Just curious if there is anyone out there with experience on this issue. I am currently in the Navy serving as a Small Arms Instructor with 18 months until my EAOS. I am also an E-5 with potential to pick up E-6 before I get out to go reserves (regardless of branch.) and also will have completed my BA in Criminal Justice by the time I get out with 8 years completed on active duty. Now, if I transition from the Navy, I know I have to go and do boot all over again, but does anyone know how much, if any of a paygrade loss I will have to face if I transition into the Marine Corps?

You will come out of bootcamp as an E2 and progress through the ranks with everyone else. Your time and your service should figure into your cutting score for NCO and your added experience should give you an edge over your competition. If your squared away and pick the right MOS you could be back to E5 within your first enlistment. It would be a definite ladder to climb but if you show yourself to be competent you will not be neglected.

Considering that you will have finished your degree you should think about going to OCS. There is a new program for officers to go straight into a reserve unit thru the OCC-R program.

I had a guy that did 12yrs in the Air Force. He came out of Bootcamp as an E-3. I believe you can pick up E-4 within a year after that.

Thanks all for your info and advice, it is greatly appreciated, it for sure gives me something to think about. Thanks GSE as well for the info on OCC-R. I didn't know about that program and it will be something I have my eye.

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Originally posted by Monty_MCB_5:
Now why would you want to transition?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuDPJ0jUj48&NR=1

Because his Detailer showed him this video, and he realized that the sailors in the video were Seals and EOD, not SeaBees.

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Now you would think everything the core writes is the truth right?

Well, I have some sneaking su****ions...

I'm beginning to doubt that part about heroic actions within:

War Of The Revolution 1775-1783
French Naval War 1798-1801
War With Tripoli 1801-1805
War Of 1812
Battle Of Twelve Mile Swamp (Florida) Sept. 11,1812
Battle Of Quallah Batto (Sumatra) Feb. 6,1832
Florida Indian War 1835-1842
Mexican War 1846-1847
Battle Of Shanghai (China) April 4,1854
Battle Of Ty-Ho Bay (China) August 4,1855
Battle With Indians Near Seattle Jan.26,1856
Battle Of The Barrier Forts (China) Nov. 16-22, 1856
Battle Of Waya (Fiji Islands) October 6,1858
Capture Of John Brown (Harpers Ferry) Oct. 18,1859
Civil War 1861-1865
Wyoming Vs. 3 ***anese. Ships And Shore Batt. July 16,1863
Battle Of The Salee River Forts (Korea) June 10-11,1871
War With Spain April 21- August 13,1898
Philippine Insurrection June 30,1898 - July 4,1902
Battle Of Tagalii (Samoa) April 1,1899
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Reb.) June - August 1900
Nicoraguan Campaign Of 1912
Capture Of Veracruz (Mexico) April 21 - 22,1914
Occupation Of Dominican Rep. May 5,1916 - Sept. 17,1924
Occupation Of Haiti July 28,1915 - August 31,1934
World War I April 6,1917 - November 11,1918
Occupation Of Nicaragua Jan. 6,1927 - Jan. 3,1933
World War II December 7,1941 - August 15,1945
United Nations Action, Korea June 27,1950 - July 27,1953
Landing In Lebanon July 15 - September 30,1958
Landing In Thailand May 16 - August 10,1962
Cuban Missile Crisis October 24 - December 31,1962
Dominican Republic Intervention April 28 - January 6,1965
The War In Vietnam March 15,1962 - January 28,1973
Operation Eagle Pull (Cambodia) April 1975
Operation Frequent Wind (South Vietnam) April 1975
Mayaguez Rescue Operation(Cambodia) May 1975
Iranian Hostage Rescue Attempt(Iran) April 1980
Grenada Landing (Grenada) October - November 1983
Lebanon Deployment (Beirut,Leb.) Aug. 1982 - Feb. 1984
Desert Shield And Desert Storm August 1990 - April 1991
Kurdish Security Zone April 1991-Present
Iraq No- Fly Zone 1991-Present
Bosnian Peacekeeping Operations 1991-Present
Somalia Relief Operation 1992-1993
Haitian Operation 1994-1996
Rwanda Evacuation April 1994
Somalia Evacuation Jan-Mar 1995
Persian Gulf Deployment Nov. 1995-May 1996
Kosovo - Operation Joint Guardian 1999
Afghanistan Oct 2001 - Present
Operation Iraqi Freedom Mar. 2003 - May 2003
Operation Enduring Freedom May 2003 - Present
Haiti Operations - Mar 2004 - Present

Heritage? I joined so I can scam chicks at the mall while I wear my dress blues.

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Originally posted by king_voodoo:

su****ions

Wyoming Vs. 3 ***anese. Ships

This is getting pretty ridiculous...

Maybe I'm just a racist, but I don't recall "sus.picion" or "Ja.panese" being bad words.

Somebody screwed the pooch when they reset the "bad word" filter.