Military guys I need some advice

[transamkid]

i went to meps yesterday, 2 days after the asvab, and im offically in enlisted now.

and definitely find out about the bonus, they werent going to offer my buddy anything, being a combat engineer. at meps, when you negotiate your contract and they tell you no bonus, act like your gonna leave and stuff, and watch how many phone calls and how much of a bonus they get you

[SteveR]

Originally Posted by Jersyboyy

He said their is no way of getting in writing where you are to be stationed and the job is not guarenteed.

Yea, you can have a list of places you want to go, but there's no guarantee you'll ever get stationed there. I know for the AF, the waiting list for Aviano AB, Italy is retarded.

[Jersyboyy]

Originally Posted by SteveR

Yea, you can have a list of places you want to go, but there's no guarantee you'll ever get stationed there. I know for the AF, the waiting list for Aviano AB, Italy is retarded.

yea i just want to be stationed in cocoa beach florida

[rscamaro73]

Originally Posted by transamkid

i went to meps yesterday, 2 days after the asvab, and im offically in enlisted now.

You're not 'offically' enlisted yet....you're just in the delayed entry program. You can still walk out....

You're "OFFICIAL U.S. GUMBIT PROPERTY" when you swear in again at boot camp. Then its all said and done. They'll try to mess with some of you and get some to take some crappy duty or mess with any 'open contract' types....

Anyhows, congrats.

[NjbadSS]

Originally Posted by ar0ck

Now I have a question for you Enlisted Marines, did you guys like your Officers?

And as enlisted guys, anythings you wish Officers learned or knew prior to entering a unit?

I recently got out of the service, US Marine corps, and the best officers we had were mustangs, guys who were enlisted before going officer. A lot of new officers that I had worked with were clueless about things, yet walked around with a chip on their shoulder because as much of a dumb ass that they were, us enlisted still had to respect them, salute them. Dont get me wrong, some that we got that were fresh new Lt's were good to go and I would go anywhere with, but others I, as an NCO, would have to put in the right direction and wouldn't trust them going anywhere in charge of other marines.

[NjbadSS]

My advice to anyone who is considering joining the military is to find people, other than recruiters, who have or do currently serve in a specific branch of military and talk to them about their branch. You walk into a recruiters office and they are all just trying to snag you up and will tell you anything just to get you to enlist, that is their job. Once you talk to people about the different branches, you really need to think long and hard about what type of job you want to do. Every branch has different things to offer and every branch is very very different from the others. I joined the marine corps because I have relatives who were marines, had relatives who were killed in the marines, and I wanted to join to honor them. Everyone joins for different reasons. Make sure that when you do finally go and talk to a recruiter, you bring someone who knows what they are talking about so that you dont get screwed. They really cant offer that much, but there's lots of "fine print" to your contract. You need to make absolutely sure that you pick an MOS that you qualify for and that is on your contract. They screwed me with that when I joined. Anyone needs anymore advice feel free to message me because I have a lot of knowledge about military stuff..good luck and thanks to all that have served and are joining currently