NT Marines, come in... need your opinions, thinking about joining.

[aubstuh86]

To all the fellow NT marines, I got a question..... I've read and seen all the ads "the few, the proud, the marines". I'm 2 years away fromgraduating from college. I'm 21 right now and getting tired of the same %#%# different day school route. I want to do something that the average persondoesn't get to do and that is to join the marines. A family friend of mine is in the marines, joined at 17 and he's 24 now and claims it is a lifechanging experience. He's a martial art instructor for the marines...traveled the world, gained tremendous knowledge/experiences and discipline, andinteracted with all walks of life and is about to marry a dime from Colombia.

My main purposes of joining are to toughen up myself, discipline, travel the world, meet foreign chicks, and have a new outlook on life. I'm about to talkto a recruiter in a few weeks and I already checked out the website. I wanna know:

- your personal feelings and thoughts of being in the marines and your main purpose of joining
- the process of applying and joining the marines
- the requirements (being physically fit, healthy, I don't have any criminal records)
- the eligibility: since i'm a college student i will be applying for an officer position(i think)
- the terms of serving (how long do u have to serve, and what the personal benefits are. ive heard the marines pay for your tuition after u serve an x amountof years and they also pay u monthly around 2000 a month)
- shoot me any general info about being in the marines

good looks.

 

[domnator27]

il help you out here fam


http://www.marines.com/

 

[aubstuh86]

BUMP...

 

[i3allistic]

well, i was in 98-02 ...i usually dont like telling people to/not to join...cuz i aint no recruiter and the fact its a BIG step in life ...you will seestuff more then the average person and learn alot ...i use to question myself when i was in "what the %!# im doing this for" cuz all the crap we gothru... but after all that i'm still proud that i was a marine...

i wouldn't worry about the physically demanding part if your somewhat in-shape...they break you down and build u back up

..its all mental instead of physcial to me...i've seen plently of peoplebreak down, not cuz of the physical stress but of the mental stress that we go thru (away from home, death of fellow marine, long nights w/o sleep or lilsleep, dumb games) ...a older marine once told me, for every year your serve in the marines..you will grow 4 years older ...

 

[tramond]

well
two of my boys enlisted right after graduation last may
one of em just left for japan for 2 years
my other boy just left for camp lejeune for 3
both are in communications, so i think\hope they wont see much combat, and if so, they wont be on the frrontlines

now i can tell you that the marines has the most physically demanding boot camp
they are probably the toughest (not including rangers, seals, special forces etc...)
regardless of which branch you enter, you can have ur school paid for
im not sure how the whole officer instead of enlisted thing goes, but there is OCS (officers candidate school)
an im sure a recruiter can help u with all of those questions, just remember their job is to get you to sign on the dotted line
not saying they'll feed u alot of bs...
its a good idea to talk to your cousin alot more. he`ll give u what you want to know straight up

 

[i3allistic]

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

yea great choice,
if u dont want to be successful... make money, have fly hunnies or sick whips... then sure.. join.. but while u roll around in ur p.o.s navy issued jeep... ill be riding around in a benzo laughing at you

 

[tarvald drama chase]

yea great choice,
if u dont want to be successful... make money, have fly hunnies or sick whips... then sure.. join.. but while u roll around in ur p.o.s navy issued jeep... illbe riding around in a benzo laughing at you

 

[yungchris504]

aubstuh86 wrote:

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To all the fellow NT marines, I got a question..... I've read and seen all the ads "the few, the proud, the marines". I'm 2 years away from graduating from college. I'm 21 right now and getting tired of the same %#%# different day school route. I want to do something that the average person doesn't get to do and that is to join the marines. A family friend of mine is in the marines, joined at 17 and he's 24 now and claims it is a life changing experience. He's a martial art instructor for the marines...traveled the world, gained tremendous knowledge/experiences and discipline, and interacted with all walks of life and is about to marry a dime from Colombia.

