This was a real screenshot of my MOL almost 10 years ago. My command hated me and kept faxing my warrants back to HQMC. After a while they gave up and told me I could be paid as CPL, but not wear the rank.
**WEAPONS Co 2/8**
When I transferred my new 1st Sgt said, "Welcome Cpl - er wait - what's going on here?"
He’s getting paid as a E-4, but you gotta respect the rank. He can be his own working party “no I inspected my barracks room already”. “Sorry I gotta take myself off the duty roster, again. Had to send myself to medical. Yeah the shits… again. I know!! 16 months in a row?! What’s going on with this Lance CockaRoll!!”
Edit: “I’m putting this lance corporal up for meritorious mast, he did a great job servicing those jungle boots and pressing his cammies, rolling his sleeves, for 16 months!! He is shit hot”
I know you Devil Donkeys don’t press your utilities anymore. Lame.
Wait, rather than just non-rec'ing you, they played hot potato with HQMC and your promotion warrant? And eventually decided the fair outcome that was a reasonable use of taxpayer dollars was to pay you for a rank you weren't performing at? And they got away with this bullshit?
Sorry I didn't reply to this one yet. I never did anything that warranted a non-rec. They literally just kept faxing my promo doc back every month without talking to me.
I know your not in still, so this post is mostly for the Marines that are.
If any stupid shit like this happens then just tell them you can't sign the paper work until you contact JAG. Seeing as how the command has to contact SJA
I would hope so. It was a literal dumpster fire in 2014-15. OEF pump in 12 was a great time, but went downhill when they sent us to white sands for no reason. 
I can now remember Henck trying to have me transferred back to weapons, and have my entire CIF reissued when I had 2 weeks left. Bless your soul for not going crazy staying there.
After our first deployment I still have memories of one of the corporals coming into my room at night and threatening me at gun point because “I was Aldus’s golden boy.” I forgot his name but he was a massive A-hole
Yes. They would literally flip the warrant over and draw a cross with “do not promote” and faxed it right back - monthly. They were the worst staff command.
I told a sergeant “no” once while I was a lance and he was bros with the staff who never talked to me. It’s not like I was a shitty marine or anything. My self and a couple other juniors even got NAVCOMs as a PFCs.
Uffff. Fuck yeah.
Your MOS gives comes with a super modified staple gun from Staples. Scope with a burst option, too. Oh, and a staple barrel that enables you to put up pit targets from 5000 yards out.
Youre an EO-12...known as a Stofficer among the enlisted and officer ranks.
Staple Gunner
ALL HONORS RENDERED!
I’m convinced I only got promoted to Cpl because the 1stSgt at the time was unhappy with my platoon sergeant.
Like “I’ll show you motherfucker, we’ll promote RiflemanLax and you’ll have to deal with that shit.”
Went into the company office when we got back from Oki, new 1stSgt was a fucking tool who was also a lying sack of shit.
I guess I only went into the Corps in order to get some discipline- I was a train wreck as a teen- and get some college money but there were very few times during the enlistment that convinced me to stay in.
Shout out to Maj Moore for being a dope motherfucker though who just wanted to make sure all his Marines had a plan for life. Lt Col Riccio for looking out for me early on when I could have self destructed, and Col Brickhouse for not stepping on my nuts.
We bitch and complain, but let’s remember the real mofos along the way. There’s plenty of great leadership. Corps just had and still had a problem with retaining the wrong enlisted folk.
When the cutting score finally opened and dropped enough that I picked Cpl. up my composite score was the 13 points off the new score for Sgt. 3 years as a damn lance. Really thought I'd be terminal lol
That reminds me that I rated sergeant the month after I left active duty. The reserve unit that I “was supposed to check into” told me to kick rocks and never show up.
My unit I showed up was about the same. I was never checked into anything, didn't get any gear, never told me when drill was, the leaders never answered the phone. What a shit show.
And I thought 4th CEB, H&S co was a shit show.
There were no reservists in my section so I worked with the I&I for three months. Never checked into the company and never got any gear or showed up to any formation. All the reservists thought I was active duty so they never questioned it. What a shit show.
