The United States Marines Branch Of The Military

Since 1775, the United States Marine Corps has continuously dealt with irregular warfare in many conflicts around the globe. This irregular warfare has been fought via many activities, all of which involved our 14 leadership traits. The most prominent leadership traits used to combat irregular warfare are knowledge, judgement, and decisiveness, all of which are necessary for mission accomplishment.

In Kyle Longley’s, The Morenci Marines, nine young Morenci boys took the call to duty, not knowing that only three will return from the warzone of Vietnam. These boys, some Native American, Mexican American, and Caucasian, joined the fight in Vietnam despite their social, racial, and economic differences. Although the nine men are from a small mining town in Morenci, Arizona, the Vietnam War consisted of, in the words of Mike Cranford, “a lower middle class war,” fueled by small towns all around the United States (Longley, 246). Many of these men felt the call to battle and the will to fight, which had been engrained in their heritage and gave these men the right to be Americans. Aiding the war effort came from countless small American town

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

In Kyle Longley’s, The Morenci Marines, nine young Morenci boys took the call to duty, not knowing that only three will return from the warzone of Vietnam. These boys, some of who were Native American, Mexican American, and Caucasian, joined the fight in Vietnam despite their social, racial, and economic differences. Although the nine men are from a small mining town in Morenci, Arizona, the Vietnam War was, in the words of Mike Cranford, “a lower middle class war,” that was fueled by small towns all around the United States (Longley, 246). Many of these men felt the call to battle and the will to fight, which was engrained in their heritage and gave these men the right to be Americans. Small town America, mostly lower class, was looked upon to aid the war effort with countless men, where as the rest of the nation, the upper to middle class college educated students, were protesting the war and they believed that it was unjust.

There are many different cultures or social groups that have a language barrier whether that is because of religion, race, or social differences. These language barriers eventually will have to be overcome so that we can all communicate with each other. Out of these social groups, comes the greatest fighting force in the World, The Marine Corps. Marines have a very unique language dialog that has been preserved for hundreds of years Unfortunately, there comes a point in time when a Marine must transition out of the Marine Corps into the “Civilian World” (as we call it). Transitioning is a very exciting time for Marines but it also is very difficult time due to the strong language community that we belong to.

I have learned a lot about what life was like at the time of the Vietnam War by interviewing my grandfather. My grandfather, Franklin Torr, was living in Dover, NH at the time, in his late thirties, married, and had three young children. The Vietnam War impacted my grandfather’s life in a unique way. One aspect of his life that changed at the start of the war was that a lot of his tenants, in the mobile home he owned, were in the New Hampshire National Guard and were stationed in Vietnam, flying missions, and some were advisors. He said the following about them; “Of the tenants that fought in the war, they thought they were doing the right thing at the time” When asked if he could provide a story of one of his Vietnam War veterans, he said that not a lot of them liked to talk about their war experiences in depth, two of his tenants that served in Vietnam died in Vietnam. One of his former classmates was a Marine Colonel, one thing he remembers this man mentioning was; “the troops did a great job while they were there”. The most shocking thing that he remembers from this

The purpose of this brief is to inform Marines on the Marine corps order for uniforms, appearance, and wear. Upon completion of this brief I am confident that you will have the knowledge and skills to properly wear the approved Marine Corps MCCUU uniform or “cammies” as commonly known.

“It has been so long ago I can hardly remember any experiences, what I can remember is thinking my youth was being left behind” Mr. Johnson replied after being asked to describe his experiences at Navy boot camp. He also stated that he learned very quickly to take care of himself, and was given a lot more responsibility than he was accustomed to in previous years. He believes that is aspect of youth and responsibility makes the military such a good option for young adults. It leaves the parents behind from a reliance standpoint and gives members the tools to succeed and be responsible in so many various

