Posted on Dec 30, 2013
Should former Marines who join another service give up the Title?
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I first joined the Army and after my enlistment, I joined the Marine Corps. I no longer call myself a Soldier, but a Marine. Should former Marines give up the title of Marine once they join another branch of service? It's analogous to a woman taking the name of her husband, then once the marriage has ended, she re-marries and takes her new husband's name. Me, I'm married to the Corps!
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With all due respect, who in the hell do you think you are - the Commandant of the Marine Corps? He has spoken on the matter and hence you - ESPECIALLY a Staff NCO - should not be insulting those who like you earned their Eagle, Globe and Anchor.<br><br><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">"A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're a Marine, just in a different uniform and you're in a different phase of your life. But you'll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There's no such thing as a former Marine."</span><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Gen. James Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps</span><br></div>
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SPC Roger Giffen
If you so wanted to e called a Marine, you should have stayed in the Marines You are now a soldier and no longer a Marine.
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SGT Jonathan Leonard
Every branch, MOS, ASI, SQI, specialty, etc., really needs to stop. You're really showing how insecure you really are. lol
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This picture is every Marine I have EVER met in my entire life who is now in the Army. Actually just in general.
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SGT Timothy Stuart
Hey WO1 Matthew Jones did I mention I was a Marine? Seriously, it is something to be immensely proud off. Why shouldn’t Marines puff their chests about it?
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MAJ Byron Oyler
How many soldiers in the Marines now say they were once a soldier? When the Army gets some of that same pride, maybe the Marines need to chill it a bit. Until then, they have something to be proud of.
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Once a Marine, Always a Marine! <div><br></div><div>Being a Soldier is a profession. Being a Marine is an identity. MSgt, you too will leave the Marine Corps one day, either in retirement or in a body bag, but nobody could ever take away your Marine identity.</div><div><br></div><div>To be fair, all Marines who leave the Marine Corps should call themselves "former Marines" in my opinion -- but I don't think serving in another branch of service changes anything. </div>
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SFC Kenneth Withers
Michael Rogers - We were not called soldiers in basic. What we where called is not very becoming. This is back in 1971. I am still a soldier and I swore the same oath!
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MAJ Byron Oyler
SFC James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" - I grew up wanting to be a Marine and one of the first books I ever read was Guadalcanal. Army Reserve recruiter called a couple months after I turned 17, Marines don't have nurses, and the rest is history. Respect the hell out of the jarheads and you are so right, that comment was so wrong.
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LCpl Larry Morgan
I think the bumper sticker I have on my truck....."Not as young, Not as mean, But still a Marine"......sort of says it all.
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Sgt Dale Briggs
I went thru Parris Island and I left as an E5 that I earned in 3 1/2 years. I’m still a Marine and I have the right to wear my simple shirt that says Marines, I earned that right. But that’s as far as I go, I don’t fly flags or bumper stickers, or window decals. I don’t disparage the Army guys, we did a lot of work with the 82nd at Bragg, they were as young as we were and just as committed and just as proud of being Airborne. Different branches different missions, but we’re integrated today and we fight together. I joined the Marines because I had an Uncle that was wounded on Iwo Jima.
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