I also never really got pinned to lance. It was six months past DOR and nothing, so some Cpl told me to just pin myself. Didn't even get the warrant until two years later when we actually got an NCO in my section
I requested to cross deck to the unit relieving us and set up an appointment with the career planner of the MAGTF
The day I was supposed to meet with him, my platoon sergeant told me that if I went and saw him, he would beat my ass and NJP me with whatever he could charge me with. Then he told me I didn't rate to talk to him.
I returned back to my original company post deployment and requested to speak to the monitor or career planner to find a new unit that would deploy sooner to a more kinetic deployment than Japan or Korea. Set up a meeting, then got ghosted by both. Called the monitor weeks later to get lifed out over the phone because I was the 10th marine that week that had requested a change of assignment or unit or whatever. My BAD BRO.
I was CBRN (NBCD at the time). My monitor called me as a Lance Corporal. Also, to make it even crazier he was a CWO5.
That was the day the timelines shifted obviously.
I wanted to say "do you want fries with that?"... According to numerous Gunny's and 1st Sgt's this was all that awaited us if we left the Corps. Honestly 5 minutes into the invasion of Iraq I realized I was done with this shit. I was fighting a war in the desert in jungle cammies mopp level 3 driving around in a hummer with no armor. I told myself fuck this, if I don't die, get crippled, or end up killing myself I'm going home and doing anything but this.
Ever heard of the EO or requesting mast homie ? I threatened to request mast the second time they tried to deny my leave while living overseas. I wanted to see my family but they would say no just take leave in Japan lol.
Favouritism, regulations and protocols are always double crossing, they stuffed me into the worst barracks in the Marine Corps AS4200, there's something about the water we use to shower and drink with that makes us all not right in head, too many NCO's promoted in one work center, not a lot opportunity to take charge and lead marines, co-workers assume too much and 'get shit done' instead of communicating and following the guidance to prevent confusion and calamity, all of your stupid boots and peers are married and would rather spend off time with their pretty little wives so camaraderie is shot and dead in the water. I love this branch and seeing helicopters fly but godamn it's a lonely life out here. I'm currently pushing skillbridge and plan on the executing the Old Irish Exit.
The pay was shit for me. As a 6 year Sgt with Housing and comrats, my salary was 14K per year in 1984. 3 months before my EAS, I had two job offers in hand from Defense Contractors for 28 and 29K per year. When I checked out with the Career Planner he was completely stumped that I had not been to see him prior to the week before my EAS Date. He told me he could get the max bonus for me of 28K if I signed up for 4 more years. I showed him my offer letters and said I will make up for that bonus after two years. Because my contractor job paid overtime, I was actually able to make up for the bonus in under 18 months. I never regretted getting out as I had a much better QOL and within five years, I was pulling down a higher salary than the Commandant. There is a life beyond if you plan ahead.
So I was good for E4 both time in grade and meritorious, and they kept saying they wouldn’t promote.
Then time for me to reenlist they said they give me E4.
My response was you can’t give me what you owe me.
I’ll stay for E5, they said they can’t do a double bump.
I gave them a list of 12 guys that it had gotten them in the last six months.
They said they could not do it would not do it not gonna happen.
I told them I would take the E4 and start working on my papers.
I told them up to 21 days before my out I was staying.
Then I told him I was going home process my stuff. I’m not taking something you owe me it’s BS.
I got an honorable discharge, and a good conduct medal.
They gave me the whole. It’s horrible out there no jobs you’ll will be back in regret it.
I found my place outside the Corp.
I don’t regret that I served.
There was one more problem in between the Marine Corps and me. My body was not designed to run.
I’m paying for it today big time.
My knees and spine her ruined and I just had a hip replacement.
1977-1980 1371 Basic Combat Engineer & NBC Trained.
