Ok, so I'm joining the Marine Corps to be an Intelligence Specialist and my friend is joining the Army for something....I can't remember right now...he decided to call me a pussy Marine because I was doing a non-combat job....I really had no great replies since I will most likely never see an enemy face-to-face....anyone got anything for me to retort with? So far I've just made fun of the fact that he's Army National Guard (Army= Ain't really Marines yet) but I really need something good

Well since you aren't a Marine yet and he isn't a Soldier yet I'd say it's just a wanna be purse fight,

Why am I a wanna be? The only reason I'm not enlisted yet is because I tore my ACL and had to get it replaced. The USMC requires I wait 8 months. At which point I will be enlisting ASAP. I respect both the army and marines but I also don't like not having a comeback and I figured current troops or vets would have the best comebacks.

Are you a Marine? Have you earned that title?

I wasn't allowed to call myself a human being let alone a Soldier until I had my cross rifles pinned on me which was around 12 or so weeks into Infantry school. The last thing you should be worrying about is rebukes.

"Wannabe" because you're not in yet.
No disrespect.
I hope it all goes well and you find what you want.

I never said I was a Marine, nor would I ever call myself one before I have put in the blood and sweat to earn that title but I don't think I should have to be in the Corps to joke around with a friend. I meant no disrespect with my comments and I hope it didn't come off that way.

When you finally get in, something you will learn is that no service is "pussy". You're all on the same team, with different jobs. You really think you'll be a Marine, and in a non-combat role? ROFL! Gawd that's funny! Nearly peed my pants 'cause it's so funny!

Kid, trust me- Marines love a good fight. Count on a good chance of seeing combat. IMO.

Don't matter if you are a marine or a soldier. You still want to be a POG. Means personnell other than grunt. If you aren't infantry, you are a POG. Sorry man, you chose the job.

I find it astonishing how uneducated our kids are when they graduate from high school. They want these really important roles! They wanna "fight"! They have this idea that the only important people are those pulling the trigger.
In the military EVERYONE is important.
Cooks, plumbers, carpenters, dentists, pediatrists, everyone. No one has any right saying, or as in this case implying, any different.

Maybe they feel better when they say that, but it sure makes them look like idiots.
And last I knew you have to be prior service to be in intel.