Interview With with a Grunt Sergeant

The Marine Corps Experience, pp. 12 – 31 The Corps today, pp 318 – 335

“There’s a time for casting silver; a time for casting cannon. If that isn’t in the red, it should be!”There’s is a time for making money and there’s a time to go to war. His early life,the cause of why he joined the war, roles in the war, and after the war he was an inspiring person.

“There are only two kinds of people who understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else just has a second-hand opinion.” (Gen William Thornson, U.S. Army) For decades, the United States Marine Corps has established an identity as a unique and fearless war fighting machine.

Evidence: He explains how his time in the military has made him the right person for the job, and how it

But he was soon disqualified from combat due to bad eyesight. He ended up going back to Hollywood and made training videos for the army. he discharged in 1945 as a captain.

Guard in 1994 in Bogalusa, LA. In 2003 he was shipped out to the War in

A quote from General Powell said “success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence”. (Powell, 2005) Throughout his military career, he adopted and embraced the meaning of success. He had no previous background about the Army, but he worked hard and graduated the top of his ROTC class. His loyalty to his country

“He had the gun in both hands. He pressed it hard behind the horse’s ear and swore at the horse ‘God damn it, damn it, damn it, - stop.’ His knees were wet and he drew himself into a ball and pushed with all his strength. He began to squeeze the trigger and he squeezed it again and again and again- so many times then when Sergeant-Major pulled him away the gun went right on clicking in his hands” (63).

He dropped immediately. “ Just as he saw the flash and the bullet he knew that his enemy was trying to kill him. Then he hid behind the parapet. He didn’t want his enemy to take his life. The bullet flying over his head made him realize his enemy could be anywhere.

I can also relate to the Chief’s personal experience. My uncle was once a state trooper and knowing that he went out everyday in danger worried me. My grandmother hated that he chose the profession that he did, but we all knew that he desired to serve his nation was willing to put his life on the line

At West Point he eventually adapted to all the yelling and learned how to climb the ranks and become a leader. “It was my first taste of leadership and I found I was good at it.” (Schwarzkopf, 1992) When everything was said and done, he finally graduated from West Point and he felt like if he had accomplished on of his biggest goals in life. He felt like a good son, because not only did he do it for himself but it was his fathers dream to see him graduate from West Point. This was his calling and now he knew what “Duty, Honor, and Country, “meant. He chose infantry and he was well of to his first duty station, eager and hungry for glory, just like any new West Point graduate.

The man began to shamble towards the security team. His gaping maw snapping seemingly uncontrollably like that of a turtle, and he seemed as if unconscious of doing it. On the man’s fourth step he took towards Sergeant Barnes and his men, he slipped on a piece of Lt. Anders intestine that lay tangled across the laboratory floor. He went down hitting the ground hard.

It’s incredible how throughout the course of nine weeks you can take an individual from a civilian to a “squared away” soldier. From the pushups on the scorching rocks, having parties at the “beach” also known as the marvelous sand pit to making friendships that would last a lifetime the military has truly been a life altering experience. It’s taught me how to triumph over adversity, to forget fear and that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Those nine weeks of vigorous work, pain, and an immense amount of stress was completely worth it. “Get off my bus, lets go.

At the age of nineteen, Sam decided he wanted to go out and see the world, so he made his decision to join the military. Sam’s decision to join was based on the facts that he wanted to get out and see the world, but he decided on the Marine Corps because my grandpa, his dad, served in the Marine Corps. One of Sam’s goals was to prove to Grandpa and himself that he could make it through the Marine Corps. Not only did he accomplish this goal, but he became an E5 Sergeant. With being an E5 Sergeant, Sam was in charge of a group of about twenty guys. An E5 Sergeant has a lot do duties, including making sure fellow marines have proper mental and physical training. E5 Sergeants also have to have constant control over their marines. They have to pass on instructions from the

My friend, Peter joined the reserves for the U.S. Army. During high school, I also thought about pursuing a military career however, I decided not to go through with it. Peter contacted an army recruiter at our high school. I too wasn’t sure if there were going to be a variety of career opportunities within the army. I would imagine going into the military may change a person and I wasn’t too sure if he would have enough time for an interview. Peter decided to go into the communications branch.