Marines on the General Boat
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by sukoidha
The marines have been fighting in Romania everyday thanks to Congress I must say for once, as our Major General qn20, managed to come up with a budget which congress is happy about, so they can supply the Marines QMG (Quarter Master General) weekly with Gold for our marines to fight often and rank up quicker. So I want to personally thank qn20 for coming up with a budget that congress approved on.
From this I can honestly say that this budget was a success as the marines are becoming a real power in the world of eRep. Out of 80 marines we now have 19 Generals from the Romanian war with Indo. You say, only 19!!!! That’s not a lot, but compared to when we had 5 before the war and MOST of the marines have reached Colonel and are reaching the rank of general extremely quickly, I would say that it is extremely good.
In a recent collaboration with the Romanian Army and the Marines, we were asked to hold off all attacks and wait until a new battle was open so that we could attack the new region hard and drop the wall fast. The region in question was Balochistan, in all honesty, the Romanians didn’t not have such high regards for the USA soldiers in terms of power, so we went out to prove them wrong.
Eugene Harlot organised everything with the Romanian officials, Lucius Vanerus supplied the tanks with Weapons and Gold a day before the battle, Paradiziac, kept the tanks in line and ordered the attack when the battle commenced and I am pleased to say that we rocked.
We dropped the wall 50K in 5mins, leaving the Romanians dumb founded by what we did, and I quote from the Defence Minister, “I have not seen power like that in ATLANTIS for sometime”. That was a very proud moment for the marines and we feel honoured to have been able to be a part of that moment in History where another region was conquered by Romania in the battle against Indonesia. We even managed to have a Marine retain battle hero in our tanking battle, SebastianA.
All in all I can honestly say that the Marines are once again becoming a Power in the ATLANTIS strong hold of soldiers and we will carry on getting stronger until the game ends, as none of us will back down from any fight. We are like pit bulls; we never stop until we see blood. Of course the blood in this instance is the red bit on the “No Man’s land” or “Underground” part of the wall.
I just want to say a big congratulations to all marines who fought in Romania, you have done the USA proud by making the enemy and our allies recognize us again as the power we should have always been.
Feel the blood rushing round your body as you hold your weapons, when you step out onto the Battle Field and the enemy says, “ahhhhh shit, the eUSMC are coming”.
Semper Fidelis
~Sukoidha
Lt.General of the eUSMC
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awesome article
Marines rule!
Semper Fi, Marines
O7
not in Marines but awesome
Representin' 😉
Sweet article Suko.
Sweet keep up the good work
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We fought in alot of awesome battles while there.
Nice article Lt Gen Suko
O7
It has definitely been fun to be a marine the past ten days or so.
Great article Suko.
Semper Fidelis!
Great article voted 4k to general now
Great article Suko!!!!
Congratulations on your successes.
I'm still surprised that none of the eMarines appear to show any gratitude whatsoever towards the people who provide the money for them to have their fun with.
I write on behalf of all of the marines, we are grateful, honestly.
I'm very glad to hear it. Why not write an article expressing that gratitude. "Thanks to all you taxpayers for paying for my fun."
I agree with you that all the eMarines should be grateful. Trust me, we are.
I'm not sure, however, that the attitude you're displaying is the one taxpayers should have. I think the taxpayers should show more gratitude to the people who give up their right to vote and hold a steady job in order to fight for their country.
Marines shouldn't have an entitlement mentality, and taxpayers should be more supportive.
Sorry, but I think that is a pathetic argument from an eMarine. How many eMarines do not have jobs if they want them? How many are guaranteed a job with Operation Hot Mother, Brother, etc when they fight overseas? Anybody who has put enough time in to reach eMarine entry standards should have their act together. If they haven't, they shouldn't be in the eMarines. The only support you need from the taxpayer is their money. You can provide the rest. You are eMarines.
(Very different from real life of course)
I'm a little confused as to what your argument is. You started out by saying we (the Marines) should be more grateful. But now you say that "the only support you need from the taxpayer is their money." Which is it? Do we need to show more gratitude, or do we need very little from you?
