Sgt Brad Colpert seemed like a pretty intelligent and educated guy, why did he join the Marines?
Sgt Brad Colpert seemed like a pretty intelligent and educated guy, why did he join the Marines?
Ryan Foster
Asher Davis
People do strange things for a sense of purpose. There are plenty of smart Marines out there, who by all rights could have made a better, safer, and more fulfilling career out of something else. But people want to feel part of something bigger that they believe matters.
Jayden Richardson
Not all Marines are uneducated meatheads. Most of those who are, don't get past the most basic ranks. Of course there are exceptions like Encino Man.
Kayden Gutierrez
How dare someone serves their country
Dominic Murphy
from his interviews it seemed like the guy was just a huge military nerd, the kind of guy who if he was physically unfit/unintelligent he would be made fun of
Matthew Ross
Like me I work in an office but I'm going back to active duty, because it's just what I enjoy, feel more complete. It's weird.
Christian Ross
It's not weird, I can imagine military service being more captivating than being stuck in an office every day.
Logan Foster
I make more money and live more comfortably fixing electronics on aircraft. Still want to experience the combat life just for a greater sense of purpose.
Hunter James
shooting people is fun... all the other stuff is bullshit tho
Jose Cruz
I have a friend like this. In college he was a huge fucking military/military history nerd. Joined up after graduating, now he's an LT in a tank brigade. I think it's a lot more common than you think.
Ayden Wood
what was his problem? Was it autism?
Joseph Ross
unironically yes
Hunter Bailey
He seem like the kind of guy who served because its a family tradition.
Jace Price
Most of the smart ones go (and actually make it) to special forces. You can be a complete moron and make it as a grunt, but you need to have some intelligence to be an operator. Not to say there aren't some dumb special forces people, brawn and determination can get you far, but it's usually not enough.
William Thompson
He was a bureaucrat who couldn't handle himself in combat.
Sebastian Perez
>why did he join the Marines?
to slay bodies
Jason Gutierrez
He got in because his daddy was an officer. I'm surprised he didn't get punched in his dumbass face.
Alexander Allen
Spooks.
Grayson Peterson
Because he saw that commercial where the knight slays a dragon then turns into a marine
Andrew Martin
he is intelligent but not ugly or beta, so he has no reason to question the system as a whole as he thrives within it. therefore, despite being intelligent and well-educated, he probably still thinks us army service is somehow patriotic. that, or since he's shown to have a conscience, he duped himself into a hero complex and chose the army for his self-sacrifice.
Oliver Green
Maybe underneath it all, he just enjoys killing?
Noah Adams
He was an Aryan adopted, raised, and brainwashed by a Jewish family. They convinced him to go to war probably with subliminal techniques.
Michael Nelson
wasn't really portrayed like that at all, but sure, it's a possibility.
Anthony Brooks
He literally describes himself as a "hunter killer" and "warrior" several times. No doubt he likes wasting bad guys, he just isn't a psycho like Trombley who wants to kill animals and kids.
Gavin Robinson
In my experience with the Navy working with Marines, about 70% were retards and 30% were actually pretty smart and either made some bad choices in life or came from shit. It's not uncommon to find quality folks in the ranks.
Aaron King
He got cucked and was like fuck this.
Bentley Brown
Sit down Cletus, we're not talking in mindless patriotic platitudes right now.
Zachary Bennett
The guy who shot Bin Laden actually said that he joined the military because his gf left him.
Obligatory reading esquire.com
James Price
And Trombley's recruiter told him he'd get to kill people.
And Ray's recruiter told him he'd be swimming in fresh Thai pussy.
Jose Foster
nerds sometimes realize that being physical and muscular is an easy thing too, and become even better than meatheads at doing sports and active stuff
that's why /fit/ is a thing
Luis Turner
nate was also smart and educated you double liberal
Charles Watson
this is why the Spartans composed regiments of gay lovers
William Stewart
Men feel emasculated after girls don't give a shit about them, and often make stupid decisions based on this
Blake Wood
Heh, this guy thinks SF are smart
Julian Ramirez
>he thinks captain america did anything wrong
Henry Anderson
His girlfriend cheated on him with some surfer dude, pay attention.
