Marine Air contracts

[HokiePilot]

Having a Canadian passport can be very useful, even for US diplomats...

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1420&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=116063

 

[Flash]

.....peoples replies were seemingly unbecoming of any Marine Corps Officer that I have ever met.

On the other hand, comments like the one above disgust me. I have stated that I am eager to become a Leader of Marines, and I am willing to take all necessary steps, however it is discouraging to see such bigoted and ignorant comments like.

First off, chill out. While to an outsider some of the comments here might seem a little disrespectful or even mean, they are often done in the same jovial banter that often goes on in a squadron ready room.

And I am sorry, but if you think that this is biogoted and ignorant.....

If the maple syrup and igloos are really that much fun maybe you should join the Canadian military.

.....you really need to sit back, relax and take it easy. You will endure much worse in the real military, with every bad Canadian joke and worse probably thrown at you, but it rarely has a real bite behind it. Once people stop making fun of you, that is when you worry. Until then, sit back and take it with a grin until you learn to give as good as you get.

My first question to this poster, is where is your respect for a young man trying to earnestly join your ranks?

You don't demand or even ask for respect, you earn it.

Secondly, where is you respect for a nation that has been helpful to America in every major conflict it has ever entered?

You need to brush up on your American and Canadian history. From the Revolutionary War (or, if you want to get technical, the Spanish-American War) to the war in Iraq, Canada has chosen not to fight alongside Americans. I am not arguing if they were good or bad decisions, but those are the facts.

If and when I join the US Military Forces, it is apparent that I will be giving up my Canadian citizenship, and although I will always be very fond of Canada, once I renounce it, my loyalties will be clear.

As long as you know that, you are good.

 

[OUSOONER]

I would have soooooo much fun with this letter........
Dear Camel driving shithead,

I have decided to suck on the knob of the Great Satan and live in the busom of decadency. Rather than 72 virgins when I die, I'm going to try and screw them all while I'm in my twenties. 100 before turning 30 and looking at marriage is my minimum goal....I hope to return to Iran someday at the head of the liberating military that buries your carcass six feet deep in pig grease......

Well that might be a bit over the top, but I laughed to say the least.

@ Greencard Haha, why would you get that angry about somebody taking a jab at Canada ..and then laugh at that?

Look man, a thick skin is a good thing to have, and (assuming you are male), friends/colleagues will make fun of anything they can..and in a type of setting where you are going to have a close bond with other people...stand by for even worse than what you read from CWJones.

In all my years in team sports...I don't think a day went by where we didn't rag on each other about something..whether it be that your mom is a MILF (and what they want to do to her)...or that I'm a "raghead"...or even worse if you have a younger sister that happens to be hot (and what they want to do to her).

 

[greencard]

First of all OU check out this site for starters.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7897

Then I want to you to realize that the reason that I can laugh at one thing or another is the fact that one thing came from someone saying it about themselves, where as the other one came from someone else towards me.

Growing up in the US, I have put up with every joke and hasty remark that there is about Canada. It is not the jokes, it is the context. Here I am trying to find out information about how to best go about joining this guys military, and explaining my citizenship situation, and he tells me I should go back to Canada because I am fond of it??? That seems a little more than a joke.

Yes I have played sports and been ragged about it, I have gone through the entirety of my high school and college careers hearing it, and I have worked off shore hearing it. So I have heard it from anyone. I cant say from experience that a ready room is better or worse than an oil rig, but the jokes and such offshore are something else. I have jovially put up with and laughed with the best and worse of them all, but when someone says that you should go back to Canada and join their military and adds some ignorant comments with it, then , yes, I will bite back a little. I have made it clear that I want to join the American military and I was just searching for a little clarity on issues that I will soon be facing.

As far as respect goes, I believe that anyone who posts on this forum with clear intention about joining the forces should automatically be given some respect. They have earned it, now matter how little respect it may be, simply by saying that they would like to serve. I hope that clears up the respect issue.

On one last note, as you read the thread, you will notice that there are comments from a bunch of individuals, and the only two that are not helpful are from you and Jones. So while I appreciate the help of others, I do not appreciate the criticism for liking my homeland, or for saying that someone should show a little respect.

