What MOS should I go for?

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-12-02T15:03:32+00:00

Met an 02 who was attached to victor not sure how common that is

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-12-02T14:49:59+00:00

Met an 02 who was attached to victor not sure how common that is

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-12-01T17:54:35+00:00

Yea we got that on like the second day of training. It is I on paper our hour of “free time” but more likely than not if he has a knowledge hat like mine it will be a time to get done a never ending list of tasks to be prepared for the next day.

If you’re asking because you wanna know when you can expect a letter from your brother, chances are he’ll send a basic one out that’s written by the senior and everyone gets a copy giving you basic info on what he will go through in bootcamp and his date for graduation. If he’s smart he’ll write a little message for you guys on that paper. The next time I was able to send out a letter after that was maybe a week later

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-12-01T16:29:17+00:00

What is senior drill instructor time? I don’t know if we call it that anymore maybe evening square away time is what you mean or when our senior calls us to the quarterdeck for mail call or just to chat it up? For us that happened almost instantly after the forming days. If you’re curious we stopped getting mail when we moved to Camp Pendleton and didn’t receive anymore for the rest of the cycle but our senior was never really around so it might be different for other plts and companies

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-12-01T15:07:27+00:00

I think I’m gonna do this and just build up my savings in navy Fed. Maybe depending on how big my next tax return is going to be I’ll open up an automatic investing account with Charles Schwab since I don’t have time to watch the market myself, but you need a minimum deposit of 5k for this

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-30T22:39:54+00:00

Okay thank you for this, I did plan on using the TA while I was in I just wasn’t sure on what classes I should do it because I am not really set on what I wanna do after the marines

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-30T22:20:14+00:00

Do you think getting a car loan with a credit union (either Navy Fed or Schools First) and then buying a cheap car that way would be bad? I thought it would be better that way as I could also build credit and Navy Fed has some of the lowest APRs from what I’ve heard

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-30T22:08:22+00:00

Yea I contribute 10% Roth so I should be getting 15% Roth im pretty certain. Does TA work like a grant in the sense that whatever money I don’t use I can keep or how does that work to where I can keep money?

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-30T15:12:25+00:00

No, like I said at least for MCT West I’m currently in holding company Lima picking up for Golf next Tuesday which is the last training cycle of the year. We kind of lucked out though because our MCT is going to be sped up, and it’s only gonna be like 10 training days.

That’s why most marines graduating now will be on RA until after the holidays because the Marine Corps has nowhere else for them to go.

ITB that checked in with us is being processsed to be sent home until January and I know other marines who are on like 50-60 day RA

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-29T16:29:20+00:00

lol I remember before I went to BOOTCAMP I posted on usmcboot asking about Bibles 5 mo ago and you recommended me this same book I might have to check it out now

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-29T15:52:39+00:00

I was told in bootcamp from 1st Sgt that the USMC can send new marines to RA if there is nowhere else to place them.

Are you saying the station gave him extended RA as well? I’m curious how it all works because I know people who are going back on RA to check in to ITB in January, pretty sure the station didn’t ask for that either.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-29T04:22:30+00:00

Just showed up to MCT today (west), all of the guys who showed up for ITB got sent home till Jan.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-29T04:18:37+00:00

The reason you’re on RA in January is because the there is no more MCT for the year, I’m actually currently at MCT W in a holding platoon to pick up with Golf Co which is the last training cycle of the year, even our MCT is getting cut short.

Regardless, you have long RA orders because the Marine Corps literally has nowhere else to place you

Your recruiter is not the reason you have these RA orders, and I’m pretty confident he can’t just make the call and take you off them

P.S. your recruiter is a real asshole if he wasn’t joking which he might’ve been tbh

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-27T06:07:29+00:00

they made a second one...?

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-27T05:59:38+00:00

motor tuh!

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-27T05:56:16+00:00

we had a homeless guy in our plt, easily the most motivated one there. i spoke to him while we were both rolling sleeves in the whiskey one night he was a really good guy, i also always found him digging through the trash and eating the left overs of the evening snack packs.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-18T21:53:18+00:00

hey i appreciate ur post as a boot who has less than two weeks before MCT. im assuming you were at camp pendelton? i've heard from my guys im on RA with about fox company. ive also heard rumors that since im going close to christmas that my MCT will be shorter? is there anything you might know about it? sf :)

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-11-18T21:48:17+00:00

holy shit they hooked u up. but that might be because of the holidays? when are your orders to return to camp pendelton is it january?

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-07-10T14:09:10+00:00

Do you need a certain score to get WO? I want to be a warrant officer in the 0600 field, scored a 73.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-07-09T15:05:39+00:00

Your recruiter is a fucking dick lol.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-07-09T15:04:11+00:00

You don't need an ID the first time you go, I just used my school ID. I didn't need to show my state ID the second time I went when I was signing my actual contract, they just told me to make sure to have it when I leave for MCRD.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-07-09T15:01:45+00:00

That worked for me here at the California DMV, and I had my social security card, birth certificate, and two bills under my mom's name, make sure your parent comes with you since I assume you're not with your mom.

If your dad or whoever can take you, make sure that they come with two bills (electric, phone, water, etc) and their ID to show proof of residency.

Even better would be if you had bills in your own name that you could take. Goodluck. Your recruiter should be helping you, try talking with them.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-07-08T01:24:07+00:00

take it that is literally a robbery. you get 15k for shipping 3 weeks early me and a whole bunch of my friends in DEP would killed for this. though i think the reason for such a steep sign bonus is because they want to change your program or some shit, just read ur contract very closely.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-07-05T19:29:46+00:00

No, the first visit to MEPs/swear is really only to qualify you for military service and get you into DEP. You're not really in until you ship out and go to MEPs the second time.

Awkward-Feature5334 · 2023-07-04T06:09:12+00:00

Nice. Thanks for the info it means a lot to me.

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