I once knew a guy who wanted to be a marine sooooo bad in high school he got an eagle anchor globe tattoo on his forearm in high school, (he is 24 now) and didn't end up sighning up hence he got a girlfriend and she "didn't want him to die", which a year ago he proposed to and she rejected claiming that she had bin cheating on him since day one. So being all angry and hateful twords the world he went ahead and tried to sign up but being covered in tattoos and like weighed 276 when he has to be 186 and a criminal record. he thought his 4 years in jrotc could have saved him. (just felt like i had to share that sad unfortunate)
Joining the marines already took the test, soon going to meps my heart is set on marines and I been self conditioning myself preparing my self mentally and physically and watching a lot of your videos and other videos on TH-cam to educate myself on what I'm getting myself into but your videos are by far my favorite. Thank you for all these videos your amazing keep up the great work!!! These videos are super helpful. That's a sub from me
CORRECTIONS (at least for the US Navy)! 0:45 - "If you're enlisted, you have to live in the barracks..." Wrong. Enlisted CAN live off base. I've done so, no need to be married, no need to live in on base housing. I had my own apartment, while single, in downtown Oahu, HI and loved it. NOW, cavets... 1 - many bases will have a minimum rank before they'll give that permission 2 - Or, be married 3 - Or, be a single parent 4 - Or, at least E5 5 - Or, a proven history and means of getting to work on time, every time. However, Lateness is the EASIEST way to lose that privilege, and no, the navy will not help you out when you get sent to court for breaking the lease early. Now, the housing allowance and COLA (cost of living allowance), and how it works. They both get COLA. COLA is the cost offset for living in that area, and quite a few places have a high COLA because the food and housing and everything else is expensive. The cost of living is up there. Thus, COLA. It's usually a set amount based on your rank and time in service. Enlisted get housing allowance, officers don't. Officers have to eat it out of pocket. If you are looking at going officer, don't bother with the rest of this. This is based strictly on rank. However... there's many allowances and it takes a pay clerk to navigate that mess. (you did remember to make the pay clerk and the chef your new best buds, right?) Every base will handle this differently. So when you are talking with that detailer about your next duty station, ASK. IF they don't know, get the number of the housing office on the base you are looking at and ASK. Those who get shore duty CAN bring family, but for those orders where that is not an option, there's called unaccompanied.. which means you get extra $$$ for being separated from your family. "You are going to be, an professional janitor" True. Your space is going to be inspected regularly. "prepare to not have a car for a while" I didn't have a car for over 6 years, and in fact never had a drivers license until I was 25... I joined when I was 18. "You have to be in fire teams to go to walmart" Ah... yea, no. At least not for the Navy. If you needed to go to walmart, and you have liberty.. just go. But if it's a port that has problems, chances are NO one is leaving the base anyways... most times though, the bases are well stocked so you wouldn't be missing much. (aside from the chance to sample the local cuisine.. ) Bottom line: Don't speak for all enlisted Clayton, just the branch you know please. the US Navy is far different than the US Marines in the privileges that enlisted have.
Give the guy a break. What he says is true for Marines. Maybe he put military instead of marines by accident? Either way, Navy got the hookups bro, lucky bastard
If you're at a point in your life where you're debating whether or not to join the military or go to college, please, for the love of God, take the time to do your research. Don't be one of those "I wish I did this" and "that" sort of Marine. You will be miserable. Even if you do this right, the first few years, your life is going to suck as a lower enlisted Marine.
Genocide Of The Weeaboos If I were you I'd go to a community college for the first two years. It's way cheaper than university. And I'm not sure how the acceptance is. Not to long ago my friend got denied going into the national guard because of "tight hamstrings". But, if you're only joining for college then you're gonna be miserable as hell, if that's the only reason for joining though.
I agree. If that's the sole reason you're enlisting, you're going to hate your life for the next 4 years. Look at it this way, there's nothing wrong with going to college and starting a career from the bottom-up. As a matter of fact, you may be in a better position to do so, rather than go through the enlisted route and then have that 4 year unemployment gap and having to frantically find employment like most military service members wind up doing (and it does happen). So, overall, do your diligent research before you go about and sign away yourself into the military. Again, that is at least 4 long years you sign yourself away to. That's no joke.