I reiterate: the Marines should always be grateful for taxpayer support. But this is a two-way street, and you don't seem to understand that. The gratitude should cut both ways.
We're grateful for your financial support. The real question is, are you grateful for our military support?
"(Very different from real life of course)"
Of course!
"Do we need to show more gratitude, or do we need very little from you?"
The two are not exclusive. There's no confusion.
If it was difficult to find people who want to be in the eMarines I might have more sympathy for your position. As it is, I believe that you are very lucky to get so much of the taxpayers' money to have fun with. If you think that it is a hardship to be in the eMarines then please leave now.
You didn't answer my question.
Let's go back to your original claim.
"I'm still surprised that none of the eMarines appear to show any gratitude whatsoever towards the people who provide the money for them to have their fun with."
I draw your attention to the word "none." I am a Marine, and I am showing gratitude for your financial support.
Gratitude should cut both ways. You keep referring to the Marines as having fun, and you're right, we have a LOT of fun. That shouldn't change the fact that we are American soldiers, fighting for America's interests. Does that not entitle us to some gratitude as well?
semper fi wonderful article suko
@James: I would advise you to just let it go.
@Gertrude: I'm somewhat confused on why you are arguing over such a trivial matter. We (as marines) are very grateful for the support of the tax payers. On the other hand the rest of eMericans should also be grateful that we are putting thier tax money into earning eAmerica some respect with our allies in a militaristic sense. If we weren't organized, that money could surely be wasted.
As the guy who doles out the cash from the CBO, this makes my day. When we first debated PANEC, this is what we hoped to achieve. The US military is no longer a joke. It's the real thing.
Semper fi.
One I agree 100% with you. This has been a fun month with the Marines.
When you absolutely need it done overnight: the US Marines.
Not to get into to much of a polemical debate but so far from what I've seen the eMarines have been Romania's lap dog and at their beck and call not the eUS's.
I'm glad my taxpayer is making the eUS marines stronger but am furious that we are helping a very imperialistic "ally" which controls other nations against their will.
Why such tension on arguably the most patriotic article this month?
Hoo-rah, Marines. I'll be waiting for you on the Field Marshal boat 😁.
I feel the eMarines are doing a great service, and I thank them for it. By fighting in Romania, we are not only helping an ally defeat a long-standing enemy nation without dedicating our entire nation in the fray. We're also allowing our eMarines to gain in strength and rank, a definitely benefactor.
Let the Romanians "use" the eMarines. We're making bank in the long run with the strength gains by a long shot.
I'm on a boat!
It's been fun showing those Indonesians what we're made of. 😉
Semper Fi
Boats and hoes!
@Jewitt - that is debateable. Some may think that it is more important for a few people to gain tons of xp and ranks while helping an imperial power but there is a diplomatic side to it. There are countries that are occupied by Romania who by the fact that Romania is occupying their territories become Romania's enemy and Ameroca's as well by default. America's refusal to even acknowledge or address this imperialism but to support it makes more nations want to join Peace or even if they don't want to join peace leaves them with no other choice but to join Peace in attempts to gain their sovereignty.
"Not to get into to much of a polemical debate but so far from what I've seen the eMarines have been Romania's lap dog and at their beck and call not the eUS's."
Romania doesn't order us anywhere. I know because I'm the guy that gives the orders. Our allies are grateful for our assistance and this campaign has improved the US's relations with our ATLANTIS allies tremdously, improvement that was sorely needed. This is not a "Romanian War of Imperialism" this is an ATLANTIS offensive designed to deny our foes the raw materials needed to continue to wage war against us. eRep game mechanics don't allow the projection of military force beyond a contiguous border nor does it allow conquered territory to be sub-divided into control regions by the victors, therefore the ally that is adjacent to enemy territories must be the one to attack and conquer it for the benefit of all those fighting.
Diplomacy has it's place, but diplomacy will never remove Indonesia from India nor from South Africa nor Australia. Ask the Indians, South Africans and Australians.
go marines
semper fidelis
Well said Harlot.
