Originally Posted by Chqusmc

you are not a real marine until you get NJP

Well for those that arent in the know, NJP stands for Non Judicial Punishment, or the military law system that trys and punishes military unique crimes, such as absence without leave (AWOL).

What that has to do with a real marine I havent a clue: unless thats some kind of internal reconition thing among marines themselves. of course, its a joke.

It really doesnt answer Nullis question, in my opinion, as to what to tell this friend thats posing as a marine.

Anyone that has been in The Corps or went through boot will tell you, you are not a Marine until you graduate, you have to put on your Blues go through the ceremony and then and only then you are a Marine. You are just a pond scum peice of crap until then and any DI will tell you that. So, unless your friend has graduated from boot, he is just a low life peice of pond scum. All Marines will tell you that, the reason is because we are told that all the way through boot camp. As a matter of fact when you are in boot, until your final phase your DI will not let you look at others ahead of you because you are not deserving of it, they will soon be Marines and you are not.

To answer the question: If he isn't a marine, he shouldn't say he is one. I think it's that simple.

No. Not till after Boot Camp.

Hell, I think the best way to handle it is to find a Marine and ask your buddy to try and convince HIM that they're the same.

In reality, I doubt anything you have to say will convince your pal that he's wrong if he's deluded enough to think that he is a junior high Marine (I'm assuming he's one of your schoolmates). Sometimes you just have to let people find things out the hard way.

I have a Marines sn and told him about it i hope he straightened him out. He's in high school just finished his freshman year.

There is one way he could be a marine without ever going trough bootcamp.....

Why do you let it bother you? He a freshman in high school, who's going to believe he's a Marine? In order to be a Marine, Airman, Sailor, Soldier, or Coastie, you have to earn it. Nobody's just given the any of those titles. Maybe the kid thinks it's halloween? Don't let his delusions of grandeur bother you. Just smile to yourself and rest assured that if he keeps saying he's a Marine, you don't have to do a thing because someone will eventually slap him down.

Originally Posted by DTop

Why do you let it bother you? He a freshman in high school, who's going to believe he's a Marine? In order to be a Marine, Airman, Sailor, Soldier, or Coastie, you have to earn it. Nobody's just given the any of those titles. Maybe the kid thinks it's halloween? Don't let his delusions of grandeur bother you. Just smile to yourself and rest assured that if he keeps saying he's a Marine, you don't have to do a thing because someone will eventually slap him down.

True, true. Maybe we shouldn't spent so much attention to one kid...

Convince the kid to go to the local mall or recruiter and tell them he is a Marine, they would correct it in about a heartbeat if not less. Plus, if it bothers you personally so much let him know and then shrug it off. If he gets into boot they will correct it for sure.