He’s cautiously observing what happens with the skill set. 50-caliber machine gun in an assault section of a mounted platoon. ![]() Soon he was in Iraq and standing behind a. It was the coolest thing in the world.”īut that didn’t last long. “There was nothing ever more exhilarating than to fire a rocket on the shoulder. ![]() “It seemed like everybody forgot how to use 0351s for anything,” he said.Įven at predeployment training the 0351s were teamed up with combat engineers who didn’t realize the infantry Marines had demolition training.īut still, Uriarte enjoyed some aspects of the job. “It looks like it’s actually happening now,” he said.īut once Uriarte got to the fleet and started field training, he said his skills were rarely used and often not even understood. “And every day in the Marine Corps I f**king heard that until the day I EAS’d.” “The day I got there, they were saying they were going to phase out 0351s this is back in 2006,” Uriarte said. ![]() The Iraq War veteran said when he arrived at the School of Infantry he took a test and qualified to do the training, which consisted of a lot of math and handling demolition along with firing the SMAW.Īnd even in that early training more than a decade ago, instructors were telling Marines that the 0351 would be going away, he said. why are SOPs and doctrine a thing if we just fucking disregard them ? i swear the only time an sop matters is when someone is trying to tell me where to put my own mag pouches.One fairly prominent former 0351, at least in Marine circles, is the creator of the comic strip “ Terminal Lance,” Maximilian Uriarte. Not to mention i have the fucking flu and tore a ligament in my hand and i still made sure to be a part of this op instead of going to medical that way my junior lances wouldn’t have to carry my weight.Īnother thing. i ate more dip today than i did food.ĭue to this insane amount of stress i started drinking like a fucking fish and it’s the only thing that calms me and lets me sleep. My work days went from 08-1630 to now 0630-1930 with no allotted chow time. and at this point i’ve been forced to spend so much money on food that i no shit have to choose whether to eat tonight or pay my car payment. i’ve requested comrats maybe 50 times and keep getting told no by my chain of command. maybe 15 minutes at a chow hall once every few days if i’m lucky. My chain of command is sooo big on “oh we afford every marine three chows a day!” and i see 0 of these three chows. now i’m not one of those “ugh i just got out of boot camp and i already wanna get out” guys and they can eat shit but hear me out.įor the last 4 months i’ve been throwing my heart and soul and time into planning and preparation for a mef operation (simulation) that i shall not name.Īt first it was a little shitty bc we would work longer than normal and i was okay with that bc embrace the suck right ?īut now i straight up resent this shit, i have no motivation to get up in the morning. So i love the corps and i love my job, but recently this shit has thrown me into a sick depression. ![]() Ok boys i need to fucking rant a little bit bc i’m losing it.
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