Andy Flores I almost went ROTC for the Army but decided against it only because I wanted to try life, for a lack of better words, first. But, I realized that the military is always there and if I lose guidance in life the military may be my way back on track.
Just don't let it be a crutch, it's either go for it all the way or don't do it at all, because if you're half hearted with your decision 9 times out of 10 you'll regret it.
@@normalstories8540 ur mom isn't enough Also, my comment was over a year ago. I've since lost over 40 pounds and am in the best shape of my life. Anything else to say?
He's exactly right on every point. The only differences that I could immediately think of is that how many other soldiers/Marines you share a room with in AIT/MOS school depends on where you go and what your MOS is. At Fort Gordon, there were 5 other soldiers in my room
If you've been together for 8 years get married or fucking break up and be just be friends for peat sake. This irrational fear people have of marriage is getting ridiculous.
True I am in collage now at 17 and I am getting a degree in sports because I want to be a personal trainer until 25 or 26 years old. Than I really want to enlist. I really am undecided on what branch to choose. Soldier or Marine that’s a hard decision but I can’t wait. 😚
When I was at my MOS school I didn't have to go around in fire teams and 3 of my friends had vehicles which is why I didn't have a car. Keep in mind, you're experience isn't everyone else's.
Has to do with camaraderie and also how much money the government gives the military to pay people. If every single person rated the extra paycheck to live off base, the country would be in even more debt.
In my experience living next to lejune/cherrypoint there are unmarried marines living with friends off of base and they do get extra pay just not the same as married pay.
Once you hit E-4 or above you can live off base, you can be denied to live off base at E-4 but once you hit E-5 you can go off base. Ask your recruiter to clarify the policy. www.thebalance.com/single-members-on-off-base-3353946
I mean you can join reserves or guard if you want to live in home and go to college and all other good stuff but stuff that this video is talking about is really for active duty people
in my country(new Zealand) at least in the navy, anyone can live off base, doesn't matter if you are an officer or not, but it is a stupidly expensive city(in the top 25 most expensive in the world)
pro tip: If you are smart enough to go to college DO IT and make the army pay for it, the officer life is better paid and way easier. plus you have less people telling you whar to do
Thank you for making these videos, they helped me out so much. I was up all night watching your videos before I went to speak with a recruiter. Can someone in the military ever pick where they get stationed?
Hey Chris, glad you like em! And yes and no. On your first enlistment, you don't get to choose where to go. On your second enlistment, you typically have more bargaining power as to where you get stationed next. However, after that, it's generally luck of the draw.
So many get married to anyone for the EXTRA money and to be able to live off base. I was stationed in Italy and I was a Marine... I also went to London 10 straight weekends DURING football season. That’s the life you could end up with.
I was watching your old videos and I like that they are informative and have some humor. You should keep uploading more videos, you have a high chance of making TH-cam a career.
Anthony lucas it depends tbh. So you have bootcamp and mct, can’t go then really. If you get libo at mct for some reason, maybe then. But realistically prob not. Then MOS school. For me, we had only wknd libo. THAT’S when we were able to go to Walmart but not alone. We had to have a minimum of one buddy with us if you went off base. Then you hit the fleet, you can go alone then. For sure.
fourth option, have them live off base and you can visit them, have them get an apartment, you will not be able to live together but atleast you can visit
+ClaytonFilpo hmm so i leave in november and will graduate before turning 18, if i handed my cac card to a gas station would they sell me a pack of cigs, ill only be 17 for about a week or two till i hit 18
I’m assuming a warrant officer is basically the same thing as an officer and thus the same rules apply when it comes to having and spending time with a significant other? Someone tell me what the deal is with this.
And even if you are married, it was SO HARD for us. We were separated all the time, and it’s just NOT worth it. We were the ONLY one that made it though....
It made me kinda excited when Clayton said "your gonna be a professional janitor " I was thinking like yeah I'm definitely joining the marines cause I'm already a professional janitor so it shouldn't be to tough
Being a rover on duty actually sounds kind of peaceful. Especially at night. Just walkin around with the smell of fresh air and silence. Unless a bunch of people are having a huge party.
claytonfilpo... you mention in the video about if i am married the military can bring y wife to live with me. one question i have is that my wife live outside america, can the military help me bring her here or does the military bring her her automatically?
