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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Yeah, I agree, it sounds sorta like negligence -- we got more training in Army Infantry OSUT than it sounds like the Marines are getting now in SOI.
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I wouldn't say that is was negligence as far as infantry Marines skipping MCT, as much as for us not getting hands on with crew served weapons was. MCT is pointless, if your whole term spent in the fleet is going to be in infantry. I think when I was in the military in general was on tight budget, the Marines are always on a tight budget anyway. Infantry will always be the first area that gets cheated when it comes to funding. Now days the military gets more funds so training might be better. We used to have to borrow the MOUT town at Camp Pendleton, today 29 Palms has their own. Things have most likely improved. More money means more bullets and less saying the phase "bang".