Former enlisted aircrewman here, currently going to the Dark Side, so I can answer this one.
In my experience, Officers are one of two types of individuals. You've got
a) The Marine Officer who respects the Marines under his charge as human equals, but understands that he must play the role of a Marine Officer, ever responsible for their lives and wellbeing.
b) And then you have the quintessential college grad douchebag boy who for some reason has a superiority complex and complete hard-on for the fact that he is responsible for young American lives. This guy will refer to his Marines as "retards who couldn't graduate college" to his Officer buddies.
I have seen both shades of Marine Officer (pilots included) who were prior enlisted, and not, however, the majority of Marine Officers who were prior enlisted fall into group a).
It seems to me that the douchebag prior-enlisted Marine Officers forgot where they came from while away at college, or (most-likely) at TBS. No matter what though, there will always be a hierarchical difference between enlisted and officer. Like it or not, Marines (officer and enlisted) are bred completely differently; one being a hate and rage fed monster, the other an educated and noble man of honor whose sole purpose is to control the chaos of his Marines' bloodlust.
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Former enlisted aircrewman here, currently going to the Dark Side, so I can answer this one.
In my experience, Officers are one of two types of individuals. You've got
a) The Marine Officer who respects the Marines under his charge as human equals, but understands that he must play the role of a Marine Officer, ever responsible for their lives and wellbeing.
b) And then you have the quintessential college grad douchebag boy who for some reason has a superiority complex and complete hard-on for the fact that he is responsible for young American lives. This guy will refer to his Marines as "retards who couldn't graduate college" to his Officer buddies.
I have seen both shades of Marine Officer (pilots included) who were prior enlisted, and not, however, the majority of Marine Officers who were prior enlisted fall into group a).
It seems to me that the douchebag prior-enlisted Marine Officers forgot where they came from while away at college, or (most-likely) at TBS. No matter what though, there will always be a hierarchical difference between enlisted and officer. Like it or not, Marines (officer and enlisted) are bred completely differently; one being a hate and rage fed monster, the other an educated and noble man of honor whose sole purpose is to control the chaos of his Marines' bloodlust.
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