Joining The Marines

[ANNE HATHAWAY FANANNE HATHAWAY FAN is verified member.]

What's the difference between the Army and the Marines?

Well in the Army and the Marines you get as much pussy as you want.

Except in the Marines it smells like shit.

 

[Bear Hammer]

About a month ago, I was sitting at 198 pounds, mostly fat, no endurance, and zero upper body strength. I couldn’t do a single pull up. My energy was shit. I felt heavy, slow, and disconnected from the body I knew I could have if I just committed.

Now I’m at 180 pounds. That’s 18 pounds down, and for the first time in a long time, I’m not just losing fat, I’m starting to see muscle show up.

I know it's not crazy but the progress feels really nice.

 

[Frosty Fetus]

About a month ago, I was sitting at 198 pounds, mostly fat, no endurance, and zero upper body strength. I couldn’t do a single pull up. My energy was shit. I felt heavy, slow, and disconnected from the body I knew I could have if I just committed.

Now I’m at 180 pounds. That’s 18 pounds down, and for the first time in a long time, I’m not just losing fat, I’m starting to see muscle show up.

I know it's not crazy but the progress feels really nice.

What's your regiment?

 

[Bear Hammer]

What's your regiment?

Thanks, here’s what I’ve been doing.

Spoiler: Workout / diet

• Mostly bodyweight stuff: pushups, incline rows, planks, core work
• Running 3x/week, starting slow (like 1.5–2 miles, gradually increasing). I can run minimum 3 - 5 miles now.
• Added lat pulldowns and band assisted pull-ups to build towards doing full pull-ups
• One full rest day, but I stretch daily

Diet:

• Cut out soda, chips, and fast food completely expect for Sunday (still get limited portions).
• Eating clean but simple: eggs, chicken, rice, oats, fruit, peanut butter
• Drinking tons of water and tracking portions (not strict counting, but mindful)

 

[Bear Hammer]

Had a good phone call with my recruiter recently. He told me that I should make a list of other MOS options just in case Combat Correspondent (4341) isn't available when I’m ready to sign my contract.


But honestly the more I look at the other jobs the marines have to offer, I see there are a lot of cool roles that could fit me well.

Here’s what I’m currently considering:

• PSYOPS (Psychological Operations)
• Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
• Ammunition Tech / EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
• Legal Services Specialist (4421)
• Infantry (0311) (fuck it)

 

[ANNE HATHAWAY FANANNE HATHAWAY FAN is verified member.]

Infantry (0311) (fuck it)

 

[Bear Hammer]

I finished my GED orientation and scored high on the placement test, way better than I expected. Honestly, I went in nervous, thinking I might feel behind or out of place because I haven't been in school for a while, but it turns out I'm more better than I thought. This feels like the first real step toward turning my whole life around. I scored a six ABE NRS level and reading, and a five level in math.


I also just found out about Sophia.org, and I feel like I just found my deus ex machina. For $99 month, you can take as many college classes as you want, all self paced, all online. If I can just knock out just 15 credits, I get upgraded to Tier 1, you get treated the same as someone with a high school diploma. That opens more jobs and makes my path way smoother. If I grind even just even little each day, I could knock out 15 credits in 1–2 months. Just in time to finish my GED classes for my good enough degree. That would put me in a whole new bracket, more MOS options, and a cleaner shot at earning a commission someday. And I could get promoted to corporal right out of boot camp.

 

[Frosty Fetus]

I finished my GED orientation and scored high on the placement test, way better than I expected. Honestly, I went in nervous, thinking I might feel behind or out of place because I haven't been in school for a while, but it turns out I'm more better than I thought. This feels like the first real step toward turning my whole life around. I scored a six ABE NRS level and reading, and a five level in math.


I also just found out about Sophia.org, and I feel like I just found my deus ex machina. For $99 month, you can take as many college classes as you want, all self paced, all online. If I can just knock out just 15 credits, I get upgraded to Tier 1, you get treated the same as someone with a high school diploma. That opens more jobs and makes my path way smoother. If I grind even just even little each day, I could knock out 15 credits in 1–2 months. Just in time to finish my GED classes for my good enough degree. That would put me in a whole new bracket, more MOS options, and a cleaner shot at earning a commission someday. And I could get promoted to corporal right out of boot camp.

