Comments on: My Biggest Pet Peeve http://jarheadonline.com/2008/09/10/my-biggest-pet-peeve/ Because Jarheads are everywhere Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:21:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kate http://jarheadonline.com/2008/09/10/my-biggest-pet-peeve/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Kate Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:44:27 +0000 http://jarheadonline.com/?p=82#comment-199 What a great post, and how lucky were your Marines to have such a good NCO. I would love to hear more of your stories. What a great post, and how lucky were your Marines to have such a good NCO. I would love to hear more of your stories.

]]> By: Karla (threadbndr) http://jarheadonline.com/2008/09/10/my-biggest-pet-peeve/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Karla (threadbndr) Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:12:04 +0000 http://jarheadonline.com/?p=82#comment-194 You are the kind of senior NCO that I want the Marine!Goth to become. He's luckily pretty good with his money - as he put it earlier today when he called me, "The Corps pays me X, I budget x-$100 a check, 'cause that Murphy pogue - he was a Grunt!" I laughed, but that $1000 baby emergency fund has stood him in good steed more than once. He's only got a fire team to look out for so far, but finance is one thing he talks to the young boots about. Payday loans and pawnshops are the devil's workshops in his eyes. He did buy a car with his deployment money - but he paid cash for it. You are the kind of senior NCO that I want the Marine!Goth to become.

He’s luckily pretty good with his money – as he put it earlier today when he called me, “The Corps pays me X, I budget x-$100 a check, ’cause that Murphy pogue – he was a Grunt!” I laughed, but that $1000 baby emergency fund has stood him in good steed more than once.

He’s only got a fire team to look out for so far, but finance is one thing he talks to the young boots about. Payday loans and pawnshops are the devil’s workshops in his eyes. He did buy a car with his deployment money – but he paid cash for it.

]]> By: Marian http://jarheadonline.com/2008/09/10/my-biggest-pet-peeve/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Marian Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:15:58 +0000 http://jarheadonline.com/?p=82#comment-188 your time was not wasted and my tax dollars were not wasted. I will gladly have my tax dollars go to teaching someone financial responsibility. it sounds like most of these guys never learned financial responsibility at home. "give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life." These young men have no idea how lucky they were to have you take an interest. What an education for me, I had no idea the Marines were so involved in what I consider to be personal business......damn the Giants look good!! your time was not wasted and my tax dollars were not wasted. I will gladly have my tax dollars go to teaching someone financial responsibility. it sounds like most of these guys never learned financial responsibility at home. “give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life.” These young men have no idea how lucky they were to have you take an interest. What an education for me, I had no idea the Marines were so involved in what I consider to be personal business……damn the Giants look good!!

]]> By: lela http://jarheadonline.com/2008/09/10/my-biggest-pet-peeve/comment-page-1/#comment-186 lela Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:45:16 +0000 http://jarheadonline.com/?p=82#comment-186 Yeah Jarhead, I totally agree with you! I know from my Marine son that these young Marines are given some education on financial responsibility in basic and other places; but then, of course, the young Marine has to actually LISTEN. (Fortunately, my son did...although he had three years of living as a broke college student so finally having a steady paycheck and not having to rely on mommy gave him a strong desire to make sure the paycheck lasted.) Anyway, its the young men and women who tend to live in the "now" that WON'T listen. When I was a defense counsel, defending those young and stupid men and women facing court-martial for financial crimes, I quickly reached the conclusion that most of my clients (all military) weren't "real" criminals; at least not the hard-core types you see in the street. They were just young and dumb and made very bad decisions. It seemed like most of those decisions involved sex, drugs, or money. Unfortunately, most of my former-clients didn't have an NCO, like you, who was concerned enuf to take them by the scruff of the neck and sraighten them out before their actions got so bad as to land them before a court-martial. I wish they'd been so fortunate. So, while I sympathize with your pet peeve, I'm glad that you've acted the leader and done what had to be done. Yeah Jarhead, I totally agree with you! I know from my Marine son that these young Marines are given some education on financial responsibility in basic and other places; but then, of course, the young Marine has to actually LISTEN. (Fortunately, my son did…although he had three years of living as a broke college student so finally having a steady paycheck and not having to rely on mommy gave him a strong desire to make sure the paycheck lasted.) Anyway, its the young men and women who tend to live in the “now” that WON’T listen. When I was a defense counsel, defending those young and stupid men and women facing court-martial for financial crimes, I quickly reached the conclusion that most of my clients (all military) weren’t “real” criminals; at least not the hard-core types you see in the street. They were just young and dumb and made very bad decisions. It seemed like most of those decisions involved sex, drugs, or money. Unfortunately, most of my former-clients didn’t have an NCO, like you, who was concerned enuf to take them by the scruff of the neck and sraighten them out before their actions got so bad as to land them before a court-martial. I wish they’d been so fortunate. So, while I sympathize with your pet peeve, I’m glad that you’ve acted the leader and done what had to be done.

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