What is the purpose of the Marine Corps Group on RP?

Capt Jeff S. — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:17:06 -0400

Just curious as to why other branches are initiating discussions, connecting with, connecting topics to, and/or commenting in this Marine Corps Group.

Is the purpose of this Group to be a place where members of the Marine Corps connect with each other... or is it a place where anyone can discuss the Marines?

For example:
* Should Army and Marines (or components of) consolidate? Started by USN
- General military discussion, not USMC specific.

* How I Let Go Of The Embarrassment I Felt For Having Never Served In Combat: Does this call to you? Started by USA
- General military discussion, not USMC specific.

* Tab Check / Shoulder Check. Started by former USMC, USA
- Marines don't wear tabs... The only thing USMC about this is that it was started by a former Marine. The Conversation is of no relevance to this Group.

* The 4 biggest myths US Marines keep telling themselves: Your thoughts? Started by USA
- A not so well conceived attempt to poke Marines in the eye, under the guise of discussing USMC history -- by a very uninformed RP Admin.

* How is today's Military different than the 80's Military? Started by USA
- General military discussion, not USMC specific.

* What kept your morale up during deployment? Started by USN
- General military discussion, not USMC specific

If the purpose of this Group is to be a place where RP members can connect with members of the Marine Corps, then only USMC specific topics should be discussed here... No offense, but we have no need to discuss Ranger tabs. If you have an other service or general interest topic, it should not be tagged in the Marine Corps Group.

It would be most representative of the Marines if Marines were the ones initiating the topics of discussion and moderating within this Group. That's just my $.02.

@SFC Marino, @CW5 Scott Montgomery, @TSgt Hunger Logan,

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Jun 26 at 2015 9:26 AM

Capt Richard I P. — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:26:21 -0400

The purpose of the United States Marine Corps group on RallyPoint is to fight and win internet arguments and to create new RallyPoint Marine members.

Response by Cpl Dennis F. made Jun 26 at 2015 10:46 AM

Cpl Dennis F. — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:46:50 -0400

Well, it has gotten me out of the weeds and a bit more active. I've also wondered about some of the odd questions on here.

Response by SSG Kalani Matthews made Jun 26 at 2015 10:57 AM

SSG Kalani Matthews — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:57:45 -0400

I agree with you that Marines should be the ones moderating within this group, but topics like the tab one are worthwhile to the Marines that they pertain to. It has relevance to former Marines who follow this group or seek out those discussions.

Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Jun 26 at 2015 11:52 AM

COL Mikel J. Burroughs — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:52:40 -0400

Capt Jeff S. I'll drop in from the Army perspective. I don't usually comment on stuff I don't know anything about or that is related specifically to the Marines or another branch of service, but I do enjoy learning and reading what everyone has to say. There are days when even the Marines post some really strange discussions, but that is okay. I believe everyone has. Its just shows that they are human. I think that all the collaboration and discussion on leadership, future employment, professionalism, current events that affect all the services, transition, VA Benefits, etc. affect all of the branches of the service. I like connecting with Marines (active or veterans) and will continue to participate in the discussions if I can bring some value based on my 37 years of service. By the way we all work together on the battlefield especially in logistics. There were many of times that we help each other out when it came to logistics on extended periods of deployment in certain regions of Iraq. Let's just keep on working together, posting what we will, and answering when it’s appropriate. Always being respectful of each other and our perspective service branches. That's my two cents for the morning! Hoorah!

Response by Maj Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 26 at 2015 5:41 PM

Maj Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:41:57 -0400

Good point.

Response by Sgt Rustton Webster made Jun 26 at 2015 6:55 PM

Sgt Rustton Webster — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:55:15 -0400

I understand where you're coming from. Maybe everyone just wants to follow marines and get our opinions on and off the battlefield. Still shouldn't be starting those discussion s here though

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Jun 27 at 2015 2:13 AM

Sgt Packy Flickinger — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:13:26 -0400

I kinda feel like RP is a sixth branch were we can all be equals. No branches, ranks, gender, color, religion, orientation or whatever. I dont feel the need to separate, I can still find Marines for Marine specific questions.

Response by GySgt Mike Grow made Jun 27 at 2015 4:53 AM

GySgt Mike Grow — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 04:53:56 -0400

I am relatively new to RP and concur with your assessment. These forums should not be used to promote inner-service rivalry. However, I feel we would be doing everyone on RP a disservice if we were to limit the discussion participants to solely Marines. Perspective with professionalism should be the determining factor in these discussions.

Response by LCpl Mark Lefler made Jul 4 at 2015 4:22 PM

LCpl Mark Lefler — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:22:25 -0400

Because... Marine.

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jul 13 at 2015 5:07 PM

SSG Carlos Madden — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:07:29 -0400

Hi Capt Jeff S.. Part of the confusion stems from people inaccurately tagging posts. Members are not supposed to tags posts to get the maximum number of eyes. Members are supposed to tag posts with tags that are specific to the discussion. All admins have the ability to make our community more organized by editing tagged topics. In fact, tagging a service branch is strongly discouraged.

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Response by Cpl Matthew Hoffman made Aug 24 at 2015 12:58 PM

Cpl Matthew Hoffman — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:58:34 -0400

Concur

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 24 at 2015 1:45 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:45:40 -0400

I would say as an Admin we go out of our way to try and fix this. As you have noted you should only tag the Marine Corps it is a general discussion about the Marine Corps. If you were talking about a specific detail about the Marines you shouldn't use the Marine tag. But some here just want to get others to look at their post and get attention. They realize that they can get more visibility with more generic tags. I got into recently with a member about this. They just wanted to share the information with other. Well that isn't the purpose of the tags. It is being abused.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Aug 25 at 2015 5:36 AM

Sgt Tom Cunnally — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 05:36:35 -0400

"Some people spend their entire lives wondering if they made a difference, Marines don't have that problem"......President Ronald Reagan......