Well said. You and me both.

I just served one 3-year enlistment. That was about 56 years ago, but I have found that the longer I live, the more I love my USMC memories.

@@robertgoss4842 exactly, life experience and time teaches us those were the VERY BEST people we would ever know.

Hay womens serving,?

@@robertgoss4842 So Vietnam?

Thank You for our many Freedoms/

Rah salt dog

Thank you!!!

Thank you devil dog

Thank you

@anthonyjones9868 "ONCE IN THE AGENCY ...once in the guard, once in the KKK, once in the BLM, once it is over it is over at once; you gotta serve the so callled elite bankers ANYHOW, no matter the gear, the fear or whacha wear ..."

Oooh rah!

Jones, dave jones.

Thank you for your service. What did you do in the Navy? Just curious.

@@TheYoungCollector Thank you so much! I served during Desert Storm/Shield and was deployed in the gulf on an amphibious ship.

@@princegroove My uncle was in the Air Force and went to Desert Storm. What medals do you have?

Your leaders have sex changes 💪👍

Now it has become LGBTQ company

Everybody asked themselves that same question at some point in boot camp 😅 I know I did multiple times

The “Walking Dead.” Served with 1/9 in Okinawa.

They were standing 9th marines back up as I was getting out in 08. Yup, walking dead!

Striking 3/9 Gulf War veteran

Joined 1969 to Void the draft. Fulfilled my dream since I was 3 yrs old. Did 16 yrs knees went. Semper Fi to all Marines.

My pops volunteered for the marine corps in 1965. my grandfather fought in world war 2. He got my dad an agriculture deferment pass. My dad went to his uncle who was a marine in WW2. He drove my father to corpus christi texas. Where my father signed the papers. My father's uncle went back to the ranch. And told my grandpa your son is a man. He has something important to tell you listen. Thank you for your service sir

♥️🇺🇲♥️ My first Love was drafted in November of 1965 and killed in 1968...He wanted to get married before leaving..I always regretted I wanted to wait until he got home..😔 I was young and scared...God Bless everyone of our Vietnam veterans...Always..🇺🇲♥️♥️

​@katherinegates1559 Katherine, humans die twice, once when their physical body leaves this earth and the other when their memory dies and no one remembers them. Please always remember and keep his memory alive, because he never left you! he has been with you every day since the fateful day and left this earthly world. Have a wonderful day!❤

Had I had my life to live over, I'm 67, this culture would either would have killed me, or made me over, better. God bless our USMC. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@@cledet9088 🇺🇲 Thank you so very much for the beautiful comment.... Certainly touched my Heart..♥️🇺🇲♥️

Probably the most hardcore era 🙏🏴‍☠️🫡 IMO 🫶🫡

Ty for your service marine!

I always wondered what my folks thought of the erratic phone call in the middle of the night. Jan 26th 2002, they got the call. Semper Fi 😊

Make me cry all the time , my son is already 2 weeks and for me it’s 2 years take so slow this time 😢Dios lis cuide y de fuerzas pido por el cada día cada instante I miss him so much 😢

@@212fanitaBoot camp was stressful for me too. I felt like I was in boot camp. I got more grey hairs in my head from it. Just write him lots of letters while he is in boot camp to encourage him because they feel like giving up at times. He will never regret doing it. My son is doing well especially since he gets to travel overseas.

@@judithbuchanan4480me hizo mucho bien su comentario! Nunca le pediría a mi hijo de 19 años de edad el mas pequeño de mis 6 hijos yo tengo 64 !que fuera a los Marines! Pero Sorpresivamente el me anunció que iría 😢😮 y no lo detuve!!! Se va antes de septiembre 25 al boot camp y entre el gran orgullo y gozo que siento de su decisión también hay un gran clamor desde muy adentro 😢❤ que siento que mi corazón no va a soportar!!😭😭😭 sino fuera por la fuerte confianza que siento en el poder de Dios de que estamos en sus manos y la certeza que estamos haciendo su voluntad!🙏🙌🙌🙌 gracias x el consejo de las cartas ! ✍️ Empezaré a comprar sobres papel 📝 y estampillas! 😢❤😭😭 ellos le envían dirección a donde enviaremos sus cartas?? ✉️

I joined the Corp in 1966. I loved the Corp. To this day, I look back, it was the hair cut that made us all equal.

