Posted on Dec 30, 2013
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Should former marines who join another service give up the title
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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SSG Recruiting And Retention Nco
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I'm still a Soldier, as a Veteran. I do better work than some Recruiters do, trying to get those who'd benefit from the training and discipline the Military offers. And I don't just try to sell the Army, but any branch.

And I have several friends and family members who are Marines. Just as I've earned the title of Soldier, they earned their title as Marine.
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Sgt Jc Upnorth
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Doesn't matter what branch I would end up in. I'm a marine can't change that like you can change the color of my skin
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Cpl David Baran
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Once a Marine, always a Marine.

No questions asked.
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Sgt David Golden
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Hell no marine is a marine their is no other like it but maybe the seal brother hood.
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PO1 Dustin Adams
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Once a Marine always a Marine.
I had the honor of spending the majority of my career serving with the Marine Corps either directly (1/4, 1/1, 2/5, 3/5, 1st FSSG/MLG) or in a supporting role (Edson Range, SOI-West). I have also served with other services and the Marine Corps Espirt de Corps truly sets them apart from all other branches of service. Not that other services don't take pride in themselves and their traditions, it is that the Marine Corps level of pride is above and beyond what you find in the other branches.
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LCpl Senior Staff Writer
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You might be working as a soldier, but a Marine is who you are. Unless you do something dishonorable that loses you your right to the title, you're of us and belong to us till you die. You don't get out of the cult that easily.
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SSG Battalion Career Counselor
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Everything we do in our lives contributes to the person we are today. That being said, one should take pride in what they are currently doing. I look at this the same way I look at people flying the flag of their heritage. Yes I am proud of my Norwegian heritage but I fly an American flag in my front yard because I am proud to be a part of this country. The same goes for ex marines. Yes they did serve in the Marine Corps but if they are currently in the Army/Air Force/Navy/ CG they should use what they learned from past experiences to become better leaders and mold more rounded subordinates................If one is just going to keep talking about how " the Marines are so much better," then go back to the Marines............that is if they will take you
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CPT Aaron Kletzing
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I think it's fine that they keep referring to themselves as a Marine in some ways. They earned the title IMO.
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Cpl Bo Dronet
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A will stay a Marine even in death
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LCpl Dee Cole
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You sound ridiculous.
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