My main purposes of joining are to toughen up myself, discipline, travel the world, meet foreign chicks, and have a new outlook on life. I'm about to talk to a recruiter in a few weeks and I already checked out the website. I wanna know:

- your personal feelings and thoughts of being in the marines and your main purpose of joining
- the process of applying and joining the marines
- the requirements (being physically fit, healthy, I don't have any criminal records)
- the eligibility: since i'm a college student i will be applying for an officer position(i think)
- the terms of serving (how long do u have to serve, and what the personal benefits are. ive heard the marines pay for your tuition after u serve an x amount of years and they also pay u monthly around 2000 a month)
- shoot me any general info about being in the marines

good looks.

Yea I joined the reserves when I was 18. I am now 22 going on 23 about to graduate LSU in about a year. Shoot me a PM I can answer all yourquestions.

- your personal feelings and thoughts of being in the marines and your main purpose of joining
-Still don't know why I did it but I am glad I did. It does change your whole outlook on life and does make you a better man. I love it and Iam about to do another 5 years but this time I am going the officer route.

- the process of applying and joining the marines

Not a real tenous process. All you have to do is take the ASVAB and from there your MOS will be determined. If it's something you want join but don'tif you can picture yourself doing this for 4 years, assuming you wanted to go Active Duty. The goal is to try and score as high on the ASVAB as you can 99 ismax I think. This test is very simple to a Graduating Exiting Exam from High School. Also they do like a background check but if you are clean you straight.Just don't lie on your appliciation you don't want that $#%* coming back to bite you in the %$%

- the requirements (being physically fit, healthy, I don't have any criminal records)
As far as physical requirment there is height/weight standards. I would recommend you trying to build up your endurance if you do decided to go tobootcamp. The intial PFT they require you to do consist of Pullups(3) Crunches (47) and a 1.5 Mile Run (15:00mins) everything I wrote in paranthesis are themin's. But once you do complete bootcamp the only thing PFT wise that would change is the run it is extended to 3 miles. Also the Marine Corp is nowimplementing this CFT (Combat Fitnese Test) .

http://www.youtube.com/v/rwTMnWbSZgA&hl=en&fs=1

- the eligibility: since i'm a college student i will be applying for an officer position(i think)
What you are talking about is getting a commission. The only eligibilty you would need is to graduate from college and go through OCS. Now if youwant to do this you need to contact an OSO (Officer Selection Officer) that is near you. They are usually around major D-1 schools. Also there is only 1 OSOper region

Officer Website

The website should answer any questions you should have. Personally I would tell you to just wait and graduate and go for the commission instead of joining theenlisted ranks. Pay is better and it is more distinguishable honorable. IMO. This is what I am doing I am crossing over from enlisted to officer.

- the terms of serving (how long do u have to serve, and what the personal benefits are. ive heard the marines pay for your tuition after u serve an x amount of years and they also pay u monthly around 2000 a month)
Again you are thinking about the Officer route with the 2000 a month. Yes if you do go through the OCS route while in school they will pay fortution and give you like an allowance per se. Also they repay up to 30k stafford loans after commission. The term depends on wether or not you accepted themoney. 4 years generally max 5. This is active. Reserve is usually 8. 6 years in a Selected Marine Corp Reserve. And 2 as an Inactive Reserve Marine. Here isthe pay chart below.