Thank you for you service, but I’m a U.S. Marine…watch the video US Marines are US Marines and it’s definitely different then anything else. That’s why it’s special to US Marines.

@@EricC0311PMC Hi Eric also thank you for your service. Dutch marines are maybe more different than US marines. To become a Dutch marine, you have to pass a 3 days physical test, your body will be completely inspected and you get a mental inspection by several psychiatrist. Every 3 days 80 boys go to Amsterdam and get this inspection. All these boys already passed the regular army inspection. But only 2 or 3 will pass the test to go to the Marines basic training. This is based in Rotterdam and it takes 7 months, in these 7 months you are more outside in the Forrest, at see and in the air. 150 of the selected boys wil start, and more than 50% will not finish. In my term only 62 became a Marine. And this is just the beginning, it takes 3 years to become a corporal, and all marines get special artic training, in Norway. Mountain training in Scotland, Jungle training in Martinique. They can be deployed from helicopters, planes, from different ships and boats. And within the Marines we have specialist training, mountain leader, frog men, anti terrorist units, snipers. Don’t underestimate Dutch Marines, but it is good you feel like a Marine… the best

@@EricC0311PMCthe US Marines share a lot in common with uk and British marines and train with each other on a consistent basis. He’s simply sharing we share an affinity for one another

@@EricC0311PMC Just to put u in your place. U sir dont even have your own language. Same go s for history. Now get back in your place sir.

​@@seanbrennan4356the training is incomparable to RM training.

Squids had the best chow, Thanks.

Sorry to be the one inform you, but you did not miss anything. A lot of what they say here is total BS. It's done for the public that does not know squat. You appear to be idializing something that you actually know every little about. While Boot Camp was fun and a bit challenging, it and the Fleet Marine Force we're nothing compared to how it's spoken about in shows like this one. After the 1st month, Boot Camp was actually fun. I did boot camp at MCRD San Diego and the rest at Camp Lejeune, NC., July 84-88. I had planned on doing 20 years, but after I saw the amount of sucking up and what not that one had to do in order to get promoted and other BS experiences, from being micro managed to not being mentally challenging, it became obvious that it was not for me. I ended up in an Artillary general support unit, but after much begging and whining I got myself transferred to a Direct Support unit and managed to at least go on a 6 month Western Med Float in 1987 and then Puerto Rico a few months after getting back to the states. This would have never happened in a General Support unit. I guess that my main issue was that I needed more adventure and I hated being micro managed, with a passion. Remember, don't believe most of what these people say, most of it is blowing smoke up your back side. Btw, I ended up joining the Army National Guard and doing 18 years. About nine in an aviation unit (helicopter mechanic) and the other nine as an NBC commissioned officer, with two deployments, one in Iraq in 05. With that said, some of it was fun, but a lot of it was total BS, with a shit load of “hurry up and wait”. 🤷‍♂️

UKposts sympathizes with you.

@@pauldeanda4985your experience is your experience, it doesn’t make sense If it wasn’t challenging, why didn’t you just rank up, or join the special forces, I had a very different experience, a lot of training, shooting and leadership. Also, don’t forget that Marines are combat ready, as in we fight and die in the battlefield like warriors. But your right, the Marines I was in was not a brotherhood More like a warrior cult. I think he would have loved it. That was my experience.

​@JulianLopez-mh6be you might have rose tinted glasses brother... he's not missing the mark on a lot but he's also leaving out a lot of the good to be fair. But everyone's career in the corps is different. I had a good run and get out in a few months. Overall i think the organization has issues but the e5 and below clown posse that are my brothers make it worth it because there's no better group of mentally challenged psychos id rather bet by life on

I don’t think the BMW (Bitchy, Moany, Whiney) was in the same USMC I served for 11 years. I do think when passing through the strip mall looking for the Marine Corps, he made a wrong turn into Casual Company where the Sick, Lame, & Lazy were sequestered. A Real Marine knows you have to follow orders to have any hope of surviving an enemy encounter. Cry babies need not apply but you didn’t make the cut & we’re relegated to the National Guard where those that 😮😢😂“ just don’t 🎉

Once a Marine Always a Marine ..God Bless all who serve and have served..👏👏👏👏

♥️🇺🇲♥️ yes ...Old Breed...my dad..I have his book..🇺🇲

Thank you. Semper Fi

You r exactly who I’m talking about 😂 you are not a real Marine your a New Marine trained by women 😂 jesse Kelly is right we are gonna get r ass kicked the next war we got woke shit protecting us

My Corps, Your Corps, Marine Corps.