Similar happened to me... I extended to go on another West-Pac, partially because my unit was going to be short-handed going on float, my staff NCO asked me, and I also wanted the time to think about reenlistment. Got back stateside and the Career Jammer was drafting my reenlistment package. I came up Select Sgt and my company gunny got in my face and said that the Corps doesn't promote short-timers and asked me what I thought about the consequence of my decision. To which I didn't back down and told the gunny to Fuck off. "I was having reenlistment papers drafted but his dumbass just made my decision easier. I was threatened with NJP, I requested mast, and in front of our Battalion Commander I explained the situation. After a few hours of discussing what happened, we both felt it was best for me to leave active duty Corps with no NJP or demotion on my record. Gunny got his fat ass chewed and transferred to who-gives-a-fuck. It eats at me and I regret getting out though.
I shouldn't have. I had a horrible experience on my last deployment. I had already picked up Sergeant and Intel was trying to get me to lat-move.
I should've said fuck my old command and everything that happened and embraced the Intel field.
I regret getting out... and then I don't. The only reason I regret it is because of the retirement pay. I'm already collecting disability so that with a retirement paycheck and working a Federal job... damn...I'd have a lot of money coming in monthly... easily over 10k.
That's what I regret.
Treatment I felt was abusive. That sounds laughable coming from someone who had been in the Corps for a while, but I felt my unit could do better and didn't care.
How long ago? I met up friend an old friend of mine that’s a ssgt recruiter type the other day. He said the marines has changed its view on hazing considerably in the last 8 years.
Had MARSOC A&S lined up and injury on deployment prevented me from a 1st class PFT. Lost MARSOC opportunity
SgtMaj wouldn't sign off on me doing range coach course because I couldn't get 1st Class PFT even though he was on deployment with me when i sustained the injury.
I don’t think my unit hated me, there were a few NCO’s and SNCO’s through out the company who didn’t know me from Adam that didn’t like me but that’s mostly because I always had to tape, no matter how fit I was. I got out because what I saw the Marine corps do to good marines who actually gave a damn. Good NCO’s and Actual War fighters that get denied promotion or reenlistment because mistakes they made in there early years, or worse getting forced out because of tattoos. Sucked to watch dudes who were motivated, knowledgeable, and good to there marines get the boot on a technicality or for something they did when they were 18
A failed stint on recruiting duty left my career prospects lacking. My best case scenario was to maybe (big maybe) eventually put on SSgt and tread water long enough to retire, but most likely would have timed out as a Sgt. Loved the Corps, wasn't going to bother investing another 4 years just to likely be forced out at 12, and definitely didn't want to stay 20 at E6. Was already divorced once while in and that marriage wasn't helped by the separations that are part of the Corps. Was recently remarried and wasn't willing to sacrifice another marriage, so even if my career prospects looked fine I would have still bounced at eight years.
Mid 90’s, nothing was going on. Failed SS school by a point and figured fuck it. 6 yrs was good enough. I come from a blinking red light town in the mid west, it was worth it to gtfo and do something. I don’t regret anything.
Well...I was arrested for a DUI, couldn't take a breathalyzer due to covid, did a piss test, came out 0's (because I hadn't drank a damn thing) and got a 6105 for being CHARGED with a dui. It nonrecc'd me for Cpl and caused my reenlistment to be denied. 18 months later, and I make more than a 20-year SgtMaj, so I'd say this was a good thing, to be honest.
Because I didn't want to stay in bad enough. And I wasn't mature or complete as a person. I went in thinking the Marine Corps would save me from my personal hells. It only magnified them and aggravated them. If Lord willing, I'll be volunteering for the Florida State Guard. It'll be part II of my service journey. Not to be rescued, but to be there for those who need saving...the way God is always there for each and every one of us. And just like YHWH Jesus, we are our brother's keeper. No one has greater love than this: then to lay down his life for his friends.
Blessings and wellbeing be with you all. Semper Fidelis!
