The Marines

[LoriDavenport]

Now I've always been partail to this one branch of the services for awhile now. I've done my research and Im thinking about joining the marines after I get out of highschool. Now I was wondering if we got any vets on here from the marines or any branch of the service really. Id like to get some info on the marines in particular though!:D

[RogerDuke]

Hi Lori, I was in the Marine Reserves from 1978-1984. A big part of your Marine Corps experience will depend on what kind of military job you select and what the Middle East situation is like in the future. The best advice I can give you is to talk to people who are in now or have currently gotten out because I'm sure things have changed since I've been in. Those are the people who can give you the best advice so I'd talk to as many of them as you can. Don't make any hasty decisions. Learn as much as you can before you sign any papers because this is serious stuff.

[LoriDavenport]

Really Roger? I didn't knwo you was in the marines....the closest base to me I think is at Camp LeJune...or however you spell it...in North Carolina I believe. I know it is very serious and I tend to take it serious...I've given it alot of thought since I was in my freshman year of highschool...Im not going full force and saying I am going to join it cause I still have two years of highschool left, but...im considering it...and I think that I will as of now, but not sure if it'll stay the same in the future...cause to be honest I haven't the slightest clue what I want to be when Im and adult.

[RogerDuke]

I spent 3 months at Lejeune and 3 months at Parris Island South Carolina. If you want to see what Marine Corps boot camp was like back in those days watch the first half of the movie "Full Metal Jacket". Before I saw it, if somebody told me they could make a realistic movie about boot camp, I wouldn't have believed them. I would guess things have changed a lot since that was made though.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

I'm a wife to a jarhead from 29 Palms- and he won't let me watch that movie for that reason Roger.

[RogerDuke]

I spent 3 summer camps out there!! Ask him if he ever went out to Camp Wilson where all the reservists hang out. It's a smaller camp a few miles away from the main one.

[LoriDavenport]

I've not seen that movie, but I have seen Jarhead, I watch all the war movies and mostly the military channel. Like I said, I know this is serious stuff and Im using my head on it too...Im debating right now...it does give you a good foundation...