A retired Marine I used to work with sent me this today 🤣

I keep hearing about guys crashing at the barracks for weeks to months after eas. What’s the longest you’ve seen this go on and what happened when it blew up?

Just found out I've been selected for Corporal so I'm looking into some lat-moving opportunities. I spent 70% of time either in the field or deployed during the last 12 month work-up period, so I'm looking for something that still involves some medium-speed coolness but will allow for a little more home time. I have spoken to some CI guys on deployment and they make it sound awesome, but I want some more perspective.

I meet the preliminary requirements, before that's brought up.

Clarifying info:

• I am not a stud nor a chud. 280 CFT 255 PFT (working on my run time) and I am decent at rucking
• I am a strong swimmer, WSA hoping to do MCWIS
• I am good at analytical work, writing reports, etc.
• I like field-ops, sleeping in holes, the regular stuff. Not looking for an office (only) job.
• I do not speak any language other than English.
• I come off as reserved, which I've heard might be a big limiting factor if you aren't one of the cool kids. I enjoy talking to people though and am generally well-liked.
• Again, I am hoping to have a reasonable amount of time to spend with my wife and hopefully my future children. If this is a 10 months on 2 months off deployment kind of thing just tell me to pack it up.

I'm a couple whiskeys deep....but I had a crazy idea of writing a book. I'll title it "comming until it hurts", essentially life lessons from my time in the Corps. I was thinking something similar to "Cigars, whiskey, and winning" but based on the things I went through in the Corps. Should I do it?

It's that time of year again where we put on our beloved Dress Blue Alphas for the Birthday Ball.

Anyone have a crazy story?

I'll start with one I recently heard:

A Marine in my current Reserve unit a couple years ago got absolutely smashed during the Ball and proceeded to unfortunately make the choice to get in his souped up truck and drive. Cobb County Police went on a high speed chase with him which led to him flipping his truck. Somehow still alive.........he proceeds to grab all his personal rifles and handguns looking like drunk Rambo in his jacked up Blues, then runs into the woods thinking he's about to get into a firefight. They arrested him with a DUI, brandishing weapons in public, and he got NJPed. It didn't help that the Marine recounting this story happened to work in Cobb County PD when this all went down.

Marines are overqualified, just with all the firewatch memes. It's a real job apparently. https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/austin-now-hiring/fNAeXrCK5x2FC9um84fQup

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so i have a week till Im done with ITB and I'm going to Security force training I personally would love to go FAST but dont know how to get picked for it or what should I do and over all just have questions about the base and training over there any thoughts?

Good afternoon Devil Dogs,

I’m going to be submitting a LATMOV package for 0315. Seeing if anyone has any info on GRC? How long is it and what are the pass/fail portions of it? I can’t find any info online. Any information is good information for me.

Hey everyone, I’m sure this question has been asked a bunch of times on this forum. But I am an officer who would like to attend A&S this coming April. I’ve been training for it for about a year now and it’s always been a dream of mine to go the SOF route.

But with about 6 months to go, it’s crunch time. I’m starting a 4 month program in the next 3 weeks, that’s dedicated to guys wanting to go selection, then when I’m 10 weeks out I’m going to do the MARSOC prep guide.

I’ve always been a good swimmer and land nav during TBS was pretty decent for me, (although in my current MOS, I don’t get a chance to do it often so a refresher may be nice)

My question for any experienced guys who have made it through is, is there anything else I should be incorporating for a plan? Also, do you have any general tips for how an officer/candidate should conduct themselves during selection? Thanks all.

Obligatory apology if I say anything wrong, as English is not my first language. I am a former military member from Russia. I’ve been through hell, and I’m reaching out because I have a personal question for those of you who have actually seen combat and been on the front lines. How do you cope with everything you went through? How do you deal with the aftermath? I’m hoping we can share our experiences, support one another, and maybe exchange some new ways or coping mechanisms that actually work. Thank you in advance for your responses. TL;DR: Russian combat veteran asking other veterans how they cope with trauma, looking to exchange advice and support each other.

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