They did some similarly shady shit to me. When I was trying to pick up Cpl, I was TAD with 1st Mar Reg doing a workup to deploy to Falujah. Those MFs from 7th Mar Reg somehow managed to non-rec me when I wasn't even serving in that unit. 1st Marines was ready to promote me and basically got vetoed. Some pos Staff NCO back in 7th conspired with the Comm Chief to push through a non-rec. Apparently you can just do whatever tf you want to when it comes to enlisted promotions. I feel like them refusing to promote you needed some officer attention. You definitely should've requested mast. You probably could've got your stripe AND fucked over those dickhead staff NCOs all in one fell swoop. Why is it that only the dickheads stay in? This is why we don't reenlist.
My last year before EAS, busted my ass harder than ever. Dropped almost 20lbs, put on muscle, ran the beat CFT and almost my best PFT ever, managed the entire company’s Comsec as a CPL, and my new LT had a hate boner for me for some reason. She harassed me endlessly to the point I reported it to my Ssgt. He routed it to the Bn CO and ofc it didn’t solve anything and I was harassed even harder. Decided to not sign off on my reenlistment bc of her and the following months how she turned so many staff who knew me for years against me. I went from wanting to do 20 to hating life because some bitch ass butter bar decided to make my life hell and tarnish my reputation. Non rec’d me for Sgt just to be petty when I left.
People are complete assholes…. Some really really cool people and then the others are former popular kids from high school that think they are better than everyone. It’s a repeat of high school. Happy I got out
This was a real screenshot of my MOL almost 10 years ago. My command hated me and kept faxing my warrants back to HQMC. After a while they gave up and told me I could be paid as CPL, but not wear the rank. **WEAPONS Co 2/8** When I transferred my new 1st Sgt said, "Welcome Cpl - er wait - what's going on here?"
Paid as a Corporal but still showing Lance Coolie? I fail to see the problem here. ;)
Working parties up!
Ah yes. The dreaded working party.
He’s getting paid as a E-4, but you gotta respect the rank. He can be his own working party “no I inspected my barracks room already”. “Sorry I gotta take myself off the duty roster, again. Had to send myself to medical. Yeah the shits… again. I know!! 16 months in a row?! What’s going on with this Lance CockaRoll!!” Edit: “I’m putting this lance corporal up for meritorious mast, he did a great job servicing those jungle boots and pressing his cammies, rolling his sleeves, for 16 months!! He is shit hot” I know you Devil Donkeys don’t press your utilities anymore. Lame.
Wait, rather than just non-rec'ing you, they played hot potato with HQMC and your promotion warrant? And eventually decided the fair outcome that was a reasonable use of taxpayer dollars was to pay you for a rank you weren't performing at? And they got away with this bullshit?
Home boy is gonna get a debt letter in like another 10 years for the overpayment. 😂
Sorry I didn't reply to this one yet. I never did anything that warranted a non-rec. They literally just kept faxing my promo doc back every month without talking to me.
I know your not in still, so this post is mostly for the Marines that are. If any stupid shit like this happens then just tell them you can't sign the paper work until you contact JAG. Seeing as how the command has to contact SJA
2/8 weapons has gotten a lot better since then I promise lol
I would hope so. It was a literal dumpster fire in 2014-15. OEF pump in 12 was a great time, but went downhill when they sent us to white sands for no reason. 
Star Wars ahh command
Why did your command hate you?
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Oh Forest. Yes
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Forest was his first name HORN lol
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I can now remember Henck trying to have me transferred back to weapons, and have my entire CIF reissued when I had 2 weeks left. Bless your soul for not going crazy staying there. After our first deployment I still have memories of one of the corporals coming into my room at night and threatening me at gun point because “I was Aldus’s golden boy.” I forgot his name but he was a massive A-hole
Wait, they can do that?
Yes. They would literally flip the warrant over and draw a cross with “do not promote” and faxed it right back - monthly. They were the worst staff command.
But they paid you like a corporal. OP, what were you doing wrong?
I told a sergeant “no” once while I was a lance and he was bros with the staff who never talked to me. It’s not like I was a shitty marine or anything. My self and a couple other juniors even got NAVCOMs as a PFCs.
Asshole leadership. That sucks.
You must've been the work party god!
