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Zap. USMC · 01-04-2004, 04:20 AM

[quote="Cpl. Eames":41b55][quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":41b55]I'll be on the same path Eames, but I'm doing it the RIGHT way

I'm going enlisted first, and then getting my degree and going officer so I can get both views of how the system works. You get more expierance and respect that way.

There isn't any right way of doing it but I was told that if you were an enlisted man before you became an officer then you had an idea of what was going on.[/quote:41b55]

Trust me...your "knob" year (thats your first year for you non-hackers) is way tuffer then parris island, and almost any other aspect of enlisted life. Going through a military schools 4th class system trains you to be an officer, by being a follower first, then a leader.[/quote:41b55]

Oh, I have no doubt that Officer training is harder. But that's not the point. You can be a tough Marine but a a lousy leader. See, if you go enlisted first you'll have expierance that counts when you want to become an officer, so you have a clue whats going on.

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Zap. USMC is Offline Senior Member Posts: 1,953 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Okinawa	01-04-2004, 04:20 AM [quote="Cpl. Eames":41b55][quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":41b55]I'll be on the same path Eames, but I'm doing it the RIGHT way I'm going enlisted first, and then getting my degree and going officer so I can get both views of how the system works. You get more expierance and respect that way. There isn't any right way of doing it but I was told that if you were an enlisted man before you became an officer then you had an idea of what was going on.[/quote:41b55] Trust me...your "knob" year (thats your first year for you non-hackers) is way tuffer then parris island, and almost any other aspect of enlisted life. Going through a military schools 4th class system trains you to be an officer, by being a follower first, then a leader.[/quote:41b55] Oh, I have no doubt that Officer training is harder. But that's not the point. You can be a tough Marine but a a lousy leader. See, if you go enlisted first you'll have expierance that counts when you want to become an officer, so you have a clue whats going on.