Free Marines ink pen

[marines]

well, is about time they are getting a raise...

 

[Cyberian]

LeatherNeck



<< Life is what you make of it. Any organization is as well. I could make much more than I do now. I recently chose between continued service after 9 years and a lucrative civilian career in IT having recently architected and fielded a multi-million dollar messaging system Corps-wide. I chose to remain in for love of the Corps and the people within her ranks. Having worked alongside the best and brightest in companies like Microsoft, CISCO, Sun, and others who supported me, I find no equal to the dedication, knowledge, and professionalism than the ranks of my beloved Corps. Business magazines and respected writers who study institutional efficiency have repeatedly upheld the Corps as one of the finest examples anywhere in spite of her flaws.

My point was to refute the ridiculous notion that a person does not have a future in joining the Services. In fact, the exact opposite is true. The aggressiveness with which companies recruit our folks away to lucrative jobs belies an irrational and purely emotional argument to the contrary which is based on no facts.

You have the right to assert anything you want. You can assert that the Earth is flat, that birds don't fly or that folks in the military have no future. None of these assertions can be supported by factual evidence. It's a free country and I support the right of the uninformed to make ridiculous statements even as I defend the Constitution against any who would take that right away.
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Amen, and &quot;Semper Fi&quot; from a VietNam vet.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

<<<Discipline, cohesion, tact, honor stand out>>>

You had to enlist in the military to learn these skills?

 

[SemperFi]

And I see you already posess them!

 

[ALBundyHere]

You cant recruit a Non-US citizen or resident. Heheh...
Better yet, I will give them my mom's name.

 

[SemperFi]

I was stationed with a couple of people that were not us citizens. One guy was from Great Brittan. I forget where the other was from.

 

[happykitten]

Got one, thanks. Hopefully my boyfriend (army) won't be offended...

For all of you guys who risk getting called up by recruiters... here's a little story for you. My best guy friend in high school was bothered incessantly by recruiters, and he finally decided to do something about it. As soon as they asked what he was thinking of majoring in (actually mechanical engineering), he said (with a very strong lisp): &quot;Ohmygoodness, I just LOVE the theater. So colorful, so free. I'm definitely going to become a drama major. I think that would be super, just super.&quot;

They never called him back.

 

[Perplexer]

Hehe... My junior year in high school, I was walking out of a pet store in a strip mall and was approached by an Army recruiter, right outside of their recruitment office. Real amiable guy, I agreed to come in and talk for a few mins.

I ended up taking aptitude and skills tests, and watched an informational video.

I was in very good physical shape at the time, and by the look on the recruiter's face, my test scores were very high. However, I wasn't planning on a military career. So I politely denied, and never pursued it any further. However, I got phone calls from these guys a couple times a month, for a couple years.

I've got a whole wardrobe of Army stuff that they kept sending me, though... Cool stuff: Cap, some black t-shirts, boxer shorts, headband. Looking back, it would have made an interesting, honorable career...

 

[marsl]

Discipline, cohesion, tact, honor and integrity

any level headed person can learn these things
if u jarheads think that only the Corp or other military organization can teach these skills
u deserve to be call jarheads

the military is not for everybody, civilians contribute just as much if not more so.
u people r probably just weekend warriors and never tasted full active duty life

and oh yeah, happykitten that is one lol story Discipline, cohesion, tact, honor

 

[carmat4]

Im in my thirties, i dont think they will want to contact me, specially since I also have a lot of joint problems.


Ha

 

[Jarhead]

Interesting exchange.

A few points I'd like to make, if I may.

I waited a few years after high school before joining the U.S. Marines.
During my time in, I worked on Avionics, specifically Flight Systems,
RADAR, Weapon Systems, Inertial Navagation, Communications, Forward Looking
Infra-Red, and Electronic Countermeasures. The squadrons pulled their bad
equipment and sent it to me for repair. I also had a chance to travel the
world over and have experiences 99% of Americans will never have. I often
was amazed by the amount of respect given to a U.S. Marine.

After a few years I left the Marines and with no college, I easily
found employment. During my first year I actually cleared +102,000.00
working in the Avionics field. After a few years I decided the grass
was greener on the other side, and moved on to a new company. With my
current company I get a pension plan and a 401k plan, I'm classified as
management, and after my first year, I was promoted to a Development Engineer,
and I design cutting edge Avionics.

Check it out for yourself:

http://www.alaska.faa.gov/capstone/
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/capstone/pr/99-00.htm
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/capstone/docs/jan1_01/betadsb.htm


I'm not sure how many of you folks really understand, but let me toss you
a fact that speaks for itself.

1/3 of the Fortune 500 companies are either ran by or owned by former Marines.

This is more than can be claimed by any other organization, college, frat,
group, or branch of the military.

I wish you all the best of luck in your pursuits, whatever they may be.

