1) Understand / accept / believe that no matter what your specialty might be within the Marine Corps (or any branch of any military for that matter); no matter what your reasons for joining are (i.e., job security, travel, educational opportunities, etc.), your ultimate job is to die for your country, if that's what is called for.
2) Watch as many documentaries / news related stories as you possibly can about what the true cost can be of surviving catastrophic injuries related, not only to "usual / customary" combat, but especially IEDs.
Listen to stories about guys within units having pacts regarding what should be done in the event their genitalia are blown off (along with their feet and / or legs) by IEDs.
Then talk to and, more importantly, [u]listen[/u] to veterans of Iran / Iraq / Afghanistan, etc. who have actually experienced what these things can do to your body, your mind and your life afterward.
Learn about the long term effects of traumatic brain injuries and PTSD.
[u]Warning[/u]: what follows will sound patronizing but I assure you, that is not my intention -
3) Understand that what you are thinking about embarking upon is not a video game experience. There are no respawns; your k/dr will equal exactly ###:1... if you're lucky. If not, it will equal exactly 0:1. But in either scenario, you will still be dead.
If you do these things and still decide you want to join the Marines; being okay with the additional [possible] expense of your relationship,
then take the oath.
You have my thanks in advance for your service to this country if that's what you ultimately decide to do; in any event, good luck to you.
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