Im planning on joining the United States Marine Corps, what should i know about it, and going into it?

Question

anything about boot camp, questions for the recruiter, comabt experience, getting out, and just general knowlege

Answer 1

Get involved, do what your recruiter tells you to do. Don't believe a word your recruiter tells you. I am a former US Marine. Boot Camp is tough but rewarding in the end. You have to go into it knowing that you can go to war. Combat is never pretty and it's not easy and you have to pay attention and stay fit! You can make a career out of it and it has lots of benefits! The Marines is unlike any other branch of military. There is a special bonding between Marines. You will never forget the good times and the bad. You will always be a Marine and will always have to prove yourself.

Boot Camp: There is something called "The Crucible", it's a 3 day sleep deprived training and test at the end of boot camp. It tests your will and your will to be a Marine. It tests everything you got as a human being.

My advice to you is train, train and train! Run every day, that will prepare you. Be able to run at least 5 miles a day. Even if you start off running for 1 minute straight. You will build it up and before you know it your running for a half hour and more at one time.

Make sure you check all the available positions in the Marines. Just because they offer a job doesn't mean you're going to get it. Sometimes they'll tell you "Oh yeah you can do that in the Marines as a job" and then when you're graduated you'll end up in something else. Make sure they sign you up in the right position. There is a job that I did called "NBC" Nuclear Biological Chemical Warfare. It helps you learn all the effects of agents used during warfare and how it reacts to your body and also trains you to teach other soldiers on how to protect themselves and also allows you to treat soldiers effected by agents...

Study hard, get a high score on your ASVAB (military academic test). The higher your score the more opportunities you have in the military and the higher the rank you can get!

Ask your recruiter all the questions in the world, ask about their personal experience. Recruiters aren't lifetime recruiters, they're there because they had to be or chose to do a round of recruiting.

ALL MILITARY BRANCHES HAVE A QUOTA THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL. YOU WILL BE SEEN AS A NUMBER TO THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED PEOPLE (MEN ESPECIALLY) TO JOIN THE MILITARY NOW! So they will tell you whatever you want to hear.

It won't be fun and games in the military. If you're unsure about joining full time, join reserves. Then if you like what you see you can have the option to go active later.

I did reserves and it made me want to go active because I wanted to do more. Sometimes just getting your feet wet is the best way to start if you are unsure. Don't let the recruiter talk you out of it.

Reserves may be the route you want to take....

GOOD LUCK AND HOPE YOU FULLFILL YOUR DREAMS!

OOH RAH & SEMPER FI!
Annamaria

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Answer 2

Anna does a pretty good job of giving you a rundown. I'll try to hit some areas that I think she missed.

After you got all your contracts signed and are waiting to go to bootcamp you should really train yourself to go without sleep. If at all possible for a month before you leave let yourself get no more than 6 hours of sleep per night. This will really help out to cut down the stress when you get there and your body won't go into such anti sleep shock. Not getting sleep was the worst thing for me in the military.
Also if your vision is bad (and you can afford it) get some sort of corrective surgery done on your eyes. If this is an option at all for you make sure you do it BEFORE you enlist. If you want to have it done after your in the military you need to get approval from your commander and your just not gonna get it. The military doesn't authorize corrective surgery. Having good vision is important if for no other reason than not having to wear the stupid glasses.
Learn how to march, stand at attention, do drill and ceremony and what certain verbal commands mean like "Fall IN". It just really helps if you understand what's being ordered of you lol.
Have someone teach you how to iron your uniforms and how to polish boots. Best way to polish boots is to melt the polish before hand (you won't get a lighter by the way) and just keep rubbing it in with just a little water.
Prepare your voice: I don't know how to really do this but just kow your gonna be doing tons of yelling when your in boot camp and it is best to prepare your voice box so you don't go hoarse the first few weeks.

Answer 3

Ignore Allen completely & go to the official US Marine website.
They will have detailed information & like the Army website have videos on the experience. The Army website has cool videos of the Rangers - my son is a Ranger & he gave me the website.
Good luck, it is an honorable profession to be proud of.

Answer 4

Good luck....

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Answer 5

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE YOU WILL BE TRAINED TO KILL ALL TOWEL HEADS .YOU WILL BE RUSHED THROUGH BOOT CAMP OH YAH WHEN YOU GET OUT YOU WILL HAVE TUITION MONEY SO YOU CAN GO TO COLLEGE TO LEARN MANDERIAN CHINESE SO YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR BOSS. THIS IS NO BULL SH IT EITHER READ YOUR HISTORY CHINA EVENTUALLY ALWAYS TAKES OVER .THANKS GEORGE.

Answer 6

Dont do it dude!!!!!