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12-15-2008, 11:26 AM
PhilDpino
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Hasbro did one of the name changes (like Shockwave to Shockblast) for Mainframe/Dataframe (I guess it's better then now being G.I. Joe Hawk or G.I. Joe Cutter or Dreadnok Torch).
I don't know why he went and joined the Marines. I'm thinking it was a "prove I can" kind of thing. He was already airborne certified and an MIT graduate, and at his age, I think he wanted to prove he could still hold his own.
If had rejoined the army, would have been able to skip boot, would probably have been made an officer and given a desk job in the computer section.
If join the Marines, he'd have to go thru boot and then could probably go into some kind of combat role. Also prove to himself, his superiors and the other soldiers that he deserved to be there.
That be my thinking anyways.
In the service I have seen many soldiers who have left the military. And reenlisted as "prior service" in another branch. Because that was were all the bonus and extra recruitment pay was.
No, he won't necessarily skip boot or automatically become an officer just because he has an MIT degree.
We had a lot of prior service in my basic training unit.
it was explained to us that if they were out for year plus. The Army would most likely had them redo boot. For every 6 months after that that they were out they lost one pay grade. We had a sergeant who was out for 6 years and they had him busted down to a E-2. We called him Papa Smurf because he was under 5foot tall and was like 37 years old.
Also we had alot of college grads. (no ROTC experience) who were recruited off the streets and were give E-4 pay grade rather than E-1 when they enlisted automatically because they had college degrees. if they wanted to be officers they still had to go to Officer Candidate School.
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