Comments on: Most of the Marine troop leaders knew what war was like https://www.isegoria.net/2020/09/most-of-the-marine-troop-leaders-knew-what-war-was-like/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 14 May 2026 06:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Kirk https://www.isegoria.net/2020/09/most-of-the-marine-troop-leaders-knew-what-war-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-3246190 Kirk Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:48:52 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47022#comment-3246190 Ezra, we’ve been over that lie before. Activated Marines who had not gone through Basic did not go overseas–When the Marine Reservists arrived at Camp Pendleton or other deployment bases, the units were broken down and used to fill out other units. Marines who had not been trained were sent off to the training pipeline, not Korea.

Somewhere in the last few months, another poster put up the study outlining all this. It’s worth reading, because it has actual historical data in it, rather than specious bullshit.

]]> By: Ezra https://www.isegoria.net/2020/09/most-of-the-marine-troop-leaders-knew-what-war-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-3246178 Ezra Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:54:11 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47022#comment-3246178 Fifty percent of Marine reservists activated for the Korean War had not even seen basic training. Training was administered at the reserve unit level. The Marines from my perspective too do attract a higher level of volunteer. The fact that the Marines mystique is that they are tough does appeal to some.

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