GED? Highschool dropout or something?

 

[Bear Hammer]

GED? Highschool dropout of something?

Yeah, I dropped out of high school about two years ago. I was severely depressed and suicidal back then, even tried to commit suicide by cop. All it did was get me tased and hospitalized. After that, I kind of just shut down and became a total recluse. Spent way too much time online doing nothing meaningful.

Life only just started looking up recently. I reconnected with my dad and my older sister, for once it feels like I actually have a real opportunity to turn things around. I'm working on getting my GED, planning to knock out 15 college credits to qualify as Tier 1, I've been training to get fit, my diet took a complete 180. I know my past is messy, but I'm doing everything I can now to prove I'm not that same person anymore so I could get a waiver approved.

 

[Frosty Fetus]

Yeah, I dropped out of high school about two years ago. I was severely depressed and suicidal back then, even tried to commit suicide by cop. All it did was get me tased and hospitalized. After that, I kind of just shut down and became a total recluse. Spent way too much time online doing nothing meaningful.

Life only just started looking up recently. I reconnected with my dad and my older sister, for once it feels like I actually have a real opportunity to turn things around. I'm working on getting my GED, planning to knock out 15 college credits to qualify as Tier 1, I've been training to get fit, my diet took a complete 180. I know my past is messy, but I'm doing everything I can now to prove I'm not that same person anymore so I could get a waiver approved.

Just like me except I just changed schools and graduated.

 

[Bear Hammer]

Just like me except I just changed schools and graduated.

That’s solid, man. Honestly, props for finishing, I wish I had handled it that way back then. Took me longer to get my head on straight, but I'm trying to make up for lost time now. G

 

[ANNE HATHAWAY FANANNE HATHAWAY FAN is verified member.]

Just like me except I just changed schools and graduated.

I didn't drop out I just took the GED test when I was in high school because I was sick of school. Once I realized I could breeze through the courses and get a diploma (this was back in 2001 so if you were an active high school student that took the GED and the SAT you would get an actual diploma)

I literally just couldn't do another year. 9/11 had just happened and I knew that sooner or later I was going to join the Army so I just said screw it how can I get through school as fast as possible.

I don't know if that's still an option these days for people in high school but IIRC I think one of the main reasons I was able to do it that way is because all I had left were elective credits (I spent half of my high school years in a charter school so we were able to pick our classes and I knocked the mandatory ones out in the beginning)

Shit, I was able to get my business admin degree in half the time it was supposed to take because I just doubled up on classes

 

[Frosty Fetus]

I didn't drop out I just took the GED test when I was in high school because I was sick of school. Once I realized I could breeze through the courses and get a diploma (this was back in 2001 so if you were an active high school student that took the GED and the SAT you would get an actual diploma)

I literally just couldn't do another year. 9/11 had just happened and I knew that sooner or later I was going to join the Army so I just said screw it how can I get through school as fast as possible.

I don't know if that's still an option these days for people in high school but IIRC I think one of the main reasons I was able to do it that way is because all I had left were elective credits (I spent half of my high school years in a charter school so we were able to pick our classes and I knocked the mandatory ones out in the beginning)

Shit, I was able to get my business admin degree in half the time it was supposed to take because I just doubled up on classes

I wish I had that option back in shool

 

[Bear Hammer]

I didn't drop out I just took the GED test when I was in high school because I was sick of school. Once I realized I could breeze through the courses and get a diploma (this was back in 2001 so if you were an active high school student that took the GED and the SAT you would get an actual diploma)

I literally just couldn't do another year. 9/11 had just happened and I knew that sooner or later I was going to join the Army so I just said screw it how can I get through school as fast as possible.

I don't know if that's still an option these days for people in high school but IIRC I think one of the main reasons I was able to do it that way is because all I had left were elective credits (I spent half of my high school years in a charter school so we were able to pick our classes and I knocked the mandatory ones out in the beginning)

Shit, I was able to get my business admin degree in half the time it was supposed to take because I just doubled up on classes

I wasn’t that strategic about it, I just completely fell apart and dropped out because I was mentally raped, and then just disappeared into the internet for like two years. Total burnout loser arc.


