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fandomsecrets2009-09-12 04:01 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2009-09-12 04:01 pm
[ SECRET POST #981 ]
⌈ Secret Post #981 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 21 pages, 506 secrets from Secret Submission Post #141.
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Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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(Anonymous) 2009-09-13 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)Seriously evaluate your reasons for going into the Marine Corps before you do anything. Is becoming a Marine absolutely worth the Hell that is Parris Island (or San Diego, if you're male and live on the West Coast)? Yes. Definitely. It's worth the Hell of OCS if you plan on exploiting your college degree. However, if the only reason you want to is because of fandom... I don't think you'll enjoy being a Marine. You probably won't even get through your basic training. A lot of people I knew who joined up without seriously thinking it through gave up at the first setback. There are few things more disheartening than getting to Parris Island and failing your Initial Strength Test, so you're stuck there for another week (two, minimum, if you're female) waiting for the next company to pick up. It gets even worse when you're injured and in the rehabilitation platoon, and you've got a complete noob as your rackmate who failed their IST and now wants to go home because they'll never be a Marine now (this experience is unique to females, as the males have three rehabilitation platoons, one for physical training, one for illnesses, and one for injuries). What really sucks is being three weeks from graduation when you find out you're injured, and you get sent back to the rehab platoon after having been there once for failing your IST, getting back into training with a month left to go, and getting sent home because you've been there too long already, but got a severe case of pneumonia and can't continue training at that time.
I want to go back, even after all that. Keeping in mind that they treat you like you are lower than dirt, even when you're injured. I've got friends who are Marines; who made it through in the standard three months. They can't imagine being on Parris Island for six months. They can't imagine getting sent home without graduating. They can't imagine wanting to go back. It's THAT hard, THAT bad. The end result is worth it, yes. But it's an eight year contract (seeing as once you go off active duty, they can still call you up any time during the next two-four years after that if they need you). I've heard more than enough stories about people who didn't really think through the military lifestyle and the Marines before joining who spent the next four years hating life.
Also, if you REALLY don't like any of that stuff... the Marine Corps is REALLY not for you. Especially running. I was in the rehab platoon for a hip fracture. When I recovered enough to do PT, there was one day that I had to run 2.5 miles. That PT session concluded with another mile for a "fun run". And don't get me started on mud and bugs and heat. Srsly.
Now, if you've put a lot of serious thought and research into this, and still want to: I commend you and wish you better luck than I had. It's a really worthwhile experience.
I don't mean to sound condescending or anything of the sort. I just don't want to see you get in over your head over fandom. That's all. Can you blame me for worrying a little after my experience?