What do I do if I really want to be in the Marines, but my friends keep telling me they can't see me in the Marines?

Get new friends.

My sister and my girlfriend thought I wouldn't make it through Basic training. I went straight through Basic, into Airborne School and passed selection into the 75th Ranger Regiment.

Someone smarter than me said, if you're the smartest person in the room, then you're in the wrong room. Surround yourself with people better than you, and you'll be better.

Get new friends. After you leave, if you ever return, those friends will still be doing the same crap with their lives they were at 18 and you'll wonder how you were ever friends to begin with.

Thomas OReilly In high school, my friends told me I was crazy for planning on enlisting in the Marine Corps. My parents were both deceased, and my sister also did not want me to join. I had done my research, and enlisted, as it was my choice to make. If your friends bring you down, choose new friends.

Being physically active and building up your stamina is good. In Boot Camp, you need to be observant and listen closely, have a good attitude, and be squared away.

Thomas, please send me a message if you have any questions that I can help you with.

You will have a new set of friends once your in the corps. Those old friends you wont even think about anymore. I run into people I use to hang with 20 years ago and laugh at them. Move on with your life and down the road look at what you have done and what they have done.