Sgt. Jason Gade, USMC
Camp Pendleton, CA
Yeah, I was a rear echelon pogue my whole time. But I was a MARINE rear echelon pogue!
Currently I'm with an Oregon Army National Guard infantry headquarters. I think I'll get more of a workout than I did as a REMF in the USMC.
It's funny -- I left the Marines because I didn't want to get deployed and leave my family. Seven years older, I still have my family but being deployed doesn't bother me as much... although enough not to want to give up my nice civvie job and go active again.
But with the drawdown of active duty forces, the reserves and NG are going on more and more deployments. They've already sent troops from my brigade to the Sinai to free up active duty personnel there. I'm likely to get an all-expense-paid vacation there or somewhere else myself in the next couple of years.
So, I'm a soldier AND a Marine!
Semper Fi!
COOL!! you get to pick on yourself!
Semper Fi