How hard is it to become a captain in the USA marines like Brian Stann?

[SMEAC]

Oh please, you're trying to turn this into a flame war by telling me what I did or didn't do? You're just displaying your own insecurity of your argument.

I didn't bother attack your claim of working with various Special Forces units throughout your career (Correction- that was Phr) as unlikely as it may be, yet you're trying to shoot me down for a beer I had with an E6 Delta, in Ft. Irwin in March '06 at Marty's?

I'll give you guys an out. I'm open to being corrected on this - using the known training criteria and methods within both USMC Officer program and Army Delta, which one is the 'toughest?' And is there a HUGE difference in the physical/mental toughness required to achieve each?

Gonna give me an out that's rich

First, you're not even keeping who you're talking to straight.

Second, the insecure one is the guy playing cool by association to some poser. If you actually had some military experience and knowledge, you would realize that.

Then you have continually shown horrible reading comprehension here.

No one has ever been comparing USMC OCS to Delta selection or training, that's in your own head.

 

[WiolentOne]

Is this your backtracking as the real keyboard tough guy?

Might want to try harder and pay attention to your surroundings more, you're giving up your new found gimmick

I backtrack from nothing and apologize for even less.

And just fyi I'm the same poster I've been for years.

 

[SMEAC]

I backtrack from nothing and apologize for even less.

And just fyi I'm the same poster I've been for years.

I know you're the same poster, that's why I said your true colors came out with the disdain for the military and talked about your new found gimmick.

It's okay to back out of a thread that you have no place in guy

 

[WiolentOne]

Oh please, you're trying to turn this into a flame war by telling me what I did or didn't do? You're just displaying your own insecurity of your argument.

I didn't bother attack your claim of working with various Special Forces units throughout your career (Correction- that was Phr) as unlikely as it may be, yet you're trying to shoot me down for a beer I had with an E6 Delta, in Ft. Irwin in March '06 at Marty's?

I'll give you guys an out. I'm open to being corrected on this - using the known training criteria and methods within both USMC Officer program and Army Delta, which one is the 'toughest?' And is there a HUGE difference in the physical/mental toughness required to achieve each?

SMEGMA has a history over the years of discounting every veterans service.

He believes he has monopoly on playing G.I Joe over the internets.

 

[WiolentOne]

I know you're the same poster, that's why I said your true colors came out with the disdain for the military and talked about your new found gimmick.

It's okay to back out of a thread that you have no place in guy

I've always had a love and hate sentiment of the military, as should every American patriot.

 

[KILL KILL]

I don't think there's a quantifiable metric to measure the difficulty of becoming a captain in the Marines. It takes time and effort.

 

[SMEAC]

I've always had a love and hate sentiment of the military, as should every American patriot.

Cool story

 

[SMEAC]

SMEGMA has a history over the years of discounting every veterans service.

He believes he has monopoly on playing G.I Joe over the internets.

Lol at you trying to take some kind of high ground as the defender of supposed veterans

 

[My Spot]

It's the officer version of Lance Corporal, so not hard.

 

[WiolentOne]

Lol at you trying to take some kind of high ground as the defender of supposed veterans

It's not my fault you're too much of a simpleton to handle the truth.

Note that me being forthright with the truth doesn't mean i don't support the troops.

You're just too much like fodder to understand that some people can hold multifarious views simultaneously.

 

[My Spot]

I don't think there's a quantifiable metric to measure the difficulty of becoming a captain in the Marines. It takes time and effort.

I thought it was automatic?

 

[My Spot]

I believe Stann played football in Annapolis. So yeah, he studied there. Do they come out as Lt?

Yep, commissioned as a butter bar then straight to OCS, then TBS (the officer version of MCT), then IOC.

 

[SMEAC]

It's not my fault you're too much of a simpleton to handle the truth.

Note that me being forthright with the truth doesn't mean i don't support the troops.

You're just too much like fodder to understand that some people can hold multifarious views simultaneously.

You just keep doubling down with your true colors, gimmick

 

[SMEAC]

Yep, commissioned as a butter bar then straight to OCS, then TBS (the officer version of MCT), then IOC.