As for this statement: "If it was difficult to find people who want to be in the eMarines I might have more sympathy for your position. As it is, I believe that you are very lucky to get so much of the taxpayers' money to have fun with. If you think that it is a hardship to be in the eMarines then please leave now."
Have fun with? We fight with that money. We leave high paying jobs at a moments notice to relocate where we're needed on the drop of a dime. We are *required* to have high activity, and many of us spend many more hours reading forums/sitting in irc chat rooms when otherwise we may have only clicked our two buttons and logged off for the day.
As far as jobs at Hot Mother, etc, we get paid barely above minimum wage as we view it as our duty to work to produce weapons that are controlled by the marines, and hence, the government.
Semper Fi!
Welcome to the General Boat. You may notice a couple of us National Guardsmen were already here. 😛
Nice
Do you have STEAM and want GOLD? Contact me 😉
@Eugene - I see you have no problem mentioning the countries controlled by Indonesia but don't mention the countries controlled by Romania which want their freedom as well.
And Romania, after we help them, make their import taxes so high so that American companies can't do business there - nice.
That's General Harlot to you. We're not on a first name basis yet. 🙂
And I was mentioning the countries that diplomacy will not persuade Indonesia to depart from gently not engaging in a little witty reparte' with you. Romania will neither retire willingly from regions they have acquired and are of great value to them. This is not a game you can watch from the sidelines hoping that neither team scores a goal.
I am no fool. Do not attempt to lecture me about international politics that I am quite familiar with.
I never called you a fool and being a civilian you are not my commander and I don't need to call you general. 🙂
If Romania will never retire willingly from regions they have acquired then they have to be persuaded to do so or else Atlantis is no better than Peace.
And I do not suggest watching this game from the sidelines I just have a different view of what scoring a goal means than you.
@ Eugene, If it is your decision, why did you fight for Romanian expansion instead of fighting in the resistance wars against Indonesia going on at the same time? Not all of those were diversions.
WTF is the negative attitude about? Our strength is growing, America is finally devolping a powerful fighting force.
Are we grateful, of course. You guys seem to forget the level of commitment being an eMarine calls for. We have to routinely leave high wage jobs and work for minimum wage overseas. Our orders are constantly updated and we have to basically be on all day.
Why you all have such a problem with America building its military might is beyond me.
Joe DaSmoe
LT 1st Recon
2500 from General 🙂
yay marines
Can someone remind me the last time Romania assisted us other than assisting itself by imposing a fine on us?
Danylo and Gertrude:
General Harlot and the rest of the eUSMC are not the ones to discuss politics with. They are doing a fantastic job in assisting our allies - they are not supposed to make the decision who our allies are; they are soldiers who are not allowed to be involved in politics. It is congress who decides who our allies are and that is who you should make your argument to.
If the day comes that an enemy decides to attack eUS soil, you will then be grateful that the eUSMC that has supported our allies around the world repels the invaders with all its might. We need a strong military capable of fighting our potential enemies off and that is what we are getting - and we're getting it because of our taxes because that is really the only reason we need them.
Thank you eUSMC!
Excellent article Suko!
Semper Fi
OOH-RAH!!!
@mj - I guess you missed the part where I said "I am glad that my taxpayer dollars are making the eUS marines stronger"
And I am bringing this issue up to everyone. And for the record iof you look at the eUS marines past and present you will see that at one time many of them were and will be members of Congress so to say they are not involved in politics may be true indirectly but at one time they were and most probably will again be involved in politics. And not being a member of congress does not exclude one from weilding enormous influence as you must be well aware since you do read the forums.
Put me on the boat Suko!
finally got General!
Danylo:
My point was that soldiers are not supposed to decide whether or not they want to support our allies; they are supposed to follow orders and they have done that well. It is congress who decides who our allies are that our current military will defend and this is not an argument that should be held with the military who are doing their jobs.
If the military were not defending us and not taking orders from the president, then you might have something to argue with General Harlot about. If the military were not holding exercises so we could get stronger when they are funded by taxes, then there would be a reason to criticize the military, but that's not the case here.