Message from @P I L L A R M A N

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2019-05-08 01:17:25 UTC  

if i were you i'd just do the most badass thing i could physically qual for

2019-05-08 01:17:27 UTC  

Already processing as a Marine tho

2019-05-08 01:17:34 UTC  

Nah aircrew is gay but aircrewman is different

2019-05-08 01:17:46 UTC  

the guys that actually fly on helos have great lives

2019-05-08 01:17:52 UTC  

the guys that maintain helos have shit lives

2019-05-08 01:17:53 UTC  

i'd go combat cam if possible

2019-05-08 01:17:55 UTC  

Go raider or recon then

2019-05-08 01:18:28 UTC  

Maybe this is just me being a soldier but man the marine corps doesn't have much to offer anymore

2019-05-08 01:18:37 UTC  

it's a mess from all angles from what i've seen and heard

2019-05-08 01:18:37 UTC  

You're not wrong

2019-05-08 01:19:00 UTC  

They replace or get rid of a fuckton of jobs as of late

2019-05-08 01:19:09 UTC  

I have a lot of respect for some individual marines but as whole the branch is in deep shit

2019-05-08 01:19:16 UTC  

Their doctrine is outdated to crap

2019-05-08 01:19:23 UTC  

they don't know what they wanna be

2019-05-08 01:19:42 UTC  

and just about the only thing they're good for is having a solid PR machine

2019-05-08 01:20:35 UTC  

See the thing is in the marines "we're better than you and we know it" kinda mentality ruins a lot of it.

2019-05-08 01:20:37 UTC  

I trained with a lot of foreign militaries during my first enlistment and I have got to say that like if it wasn't for the technology difference, the Columbian and Peruvian armies could probably beat the marine corps infantrywise

2019-05-08 01:22:01 UTC  

So marine corps infantry doctrine essentially boils down to "there is a brick wall ahead of us, we are going to keep bashing our heads against the wall until it breaks or falls down, when it eventually does we'll claim that we were successful"

2019-05-08 01:22:30 UTC  

that stubbornness is good in some scenarios but it's what got a hell of a lot of them killed in Iraq

2019-05-08 01:22:41 UTC  

Marines are basically the Slavs of america atm

2019-05-08 01:22:52 UTC  

yeah brute forcing shit doesn't work out so well irl

2019-05-08 01:23:58 UTC  

The army isn't all amazing either but we have our shit together relatively speaking

2019-05-08 01:25:06 UTC  

Honestly if the corps would get it's shit squared away, it wouldn't be so bad.

2019-05-08 01:25:23 UTC  

Their biggest issue is lack of focus branchwise

2019-05-08 01:25:23 UTC  

But with things going the way they are, I doubt they will

2019-05-08 01:25:37 UTC  

I think the Navy is doing the best atm

2019-05-08 01:25:37 UTC  

They don't know what they want to be as a force

2019-05-08 01:25:50 UTC  

Idk man I have friends in the 7th fleet

2019-05-08 01:25:58 UTC  

And they paint a different picture about the navy

2019-05-08 01:26:30 UTC  

I.e undermanned, overworked, shits falling apart, Chiefs are half shitty etc

2019-05-08 01:26:50 UTC  

Turning into the brits

2019-05-08 01:26:51 UTC  

I mean that same complaint can be extended mil wide but you squids got it rough sometimes

2019-05-08 01:27:16 UTC  

Ya we are under manned but it depends on command really

2019-05-08 01:27:18 UTC  

Military in general is in some bad times

2019-05-08 01:28:10 UTC  

Honestly joining in peacetime is kinda stupid unless you do a very technical role

2019-05-08 01:28:18 UTC  

And at that point just go air force and have it easy

2019-05-08 01:28:48 UTC  

Or coast guard and go do something useful

2019-05-08 01:29:03 UTC  

My step brother is a coastie

2019-05-08 01:29:10 UTC  

It's underrated

2019-05-08 01:29:12 UTC  

Doesn’t do shit but fish all day

2019-05-08 01:29:17 UTC  

Everyone shits on it but they're a cool branch