Yes

I've heard a lot of soldiers say, " I could have been a Marine." I've never seen a Marine who said, "I could have been a soldier." No Marine would want to be a soldier.

@@hml3672 facts

Can't believe you said that solider

Thank you for your service.

👍🇬🇧❤🇱🇷

You refer to your sons as dogs??? 🤣🤣. Okay! Whatever!

I tingle with pride when I see messages like yours. I know your heart must be bursting with pride for your boys!

God bless them!

@@bigdee8189not just any dog . A devil dog apparently 🙄

Retreat Hell saltdog

I was in 2/5 in 1980 to 1982. we where stationed at Camp Margaretta on Camp Pendleton at that time .

2/5 69-70 VN.

three - five (my damn keyboard is broken).

Did he do the Haitian Cuban mid 90s…they were scraping for interptors

@@BrianAten He came over in 1978, and he loves this country! We share four sons, they are all grown now but he is the BEST! I'm so glad he asked!

@@poodledoodlequilter6479 but the fed shitz onmarines…that’s all

@@BrianAten What do you mean, my husband went far in the USMC.

Thank you for your service sir🫡. Did you go to Vietnam?

the bus stops, door opens, everyone goes dead silent

Ask the Royal Marines ,😀

I see that username. Shake and bake Sir.

@@W1Robur hell yeah!

Gene Lowe Moter T now living in Topeka Kansas 9301 SW Peck St Topeka Kansas. If you are in Kansas, stop in for a cup of coffee. I have Parkinsons disease and might hit the big lawsuit from Camp Lejeune. Then we'll go to Longhorns for a Ribeye and a top shelf scotch.

What did you do in the Marines? Thank you for your service🫡

I got out when the gov t decided to cut numbers of all forces. I do miss it to, somedays.

Semper Fi, you old fart! I'll see ya in Fiddler's Green.

And lost in Vietnam

The politicians lost Vietnam. ​@@user-vv2xs9qj3o

I thought the seals were the finest?

Grace of God? Wasn't that like a 3 week or less tank war and air war. I went in in 03 so i was young to remember very much of that war

@@ronmerson6986 the air war started on 17 January 1991 and it lasted until 24 February 1991. We all were subject to scud missile attack , so yes thats what I meant by the grace of god

I barley remember the yellow foot prints at all.. The life changing moment for me as a Marine was when we finally met our assigned platoon drill instructors during the indoc speech. Things changed for ever when that happened from innocent ignorance to serious real world.

Well said!

My uncle was a DI at Paris Island. I would spend 2 weeks with my cousins and we ran all over that place. He was chewing on this guy 1 day about not doing pushups properly. He yell at my 5 yr old cousin Jerry Scott come down here and show this recruit how to do 20 pushups. He did it like it wasn't anything . All his kids exercised. Always looked forward to the time i got to spend down there.

🤣🤣🤣🤣. "finest??". "feared??". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Not even close!!! Stop bragging about something that is FALSE!!

Keep pushing god has a plan everything happens for a reason spread your seed amd marry a girl and have many kids

@@ricardorascon88 everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is a bad decision was made

God bless you! Thank you for your service sir! 💯💯💯

44 years ago Today I started the journey a journey no one can ever take, and only a Few can make. To all my brothers and sisters who've worn and still were The Egale,Globe and Anchor of "The United States Marines.

That swampy Paris Island air? Or after shave lol?

Thank you or your service.

Bro I was in K-bay from 83 to 86 and may have deployed with you! I was a radio operator (battery operated grunt) with 3rd Recon. I was off and on the Duluth, Dubuque, Monticello, Tuscaloosa, Belleau Wood and Iwo Jima during those years until I re-uped and PCS'd to 29 Palms. i had a close friend in BLT 1/3 Comm, Terry Mason.

100 percent possible.