Semper Fidelis,

Douglas Leeper
Product Development Engineer
UPS Aviation Technologies (A subsidiary of United Parcel Service)

 

[marsl]

ok jarhead, whats the relevence of the links
did u contribute to that? i dont see ur name

and cite ur source for that fortune 500 statement u made

 

[bigratturd]

MARINES CAN WRITE? thats news.

 

[Jarhead]

Marsl,

Yes, I am part of the project.

http://www.upsat.com/capstone.html

This is the system that beat out the likes of Raytheon, Honeywell, Lockheed,
and quite a few others, that the FAA decided to go with.

The heart of our system, the MX-20, and future variants that are in
process, is what I'm assigned to. As you look through the photos,
note how much of the information normally available to only Air Traffic
Controllers is now displayed for the pilots.

http://www.upsat.com/mx20des.html

I don't see a link on the web for the Fortune 500 reference, but I did
find out from a USMC Public Affairs person that 1/3 is no longer accurate,
as Thomas Monagan (sp?) passed on his Dominoes chain in 1999. I'll look
tonight, gotta run to work, I've got the article kicking around. It was
on the who's who of the Fortune 500, and things that are common between them.

 

[nealr]

I did this a while ago, and got the pen, but because I'm too old, the letter said, sorry, you're uneligible to join, and that was the end of it.

 

[ArmyInfantry]

haha, 13 weeks huh? My basic training was 14 weeks of hell in Ft Benning Ga with the fire ants. We did not have weekends off and never got a break because Infantry basic training is A LOT harder than regular basic training. I've spoken to quite a few Marines and my basic training is at the same level as their boot camp. You guys had your crucible in the end and we did too. 30k forced road march on the first day, then spent a week in the field practicing tactics and eating MREs then a 65k back on the last day with river crossing, one rope bridge, scaling a cliff and a lot of ammo carry. It's not a cake walk, trust me.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

<<<<1/3 of the Fortune 500 companies are either ran by or owned by former Marines.>>>

Either RAN??????

 

[Zwingle]

I got in the deal....I hope they call me....I will let them go through their whole spiele before telling them that I am a diabetic....they get pissed off because I didn't tell them before....well you never asked.....dumba$$es! I have had friends who have gone in the Marines, they were normal when they went in, but when they got out they were some real crazy, freako, looking for someone to kill guys. They really break you down and mold you to what they want. Brainwashing at it best.....

Oh yeah, I have joint problems too, can't seem to roll them very good....so I use a pipe or bong now! Just joking jarheads!

 

[OutHouse]

You cant recruit a Non-US citizen or resident. Heheh...

yes you can, I had a commander who was a Brit, and several people i was stationed with were from Canada, Guam, St. Thomas and Panama. I was in the air force but ill take the pen. I respect the marines mission and hope they respect the mission of the air force. Different missions but same goal. To fight and win all engagements!

 

[TuOni]

great pen

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Don't ge me wrong, its great to have Marines at times of war. They are great at killing. Don't think twice about killing themselves for our country. Problem is, we haven't had a real war in over 25 years. Somalia was cool, as the Rangers and Delta teamed hosed down everyone in site in Mogadishu after that Black Hawk went down. They had like a 20:1 kill ratio (althought 19 out of those 20 were unarmed civilians).

Damn right we need Marines. But let's be straight. You are breed to kill, so stick to that. And if you about to enlist in the Marines, understand that is your purpose: to do whatever you told to do by your commanding officer, inclduign die. If that's cool with you, great, go for it. We need that every 25 or so years. In the meantime, you spend you free time carrying logs over your head, putting Marine stickers on you car windows, saying HOO RA or whatever they say, and waiting to kick the ass of some piss ant country just to play with your SAW gun.

 

[DerProfi]

Free INK pen? Dang, I already have several pens with ink in them. If I had my choice of liquids, what I'd really want is a free GRAVY pen or a free SOY SAUCE pen. Mmmmm, gravy pen...

Hey, do you also say pop instead of soda? So what part of West Virginia or the Carolinas are you from Heh heh, even though I hide my roots to blend in with the yankees I live among, I still slip up once in a while myself and say &quot;y'all&quot; or try to order sweet tea instead of just plain iced.

 

[loup garou]

Jarhead: That seems like a very interesting project. My father works for Sperry Marine, who produce nautical navigation equipment. Basically his company does what you do, but for ships instead of aircraft. I'll send him those links, as he would find it interesting also.

 

[Bugs66]

CentralScrutinizer, get a life. We'll remember you when the next war starts. &quot;As shells explode all around in a mud drenched fox hole, the brazen marine thinks to himself...God I'm glad I'm defending people like CentralScrutinizer!!!!


OOH RAH!

 

[Cyberian]

<< the military is not for everybody, civilians contribute just as much if not more so.
u people r probably just weekend warriors and never tasted full active duty life
>>



You are probably right.

I remember my Dad telling me about all the civilians that hit Omaha Beach with him on 06/06/1944.

My oldest brother fondly recalls all the civilians alongside him as he was taking Pork Chop Hill.

I myself remember being shoulder to shoulder with countless civilians during the Tet offensive.