How many people do you think join the United States Marines because of their ego?
I was just wondering how many people join the United States Marines partly due to their ego? I know their can be many reasons why someone would want to join, but it seems that a good deal of the time people I’ve listened to have the basic belief that the marines are the best of the branches of the military and they of course are the tough and cool, so why not have the best (themselves) join the best? Of course many join for more noble reasons than that, but I was just curious.
My guy has been in the Army(2 years), Marines(17 years), Navy Reseve(2years) and National Guard(4 years). The only one that had any pride in themselves, their team and their uniform was the Marines.
It has nothing to do with ego when your the best your the best.
I would have to say each and every person who joins does so partly due to the image of what they believe is a US Marine. With this in mind we can say that 100% of the people that join, and make it past boot camp, SOI and MOS training, like the image they project and the idea of being a US Marine.
That is until they become disenchanted by outside influences or stark realizations at which time the ego being one of the few and the proud fades away.
Personally, I think that people join the US Marines because the TV commercials make it sound like a good thing!