Where can i find information on the marine corp?

Question

My daughters boyfrind is joining the Marine Corp, and it has my daughter scared to death. The recruter will not give her any information on when he will be leaving or how long he will be gone. I want to comfort her fears by getting all the info that I can. Can any one tell me where to find it?

Answer 1

Go ask the Local Recruiter... They will fill you with more lies than they did me, when I joined!

Well, now with the war, they probably cant release any information on that, because they dont know what affiliation you and your daughter may have with the enemy!

That would be like giving away troop movements to the enemy and its a strict NO-NO.

Just comfort your daughter and love her as much as you can... And pray...

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 2

Yeah the recruiter isn't going to tell you or her anything. He's gotta make quota & he's scared of her talking him out of it. If you have a heart to heart & explain you're trying to comfort her so she can accept & support what he's doing, then he might be more forthcoming. He doesn't have too much motivation though, because the recruit probably has all this information already (unless it's a very shady recruiter) and is chosing not to tell her any more than he needs to or to break it slowly. Maybe you could talk to the kid first!

In reality though, he's going to get a little leave as he progresses through training, but he's going to be different when he comes back the first time & that could be an issue. After he's to an operational unit, they're pretty busy training up, deploying, then spinning back down, with a little leave staggered between cycles. Godspeed to him & good luck to your family as well.

Answer 3

For general information on the Corps, use the first link below. Certainly, the boy should know when he is leaving - your question does not make much sense. He should also know how long his enlistment is, how long and where is basic training is, etc. Ask him, not the recruiting office.

Answer 4

when he signs his enlistment contract, it will specify his ship date. If he lives east of the Mississippi, he will go to Parris Island, SC; if west, MCRD San Diego, CA (with a few exceptions). Boot camp is 12 weeks plus one week processing, after which he will go on eleven day boot leave. If he is 0311, he will then report to SOI for nine weeks infantry training, then on to his duty station. If he is another MOS, he will go to MCT for one month (? I think it has changed) then on to his MOS school. All of this info he should demand and get from his recruiter, if not, he really is not informed enough to join...

Answer 5

Semper Fi

Answer 6

there is nothing to be afraid of USMC is a good family. Ask your local recruitment center for more details.

Answer 7

Go to their website www.marines.com but personally I would tell her to say goodbye to the boy, he will come back CHANGED (and not necessarily in a good way, or bad) I'm sorry but I'm married to a military man AND I went through basic training (even went to job training WITH the marines), everyone has "someone back home" and that doesn't seem to matter, everyone cheats on that someone back home. Also for such a young age it's hard to ask her to wait that long (knowing he probably WON'T). His recruiter is not giving her any information because he already knows all this. Look I'm just being honest, but the divorce rate is high in military families and the HIGHEST in Marine families. It's because if basic doesn't change him, war WILL, the time apart will be too much for either of them to handle, and someone will want out (and I can guarentee it will be him). IF they stick it out, get married and then he gets sent overseas she will have to beat the native women off with a STICK or lose him (yes they are really THAT bad, I had to physically take one German woman by her hair after she ignored my polite requests) and tell her that if she didn't back the heck off MY man (the man I had a child with) I would quickly become her WORST nightmare (my husband was too polite and perhaps he LIKED the attention but didn't really want anything to do with her to tell her to back off himself). I know you are trying to make your daughter feel BETTER about the situation not worse, but take it from a woman who knows BOTH sides of being in the military, she should move on. How long he will be gone will depend on how long he enlisted for and where he is stationed (enlistments can last between 3-6 years) it also depends on what his job is, if he's in special forces as a sniper you can expect NOT to see him most of his time in. If he's attached to a boat rather than a base he will be gone ALL the time. If the recruiter is not willing to be specific it's to protect the young man's privacy, the young man IS told when he is leaving (he has to know to get to his in-processing center on time) and he knows how long his training is, and IF the young man was stupid... I mean niave then he may NOT know where he's going (some enlist to the needs of the marines so they could end up ANYWHERE) but he SHOULD know how long he has signed his life away (I mean enlisted) for. So the best source of answers is the young man himself. If he claims the recruiter hasn't told him, he is lying and in that case he is probably looking at this enlistment as a way to get out of the relationship without hurting her feelings. All I can tell you is have your daughter talk to her boyfriend, tell him to be honest about what he expects after he leaves, ask him if he honestly thinks it is FAIR for her to wait for him, him not knowing how his life wil change over the course of his enlistment. If YOU have to sit down with the young man (without your daughter around) and have a heart to heart with him (maybe he's willing to tell you he doesn't want a relationship with her but doesn't want to hurt her by breaking it to her). Anyway, it is RARE that a relationship survives boot camp, and if it does let me warn you that IF they got married your daughter would have to pick up and move around the world for as long as he is in, AND that would be bad for her job, and her marriage, it's hard on making friends too AND worst of all military families are the worst paid in the country, she will qualify for government assistance for many years and ALWAYS be struggling paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet. (by government assistance I mean FOOD STAMPS, WIC, welfare). PLEASE think twice before letting your daughter continue this relationship, my marriage has been on the rocks the entire time (and we fight about mostly things that have to do with my husband being in the military). If I had it all to do over I would have NEVER married a military man (and my rule was, when I was in the military myself and we had marines on base was NEVER date a marine). I loved serving my country and I KNOW my husband is proud too, but being in the military has caused a LOT of problems for my family and hundreds of other families I know personally, this is NOT the lifestyle I would choose for MY children. My husband is getting out after his enlistment is up (he's been in 8 years now) and we will BOTH be glad to be rid of the military all together! Best of luck with your daughter, I will keep her in my thoughts whatever she decides!

Answer 8

e-mail me [e-mail]

Answer 9

TELL HIM I SAID THANKS AND GOOD LUCK