[table][tr][td]2009 Basic Pay[/td] [/tr][tr][td]�[/td] [td]�[/td] [td]�[/td] [td]�[/td] [td]�[/td] [td]Years of Service[/td] [td]�[/td] [td]�[/td] [td]�[/td] [td]�[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Paygrade[/td] [td]< 2[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]3[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]6[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]12[/td] [td]14[/td] [td]16[/td] [td]18[/td] [td]20[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-10[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]14,688.60[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-9[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]12,846.90[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-8[/td] [td]9,090.00[/td] [td]9,387.60[/td] [td]9,585.30[/td] [td]9,640.50[/td] [td]9,887.10[/td] [td]10,299.00[/td] [td]10,395.00[/td] [td]10,786.20[/td] [td]10,898.10[/td] [td]11,235.30[/td] [td]11,722.50[/td] [td]12,172.20[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-7[/td] [td]7,553.10[/td] [td]7,904.10[/td] [td]8,066.40[/td] [td]8,195.40[/td] [td]8,429.10[/td] [td]8,660.10[/td] [td]8,926.80[/td] [td]9,192.90[/td] [td]9,460.20[/td] [td]10,299.00[/td] [td]11,007.30[/td] [td]11,007.30[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-6[/td] [td]5,598.30[/td] [td]6,150.30[/td] [td]6,553.80[/td] [td]6,553.80[/td] [td]6,578.70[/td] [td]6,860.70[/td] [td]6,897.90[/td] [td]6,897.90[/td] [td]7,290.00[/td] [td]7,983.30[/td] [td]8,390.10[/td] [td]8,796.60[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-5[/td] [td]4,666.80[/td] [td]5,257.20[/td] [td]5,621.40[/td] [td]5,689.80[/td] [td]5,916.60[/td] [td]6,052.80[/td] [td]6,351.60[/td] [td]6,570.60[/td] [td]6,853.80[/td] [td]7,287.30[/td] [td]7,493.40[/td] [td]7,697.40[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-4[/td] [td]4,026.90[/td] [td]4,661.40[/td] [td]4,972.20[/td] [td]5,041.80[/td] [td]5,330.40[/td] [td]5,640.00[/td] [td]6,025.20[/td] [td]6,325.50[/td] [td]6,534.30[/td] [td]6,654.00[/td] [td]6,723.30[/td] [td]6,723.30[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-3[/td] [td]3,540.30[/td] [td]4,013.40[/td] [td]4,332.00[/td] [td]4,722.90[/td] [td]4,948.80[/td] [td]5,197.20[/td] [td]5,358.00[/td] [td]5,622.30[/td] [td]5,759.70[/td] [td]5,759.70[/td] [td]5,759.70[/td] [td]5,759.70[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-2[/td] [td]3,058.80[/td] [td]3,483.90[/td] [td]4,012.50[/td] [td]4,148.10[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-1[/td] [td]2,655.30[/td] [td]2,763.60[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-3E[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]4,722.90[/td] [td]4,948.80[/td] [td]5,197.20[/td] [td]5,358.00[/td] [td]5,622.30[/td] [td]5,844.90[/td] [td]5,972.70[/td] [td]6,146.70[/td] [td]6,146.70[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-2E[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]4,148.10[/td] [td]4,233.30[/td] [td]4,368.30[/td] [td]4,595.70[/td] [td]4,771.50[/td] [td]4,902.30[/td] [td]4,902.30[/td] [td]4,902.30[/td] [td]4,902.30[/td] [/tr][tr][td]O-1E[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]3,340.50[/td] [td]3,567.60[/td] [td]3,699.30[/td] [td]3,834.30[/td] [td]3,966.60[/td] [td]4,148.10[/td] [td]4,148.10[/td] [td]4,148.10[/td] [td]4,148.10[/td] [/tr][tr][td]W-5[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]6,505.50[/td] [/tr][tr][td]W-4[/td] [td]3,658.50[/td] [td]3,935.70[/td] [td]4,048.80[/td] [td]4,159.80[/td] [td]4,351.20[/td] [td]4,540.50[/td] [td]4,732.20[/td] [td]5,021.10[/td] [td]5,274.00[/td] [td]5,514.60[/td] [td]5,711.40[/td] [td]5,903.40[/td] [/tr][tr][td]W-3[/td] [td]3,340.80[/td] [td]3,480.30[/td] [td]3,622.80[/td] [td]3,669.90[/td] [td]3,819.60[/td] [td]4,114.20[/td] [td]4,420.80[/td] [td]4,574.70[/td] [td]4,731.90[/td] [td]4,904.10[/td] [td]5,213.10[/td] [td]5,422.20[/td] [/tr][tr][td]W-2[/td] [td]2,956.50[/td] [td]3,236.10[/td] [td]3,322.20[/td] [td]3,381.60[/td] [td]3,573.30[/td] [td]3,871.20[/td] [td]4,018.80[/td] [td]4,164.30[/td] [td]4,341.90[/td] [td]4,480.80[/td] [td]4,606.80[/td] [td]4,757.10[/td] [/tr][tr][td]W-1[/td] [td]2,595.30[/td] [td]2,874.00[/td] [td]2,949.60[/td] [td]3,108.30[/td] [td]3,286.50[/td] [td]3,572.70[/td] [td]3,701.70[/td] [td]3,882.30[/td] [td]4,059.90[/td] [td]4,199.40[/td] [td]4,328.10[/td] [td]4,484.40[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-9[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]4,420.50[/td] [td]4,520.70[/td] [td]4,646.70[/td] [td]4,795.50[/td] [td]4,944.90[/td] [td]5,185.20[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-8[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]--[/td] [td]3,618.60[/td] [td]3,778.80[/td] [td]3,877.80[/td] [td]3,996.60[/td] [td]4,125.00[/td] [td]4,357.20[/td] [td]4,474.80[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-7[/td] [td]2,515.50[/td] [td]2,745.60[/td] [td]2,850.60[/td] [td]2,990.10[/td] [td]3,098.70[/td] [td]3,285.30[/td] [td]3,390.30[/td] [td]3,577.50[/td] [td]3,732.60[/td] [td]3,838.50[/td] [td]3,951.30[/td] [td]3,995.40[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-6[/td] [td]2,175.60[/td] [td]2,394.00[/td] [td]2,499.60[/td] [td]2,602.20[/td] [td]2,709.30[/td] [td]2,950.80[/td] [td]3,044.70[/td] [td]3,226.20[/td] [td]3,282.00[/td] [td]3,322.50[/td] [td]3,369.90[/td] [td]3,369.90[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-5[/td] [td]1,993.50[/td] [td]2,127.00[/td] [td]2,229.60[/td] [td]2,334.90[/td] [td]2,499.00[/td] [td]2,670.90[/td] [td]2,811.00[/td] [td]2,828.40[/td] [td]2,828.40[/td] [td]2,828.40[/td] [td]2,828.40[/td] [td]2,828.40[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-4[/td] [td]1,827.60[/td] [td]1,920.90[/td] [td]2,025.00[/td] [td]2,127.60[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [td]2,218.50[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-3[/td] [td]1,649.70[/td] [td]1,753.50[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [td]1,859.70[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-2[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [td]1,568.70[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-1[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [td]1,399.50[/td] [/tr][/table]

