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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Why does it matter? Should civilian give up the title. One should never forget where they come from. Keeping the title means they will have a deeper respect and fondness for Marines. Why would you want to take that away?
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I don't think they should, since they earned the title. But if it ever came down to a directive to have them remove that title, I sure has hell don't want to be the one to tell them that.
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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad
I am still struggling with the idea that a Marine --- particularly a Marine Master Sergeant --- would ask such a question! And don't even get me started on the "former Marine" part of the question!!
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SFC William Crews
Of course not. Did they fail? No, they still passed and honorably served so they are still a Marine. I'd like to see somebody tell some of my buddies who served as Marines that they were no longer allowed to be called Marines, lol.
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MSgt Schrubb, I admire your pride in the Marine Corps and wish that more active and former Army members showed the same esprit as the USMC, however, when you join the Army, you are a "soldier", not a Marine. You will always be a "Former Marine" and nobody can take that away from you, however, you should not expect anybody in the Army to call you a Marine. There are no Marines in the Army, only former Marines.
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GySgt Joe Strong
COL Jean (John) F. Burleson
Sir,
I respect your opinion, but humbly disagree. My experiences and observations simply lead me to believe otherwise.
Thank you for your response.
Sir,
I respect your opinion, but humbly disagree. My experiences and observations simply lead me to believe otherwise.
Thank you for your response.
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Capt Walter Miller
The Army and the Marine Corps have vastly different value systems. In the Marine Corps, it is “Every Marine a rifleman”, “My Corps, Your Corps, Our Corps, Marine Corps!” In the Army, loyalty to the Branch is stressed. Loyalty to “Big Army” is downplayed and denigrated. Marines stress the history of the organization; Army guys as a group don’t seem to even know the Army birthday. I had a co-worker recently, great guy, retired Major in the Green Berets. One June 14, I said, “Do you know what today is?” Not a clue.
Who do the Army teach as institutional heroes the way the Corps reveres Dan Daley, Chesty Puller, Manila John Basilone, and on and on? As I am fond of saying, the best known US Army soldier may indeed be George Custer.
There are HUGE differences between the two services.
Walt
Who do the Army teach as institutional heroes the way the Corps reveres Dan Daley, Chesty Puller, Manila John Basilone, and on and on? As I am fond of saying, the best known US Army soldier may indeed be George Custer.
There are HUGE differences between the two services.
Walt
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
Capt Walter Miller
Capt Miller - You are clueless about the Army. You have been called out and proven to be a fool in other posts/strings. Stick to subjects you know about. I respect the Marine Corps and would never put them down. I have worked for Marines and Marines have worked for me. What you say is pure unadulterated BS. There is no real difference between the services. Stop bashing the Army. It makes you look foolish.
Capt Miller - You are clueless about the Army. You have been called out and proven to be a fool in other posts/strings. Stick to subjects you know about. I respect the Marine Corps and would never put them down. I have worked for Marines and Marines have worked for me. What you say is pure unadulterated BS. There is no real difference between the services. Stop bashing the Army. It makes you look foolish.
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Capt Walter Miller
Lord above. All you do is carp. There are plenty of differences between the services.
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MSgt (Join to see) As a former (not EX) Marine, my comment on this would be that the first verse of the Marine Corps Hymn ends with "We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine."
Regardless of where I have been afterward, do you suggest that I should somehow lose that pride?
Regardless of where I have been afterward, do you suggest that I should somehow lose that pride?
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Personally speaking MSgt, there are no has-beens in any branch of service. However, as long you are in the uniform of said service and you are a prior in another service, you are a member of that said service that you are currently serving. Do you lose the title you earned? I say no. When you earn the title of veteran, you will always be a part of the brotherhood, no matter how many branches you served.
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BEING A UNITED STATES MARINE CAN NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY ITS RECORDED IN HISTORY AND IN YOUR BEING AS A MAN...
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Well first of all...Once a Marine, Always a Marine. =)
Secondly...There does seem to be some discrepencies in terms of how much more the different branches are willing to offer you in comparison to what Prior Service Recruiting may or may not offer you. Sadly, this becomes more important in these "entitlement state" times we seem to be living in. I went volunteer-guarantee 0300 field at contract, and ended up 0351. This is what I believe to be the complete opposite of the "whats in it for ME" crap.
Third, I find humor in a service-member wearing any other uniform with a nice legible USMC tat on a forearm. Just the 4 letters...it doesn't have to be the EGA etc.
In your case, I might suggest perhaps the Army wasn't enough for you. And you have clearly moved up in the Corps. So the way I see it...Shame on the Army for not doing a better job of retaining you.
Semper Fi.
Secondly...There does seem to be some discrepencies in terms of how much more the different branches are willing to offer you in comparison to what Prior Service Recruiting may or may not offer you. Sadly, this becomes more important in these "entitlement state" times we seem to be living in. I went volunteer-guarantee 0300 field at contract, and ended up 0351. This is what I believe to be the complete opposite of the "whats in it for ME" crap.
Third, I find humor in a service-member wearing any other uniform with a nice legible USMC tat on a forearm. Just the 4 letters...it doesn't have to be the EGA etc.
In your case, I might suggest perhaps the Army wasn't enough for you. And you have clearly moved up in the Corps. So the way I see it...Shame on the Army for not doing a better job of retaining you.
Semper Fi.
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