Posted by Jonas on Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 11:58PM :
In Reply to: Re: July 4, 2002.... posted by Robert Kosusnik on Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 10:57PM :
But to answer your question:
Probably because the Marine Corps is not a very good place to have a family.
In the 5 years I was active duty, I spent 4 years deployed. The longest strech I was ever at home base (Camp Pendelton) was 3 months. I had been to more than 12 different countries, 7 states, 3 naval ships, 1 diesel submarine (uggh!), 1 war (Saudi), 2 Humanitarian missions (Rawanda & Somalia). Seems like when you go somewhere in the Army, you are there for 3 years minimum, and can take your family with you.
Unless of course you are Special Forces, in which case you are a basicly a Marine who speaks a forigen language, and has long hair.
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