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01-03-2011, 11:25

I've had two Team Sergeants who were former Marines, one served Vietnam, 2nd Marine Division, the other late 70's early 80's Beirut, Lebanon. He himself was Lebanese born, US raised.

The 18C honor grad in our "Q" was an active duty Marine, E6.

He was one of 6 who attended the training and only Marine to finish.

(2) 18B students washed,
(2) 18E students washed,
the remaining 18C washed out, all due in part to "mind set", average age was 22, average rank was E4.

The graduating Marine was 26 with 8 years in service, had been exposed to SF, when 1st Grp taught CAS at Pendleton/Oceanside, CA.

Recondad -

If your son wants to move, I'd suggest having him ETS on schedule. Become a civilian, knock out college while enlisting in the NG SF, allowing him to morph a little, loose the starch, learn the adaptation of mission change.

My $0.02

01-03-2011, 11:25	#7
wet dog Guest Posts: n/a	Chiming in... I've had two Team Sergeants who were former Marines, one served Vietnam, 2nd Marine Division, the other late 70's early 80's Beirut, Lebanon. He himself was Lebanese born, US raised. The 18C honor grad in our "Q" was an active duty Marine, E6. He was one of 6 who attended the training and only Marine to finish. (2) 18B students washed, (2) 18E students washed, the remaining 18C washed out, all due in part to "mind set", average age was 22, average rank was E4. The graduating Marine was 26 with 8 years in service, had been exposed to SF, when 1st Grp taught CAS at Pendleton/Oceanside, CA. Recondad - If your son wants to move, I'd suggest having him ETS on schedule. Become a civilian, knock out college while enlisting in the NG SF, allowing him to morph a little, loose the starch, learn the adaptation of mission change. My $0.02 Last edited by wet dog; 01-03-2011 at 11:27.