My friend sent me this when I told him I was joining the marines. Anyone know how true it is?

• no i was advanced infantry and the marine corps isnt tht great man you gotta pay for your own **** wen you get in and you get hammie downs from the army like your riffles only in the army you get top quality eguipment and you vest's and **** for free even your eguipment is free like your clothes and everything its all free but tht is only in the army dont let the marines fool you man trust i know plenty of marines when i went to iraq they told me the same **** im telling you and you dont get payed much either they take it all way from you for all the equipment and **** you even half to pay for the bullets you use up they will put your *** in debt bro and you dont need tht at you age thts why i didnt join them i went army got everything free and i got a **** load of cash for it too and there paying for my colledge i got like 600k in the bank for just servering my country over sea's for joining the army and most of it is for my colledge too. im telling you bro go army is the way to make money to be succesful in life dont go marines and put your self debt make a smart choice here for life in the future go army is the way trust me i just signed back up for 12yrs in the army and they respect you better than the marines and they pay a whole lot better than the marines too and they give more money for your colledge education and give more of a medical percentage marines wont do tht they say they do but they dont trust me bro i know plenty of marines who have been fooled by the marine corps and they just tanfered over to the amry and they army is truly the way. but its all up too though its your choice im just helping you make a smarter choice.

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  well I'm army, but have marine friends. i think your friend is full of crap. first off,.. i don't know ANY soldier that has 600K in their bank account. grant it i saved alot of $ while in Iraq. but with my grade and years i made about 40K there. and I'm about the middle. also you can't sign up for 12 years at a time. army is 3-6 year re-enlistments. now when it comes to the rest. far as army goes, you don't pay for your clothes or gear, unless you loose it. every year you get a clothing allowance to help buy new clothes, but they give you your initial issue free. your gear comes from CIF and is used for the most part. once you leave a duty station you must return it. all the military gets payed the same. however some services advance faster than others, as well as some jobs. i have former marines in my army unit because they just couldn't get promoted in the marines. so they switched over. most of them say they miss the Marines. i also know the army will guarantee your job at MEPS. but even though the marines don't, the chance of you getting what you want is still very high. it all comes down to where YOU want to serve. both are great military branches. both have their ups and downs. don't listen to your buddy. do what you want to do. and remember if it isn't for you, then at the end of your enlistment, you can always switch over.