Tag: marriage

  • ICE Cold Summer

    ICE Cold Summer

    The boys are back in town and the summer is really heating up in Los Angeles, with Marines deployed to the streets of one of America’s most important cities in a move that has inflamed tensions on all sides of every aisle. It’s a turbulent time with emotions running hot in every direction.

    At the very least, one thing we can agree on is that marriage visas, pregnancy rates, and 25% APR car loans are about to spike across LA County in the immediate future.

    As a Marine veteran living in Los Angeles, I will tell you that the place is in fact not a warzone (I’ve been to those too). Los Angeles is a massive sprawl and it’s hard to fathom if you’ve never been here, but the protests are limited to a relatively small area near downtown. I don’t think anyone wants… well… any of this to be going on.

    One can only hope that cooler heads prevail.

  • It’s Complicated

    It’s Complicated

    Marines have developed many reputations around the nation over the years. They are fierce warriors, stalwart citizens, and renown lovers. That last point has led to many broken hearts, divorcees and single moms across the land.

    Marines are passionate people of fiery hearts and souls. Relationships are hard, and the things that make Marines great warriors aren’t necessarily the things that make great partners for more than a weekend.

    It’s no wonder the divorce rate in the Marine Corps is the highest of all the military branches (and higher than the national average). Then again, a lot of this can probably be chalked up to age. Marines at their peak are around 18-24 years old, which is about the same age as your average frat-guy.

    As the old adage goes: if the Corps wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued you one.