Francis Bernard Cullen had already tried to join the marines when he was 16 to fight in World War Two but his plan was figured out when his records showed he wasn’t 18 so he was sent back to his so far lackluster adolescent life. For work he would pursue real estate in the exciting city of Buffalo, New York he grew up in. After moving to Massachusetts and feeling he wasn’t reaching his full potential, the Vietnam war broke out. Accepting the call for action, he enlisted into the Vietnam War. Right when he thought it all figured out he met Jacklyn Moore the love of his life. They would have 2 kids before he was stationed. When he was called for action he did a total of 3 tours. While in Vietnam he was co-piloting a helicopter when he was shot

David Coalson decided to enlist in the Marines only a month after his eighteenth birthday. “I wanted to be able to choose what I was going to do, rather than be told”, there was no end of the school year celebration this year. Coalson was going to something much worse, bootcamp. Bootcamp seemed to be forever but ended up flying by and before he knew it, he was shipped to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There was problems going down in Cuba however nothing to what he was about to face. All these events, graduating, turning eighteen, bootcamp, and Guantanamo Bay went by as fast as they were listed to Coalson. The real challenge was on the horizon, a deadly jungle, Vietnam.

In fact, Frank Lavin even describes the young boys in Carl’s high school as all wanting “to be part of the action” (Lavin, 9). Even though Carl’s parents were reluctant to his idea of joining in on the fighting, Carl eagerness got the better of him, and he was off to join the Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC) the first chance he got (Lavin, 11). Being a volunteer was something that Lavin took pride in for the remainder of his life. By joining the ERC, Carl felt as if he was fulfilling his duty, both to his country and to himself. Like Lavin, many other soldiers felt inclined to serve in the military; this included all the veterans interviewed from the Big Red One unit. One particular veteran shares how he felt called to protect America’s democracy and that he believed the sacrifices he made for our country were worth it in the end (“Echoes,” 53:01). Another veteran responded that fighting in the war was the “job to fulfill,” and he felt he was the one to fulfill it (“Echoes,” 53:47). From volunteers to draftsmen, many soldiers would agree that in the end, fighting to protect the freedoms of our country was a duty that they felt honored to carry

After graduating high school, Jesse and his family moved to San Diego, California as part of his father’s job relocation requirements. “My father was in a leadership role as far back as I can remember, and I learned a lot from him. He always encouraged me to seek out new challenges, such as Eagle Scouts, and eventually my enlistment in the Navy” (Kenner). For the next two years, Jesse attended the public community college and held lower level positions working in retail electronic centers. At the age of twenty, Jesse knew it was time to establish a career, and was interested in serving his country. After a brief interview with a Navy Recruiter, Jesse signed up to join the military. His research

Would you quit working to obtain something you want if it was just “too hard”? If someone truly believes in a cause then they would give everything to achieve it right? Would you just like to blend in with the crowd or do you want to stick out? If one answered yes to any of the previous questions, then one wouldn’t have the characteristics of either a Navy SEAL or Marine. Answering no to all the questions may also not be enough to be either a SEAL or Marine. Not many people know this, but Navy SEALs undergo the most rigorous military training known to man. SEAL training is considered harder than any other nation’s special forces training. Likewise, the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the most revered branch of the military, also trains hard preparing future “Devil Dog’s” (motivational nickname for Marines) to defend our country starting with 12 strenuous weeks of boot camp. Both Marines and SEALs put their lives on the line to defend our way of life, but what makes them different? A better question might be what doesn’t make them different from each other. Many people may think that they both fight in combat, they both train for multiple months and they both are in the military, and each is trained to be a shooter first, so they must be similar. This is not the case. Both groups do have many similarities, but also plenty of differences in size, training, schooling, roots/history, requirements, uses in the past and strategies.

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“Men joined the Marine Corps for many reasons . . . I’d joined up to dodge the draft and ended up being sent to war” (Brady 8-9). This brief yet poignant statement begins the story of how James Brady ended up serving in the Korean War. As a young adult the draft was being reinstated and Brady did not feel the desire to fight in a war. He and a few of his friends decided instead to join the Platoon Leaders Class with the Marines, which had students spend two summers at the marine Corps Schools in Quantico, Virginia. After these two summers, graduates would become Lieutenants, but they could not be drafted. Shortly after Brady graduated, the war began in Korea and his class learned they