 

[yungchris504]

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

yea great choice,
if u dont want to be successful... make money, have fly hunnies or sick whips... then sure.. join.. but while u roll around in ur p.o.s navy issued jeep... ill be riding around in a benzo laughing at you

 

[aubstuh86]

good looks yungchris. what is the height/weight standard u speak of? i'm barely 5'7 155 pounds... not looking to employ in the frontlines, more alongthe lines of communications..

 

[tarvald drama chase]

^ if u want to live in a giant sand trap for like 50 years while people that do well in school live in mansions, then the marines is the way to go... u willregret this descision for the rest of your life.. do not go... use your brain, stay, make money, and ball it up here in the U.S...plus its not like you canmake a difference anway..... why would u want to die for your country, when in all honesty.. it hasnt been that great to you in the first place if ur eventhinking like this

 

[tarvald drama chase]

^ if u want to live in a giant sand trap for like 50 years while people that do well in school live in mansions, then the marines is the way to go... u willregret this descision for the rest of your life.. do not go... use your brain, stay, make money, and ball it up here in the U.S...plus its not like you canmake a difference anway..... why would u want to die for your country, when in all honesty.. it hasnt been that great to you in the first place if ur eventhinking like this

 

[million dollar stacks]

 

[trueshotaura]

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

^ if u want to live in a giant sand trap for like 50 years while people that do well in school live in mansions, then the marines is the way to go... u will regret this descision for the rest of your life.. do not go... use your brain, stay, make money, and ball it up here in the U.S...plus its not like you can make a difference anway..... why would u want to die for your country, when in all honesty.. it hasnt been that great to you in the first place if ur even thinking like this

Wow that response is idiotic at best. The military officer training programs produce amazing opportunities where you can make $2k+ monthly (plus extraallowances if you're married have children0, Full Benefits Dental, Medical etc including your wife and children, they pay off college loans, 30 days paidleave, allow you to travel the world, and a pension after 20 years.