Just saying I have been in for about a year and a half and haven’t cleaned shit lol but then again we’re training for security missions so... I guess that’s why
Hey Clayton, I recently enlisted in the Army and will ship out on April 11th of this year. My question is about AIT school. I have been married almost 4 years now and soon we will be having a baby boy. My MOS is 17C - Cyber Operation Specialist and it's +/- 44 weeks long. My question are: Can I bring my wife? Would I have to live in the barracks? Would I still don't be allowed to have a car? I am currently financing my car and it would suck if I would be paying for the car and not using it. BWT I love your videos and I recently subscribed to your channel.
My bf just left for bootcamp for marine corp yesterday and i wont see him for 3 months...im 16 hes 18 and hes gonna be stationed in japan for a couple years😭😔dont know what to do
Charles Ferguson in boot camp had a guy in my platoon who was 28. He said he just wanted a change of pace from the daily life. Tired of working on offices.
what if you have a kid ? I mean I got hurt when I was in ITB however I finished it and I was considering maybe reenlisting depending if I can or not, if I have a kid on the way though but me and my spouse are not married and I was to reenlist would I have to leave them behind because I don't want to do that , ive seen what happens to alot of men who go without seeing there kids and it takes a toll on them. I know I have alot of options as well as reenlisting and I'm lost on what to do.
There’s a lot of negatives but...... yeah there’s a lot of negatives. Lol Just kidding, listen if you wanna be a Marine be a Marine. You only get one life, it sucks AT TIMES, but it gets easier the deeper you go, you get used to it and you adjust. There’s a lot of positives, free college, you get to explore, a great sense of pride, there’s tons of leadership opportunities, you learn so much knowledge... I’d say go for it. Stay open minded, stay humble, and last thing, it’s what you make of it. It’ll be a bad time if you LET IT, it could be a great time if you LET IT as well! Good luck!
fucking duty I had a room that was the first room around the corner from the duty hut when they needed a replacement guess whos door they always knocked on first lol I sure don't miss that
my mos school is in 29 palms ill be communications I was happy I would be in California close to home will I be able to visit at all on my free time since your not allowed to have a car or can people visit ?
Do all these apply to the Navy? I know about the cleaning and stuff like that but what about the buddy system and the barracks? Do they apply the same ways?
So you say like you Need fire teams and such to go places.. What if I'm out of groceries body wash etc and no one wants to go with me am I sol? And when does that stop, when can I go places I want as an adult
Sucks to suck if you run out and can't get a buddy. However, it stops after MOS school. Once you hit the "mystical" fleet, you're a regular person again. *(Boots call it mystical because they feel like they're being treated like kids for so long that the fleet isn't actually ever going to happen)
Its not a janitor, its being a master at the custodial arts
Scott Hayes No..Its a goddamn janitor lol
@@dillonbogle1877 I agree: Let's not get to get too Political.
Ha, I don't have to worry about bringing my girlfriend because i'm... single... *sobs*....
+MachoNachoes your not the only one!!! *Sobs*
No girlfriend no problems
+Stephen Ash *once
Gg.
MachoNachoes I'm an antisocial pariah
I once knew a guy who wanted to be a marine sooooo bad in high school he got an eagle anchor globe tattoo on his forearm in high school, (he is 24 now) and didn't end up sighning up hence he got a girlfriend and she "didn't want him to die", which a year ago he proposed to and she rejected claiming that she had bin cheating on him since day one. So being all angry and hateful twords the world he went ahead and tried to sign up but being covered in tattoos and like weighed 276 when he has to be 186 and a criminal record. he thought his 4 years in jrotc could have saved him. (just felt like i had to share that sad unfortunate)
that fucking sucks
+Abby Arias Tell him to join the French Foreign Legion.
Nevil Easterling Na completely to late for him, motorcycle accident messed him up pretty good permanently
Abby Arias
Sucks for him. :/
I think the moral of the story is don't weigh 276, be covered in tattoos, date shitty people, and have a criminal record. But that's my 2 cents.