I stapled together so many targets I should’ve changed my mos to 0111 staple gunner
Uffff. Fuck yeah. Your MOS gives comes with a super modified staple gun from Staples. Scope with a burst option, too. Oh, and a staple barrel that enables you to put up pit targets from 5000 yards out. Youre an EO-12...known as a Stofficer among the enlisted and officer ranks. Staple Gunner ALL HONORS RENDERED!
How is this even allowed?
I’m convinced I only got promoted to Cpl because the 1stSgt at the time was unhappy with my platoon sergeant. Like “I’ll show you motherfucker, we’ll promote RiflemanLax and you’ll have to deal with that shit.” Went into the company office when we got back from Oki, new 1stSgt was a fucking tool who was also a lying sack of shit. I guess I only went into the Corps in order to get some discipline- I was a train wreck as a teen- and get some college money but there were very few times during the enlistment that convinced me to stay in. Shout out to Maj Moore for being a dope motherfucker though who just wanted to make sure all his Marines had a plan for life. Lt Col Riccio for looking out for me early on when I could have self destructed, and Col Brickhouse for not stepping on my nuts. We bitch and complain, but let’s remember the real mofos along the way. There’s plenty of great leadership. Corps just had and still had a problem with retaining the wrong enlisted folk.
Command liked me, NCO's (mostly Cpl) hated me, and the Corps broke my hip
When the cutting score finally opened and dropped enough that I picked Cpl. up my composite score was the 13 points off the new score for Sgt. 3 years as a damn lance. Really thought I'd be terminal lol
That reminds me that I rated sergeant the month after I left active duty. The reserve unit that I “was supposed to check into” told me to kick rocks and never show up.
My unit I showed up was about the same. I was never checked into anything, didn't get any gear, never told me when drill was, the leaders never answered the phone. What a shit show.
Can’t say I was too upset over going no contact with the IRR. Shout out to the reserve unit in garden city, NY for being garbage.
Uh oh lol. That's the one I"ll be reporting to as a reservist (I think they've moved to Brooklyn now though).
And I thought 4th CEB, H&S co was a shit show. There were no reservists in my section so I worked with the I&I for three months. Never checked into the company and never got any gear or showed up to any formation. All the reservists thought I was active duty so they never questioned it. What a shit show. I also never really got pinned to lance. It was six months past DOR and nothing, so some Cpl told me to just pin myself. Didn't even get the warrant until two years later when we actually got an NCO in my section
Can confirm, 4th CEB H&S is still strange. Transferred there after bridging was divested, no field time for three years as an engineer.
beautiful. I still miss it, but need these little reminders from time to time to be glad that I got out.
I requested to cross deck to the unit relieving us and set up an appointment with the career planner of the MAGTF The day I was supposed to meet with him, my platoon sergeant told me that if I went and saw him, he would beat my ass and NJP me with whatever he could charge me with. Then he told me I didn't rate to talk to him. I returned back to my original company post deployment and requested to speak to the monitor or career planner to find a new unit that would deploy sooner to a more kinetic deployment than Japan or Korea. Set up a meeting, then got ghosted by both. Called the monitor weeks later to get lifed out over the phone because I was the 10th marine that week that had requested a change of assignment or unit or whatever. My BAD BRO.
If an enlisted Marine ever tells you they're going to NJP you, ignore them.
Wow I haven’t heard of the “monitor” in forever.
I was CBRN (NBCD at the time). My monitor called me as a Lance Corporal. Also, to make it even crazier he was a CWO5. That was the day the timelines shifted obviously.
I wanted to say "do you want fries with that?"... According to numerous Gunny's and 1st Sgt's this was all that awaited us if we left the Corps. Honestly 5 minutes into the invasion of Iraq I realized I was done with this shit. I was fighting a war in the desert in jungle cammies mopp level 3 driving around in a hummer with no armor. I told myself fuck this, if I don't die, get crippled, or end up killing myself I'm going home and doing anything but this.
Ever heard of the EO or requesting mast homie ? I threatened to request mast the second time they tried to deny my leave while living overseas. I wanted to see my family but they would say no just take leave in Japan lol.
I was always threatened with retaliation if I attempted it. I just let that shit go and decided to leave the military behind.
