most african-american Marines who been in for 3 or more years busted down to private for some reason or another and to top it off, not getting paid for months at a time. we bought them personal hygiene items and also treated them for a nice time in town. and by the way, these busted down privates ran our radio section! they were the experts! on the other hand, i seen caucasian Marines make Sergeant in a year or less in our same unit. i wont say that this unit is a reflection of the Marine Corps as a whole but i do know, from my experience, an african-american person normally needs to kiss alot of a s s in order to reach sergeant and up. the Marine Corps is the only branch of the service that uses points, what they call a "cutting score" which in itself very elusive in order to get promoted.my question is for higher ranking Marines, why do u give african-american Marines a harder time to move up the ranks than a caucasian equivolent? and why so many have Article 15's?
2007-04-20
01:47:47
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Beaujock
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