The next stop for all new Marines is School of Infantry (SOI). Your Marine should ask questions about his/her orders prior to departure from the Recruit Depot.
AFTER GRADUATION FROM SOI - Infantry Marines After graduation from SOI, Infantry Marines will be assigned to their PDS, or Permanent Duty Station. The PDS will be one of several locations. The location will NOT be related to where your Marine attended ITB. Neither you nor your Marine will kn...
On hikes, it’s not uncommon to guys to “fall out” of hikes. Meaning for whatever reason they can’t continue with the hike. When this happens, they will usually get the “silver bullet” by a doc, which is a rectal thermometer to make sure their core temperature hasn’t risen ou...
Instead of being buried or crematedmy motherdonated her body to science, which in this case meant Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. Last night we went to a ceremony there in which the first year students — who have been working on the bodies all year — thank the family and fr...
A career as a corporal in the infantry. There’s a career for you! What I told the examiner was that I didn’t complain because I was a warrior and complaining isn’t part of warrior culture. Unless you’re complaining about the Marine Corps or the VA. ...
Jay Raymond acknowledged the importance of developing a unique service culture after he assumed the role of chief of space operations for the new sixth branch of the U.S. military: Space Force. “It’s going to be really important that we get this right,” Raymond said. “A uniform, ...
I have requested the Governor of Iowa have me executed by Firing squad at the "Field of complete Dreamy DUNGASS" in front of the whole world by my old 133rd Infantry Unit!! Bring your false accusing , schizo, coward, bribe taking witnesses you insanely used on me, the hypocrites at ...
Just heard the orange god deliver this line at the daily CODIV-19 task force briefing. For this fool, the military is a pile of new "stuff," He bought it, he paid for the "stuff" so, he has created a "brand...
Mass Effect has its share of kinetic combat, but it happens less frequently and chaotically, and usually between long periods of ‘inactivity’ filled by user-driven dialogue, planning, and preparation. What the long wars have brought to gaming is not a culture of defeat, but a culture of ...
Army, on the other hand, is the primary ground-based military force. As such, the US Army captures and holds territory with the use of infantry, aircraft, and an extensive support staff. The US Army is in the thick of battle, and is a substantially larger armed force than the Marines....