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Making the Corps
Title: Making the Corps
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2211 | Pages: 9.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Making the Corps
Thomas Ricks, author of “Making the Corps”, gives a description about the United States Marine Corps’ basic military training. The book’s main focal point is Platoon 3086 at Parris Island, S.C., in 1995. Their story is about their eleven weeks boot camp training to become a full-fledged marine. Mr. Ricks writes about what separates the marines from American society, he writes how the Marine Corps differ from other branches of the Unites States military, as …showed first 75 words of 2211 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2211 total…was also involved in an altercation with the police, and because of this he wound up being sent to jail and was later shipped to Japan. While living in Japan he says that everything there was beautiful, orderly, and without violence or trouble. But he still got into another altercation there. Overall he says that the Marines still have many issues dealing with racism, but he’s glad that he joined because it got him.
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