(with the addition of a class or weapon for incentive) i support making 1MD a tryout faction. Army needs numbers and i wanna help as much as i can. My officers and I have actually recently talked about the amount of Mingy Pvts and such getting in 1MD. Which resulted in a rework of the training docs to be more descriptive and even the removal of some of the DI's that we have been getting complaints about.
As far as 1MD. Myself and Marine officers. We are on board with making it a tryout faction. We actually have started a doc and a training in case 1MD did become a tryout faction so that we wont lose any time for whenever the decision is made.
Other alternatives could include halting 1MD training for a couple weeks to keep the flow of Recruits coming to US directed to army or as some of you have said. Make it a tryout faction.
Either one. We are okay with.
As far as removing 1MD as a Whole? -1. (This is just a small observation but) The US kind of has, in my opinion , an extra incentive to join simply because people want the title of Marine. Not for anything i have done or any other pas Gen as done. Just for the title of Marine. And our numbers since i joined the server in august support that. It also kind of combats that RU has the Default Spawn for everyone joining the server and most are either too stupid or too lazy to try and figure out how to play US so they just Stay RU anyway. May not be the best or biggest supporting factor to Keep 1MD as a whole , but its something to think about.