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Hello all!
I wasn't ready nor did I know what I wanted to do right out of high school. After a few CC courses and working full time for years I am ready to become a Marine. I am 24 years old from Virginia, and I have set a date for ASVAB/MEPS/Swear in to DEP. September 8th is the big day. I have a couple MOSs that have my attention. Aviation Ordnance and Helo crew chief. I will settle for anything involving the aviation or mechanical side of things. My hobby over the years has been automobiles. I have a pretty good start in maintance, repairs, and performance upgrades. I've pulled out many motors and put them in various cars, worked with suspension and brake systems and alot of other things as well. I've always been very healthy and never had any major illness', medications, eyesight issues. I am in the best shape I've ever been in. I'm a little over 6'1 and weigh in at 182. I've been doing research and thinking hard over the past year about the military and WAS going to go USAF. But I have made my decision. Don't get me wrong I appreciate all members of all branches of service. I have just been training so hard whipping myself into shape and just want to be a Marine. I want to be challenged mentally, physically and push myself the hardest a can. I just wanted to introduce myself and my situation. Do any aircrew members have any input? Especially about enlisted jobs. I'm trying to get an understanding about how many of you got the jobs you wanted or are enjoying what you were assigned. I want your perspective, since I have the recruiter's. Thanks alot for reading. I look forward to serving my country. |
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good luck to u buddy!!! just be warned it is very difficult for E-3's and below that are older than 20. i would recamend air crew and not ordy. however be warned again there is no guarentee u will work on helos you will get your orders and find out what aircraft you will work on after A school 2 buddies of mine went on the AG contract and both r working on c12's basically a CO's flight attendant
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Thanks for the response! I am leaning more towards aircrew than ordnance. I will be meeting with my recruiter again sometime this week to discuss. |
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I got exactly what I wanted and got good training in avionics and worked on F4 Phantom radar systems. I still love those f/ckin' birds...
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I didn't get what I wanted to start with. I even had to join a reserve unit after 4 years active to become an 03. When I went back active when Nam started the 03 became my secondary MOS which I carried until I became a Staff Sergeant less than 4 years later. I was able to spend 6 years in operational comm, then the remainder in electronics maintenance with ground and air wing units. A significant part of that was in air traffic control maintenance as well as instructor duty, depot level rebuild, and research and development.
I had a great career. I was trained by the best, served with the best and after Nam had prime duty. If you aren't a sh#t bird, and are willing to put forth your best, and then some all of the time, you can be a leader of Marines from the earliest days. |
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Senior Marine Moderator Air Wing tom.hansen8.18@gmail.com  |
Keep in mind that the Marine Corps only garnantee's the school, not the job. It's up to you to pass them as you attend them. If you fail any week in your A school you will get a 2nd try at that week. Fail it again then you just bomb out of your school your A school. You might get another Air Wing School and then you might find yourself humping hills with a pack on your back. It all depends on the needs of the Marine Corps. Plan on studing Sunday Thru Thrusady and the weekend of needed, those who did not study are the ones that failed....Hint, Hint....
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Thanks alot for the info guys. My recruiter also informed me that after my MCRT, I get 10 days leave, then I return for 29 days of MCT. I was unaware of that. I thought that MOS Training followed recruit training. Has it been that way for a while or is it a recent requirement?
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No you do MCT after boot camp, its not that bad you get to "play" with all the cool guns at MCT and play infantry for a little while so just enjoy it. There is some boring classes but it went pretty quick for me. And to who ever said its hard for LCpl. and below that are older then 20 is dead wrong I think its to your benifit that your enlisting a little later, not only will you now have to worry about getting in trouble for any kind of underage drinking a lot of younger Marines will look up to you becuase you are older hence giving you a leaership edge. |
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It's actually something I look forward to. I'm sure I will enjoy it for the most part. |
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I think the point was not having enough rank, for the age. I think he might have been suggesting that being 20 and L/CPL is like being 20 and a Sr. in high school. It raises questions. When I was 21, I was already a Sgt.  |
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THANX!! exactly what i meant and the old people that are pfcs always complain how their sergant or lieutenant is younger than them. oh and btw mct BLOWS!!!!! camp day is the worst place ever |
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Somebody get this guy a cookie...  I understand what you guys mean about the age thing I did see some of that when I was in were older marines that were lesser rank would be mad becuase someone was their superior, but its no differnt in the civilian world...I am the lead IT feild support at one of the location's for my company and work with a 40 guy who is under me, and it works great. I guess what I am getting at is that its a maturity thing the guys who were 25 and actually acted 25 I had a lot of respect for when I was 18-19, |
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Chances are I will be 25 by the time I hit RT. I won't be angry at all about the rank/age issue. Because I know those guys have been in for a while, have worked hard, and earned their rank. I have respect for that, especially knowing that it was my choice to join at a later moment in my life.
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So I just got back from ASVAB/MEPS Swear in in MD today. I will let you guys now what MOS I end up with!
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So I signed for the AF field which is Aviation Mechanic. But my recruiter is still going to try to get me into a crew chief MOS for aircrew. Either way, I'm excited. My ship date is April 19th for Parris Island. I am going to work towards going earlier however. Thanks for all the help everybody!
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It's very difficult at times. Of course you know better than to get into trouble, but some Marines look at you in another perspective because you don't want to get ****faced and run around town on the weekends, or spend your entire check on women. (hehe) On another note, I have a lot of Sergeants ask me why I'm a LCpl at 25 years old. It does indeed raise the eyebrows. But I was on my way to OCS and decided to enlist first And now that I'm enlisted, I don't know if I could ever be an officer. I like getting my hands dirty!S/F |
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Thanks for the input. I feel I have enough discipline and physical fitness to start to possibly get PFC out of recruit training. I heard some have even gotten LCpl out of RT as well. I have pretty much no college, so is that possible? I turn 25 in 3 weeks. Yikes. |
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You can make PFC out of RT if you're a squad leader and/or a guide. You can make LCpl if you're the honorman (the best guide from all the platoons in your company).
You might be able to make PFC if you're the company high PFTer, but usually the high PFTer is a squad leader or a guide, so it doesn't matter anyway. S/F |
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Just do the best you can at wherever they send you doing whatever they give you and you'll automatically pick up PFC in A School and Lance in the Fleet within your first year in your unit. You're eligible for one meritorious promotion per year so it's pretty much in the bag unless you mess up.
As for picking up lance corporal out of boot camp, that's if you come in as a private first class. Best of luck to you. |
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