Only just now started doing something with myself, getting my GED, planning to knock out 15 Sophia credits to hit Tier 1, and trying to unrape my body asap so I can get into the Marines.

 

[Bear Hammer]

Why do the green redditors think I'm retarded like wtf

 

[Bear Hammer]

Like I admit I'm autistic and that I sometimes misunderstand jokes but they seem to think I’m genuinely brain damaged and can't do anything, I don't really understand what I’m doing to come across that way.

 

[ANNE HATHAWAY FANANNE HATHAWAY FAN is verified member.]

Why do the green redditors think I'm retarded like wtf

View attachment 94419
View attachment 94420

I will never get tired of neckbeard fat slobs who think that infantry is just for people who were too stupid to do anything else.

I specifically requested 11b, because that's where the action is. If I wanted to spend my time in Iraq being a fucking mechanic, I would have just gone and worked at an AutoZone in New Mexico for two years.

Straight up and down the biggest red flag of "faggot who was too chicken shit to enlist but talks shit" will always be the people who say that infantry is for stupid people.

That's just some bullshit thing they heard from people who were in the army who were too a-scared of combat so they picked coward shit like mechanic or chaplain assistant or supply chain specialist.

Just because you were such a pussy you chose to be a cook doesn't make me a mongoloid for walking through crowds of Iraqis with my M16 and a gigantic set of balls, catching dirty looks from the locals and wondering if today was the day.

 

[Bear Hammer]

I will never get tired of neckbeard fat slobs who think that infantry is just for people who were too stupid to do anything else.

I specifically requested 11b, because that's where the action is. If I wanted to spend my time in Iraq being a fucking mechanic, I would have just gone and worked at an AutoZone in New Mexico for two years.

Straight up and down the biggest red flag of "faggot who was too chicken shit to enlist but talks shit" will always be the people who say that infantry is for stupid people.

This. The "anyone can join the military" belief that normies have is always parroted by the same people who would require waivers. 72% of the U.S. population is disqualified right off the bat, whether it’s for being too fat, having mental health issues, drug history, criminal charges, or just being too soft to handle basic discipline.

Normies don't realize how high the physical standards are just to enlist, let alone do infantry. You need to pass the IST just to ship, run 1.5 miles, max out crunches, pull-ups or push-ups, and that's before boot camp breaks you down and rebuilds you. Half these fags couldn't even carry a pack across a parking lot without collapsing.

I've been training for months just to get my body up just to the baseline. It's not easy. So yeah, I have way more respect for the guys who chose infantry over less physically demanding jobs.

 

[ANNE HATHAWAY FANANNE HATHAWAY FAN is verified member.]

This. The "anyone can join the military" belief that normies have is always parroted by the same people who would require waivers. 72% of the U.S. population is disqualified right off the bat, whether it’s for being too fat, having mental health issues, drug history, criminal charges, or just being too soft to handle basic discipline.

Normies don't realize how high the physical standards are just to enlist, let alone do infantry. You need to pass the IST just to ship, run 1.5 miles, max out crunches, pull-ups or push-ups, and that's before boot camp breaks you down and rebuilds you. Half these fags couldn't even carry a pack across a parking lot without collapsing.

I've been training for months just to get my body up just to the baseline. It's not easy. So yeah, I have way more respect for the guys who chose infantry over less physically demanding jobs.

It legitimately makes me laugh because it's such a TELL. The only people that I have ever heard say anything negative about the intelligence of infantrymen were either people who had the cushy placements and are embarrassed to tell you their MOS, or the keyboard warriors who parrot those guys.

That's the delusion of the internet though. 90% of these idiots who have ever said anything negative about infantry couldn't survive the first day on the job site with me. Construction is a hard job and I'm constantly on the ground with the crew when I run out of stuff to do in the office.

But I also must be stupid because I went into construction, never mind the fact that I got my business administration degree in half the time while I had two small kids at home. THAT'S the most impressive thing I think I've ever done.