Originally Posted by CPL
How can you possibly say that once you get out of the Army or the Marines that they are useless in the corporate world. Where do you get your facts from? Did a Marine or a soldier tell you that? In the unit I was stationed with ( an infantry unit ) a lot of the Marines there had a full time job as a Police Officer , Sherrif Deputy , or a Firefighter. They are not considered white collar , but sure do protect and help the citizens of this country. Now if you want to look at a corporate standpoint in the unit , well my platoon seargent worked in Oracle. I had a Seargent thats an engineer for Intel making 6 figures. Our 1st Seargent after he retired went to work for IBM. Not to mention if you look at all the Fortune 500 companies out there a lot of them are former Marines. Back in 1997 there were more Marines in Congress than all the other branches combined.
This is a free country and can join whichever branch you choose to. If I wanted to be in the medical field , you know what , I would have gone Air Force but I would be a totally different person than what I am now.
FYI my first post was based on family , friends , classmates , & even ppl on the net that serves/ed in the Air Force. I also reside next to Travis Air Force Base.
You're right in the fact that Marines come away with great training, and a whole new perspective on how to get things done. If you apply the fundamentals that you learn in the Marines, you can do very well in the corporate world.
Unfortunatly I don't see how the infantry man can really even get his foot in the door, with just the Marines as his background.
Originally Posted by CPL
I dont totally agree with that though. When I was in I never got a vibe like that the officers didnt care about their Marines. The only thing I heard from others is calling them zeros. Most of the officers that I was under showed great leadership and motivation for the troops. One thing that sucks for them though is when its time for chow they eat last which sometimes means whatever is leftover.
Of course there are exceptions too. But I didn't like the majority I met.