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It will say on the contract. Never believe what the recruiter says untill you see it on paper. They only care ab out there quota and will tell you anything to get you in boot camp. You can also walk away at any point if your not happy with your decision untill you get on the plane/bus.
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Well arent you considered "discharged" if you try to leave after your sworn in, even if its before basic training, instead of being disqualified? Cause discharged would look worse than disqualified on your record, right? I'm really positive this is what i want to do though anyways.
And okay. Ill be sure to read everything on the contract.
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I will want to punch ur recruiter when u step off the bus for the first time
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If it aint in black and white then it aint true. Better check it a couple of times. make sure to try to get what you want as in bonus. Duty station it aint guarantee so dont ask.
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Ask your recruiter to go over the contract. It will say the date you are supposed to report to boot camp. Also if you are lookin to fly once your In the marines you need to. BE a college grad and start as an officer. Otherwise you can go through the MECEP program which will send you to college while your in and commission you as an officer upon graduation.
Wha did your recruiter say your MOS was. I am guessing something in the air wing. Personally I am a 6153 ( ch53e airframes mechanic) I know a little bit about the marine corps and the airwing. I have been in for 9 years now.
Good luck in boot camp man. Have fun at the depot.
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as far as the 4yr thing, it's a mandatory 4yrs active and 4 inactive reserve....meaning, if there is any reason (shit hits the fan) they can call you back in....ur obligated to go if need be...highly doubt but it does happen every now and then.....as far as the pilot thing, brandon85 is dead on...alot of people think its a job you can just pick, sorry to burst ur bubble, but it's not... you have to be an officer and on top of that, there are about 4 more yrs of just classes and training on top of the 4 u already sign up for....long story short, pilots are usually capt or above, which is about 8yrs at least...and if you do get in, you don't get to pick what you wanna fly...you could fly helo, jet, kc135 (the big cargo mother fucker) or you could even fly a Osprey, which is the worst and scariest POS in the military...lol...just sayin.... if you want to just be on one (don't care if you fly or not), then be a gunner for one, it's an mos that you can pick.....on to the next thing, which is not believing ur recruiter....fuck him and fuck all recruiters...they will say anything, hell, they might even suck ur dick to get you in...make sure you know ur MOS before you do anything or go anywhere...i can't even count how many people went in with open contracts and ended up being a com guy or cook or sum bullshit like that, get it in writing...I did 5yrs in the infantry 0311/0313 (which i picked) in 29 palms CA, and i'm currently going to school and getting paid from the post 9/11 gi bill and it's nice...it's gonna be hard to do school and training at the same time, depending on ur mos...i deployed 3 diff times....granted, there's some down time in Iraq, but everyone spends it watchin porn or stunt vids cuz it's so sporadic....and it sounds like you don't wanna just sit behind a desk so it's prob gonna be diff for you...after the marines, when you enroll into school, they usually take military as credits towards ur degree...i had a buddy that enrolled and they took 16 credits toward school (a whole semester), that's awesome....
sorry this was so long, just tryin to fill you in some things....marines is the best way bro...you'll get a lot out of it...if you have any questions at all, let us know.
oh yea, ur first duty station after ur job school prob won't be in black and white cuz that changes so much...i was slated to go to lejune and it changed when i was walkin on the bus and they took 5 of us and sent us to 29 palms, so don't expect that in writing...shouldn't be a deal breaker anyway