Mason Diaz
>guy who shot bin laden
Cool, the other day the guy who found Carmen Sandiego told me a nice joke too.
Kayden Sanchez
FOLLOW MY TRACERS!
Cooper Young
He was smart and nice guy; he just couldn't handle the stress of combat. He was great when he was a pencil pusher, apparently. Iraqi Freedom was him at his worst.
James Bennett
what movie is this?
Dylan Wright
>>>/reddit/
(not that guy, not even a patriot or an army guy, I just really dislike you)
Carter Ward
youtube.com
Love that scene.
Jacob Davis
Generation Kill. HBO mini-series.
Luke Cooper
I am this close to enlisting. I feel almost nothing, everything is empty and meaningless, I don't know how to cope with it other than by just putting myself in the hardest shittiest position possible.
Cameron Thompson
Most I met were. A couple were dipshits of course, but a lot of the ones I met went on to become physicians, engineers, etc etc... of course I mostly worked with SEALS, pararescue, Berets, top tier operators, not Rangers or divers.
Gavin Edwards
Then definitely enlist in Marine infantry. Or food service, theyre both pretty awful.
Jordan Allen
he wanted to slay some dragons.
Elijah Torres
Not all smart people have means to go to college, and it seems like even if intelligent he loved the whole warrior culture.
Chase Nelson
just take some mma or boxing classes
at least you will learn something useful
being in the marines will not give you any pussy at all, be warned
Luke Powell
you're actually retarded if you think SF are anything more than dudes with a high willpower stat.
Angel Peterson
his family is jewish, not much military tradition there
Gabriel Gonzalez
That guy must have had a relative higher up or something, there's no way he got through officer school by himself.
Matthew Anderson
his family is dead, he was adopted by jews
Gabriel Sanchez
officer school isn't hard. i completed it and im a dumbass. dropped out immediately after though. fuck logistics. "you'll be an infantry officer!' they said. fucking liars.
Kayden Myers
You need to be a resourceful motherfucker as an SF. Maybe they're not all book smart, but they're not dumb muscle either.
Robert Flores
well yes I was referring to his adopted family
did he know who his real parents were? don't think it's mentioned in the show
Easton Sanders
It depends what SF you're talking about.. Some place more value on different things. Delta for example puts a much higher value on endurance both physically and mentally than say navy seals.. That's because the nature in which they operate is for the most part pretty different. Delta operate in the shadows behind enemy lines for longer stretches of time gathering vital information on the enemy.
Aaron Fisher
I felt the same way about 2 years ago after giving up on university and being a pilot. Couldn't even find a reason to wake up in the morning, weighed over 240lbs, was bored all the time, felt like a piece of shit with zero worth. I went Chair Force since I had some relevant knowledge, but I still had to do the same basic training that Army does. Best thing I ever did with my life, no contest. It sucks sometimes, but I'm never going back to the NEET life until I get pension.
Aiden Parker
>USMC OCS is easy
Opinion discarded
John Young
>some surfer dude
His best friend that is.
Andrew Wood
how old were you?
Whats your position?
What made you quit?
Easton Roberts
>believing in the """""""street smart""""" meme
They are all idiots.
Oliver Myers
bullshit. there's always some whore at an off base bar who will fuck anything in a uniform
Lucas Diaz
Ray's one of the smart ones though.
Brandon Smith
>this is what marines aspire to
top kek
Adrian Gonzalez
>quit at 21
>currently avionics tech, still in training, makes good money thanks to speciality pay
>didn't make any friends in Uni, passionate enough about flying, ran out of my own money, felt guilty about getting financial help from my parents, felt they were pushing me into this life, terrible at networking which is required to get a job as a pilot, hated taking all the unrelated courses I didn't care about, GPA dropped from 3.4 down to a 2.7, decided to quit right before getting my commercial license, became a NEET for 3 months before getting shipped off to basic
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Ian Watson
Was it because his girlfriend left him for his best friend? He saw no other purpose in life than to join the marine, i don't know
Michael Rivera
source ?