sooners1 said:
03USMC said:
RnderSafe said:
03USMC said:
And a Poolee ? I contact your RSS so freakin fast and give the scoop to the SNCOIC that the ink on my report wouldn't have had time to dry.
Already done.
Outstanding Sir!
OORAAHHH men!!!
dougal said:
Assault and Battery with a deadly weapon. Me and my two friends also.
www.blurty.com/users/focusfate go there for the story, I don't feel like typing the whole thing LOL
Now I gotta talk to my Gunny about getting into the Marines because I know they wont let you in with a felony.
I think your not sorry at all. Just full of yourself and wanted everyone to know because you thought it was great!!
Thank you Dr.Dougal
His reasons in posting here were not for glory. I suggested he post here. He wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea because of embarrassment. If you had talked to him before, this would be completely shocking to you. He came here looking for advice, and hopefully constructive criticism. I understand your anger, and believe me, my first reaction to his news was more of that of falling out of my chair than being merely surprised. My first question to ask was, "Were you drunk?" and then to say "Well, I can't decide if I would feel better if you were drunk, or be more mad because you were drinkin and drivin..."
I have actually been slightly disappointed in the words of many because of the maturity of them. While I know many of you are extremely embarrassed, much of the flaming would have been wiser had it been done over PM. Even I, a 15 year old, whose ex boyfriend (still a friend, but I gained true pride for the Marines in that relationship) and many many close friends have joined the Marines, and are going to be sent to Iraq soon, have held back my anger and tried to give advice. I know it seems to be a hopeless situation, but pointing out what can be done for the betterment of his attitude (positively!) toward weapons, or toward honor, or anything, would have helped him better himself as a person. Would you rather help him become a better person, or have him as he is now (no comments on this please) and still be "embarrassed" that he is considering becoming a Marine? Don't you think all those "embarrassing" horror story Marines could have used guidance and a good lesson on having your dreams come crashing down around you before they entered? Could that have possibly prevented their "stupid mistakes"?
My advice to him has already been put into action. Stop worrying about whether you will get into the Marines and learn how to better yourself off of this. He has understood completely where I was coming from. After he got over the initial anger, (as you have had to do), things became a little more clear.
While these actions were nothing but those of stupidity, all of us have our faults. Yes, some may be bigger then others, but that is nothing that can be helped. He may not be Marine material, but who’s to say he will forever be like this. If I still acted the way I did when I first joined these forums, you would accuse me of having the mentality of a 10 year old. I have learned, by being flamed myself, and by making mistakes.
The biggest fault of mankind is that which we never learn from our mistakes.
There is much more I could go on with, but one of the things I have learned most from, was not posting on anger. It makes the poster look immature, and the post becomes meaningless. This thread started with some hardcore, you were stupid, this isn't Marine material, to general harassment and immaturity. Are you not doing the same "trigger pulling" at him right now? Something just said to make yourself feel better, but other then that, having no true content?
America is the land where you can dream anything you want, and I would let him do his own destroying of dreams, no teenager needs any help with breaking dreams right now. I would know.
He also understands that I am in no way posting this out of pity, or saying that he is excused for anything he did, I just believe that once it is obvious someone is already suffering, or they try to apologize, blowing off their apologies, or harassing them more is unecessary. It was stupid, and now I believe he has already made it clear that he is glad he was caught. Altho later probably would have looked back on it and said, wow, what an idiot, I'm glad I wasn't caught, and felt guilty. Now that he was, he has turned it into a complete learning experience. He has a new respect for everyone involved.
Mods, please don't edit this. If I need to be banned or anything for this, go ahead, but I think much of it needed to be said. And if they feel the need to flame me for it, I would only hope they would do it by PM to keep this on topic. It kind of goes to show that you need to think before you type, and once things are said, they are said. Repeating them becomes ineffective.