Is this why my brother insists on cleaning things every time he comes home?
urgeddeer101 yea
Lol
I got injured at basic at ft Benning, he's right. I became a pro janitor. all I did from 0300-2100 was clean clean clean. All I did was clean.
Getting away from my hometown was one of the biggest reasons why I enlisted in the military. I wanted to see the great big world.
My girlfriend Rosie Palm goes where ever I go.
Mr. Fontenot lol
The Average Joe same here lol
Not suprising for a tRump supporter. Loser!
I can just hear Gunny Ermy in the background, "You wanna do what!??"
Joining the marines already took the test, soon going to meps my heart is set on marines and I been self conditioning myself preparing my self mentally and physically and watching a lot of your videos and other videos on TH-cam to educate myself on what I'm getting myself into but your videos are by far my favorite. Thank you for all these videos your amazing keep up the great work!!! These videos are super helpful. That's a sub from me
I worked retail in high school cleaning a toilet is always an adventure.
lmao
Latmover why is that
Fox of Death clean a public toilet and find out.
CORRECTIONS (at least for the US Navy)!
0:45 - "If you're enlisted, you have to live in the barracks..." Wrong.
Enlisted CAN live off base. I've done so, no need to be married, no need to live in on base housing. I had my own apartment, while single, in downtown Oahu, HI and loved it.
NOW, cavets...
1 - many bases will have a minimum rank before they'll give that permission
2 - Or, be married
3 - Or, be a single parent
4 - Or, at least E5
5 - Or, a proven history and means of getting to work on time, every time.
However, Lateness is the EASIEST way to lose that privilege, and no, the navy will not help you out when you get sent to court for breaking the lease early.
Now, the housing allowance and COLA (cost of living allowance), and how it works.
They both get COLA. COLA is the cost offset for living in that area, and quite a few places have a high COLA because the food and housing and everything else is expensive. The cost of living is up there. Thus, COLA. It's usually a set amount based on your rank and time in service.
Enlisted get housing allowance, officers don't. Officers have to eat it out of pocket. If you are looking at going officer, don't bother with the rest of this. This is based strictly on rank. However... there's many allowances and it takes a pay clerk to navigate that mess. (you did remember to make the pay clerk and the chef your new best buds, right?)
Every base will handle this differently. So when you are talking with that detailer about your next duty station, ASK. IF they don't know, get the number of the housing office on the base you are looking at and ASK.
Those who get shore duty CAN bring family, but for those orders where that is not an option, there's called unaccompanied.. which means you get extra $$$ for being separated from your family.
"You are going to be, an professional janitor"
True. Your space is going to be inspected regularly.
"prepare to not have a car for a while"
I didn't have a car for over 6 years, and in fact never had a drivers license until I was 25... I joined when I was 18.
"You have to be in fire teams to go to walmart"
Ah... yea, no. At least not for the Navy. If you needed to go to walmart, and you have liberty.. just go.
But if it's a port that has problems, chances are NO one is leaving the base anyways... most times though, the bases are well stocked so you wouldn't be missing much. (aside from the chance to sample the local cuisine.. )
Bottom line: Don't speak for all enlisted Clayton, just the branch you know please. the US Navy is far different than the US Marines in the privileges that enlisted have.
Give the guy a break. What he says is true for Marines. Maybe he put military instead of marines by accident? Either way, Navy got the hookups bro, lucky bastard
What rank were you when you were living off base?
"SCHINCKE WHY THE FUCK ARE THE BARRACKS ON FIRE"
I can explain Gunny
If you're at a point in your life where you're debating whether or not to join the military or go to college, please, for the love of God, take the time to do your research. Don't be one of those "I wish I did this" and "that" sort of Marine. You will be miserable. Even if you do this right, the first few years, your life is going to suck as a lower enlisted Marine.
Genocide Of The Weeaboos If I were you I'd go to a community college for the first two years. It's way cheaper than university. And I'm not sure how the acceptance is. Not to long ago my friend got denied going into the national guard because of "tight hamstrings". But, if you're only joining for college then you're gonna be miserable as hell, if that's the only reason for joining though.
I agree. If that's the sole reason you're enlisting, you're going to hate your life for the next 4 years.
Look at it this way, there's nothing wrong with going to college and starting a career from the bottom-up. As a matter of fact, you may be in a better position to do so, rather than go through the enlisted route and then have that 4 year unemployment gap and having to frantically find employment like most military service members wind up doing (and it does happen).