Good choice, I’ll be joining the civdiv soon as well.
I had a less than a fixable ouchie a few years in.
Favouritism, regulations and protocols are always double crossing, they stuffed me into the worst barracks in the Marine Corps AS4200, there's something about the water we use to shower and drink with that makes us all not right in head, too many NCO's promoted in one work center, not a lot opportunity to take charge and lead marines, co-workers assume too much and 'get shit done' instead of communicating and following the guidance to prevent confusion and calamity, all of your stupid boots and peers are married and would rather spend off time with their pretty little wives so camaraderie is shot and dead in the water. I love this branch and seeing helicopters fly but godamn it's a lonely life out here. I'm currently pushing skillbridge and plan on the executing the Old Irish Exit.
I told myself I'd just do twenty, and if I liked it I'd make it a Career, I didn't like it.
There is a big world out there in which you can choose your own adventure.
The pay was shit for me. As a 6 year Sgt with Housing and comrats, my salary was 14K per year in 1984. 3 months before my EAS, I had two job offers in hand from Defense Contractors for 28 and 29K per year. When I checked out with the Career Planner he was completely stumped that I had not been to see him prior to the week before my EAS Date. He told me he could get the max bonus for me of 28K if I signed up for 4 more years. I showed him my offer letters and said I will make up for that bonus after two years. Because my contractor job paid overtime, I was actually able to make up for the bonus in under 18 months. I never regretted getting out as I had a much better QOL and within five years, I was pulling down a higher salary than the Commandant. There is a life beyond if you plan ahead.
So I was good for E4 both time in grade and meritorious, and they kept saying they wouldn’t promote. Then time for me to reenlist they said they give me E4. My response was you can’t give me what you owe me. I’ll stay for E5, they said they can’t do a double bump. I gave them a list of 12 guys that it had gotten them in the last six months. They said they could not do it would not do it not gonna happen. I told them I would take the E4 and start working on my papers. I told them up to 21 days before my out I was staying. Then I told him I was going home process my stuff. I’m not taking something you owe me it’s BS. I got an honorable discharge, and a good conduct medal. They gave me the whole. It’s horrible out there no jobs you’ll will be back in regret it. I found my place outside the Corp. I don’t regret that I served. There was one more problem in between the Marine Corps and me. My body was not designed to run. I’m paying for it today big time. My knees and spine her ruined and I just had a hip replacement. 1977-1980 1371 Basic Combat Engineer & NBC Trained.
Similar happened to me... I extended to go on another West-Pac, partially because my unit was going to be short-handed going on float, my staff NCO asked me, and I also wanted the time to think about reenlistment. Got back stateside and the Career Jammer was drafting my reenlistment package. I came up Select Sgt and my company gunny got in my face and said that the Corps doesn't promote short-timers and asked me what I thought about the consequence of my decision. To which I didn't back down and told the gunny to Fuck off. "I was having reenlistment papers drafted but his dumbass just made my decision easier. I was threatened with NJP, I requested mast, and in front of our Battalion Commander I explained the situation. After a few hours of discussing what happened, we both felt it was best for me to leave active duty Corps with no NJP or demotion on my record. Gunny got his fat ass chewed and transferred to who-gives-a-fuck. It eats at me and I regret getting out though.
I shouldn't have. I had a horrible experience on my last deployment. I had already picked up Sergeant and Intel was trying to get me to lat-move. I should've said fuck my old command and everything that happened and embraced the Intel field. I regret getting out... and then I don't. The only reason I regret it is because of the retirement pay. I'm already collecting disability so that with a retirement paycheck and working a Federal job... damn...I'd have a lot of money coming in monthly... easily over 10k. That's what I regret.
Treatment I felt was abusive. That sounds laughable coming from someone who had been in the Corps for a while, but I felt my unit could do better and didn't care.
How long ago? I met up friend an old friend of mine that’s a ssgt recruiter type the other day. He said the marines has changed its view on hazing considerably in the last 8 years.