I have thick skin, thick enough to take most things, but as far as I know disrespect is not one of the values that marines live by!

 

[Picaroon]

BDCP here, renounced second citizenship before final select for the sake of my clearance and for final select.

My advice? You're becoming an officer in the United States military. Make your loyalty clear by giving it up, even if you think you can get away with keeping it. I know it was made very clear that I had to renounce and that this is SOP for BDCP guys.

 

[HAL Pilot]

Dear Liberal-ass Socialist Do-gooder,

I am tired of being one of the world's biggest pussies and the icicles hanging from my dick every time I pee have got to go. I can no longer stomach the we are the world kumbaya elitist bull shit of the seal loving eco-freaks, queer lovers, draft dodger lovers, ugly fucking Eskimos and hairy ass French. I've decided to haul my ass south to the good old USA where my turds makes a slight plop instead of a mighty frozen splash when I take a shit. Besides, I want to be a part of a military that is dedicated to killing instead of cuddling the fundamentalist camel fuckers.....

In closing, cram your Canadian citizenship up your ass, eh?

Nuke'em til the glow.

Sincerely,
Yut Yut

(You do need to chill out and develop a sense of humor. OUSOONER seems to get it. Why can't you?)

 

[greencard]

Wow well done! I am know glad that I know what I am getting myself into! I realyy hope that this isnt a clear representation of the mc!

I just wanted a little help, not an ass-chewing.

 

[HAL Pilot]

Wow well done! I am know glad that I know what I am getting myself into! I realyy hope that this isnt a clear representation of the mc!

I just wanted a little help, not an ass-chewing.

Not Marine - Navy. But we are a better class of asshole.

You got your answers but can't seem to comprehend them.

BTW, the neg rep is meaningless, eh?

 

[greencard]

Not Marine - Navy. But we are a better class of asshole.

You got your answers but can't seem to comprehend them.

BTW, the neg rep is meaningless, eh?

I am sorry, I must not have found the clear message in your first post, other than the lovely amount of piss jargon and insulting humor.

What I don't comprehend is why you are an asshole when you could have just said welcome to the forum.

 

[MasterBates]

You will go far in Naval Aviation with that thin skin. I thought northern types had thick skin..

 

[skidkid]

If you think that is an ass chewing think long and hard about the Marine Corps. You will be held to an all but impossible standard and get a real ass chewing when you fail to meet it and that is just the try out phase. That wasnt an ass chewing that was mildly having a laugh at your expense. A much thicker skin will serve you well.

 

[greencard]

I understand that there is much that I will hear and have to put up with when I join up, but what I still fail to understand is why I have to hear that crap hear?? I am only trying to learn more about what it takes, and instead, I am being thrown under the bus by a couple of guys who are getting their rocks off my trying to make fun of my heritage.

This just doesn't seem like the kind of thing that most people would ecpect to hear when they are looking into any new job.

So if anyone can explain to me how you have good reason to be hateful, without provocation, towards a hopeful aviator then maybe I will better understand this tact.

 

[HAL Pilot]

I was joking around and you dug yourself into a hole. The more you dig the more I throw the dirt back in. It's like scratching a mosquito bite.....

And the same thing will happen when you actually get in the military. Your reaction is just one way reputations are made and callsigns are born.

Get used to it. Naval Aviators are bloodthirsty SOBs that jump on weakness. But we're also great friends who stand with each other to the bitter end when the chips are down.

Learn the difference and get a sense of humor. This is a learning experience for you. Take it as such.

BTW I spent 2 years flying a 727 with Iranian FEs and became good friends with them. I have beers with them everytime I have a LAX layover. They would die laughing at my original letter and take it with the humor in which it was meant.

And I've worked with quite a few Canadians both with a UN mission and in the P-3 world. I have nothing but respect for the Canadian military.

 

[MasterBates]

In aviation every little thing you do wrong or have weird about you will be mercilessly heckled.

Deal with it. You flip-top-headed Canuck.

 

[mmx1]

Well, at least this thread has taken a turn for the hilarious.

If USCIS wouldn't expedite naturalization papers for an active duty officer (was a citizen - just didn't have the notarized and frame-worthy certificate), don't count on any special treatment just because you're applying to be an officer.