleman. I do agree that every Marine is expected to know how to shoot and qual annually with a rifle. Doesn't mean they're a rifleman. What does everyone else think?
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Every Marine is a rifleman. Why should that change? if one does not like it they can join the Navy or the Air Force. The United States Marine Corps is the personal guard of the President of the United States. They can be sent without congressional approval. We can never know what may happen in the world or in our own country. Why should the Marine corps not be prepared with everyone being qualified?
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11th Marines deployed units as provisional rifle plts to Afghanistan and a Sgt earned a Navy Cross for his actions. Isn’t the first time a non-03 received an award for actions that sound very infantry-ish.
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We are confusing the term rifleman and infantryman as the latter indicates more advanced training. All Marines are basic riflemen and all Marine Officers are trained as Rifle Platoon Leaders as the 6 months spent at TBS is almost all focused on combat arms training.
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Well every member of the Air Force isn't a flyer, so I agree with you.
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Marines were and always will be riflemen first. Stop trying to be PC with my Marine Corps.
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Absolutely nothing has changed in 200 plus years a marine is a rifleman before he is anything else if that wasn't the case then why have boot camp!
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Things may have changed in the military since I got out. But in Jan of 1968 when we had VC at the wire we also had cooks, truck drivers, clerks and radio operators in ditches and bunkers shooting them off the wire. We were not 11B's so if one of us got wounded there was no Purple Heart. But we still got shot at and wounded. So for a couple of weeks we were all riflemen.
I remember when at Ft. Bliss for Basic in 1966 a sign over a gate said, " Through these gates pass the worlds best soldiers". It did not say cooks, clerks , tankers or infantrymen. We were Soldiers and graduated with pride. If you never got shot or shot at great. If you never had to defend a position then you are lucky. But you did train for that and never forget. Not every name on the wall belonged to a infantry soldier.
I remember when at Ft. Bliss for Basic in 1966 a sign over a gate said, " Through these gates pass the worlds best soldiers". It did not say cooks, clerks , tankers or infantrymen. We were Soldiers and graduated with pride. If you never got shot or shot at great. If you never had to defend a position then you are lucky. But you did train for that and never forget. Not every name on the wall belonged to a infantry soldier.
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Lcpl. Tad Cunningham.....What were you taught and trained in Marine Corps Recruit Training? You need to suck it up and face the real fact that “Every Marine Is A Rifleman”.....I see you require some adjustment training Marine. “Semper Fi”
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That is the first and foremost thing a
MARINE should know very Well !
Your Life will depend on itt !
MARINE should know very Well !
Your Life will depend on itt !
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Simple answer, NO! And there should be no explanation needed. Trying to change what's not broken will not make it better.
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