But none will because they're evidently pansy asshats now.
Speaking from the standpoint of what would probably be now “THE OLD CORPS” point of view I would have to agree.
I HONORABLY completed my enlistment plus 1 in 1972, I think it was about 1980 or 82 I was talking to a couple of Marines in a bar and one of them mentioned that he was a “CONTRACT CORPORAL”.
I asked him what the hell that was (never having heard of such a thing), he explained to me that upon enlistment he was guaranteed that rank when he completed 18 months of service.
And to think after 2 tours and 36 months I was still just a Lance Corporal (and I wasn’t that much of a f#ckup), life sure got easier in the Corps after I was discharged.