So, overall, do your diligent research before you go about and sign away yourself into the military. Again, that is at least 4 long years you sign yourself away to. That's no joke.
Andy Flores I almost went ROTC for the Army but decided against it only because I wanted to try life, for a lack of better words, first. But, I realized that the military is always there and if I lose guidance in life the military may be my way back on track.
Just don't let it be a crutch, it's either go for it all the way or don't do it at all, because if you're half hearted with your decision 9 times out of 10 you'll regret it.
Andy Flores were you in the marine corps?
Can you make a video about what type of workouts you should do before leaving to bootcamp and how to prepare for it
Omar Centeno Run run and run some more
3 main things you should do is Run, push ups, and sit ups and also in the side pull ups.
Just go to PT.
I do it twice a week.
@@SoI_Badguy that is not enough
@@normalstories8540 ur mom isn't enough
Also, my comment was over a year ago. I've since lost over 40 pounds and am in the best shape of my life. Anything else to say?
He's exactly right on every point. The only differences that I could immediately think of is that how many other soldiers/Marines you share a room with in AIT/MOS school depends on where you go and what your MOS is. At Fort Gordon, there were 5 other soldiers in my room
It's ok Jody will keep her company ;p
"If the military wanted you to have a girlfriend, they'd have issued you one"
If you've been together for 8 years get married or fucking break up and be just be friends for peat sake.
This irrational fear people have of marriage is getting ridiculous.
"for peat sake"
into the trash it goes
Tru Blu If you're committed to a lifelong relationship with someone why not confirm it with a piece of paper?
This bizarre spelling of "Pete's Sake" is also pretty ridiculous.
GO TO COLLEGE, then join the CORPS....
True I am in collage now at 17 and I am getting a degree in sports because I want to be a personal trainer until 25 or 26 years old. Than I really want to enlist. I really am undecided on what branch to choose. Soldier or Marine that’s a hard decision but I can’t wait. 😚
This dude looks and sounds like badger from breaking bad graduated college lmaooo
I still have nightmares im still in after 10 years out..
When I was at my MOS school I didn't have to go around in fire teams and 3 of my friends had vehicles which is why I didn't have a car.
Keep in mind, you're experience isn't everyone else's.
Hey clayton, why do marine can't live in their own home and go to work like civilians do?
Has to do with camaraderie and also how much money the government gives the military to pay people. If every single person rated the extra paycheck to live off base, the country would be in even more debt.
In my experience living next to lejune/cherrypoint there are unmarried marines living with friends off of base and they do get extra pay just not the same as married pay.
Once you hit E-4 or above you can live off base, you can be denied to live off base at E-4 but once you hit E-5 you can go off base. Ask your recruiter to clarify the policy.
www.thebalance.com/single-members-on-off-base-3353946
If that's what you want join the reserves
I mean you can join reserves or guard if you want to live in home and go to college and all other good stuff but stuff that this video is talking about is really for active duty people
He has spoken nothing but truth in this video
love what you're doing brother. people need this knowledge so it's not such a shock treatment into the fleet haha
in my country(new Zealand) at least in the navy, anyone can live off base, doesn't matter if you are an officer or not, but it is a stupidly expensive city(in the top 25 most expensive in the world)
pro tip: If you are smart enough to go to college DO IT and make the army pay for it, the officer life is better paid and way easier. plus you have less people telling you whar to do
Thank you for making these videos, they helped me out so much. I was up all night watching your videos before I went to speak with a recruiter. Can someone in the military ever pick where they get stationed?
Hey Chris, glad you like em! And yes and no. On your first enlistment, you don't get to choose where to go. On your second enlistment, you typically have more bargaining power as to where you get stationed next. However, after that, it's generally luck of the draw.
So many get married to anyone for the EXTRA money and to be able to live off base. I was stationed in Italy and I was a Marine... I also went to London 10 straight weekends DURING football season. That’s the life you could end up with.
I had no one when I joined the Marines. Only girls I know were the ones in town(Jacksonville). When I went on flowt. I was glad.
I was watching your old videos and I like that they are informative and have some humor. You should keep uploading more videos, you have a high chance of making TH-cam a career.
