If I were to enlist in the 92-day reservist program (during the summer of my junior year in college), and go to bootcamp that summer, and apply for OCS the next summer, After I finish OCS, does that mean I will become an active duty Officer, and no longer a Marine Reservist? Can any of you elaborate on how the program works? Thanks a lot for all your help!
-Katie
2006-10-07 17:52:40 · 4 answers · asked by Katie 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Kelly, Umm... Thanks for the input. But the information you gave me is incorrect. You don't have to be Active Duty by any means to apply to OCS. You can be in the reserves if you want to.
2006-10-07 18:11:11 · update #1
well the 92 day reservist thing work like this. you go to boot camp and if you graduate you go home on leave. you train with your respective reserve unit for those three months. then you go to MTC or what ever follow on training that you need.. i am not to sure how it works for the officer side. but you can find out. by talking to a recruiter. or prior service recruiter. but to go from enlisted to officer you will need to submit a package. it is just a request to go to officer then they will decide if you qualify to go to ocs. if you enlist reserve you can very easily go active duty. once you get commisioned it carries from the reserve to active duty. oh and that chick that said the army is better give her a thumbs down... Semper Fi....
2006-10-08 11:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by san6153 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a reservist you will not pay for any of your uniforms which is huge. Your paycheck when you get it at the end of boot camp will be a lot more than active duty marines. You will get ten days leave when you finish boot camp. You will go right to MCT after that unless you do recruiters assistants. Since you are a reservist you have priority over active duty. This means you will not have to wait for a MCT class to get into. (no mess duty or guard duty). When you are done with MCT you will go right to your school and start as soon as the next class picks up. Same rule applies you wont sit around. I was active duty and waited 6 months for my school to start. Had mess duty and maintenance duty the whole time. All reservists got there and started right away. Good luck to you.
2016-03-28 01:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not suggest becoming an Officier in the Marines. The Officiers in the Army is much better.
However, you need to become Active Dity before they'll accept you into OCS. So yes, once you process through OCS you are no longer in the reserves!
2006-10-07 17:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
(Disclaimer: This was back in 2001...and not the Marine Corps)
When I was in Army ROTC I was told I could specify that I didn't want to go active duty...the drawback was that I was limited to the MOSs in my area...I would given an MOS that would fit the Army's needs....(instead I got deployed and never finished ROTC)
Speak to a reserve officer in the Marines...not a recruiter or a retention NCO...they'll tell you what you want to hear...not what you want to know.
2006-10-07 18:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by mahree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