No OCS for academy

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Gonna give me an out that's rich

And you're not taking it, probably because for all of your cockiness and bluster, you can't answer the question.

Second, the insecure one is the guy playing cool by association to some poser. If you actually had some military experience and knowledge, you would realize that.

And here you are, once again trying to use flamewar tactics. Throwing out baseless accusations to discredit the opposition in a debate.

'the insecure one is the guy playing cool by association to some poser.'

No, wrong again. The insecure ones in the military are the braggers, attempting to appear better than they actually are, and talk shit to fill the rest of the void to avoid being challenged by someone superior for their position.

The bullshit artists. The military is full of them.

Then you have continually shown horrible reading comprehension here.

No, I simpily stopped reading the posts with the insults, at the insults.

Notice how I've not challenged your claim of being in the military? Because its so obvious that you were, starting off with insults to those with contrasting viewpoints.

No one has ever been comparing USMC OCS to Delta selection or training, that's in your own head.

Ya know, its been years since I've read those books and saw those documentaries, but more vivid in my mind is watching young Marine officer's workout routines at on-post gyms at Camp Casey.

It was comparable to what I saw in the Delta training documentaries.

So, in closing, even if we got into a long and detailed debate about how comparable is Marine officer training to Delta recruit training, in reguards to difficulty, and I had my books and documentaries at the ready.... I still gave myself two loopholes in the first paragraph of my first post in the thread...

'To become an officer in the Marines, generally speaking, its about as hard as the Special Forces training in the Army or Air Force.'

And more importantly, you've revealed yourself to be an asshole with piss-poor communication skills refined by years in the military and talking with an egotistical superiority complex to those of a lower rank than yourself.

We could have had a respectful conversation about how I am probably wrong, but you don't know to have one - online, at work, or in your personal life.

 

[WiolentOne]

You just keep doubling down with your true colors, gimmick

Swallow it, punk.

 

[SMEAC]

And you're not taking it, probably because for all of your cockiness and bluster, you can't answer the question.


And here you are, once again trying to use flamewar tactics. Throwing out baseless accusations to discredit the opposition in a debate.

'the insecure one is the guy playing cool by association to some poser.'

No, wrong again. The insecure ones in the military are the braggers, attempting to appear better than they actually are, and talk shit to fill the rest of the void to avoid being challenged by someone superior for their position.

The bullshit artists. The military is full of them.



No, I simpily stopped reading the posts with the insults, at the insults.

Notice how I've not challenged your claim of being in the military? Because its so obvious that you were, starting off with insults to those with contrasting viewpoints.



Ya know, its been years since I've read those books and saw those documentaries, but more vivid in my mind is watching young Marine officer's workout routines at on-post gyms at Camp Casey.

It was comparable to what I saw in the Delta training documentaries.

So, in closing, even if we got into a long and detailed debate about how comparable is Marine officer training to Delta recruit training, in reguards to difficulty, and I had my books and documentaries at the ready.... I still gave myself two loopholes in the first paragraph of my first post in the thread...

'To become an officer in the Marines, generally speaking, its about as hard as the Special Forces training in the Army or Air Force.'

And more importantly, you've revealed yourself to be an asshole with piss-poor communication skills refined by years in the military and talking with an egotistical superiority complex to those of a lower rank than yourself.

We could have had a respectful conversation about how I am probably wrong, but you don't know to have one - online, at work, or in your personal life.

Lol at you thinking you were ever on the high road

Even better is you still thinking you have some kind of insight

Oh Lordy, he watched documentaries

 

[SMEAC]

Swallow it, punk.

The true keyboard warrior is getting real ruffled up here

 

[Lubaolong]

What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

It's all the same. The point is that promotions can be anticipated pretty much to the day. It's not about competence. There is essentially no difference in rank among officers entering the military at the same time, even after 15 years of service. That's the first truly competitive promotion.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Lol at you thinking you were ever on the high road

Even better is you still thinking you have some kind of insight

Oh Lordy, he watched documentaries

Oh Lordy, you served with numerous SF divisions, so you know the details of their recruit training, and can guage which one has the most difficult training my looking at each of them.

So convincing.
Very credible.
Much authority.






































Wow.