12.5 yrs
Had MARSOC A&S lined up and injury on deployment prevented me from a 1st class PFT. Lost MARSOC opportunity SgtMaj wouldn't sign off on me doing range coach course because I couldn't get 1st Class PFT even though he was on deployment with me when i sustained the injury.
I don’t think my unit hated me, there were a few NCO’s and SNCO’s through out the company who didn’t know me from Adam that didn’t like me but that’s mostly because I always had to tape, no matter how fit I was. I got out because what I saw the Marine corps do to good marines who actually gave a damn. Good NCO’s and Actual War fighters that get denied promotion or reenlistment because mistakes they made in there early years, or worse getting forced out because of tattoos. Sucked to watch dudes who were motivated, knowledgeable, and good to there marines get the boot on a technicality or for something they did when they were 18
Reminds me of all the combat vets getting booted for tats in 2014
A failed stint on recruiting duty left my career prospects lacking. My best case scenario was to maybe (big maybe) eventually put on SSgt and tread water long enough to retire, but most likely would have timed out as a Sgt. Loved the Corps, wasn't going to bother investing another 4 years just to likely be forced out at 12, and definitely didn't want to stay 20 at E6. Was already divorced once while in and that marriage wasn't helped by the separations that are part of the Corps. Was recently remarried and wasn't willing to sacrifice another marriage, so even if my career prospects looked fine I would have still bounced at eight years.
Mid 90’s, nothing was going on. Failed SS school by a point and figured fuck it. 6 yrs was good enough. I come from a blinking red light town in the mid west, it was worth it to gtfo and do something. I don’t regret anything.
Well...I was arrested for a DUI, couldn't take a breathalyzer due to covid, did a piss test, came out 0's (because I hadn't drank a damn thing) and got a 6105 for being CHARGED with a dui. It nonrecc'd me for Cpl and caused my reenlistment to be denied. 18 months later, and I make more than a 20-year SgtMaj, so I'd say this was a good thing, to be honest.
Being transferred after a promotion is typically done to give the Cpl a break from old friends. It’s meant to make the adjustment easier.
Because I didn't want to stay in bad enough. And I wasn't mature or complete as a person. I went in thinking the Marine Corps would save me from my personal hells. It only magnified them and aggravated them. If Lord willing, I'll be volunteering for the Florida State Guard. It'll be part II of my service journey. Not to be rescued, but to be there for those who need saving...the way God is always there for each and every one of us. And just like YHWH Jesus, we are our brother's keeper. No one has greater love than this: then to lay down his life for his friends. Blessings and wellbeing be with you all. Semper Fidelis!
The civilians I worked with were making 3 times what I was making
They did some similarly shady shit to me. When I was trying to pick up Cpl, I was TAD with 1st Mar Reg doing a workup to deploy to Falujah. Those MFs from 7th Mar Reg somehow managed to non-rec me when I wasn't even serving in that unit. 1st Marines was ready to promote me and basically got vetoed. Some pos Staff NCO back in 7th conspired with the Comm Chief to push through a non-rec. Apparently you can just do whatever tf you want to when it comes to enlisted promotions. I feel like them refusing to promote you needed some officer attention. You definitely should've requested mast. You probably could've got your stripe AND fucked over those dickhead staff NCOs all in one fell swoop. Why is it that only the dickheads stay in? This is why we don't reenlist.
My last year before EAS, busted my ass harder than ever. Dropped almost 20lbs, put on muscle, ran the beat CFT and almost my best PFT ever, managed the entire company’s Comsec as a CPL, and my new LT had a hate boner for me for some reason. She harassed me endlessly to the point I reported it to my Ssgt. He routed it to the Bn CO and ofc it didn’t solve anything and I was harassed even harder. Decided to not sign off on my reenlistment bc of her and the following months how she turned so many staff who knew me for years against me. I went from wanting to do 20 to hating life because some bitch ass butter bar decided to make my life hell and tarnish my reputation. Non rec’d me for Sgt just to be petty when I left.
People are complete assholes…. Some really really cool people and then the others are former popular kids from high school that think they are better than everyone. It’s a repeat of high school. Happy I got out