RSSThe USMC May Be Cheating My Daughter
Carl Andrews | May 26, 2009
My daughter, who will be a senior in college this fall, is going to be enlisting in the United States Marine Corps after graduation.
At the moment, she is waiting until the Corps’ time restrictions allow her to join the delayed entry program.
She has paid numerous visits to her Marine Recruiter, on some of which I have accompained her.
She is a monthly participant in what the USMC calls “poolee” exercises, tasks designed to give recruits a (very) basic idea of what life will be like during basic training.
Yet in all of these sessions, one detail has been overlooked.
This may be due to a simple oversight on the part of the recruiter, or perhaps it is due to a change in Marine Corp policy.
And I must impart a little history lesson in order for you to understand what I am talking about.
On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress,meeting in Philadelphia passed a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces with the fleet.
This resolution established the Continental Marines and marked the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps came into being inside of a bar.
Recruits were drawn in with promises of free beer & 233 years later, they are still one of, if not the finest, fighting force the world has ever known.
And yet, it spite of this proud history, not once have either my daughter or myself been offered free beer!
However, proud patriots that we both are, we are willing to overlook this minor shortcoming.
Semper Fi!
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