He signed up for the Marines and they promised him a certain position and now they are putting him in ground operations he doesn't want that. Can he get out of it now?
2007-08-11 09:09:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I have never met a Marine that signed up for a job, lets say administration, and then was told to become an infantry Marine..this does not happen, there is more to the story then you know..the answer is NO, he made his bed and now he will lay in it....Semper Fi
2007-08-11 09:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by LAVADOG 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If he has not gone active yet, meaning to boot camp, and he does not to go in he can get out simply by telling the recruiter he has changed his mind or by doing so at the Armed Forces center prior to him taking the oath of enlistment. If he is already in he would have had to have flunked out or not made some qualification for the school and if that is so he still has to complete his contract. The Marine Corps does not guarantee specific "jobs" as most or all of the other services do, they guarantee a field which includes various jobs and then he is put into one of those fields. A person who signs up for "Infantry" might be a basic rifleman, assault gunner, heavy weapons or another job with the field; an Aviation Logistics guarantee includes aviation operations and supply plus some other smaller fields. The answer is maybe and it depends on if he has already gone active, why he did not get what he was/thought he was promised and what exactly he was guaranteed. A point to remember is that no service guarantees a job-they guarantee a school, after school you might actually do a totally different job then you trained for. This is how it should be explained and in my experience is how it usually is-the needs of the service is firsts and after schooling which was promised the needs of the service might mean you are doing something else.
2007-08-11 09:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 90's it wasn't a big deal if you broke a Delayed Entry Program contract even though it really is legally binding. Nothing happened at all except for some additional paperwork your recruiters had to do.
But once you were on your way to training you couldn't just change your mind.
Like someone else pointed out - the USMC doesn't guarantee anyone a specific job in the first place... only a general field of possible jobs. If your friend signed a contract and swore-in based on that then he IS legally and ethically bound and they can legally enforce it. Whether they will or not is up to them.
2007-08-11 09:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by Patriotic Libertarian 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All he has to do is tell his recruiter that he has changed his mind, Look they will give the speech that he can not get out but he only in the DEP program and until he swears in the second time right before he ships out to boot camp he is really not in he only has a tentative spot. There will be trouble for him people do this all the time. I know I was a Navy recruiter back in the early 90's and the Marines were famous for stealing Depers so the answer to your question is yes!
2007-08-11 09:18:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Has he signed his contract? If the job they promised him is in the contract, they have to give it to him. But if the crappy job is in the contract and he signed it, then that's on him. He can still get out of it, i *think*. He might have to go through a lot of paperwork, but I'm pretty sure he could do it.
If he hasn't even signed the contract or been sworn in, he can just tell them, "Nevermind!" and walk away.
2007-08-11 09:18:02 · answer #5 · answered by putzsgirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he needs to tell his recruiter. interior the army as long as you dont say the oath the 2d time you could void out. His recruiter will do his ultimate to talk him into staying with the aid of fact he gets a fat examine off of him. tell him to tell his recruiter he made a mistake and needs to give up the processing. He could desire to have the skill to get out of it. If no longer, he can flow to coaching and in basic terms get a failure to coach lol. human beings could desire to truly think of approximately how lots of a existence replace the protection stress is. sturdy success.
2016-10-10 00:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All Marines are riflemen! From the lowliest private to the Commandant.
2007-08-11 10:40:40 · answer #7 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not understand why some people get out of something so great......SERVICE TO YOUR COUNTRY....yes he can just talk to his recruiter and tell them that he is not shipping and not joining.
2007-08-11 10:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He can tell them he is gay. Tell him just to walk into the recruiters office wearing a pink thong and high heels. He will be out in no time.
2007-08-11 09:14:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
In a box!
2007-08-12 00:32:35 · answer #10 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