Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 26 to 34 of 34

Thread: join the military servise?reason/

  1. #26
    Hear Me Roar MiraM's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Raleigh,NC
    Posts
    528
    Quote Originally Posted by MAJESTYK View Post
    It may sound "hokey" to some I guess but I joined the Marines because I wanted to be a Marine and serve my country.
    Nothing "hokey" about that that. That's why I joined the military....To serve my country. Now as for joining the branch I did, that was a different story. My father was career Marine Corps, so I joined the Navy knowing it would just chap his a**. I also come from a long line of Warriors. On my father's side of the family, we have traced our military history back to the Vikings. My mother's families military history goes back to border raiders in old world Scotland. As far back as we could trace things, military service has not skipped a generation.

  2. #27
    Member Tess's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Houston
    Posts
    401
    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny Gurl View Post
    Like most enlistees, I joined for personal reasons. I wanted training, and didn't have the money for college. I did feel good about serving my country as well as some benefits for myself. While serving, I gained a lot more appreciation for the opportunity to be part of protecting our country. I gained a lot from the experience. I learned a lot by being exposed to different cultures, beliefs, and some of the best people you could ever hope to know from all 50 of our states here in the U.S.A. I knew of my fem side going in, but it was not an attempt to get rid of it..... They will probably always be "the best times of my life"
    I couldn't have said it better. The difference for me was I enlisted during the era of the draft so I probably wouldn't have joined the Air Force if the draft wasn't hanging over my head. The training I received led to a civilian career that was beyond my wildest dreams. While serving in Europe I spent weekends in Paris, leaves in London, Copenhagen, and skiing in the Alps. What a grand time for a kid who hadn't been more than 100 miles from home before joining up.

  3. #28
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Posts
    495
    I intially enlisted in the Marines because?

    "Ask not what you country can do for you? But what YOU can do for your country?"

    Yes, I figured I had a patrotic chore do and debt to pay to all of those that had gone before me? To include three uncles that served four long hard years during WWII

    And there were selfish reasons?

    I figured I'd enlist for four years, party my azz off for the first two years, travel, see the world (and I did)

    And then settle down and use the Corps most generous education/training benefits while I was in the Corps without even using my GI Bill.

    I got out and attempted to going to college, but trying to come back home and work and live off subsistence pay (just enough to rent a shack, buy some beans and wennies etc) drove me back into the Corps.

    I ended up doing my twenty and retiring ~ and THANK ALMIGHTY GOD I DID

    Smartest thing this old poor boy ever did!

  4. #29
    Member joanna marie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Intermoutain West
    Posts
    399
    Originally Posted by MAJESTYK
    It may sound "hokey" to some I guess but I joined the Marines because I wanted to be a Marine and serve my country.
    Same with me

    My father landed on Omaha Beach with the 29th Div during WWII
    Older brother fought in Korea
    another brother in the Cold War Army

    I figured that vietnam was my turn to serve my country
    Enlisted in the Army after High school in 1968,signed up for the Infantry and volunteered for Vietnam.Got there in 1969 and served with the 1st Cav. as a grunt.

    My desire to serve didn't have anything to do with my CDing,
    Three years in the Sevice did put it on hold but sure didn't stop it
    Last edited by joanna marie; 11-30-2010 at 11:10 PM.

  5. #30
    Gold Member TxKimberly's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Austin Texas area
    Posts
    6,377
    I joined and stayed for 12 years for a variety of reasons, and believe it or not, the hope that they would "cure" me was not one of them.
    I Joined to get out of the Mojave desert, and because I wanted a future. I stayed because I was terribly proud of what I was doing and wanted to serve my country. I suspect that never again in my life will I feel so much pride as when I used to say "I defend the United States of America". What can possibly compete with that?

    For anyone thinking of joining I will tell you this. It will be the hardest thing you ever do in your life.
    There will be moments when you think to yourself "Oh my God, what have I done?!"
    There will be moments when you think that you have made a terrible mistake.
    The good news is that the vast majority of the time, you will feel that you are at last doing something worth doing.
    You are doing something that you can be proud of.
    You will be doing something that you can tell your Children and Grand Children about with pride ringing from your voice.
    Serve your country so that you can feel that you have earned the right to enjoy it's freedoms.
    Serve your country so that you can hold your head high when you speak to your descendants.
    Serve your country so that you can know that you took your turn standing at the wall keeping the barbarians out.
    Serve your country so that you know you helped make and keep your country a place where a cross dresser is free to express themselves.
    It's a hard thing to do, but it's a thing worth the doing . . .

  6. #31
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Vermont
    Posts
    223
    TxKimberly. As well put as anything I have ever read on this subject! Thank you. An outstanding post.
    Last edited by VtVicky; 12-01-2010 at 12:19 AM. Reason: spelling

  7. #32
    Member Renee_E's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Monticello FL
    Posts
    176
    Because the poster said the Marine Corps buils men. So it lied. The only thing it changed was the size of my sholders.

  8. #33
    Gold Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Posts
    6,896
    I didn't do it to hide anything and I didn't do it to become a man. Simply put, I needed a paycheck. Did the buddy system like Marissa and did end up with my best friend for 1 1/2 years. Then I did 18 1/2 more without him.

  9. #34
    Woman and loving it LitaKelley's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    MA, USA
    Posts
    632
    I enlisted back when we had the first Iraq war, but got kicked right out while being processed at the MEPS

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Check out these other hot web properties:
Catholic Personals | Jewish Personals | Millionaire Personals | Unsigned Artists | Crossdressing Relationship
BBW Personals | Latino Personals | Black Personals | Crossdresser Chat | Crossdressing QA
Biker Personals | CD Relationship | Crossdressing Dating | FTM Relationship | Dating | TG Relationship


The crossdressing community is one that needs to stick together and continue to be there for each other for whatever one needs.
We are always trying to improve the forum to better serve the crossdresser in all of us.

Browse Crossdressers By State