+818Westcoast Oh man, idk about a career - but i'll keep trying to churn out good contnet
Ha! I did duty one time! during my four year's in! Semper Fi!
"If the Corps thinks you need a girlfriend, we'll issue you one." Best line ever.
Hehe Duty, he said Duty
At what time are you able to go to Walmart or elsewhere alone?
Anthony lucas it depends tbh. So you have bootcamp and mct, can’t go then really. If you get libo at mct for some reason, maybe then. But realistically prob not. Then MOS school. For me, we had only wknd libo. THAT’S when we were able to go to Walmart but not alone. We had to have a minimum of one buddy with us if you went off base. Then you hit the fleet, you can go alone then. For sure.
"Hey Joe, you got girlfriend?" "Yes, I do." "She not here, you know worry, I no tell!"
Good job dad
Mortarman here hahaha! Most fun shit ever, let me tell you that! You get paid to blow shit up, how can it get any beter haha!
Your videos are great! They are very informational, I always watch your videos for advice. Thank you :D
+Mario Tapia Thanks for watching, Mario!
i'm a u.s marine and let me tell you its hard
Idk on how to get the recon contract mos
"Every Marine is a janitor"
I really appreciate this video, because I am planning on joining the Marine Corps in may and my girlfriend and I might want to get married soon.
a major one you missed was shack hack spreads like the plague.
fourth option, have them live off base and you can visit them, have them get an apartment, you will not be able to live together but atleast you can visit
blessed with a base 30 miles away from my house
Yea, Lejeune is only like an hour and half drive from where I live.
What if you Finnish bootcamp and you're still 17, not legally an adult, would you just go about as if you were 18?
+Katcatcat yes, as long as you have parental consent
+ClaytonFilpo hmm so i leave in november and will graduate before turning 18, if i handed my cac card to a gas station would they sell me a pack of cigs, ill only be 17 for about a week or two till i hit 18
haha no. I mean, maybe if they're shady, but your birthdate is on that card
+ClaytonFilpo haha shit. Digging the channel bro. Just found u today n just followed u on Instagram bruh. Thanks for the vids b
your first one is vague because if you marry your girl friend or boy friend they come with
My MOS School allows POV's, I think it probably depends on the length of your school
Great video man
+anarchy cat Thanks cat!
loving the post eas beard
Thanks bruh
I’m assuming a warrant officer is basically the same thing as an officer and thus the same rules apply when it comes to having and spending time with a significant other? Someone tell me what the deal is with this.
Theres workarounds for everything
And even if you are married, it was SO HARD for us. We were separated all the time, and it’s just NOT worth it. We were the ONLY one that made it though....
thank you this was all very helpful!
So officer route is preferable...good thing I wanna be a pilot.
That's right no sex in the barracks but still some of them take the risk and nobody can get away with it
Lol served 3 yrs active duty army and I never stayed in the barracks.
Number one... You have to play at max sensitivity :O
It made me kinda excited when Clayton said "your gonna be a professional janitor " I was thinking like yeah I'm definitely joining the marines cause I'm already a professional janitor so it shouldn't be to tough
Being a rover on duty actually sounds kind of peaceful. Especially at night. Just walkin around with the smell of fresh air and silence. Unless a bunch of people are having a huge party.
claytonfilpo... you mention in the video about if i am married the military can bring y wife to live with me. one question i have is that my wife live outside america, can the military help me bring her here or does the military bring her her automatically?
She will have to obtain a green card
Is this only for current active duty Marines and Marine Reserves or is that a whole different story?
Just saying I have been in for about a year and a half and haven’t cleaned shit lol but then again we’re training for security missions so... I guess that’s why
how different is it when you are married?what are the things I should know about having my wife in the military? and what if I want to join as well?
Hey Clayton, I recently enlisted in the Army and will ship out on April 11th of this year. My question is about AIT school. I have been married almost 4 years now and soon we will be having a baby boy. My MOS is 17C - Cyber Operation Specialist and it's +/- 44 weeks long. My question are: Can I bring my wife? Would I have to live in the barracks? Would I still don't be allowed to have a car? I am currently financing my car and it would suck if I would be paying for the car and not using it. BWT I love your videos and I recently subscribed to your channel.
