I joined this great mean green killing machine that is the Marine Corps 13 years ago. When I came in Sergeants were GODS. As a young Pvt or PFC you never went and talked to the Sergeant. If you did you were asking for either a beat down or a shitty working party (I got [...]
MarAdmin 566/08 was released today announcing the approved selections to Warrant Officer. I would like to extend my congratulations to the Marines that were selected. Promotion to Warrant Officer is a great accomplishment. Warrant Officers are the link between enlisted Marines and the Commissioned Officers. Warrant Officers are the Subject Matter Experts (SME) in their [...]
On October 1st 2008 a new policy went into effect and it concerns LCpl’s promotion requirements to be eligible for promotion to Cpl. MarAdmin 370/07 has probably been overlooked by most Marines regardless of rank due to the fact that it came out in June of 2007. This MarAdmin announces the cancellation of the “Fundamentals [...]
For those of you unaware the SSgt selection board released and approved selections were posted. MARADMIN 515/08 was released on 12 Sept and there were more than 3600 Sergeants selected for the rank of Staff Sergeant. Promotions will begin on October 1st of this year and will continue over the next year. I would like to [...]
You can do a whole hell of a lot with $4500, you could buy a huge flat screen TV, buy a decent used car, put a decent down payment on a new car or you could go to college. You see $4500 is the amount that the Marine Corps will give you to go to [...]
On June 11th a MARADMIN was released with the approved selections to Gunnery Sergeant for FY 08. I eagerly searched this MARADMIN for my name as I was finally in zone for Gunny this year. I thought that I had done what I needed to do to get promoted even though I had not been [...]
