dont get me wrong, im not trying to cause an uph.....trouble
My cousin is an Army Infantry Scout
My cousin is strongly against me joining the Infantry option for the Marine Corps and my recruiter is ....lame, and wont/wouldnt change my MOS because he's lazy..dont ask how I know, or how I dont know...my last recruiter WOULD change it, this guy just wont..
anyway, I'm not sure how much of what my cousin tells me is true but he tells me this:
he has nightmares every night
all his friends from his platoon are either dead or in a mental hospital
its pure hell over in Iraq
hes been ordered to kill the wrong people, knowingly
other war stories involving guts and brains
how he's treated (i.e. disposable (his Humvee was hit by an IED and he suffered hearing loss and burns, and was put back on duty the same day; also having to do assinine duties for looking at people the wrong way; and that after being ambushed and in combat, they take away all his ammo because they dont feel he's responsible))
he says that his platoon has gone on over 1000 missions to date and has been ambushed every time
he also tells me that they censor his mail
he tells me that he has worked with the Marine Corps and that they are slow, clunky, and use no tactics in combat (which I feel is a lie)
This is just some of the things/reason he has told me why I shouldnt join; he tells me that they Marines are treated the same way and die off more..
I am just concerned, and I dont want to believe everything he says: but he says that all the fantasies of his imagination from when he joined are the same as mine and I would quickly see reality