I don't know if I should go to college first and go officer or just enlist
My bf just left for bootcamp for marine corp yesterday and i wont see him for 3 months...im 16 hes 18 and hes gonna be stationed in japan for a couple years😭😔dont know what to do
When you get out of boot camp do you get your personal belongings back like your glasses phone clothes computer and all that?
what stuff is allowed and isnt allowed in the barracks?
Can you make video like this from a married marines stand point
You mentioned the age of 29, is that when you joined? If not, did you know anyone that age while you were in? What was their experience?
New a guy that joined at 29. He hated being treated like a child, because everyone gets treated like a child in the military.
+ClaytonFilpo hey at what age did you enlist im thinking to join after high school but I'm debating on wether or not to wait a year or 2.
Charles Ferguson in boot camp had a guy in my platoon who was 28. He said he just wanted a change of pace from the daily life. Tired of working on offices.
Hello Clayton, did you have an Intel MOS? Also how do you transition from intel into a defense contractor job?
omg i love your hair
what was the dumbest thing your DI made you and your platoon do in basic
Do you have to live in the barracks if you're enlisted no matter what rank you are?
What about reservists?
How much of this applies to Reserves?
I am really stuck between joing and not joining.
yolo
Amazing
I ship on Tuesday.
Hahaha "I didn't go to the military because I couldn't bring my girlfriend"
so if your in your barracks can you go and bring someone in or no one put you in there
what if you have a kid ? I mean I got hurt when I was in ITB however I finished it and I was considering maybe reenlisting depending if I can or not, if I have a kid on the way though but me and my spouse are not married and I was to reenlist would I have to leave them behind because I don't want to do that , ive seen what happens to alot of men who go without seeing there kids and it takes a toll on them. I know I have alot of options as well as reenlisting and I'm lost on what to do.
There’s a lot of negatives but...... yeah there’s a lot of negatives. Lol Just kidding, listen if you wanna be a Marine be a Marine. You only get one life, it sucks AT TIMES, but it gets easier the deeper you go, you get used to it and you adjust. There’s a lot of positives, free college, you get to explore, a great sense of pride, there’s tons of leadership opportunities, you learn so much knowledge... I’d say go for it. Stay open minded, stay humble, and last thing, it’s what you make of it. It’ll be a bad time if you LET IT, it could be a great time if you LET IT as well! Good luck!
Jody will be taking good care of her.
yeah for the people who dont know this is for america
I want to join the marines are their any programs. that allow the government to pay for college in return for 4 years of service.....
Yep. The GI Bill.
fucking duty I had a room that was the first room around the corner from the duty hut when they needed a replacement guess whos door they always knocked on first lol I sure don't miss that
If I do 5 years as a navy corpsman then go through rotc for the marines will my retirement ready and will I have to start out as an o1?
my mos school is in 29 palms ill be communications I was happy I would be in California close to home will I be able to visit at all on my free time since your not allowed to have a car or can people visit ?
+angieeez19 You can't have a car but people can visit, yes.
How does it feel to have hair after BCT? My biggest fear is that I cannot have my own hairstyles. Can you explain?
Do all these apply to the Navy? I know about the cleaning and stuff like that but what about the buddy system and the barracks? Do they apply the same ways?
Tyronasaurus Rex think about it, what the hell are you going to do for next 8 month on a ship. Field day, on a ship.
What are the other options if you don't want to live in the barracks?
Troll or stupid?
Havock it's an honest question. I'm going to disregard your last comment.
How long do you have to live in the dorms?
I have tmj, will this disqualify me from joining? If it does, will I be able to hide it from them or will they find out at Meps or something? Thanks
I live 2 hrs away from lejuene
Do they have duty in the army?
So you say like you Need fire teams and such to go places.. What if I'm out of groceries body wash etc and no one wants to go with me am I sol? And when does that stop, when can I go places I want as an adult
Sucks to suck if you run out and can't get a buddy. However, it stops after MOS school. Once you hit the "mystical" fleet, you're a regular person again. *(Boots call it mystical because they feel like they're being treated like kids for so long that the fleet isn't actually ever going to happen)
ClaytonFilpo how long is MOS usually ?