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Originally Posted by HistoricalDavid
I'm not familiar with your service but being part of a rifle unit (I think you said you were an O-3 or O-4? Or am I confusing you with Rifleman) means that you are automatically tougher than 99.9% of the population. To me there is a quiet, stoic nobility in the infantry - not that the rest of the military is not essential - which influences my current medium-term 'life goal' of joining the British infantry, eyesight, height and useless university notwithstanding. Considering that the US's manning issues are concerning but not catastrophic I don't think there's any shame at all in staying home with family.
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It must have been the other individual. I was an enlisted FO with a small Marine unit (worked with RMC a lot, by the way). While I cannot claim being a purebred infantryman, we follow the same ways, just with a different mission. On that note, that is a beautiful and poetic way to describe our beloved grunt. Anyway, back on topic - I would go in as an Infantry, or possibly Armor officer. That is what I have been interested for quite some time now.
Those are good thoughts, about the family. I really love them, you know, and I feel no shame regarding staying at home with them but, I feel a very strong desire to help out our guys. A part-time commitment is an option I am considering because so much is at stake, and I feel like this could be a way satisfy my longing to serve with our guys but, would also allow me more time with family.