 

[the takeover]

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

^ if u want to live in a giant sand trap for like 50 years while people that do well in school live in mansions, then the marines is the way to go... u will regret this descision for the rest of your life.. do not go... use your brain, stay, make money, and ball it up here in the U.S...plus its not like you can make a difference anway..... why would u want to die for your country, when in all honesty.. it hasnt been that great to you in the first place if ur even thinking like this

A giant sand trap for 50 years? Really?
How about you go back to school and learn how to spell correctly, smart guy.

Educate yourself on the subject before you judge something.

 

[aubstuh86]

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

^ if u want to live in a giant sand trap for like 50 years while people that do well in school live in mansions, then the marines is the way to go... u will regret this descision for the rest of your life.. do not go... use your brain, stay, make money, and ball it up here in the U.S...plus its not like you can make a difference anway..... why would u want to die for your country, when in all honesty.. it hasnt been that great to you in the first place if ur even thinking like this

.. you're speaking upon something you have no idea about. all the marines i know/have talked to don't regret their decision one bit. andwho says i'll have to die for my country? i'm not fighting in the frontlines nor am i applying for it. i'm planning to join for my own personalbenefits, not for sheer patriotism.

 

[i3allistic]

Originally Posted by aubstuh86

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

^ if u want to live in a giant sand trap for like 50 years while people that do well in school live in mansions, then the marines is the way to go... u will regret this descision for the rest of your life.. do not go... use your brain, stay, make money, and ball it up here in the U.S...plus its not like you can make a difference anway..... why would u want to die for your country, when in all honesty.. it hasnt been that great to you in the first place if ur even thinking like this

.. you're speaking upon something you have no idea about. all the marines i know/have talked to don't regret their decision one bit. and who says i'll have to die for my country? i'm not fighting in the frontlines nor am i applying for it. i'm planning to join for my own personal benefits, not for sheer patriotism.

Tarvald Drama Chase -

aubstuh86 - sorry man, but a enemy will aim for the officer first + radio operator

, but im not sure if an officer get choices of what MOS they get topick when they graduate from OCS?!?

 

[mrben23]

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

yea great choice,
if u dont want to be successful... make money, have fly hunnies or sick whips... then sure.. join.. but while u roll around in ur p.o.s navy issued jeep... ill be riding around in a benzo laughing at you

Ouch. Brought me outta my dormant stage. For your information Mr. Drama, I was in the Marine Corps. I have had more "fly hunnies" throwthemselves at me then you can count, I made enough money to pay my bills off while partying like a rock star and plan on buying my first house very soon. Mycollege is paid for, is yours? And I bought that Benzo you are talking about when I was 24. Did you get yours yet? Let me know when you do. Semper Fi, killer.

Mr. Ben

 

[harlemtothebronx]

I know two people who joined.

One is out and a police officer, and the other is in for 2 more years.

They both hated it.

 

[tarvald drama chase]

The Takeover-
Why dont u go by to ur community college, and ill go back to my top 50 university... and 2nd best in my state.... how do u like them apples??

 

[sorkoram]

Originally Posted by Tarvald Drama Chase

The Takeover-
Why dont u go by to ur community college, and ill go back to my top 50 university... and 2nd best in my state.... how do u like them apples??

I'm military and attend a top 10 college..what?

Everyone is not an idiot that's in the military.

 

[theconditioner]

Don't go. My brother was in the Marines as well.

Do you want to be another tool for the world's largest terrorist organization? I wouldn't.

