I have about 12 years in the Marines and have been an E-7 for 5 months. I have completed my advanced Staff NCO training acadamy also. I went to the recruiter and asked if I could join, that I wanted Infantry and would take a bust in pay grade. They looked at me like I was high. It may have been because I am still on active duty and have about 8 months left. I just really want to know if I can transfer over. I am extremely bored with what I do in the Marines and really want back in the fight.So does any one know if the Army will bother with me? I appreciate the help.

Have you place any thought with going I&I duty with a reserve grunt unit, or augmenting with a Victor unit?

Yes I have. Thing is I am an AAV mechanic. When I was a Sgt I passed the Force Recon Indoct and was denied do to my mos requirments. I gave up which was stupid of me and never LAT moved. I was promoted so quikly and deployed all the time because I volenteered. I have applied for the WO program and hoping for a 1st Sgt if WO does not happen but honestly my heart really isnt in it. I am not getting the duty stations I want.

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Originally posted by mstersmith:
I have about 12 years in the Marines and have been an E-7 for 5 months. I have completed my advanced Staff NCO training acadamy also. I went to the recruiter and asked if I could join, that I wanted Infantry and would take a bust in pay grade. They looked at me like I was high. It may have been because I am still on active duty and have about 8 months left. I just really want to know if I can transfer over. I am extremely bored with what I do in the Marines and really want back in the fight.So does any one know if the Army will bother with me? I appreciate the help.

This is over my head since your a Active Duty E7 and your probably not going to get a lot of responses here. I'll see if I can find someone that might know.

GySgt,

A lot of things have changed for prior service entering the Army in the last 6 months. My best friend joined last December and he went to WTC last March. He was able to retain his E-6. But that's not the interesting part. He had a retired Navy Corpsman Chief going through WTC with him as a SFC. I guess because he wasn't on the retired list and he was on the "fleet reserve" list he was able to enlist in the Army for another three years. Apparently E-7's in the Army can go beyond 24 years? I don't know if that's an option that's available to you but it has been done in the past.

I might be able to offer a little help (currently an active 11Z).

If you are allowed to make the switch, meaning DA doesn't have a policy against E7s coming over, your only hurdle will be the differences between the Army way and the Marine way.

There is a SSG in my company that had 10 years in the Corps and came over directly from them to us and didn't go to WTC. He was in Recon, and our unit is much the same with the same tasks. It took him a little bit to adjust, not necessarily tactically but more administratively. He did make a lot of people upset, though, by constantly saying how much better the Marines are, and many wondered why he left. But other than that, he worked out fine, went to Ranger school and went right through. Of course there will be differences but if you keep an open mind then there shouldn't be any problems. Best thing about the Army is since it is so much bigger, there are a lot more duty assignments, schools, etc. to choose from.

Thanks for all the help. I want to go Infantry and I highly doupt there would be a lot of issue with that. I have zero issues with the Army. There are good units and bad units every were. Trust me, when I went over to the Group side of the Marine Corps I thought I had died and gone to fat city. Like you said JGavin that is the reason I am interested in the Army. I can get back in the fight, deploy and do somthing different. Honestly I would be doing SOMETHING. I appreciate the help.

Guns, your issue - the wall standing in front of you - is that you are active duty NOW.

The Army has current regs in place governing inter-service transfers (IST) and this is a very common happening.

Your first hurdle will be to get your current Command - current CO and step or two above (not sure how far) - to sign off on your conditional release. That has been the hardest part for many who've tried.

Do your research - Google "Interservice Transfer to the Army" and you should find the Reg references.

By the way, the Navy Chief at WTC was there because he had retired from the Navy Reserve. I did the same thing. Any service member who retires from the Active Rosters is prohibited from coming back in. It has to do with drawing the retirement paycheck. Once the money starts you chances end.

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Thanks Marine64. I have looked into the interservice transfer program. The Recruiter was all for it until I told him my rank and that I still had 10 months left. That was about 3 months ago. I am slated to be stuck in this black hole for another 2 years. I honestly cant do it. I can not just sit around it drives me nuts, I have been working since I was 14 and never stopped since. They honestly have 2 choices release me from the current duty or I EAS and transfer any ways. They may as well sign the release a few months from my EAS.