Want to join for the discipline?
If you join, you will just learn to be obedient for no legitimate reason (at least in my opinion). You will gain discipline in one sense, but in another, isthat the only way you can attain it? Discipline through coercion? I see it as more of a challenge to discipline yourself on your own terms - much harder in myopinion. Plus, a number of individuals (not all) that my brother knew have ultimately lost any sense of discipline or "pride" that the Marinessupposedly stand for (drinking, drugs, etc.).

 

[greezee]

Originally Posted by aubstuh86

My main purposes of joining are to toughen up myself, discipline, travel the world, meet foreign chicks, and have a new outlook on life. I'm about to talk to a recruiter in a few weeks and I already checked out the website. I wanna know:

- your personal feelings and thoughts of being in the marines and your main purpose of joining
- the process of applying and joining the marines
- the requirements (being physically fit, healthy, I don't have any criminal records)
- the eligibility: since i'm a college student i will be applying for an officer position(i think)
- the terms of serving (how long do u have to serve, and what the personal benefits are. ive heard the marines pay for your tuition after u serve an x amount of years and they also pay u monthly around 2000 a month)
- shoot me any general info about being in the marines

good looks.

- your personal feelings and thoughts of being in the marines and your main purpose of joining

I was in the Marines for six years. The reason why I joined was to have a structured set of being disciplined in my life. I went to a JC right outof college. After I got my AA I
didn't know what I wanted to do yet. The Marines were great on helping me decide what I wanted to do while getting paid. My father (R.I.P.) was a Marine,so that was also
a factor why I joined. I have no regrets on joining the Marines, and neither will you. Oh yeah, the uniform. Your dress blues will get you A LOT of attentionwhenever you wear it,
especially if you are around civillians. The women basically throw themselves at you.

- the process of applying and joining the marines
The process is simple, at least for me it was. I don't know the way it is now. You go to a recruiting office/center and sign up. They contactyou a while later and do a background check on you and schedule you for a physical. Once you pass that, you get all of the information you need and you reportto camp.

- the requirements (being physically fit, healthy, I don't have any criminal records)


Unless you're extremely out of shape, you shouldn't have much of a problem. I have always been in shape my entire life. If you play basketball, dolight weight lifting, any type of
exercise on the regular, you will be good. Camp was actually fun to me.

- the eligibility: since i'm a college student i will be applying for an officer position(i think)
I was in your same boat you're in. After I fulfilled my duties, they started paying for my college education. I didn't get a loan, I got agrant. You do not have to pay back a grant. I
didn't pay ONE DIME for college.

- the terms of serving (how long do u have to serve, and what the personal benefits are. ive heard the marines pay for your tuition after u serve an x amount of years and they also pay u monthly around 2000 a month)
You sign up for four years. I did an additional two after my four to get a merit increase and to get better benefits. The pay is cool. Your moneywill stack up fast and you won't notice. At first you will not have a lot time to do things that you want. With that said, you will be spending less money,which means your money will be piling up. Depending on your base, there is always something to do, and the women will be plentiful. Being a Marine, you willnever EVER have a problem getting a girl whatsoever. The way you carry yourself will speak volumes. If you go overseas it's a wrap! One of the best timesof my life was when I was in Singapore.

I'm glad I'm out now, but if I had to do it all over again, I would without blinking.

Semper Fidelis my fellow Marines.

 

[aubstuh86]

the thing is i dont want to be stationed anywhere near Iraq, the middle east or the gulf... will i have any say in where im stationed or is it automaticallyassigned based on your attributes? that's the main thing im worrying about.. fighting where there are high chances of casualties/death.. tryna avoid thatin any way possible.

my friend had a choice between cairo and colombia so he chose colombia. and i know the women come flocking like chickens if ure a marine

 

[greezee]

Marines fear nothing homey! If you're afraid/weary before going in, you Lost already. You are there to protect your brothers, and they arethere to protect you. I had
no choice on where I went. I don't know how it is today, but I had no choice. It won't be as bad as you think. I am not saying that times won't getrough (especially in these days) but tv puts extras on things for ratings and to scare people.

at flocking like chickens. You just don't know man. Any Marine onNT, or on the street will tell you will be getting women like you were in the league.