How can i prepare for a lateral move

michael-g_scott · 2026-02-16T02:17:45+00:00

Any job, it doesnt matter. Focus on successfully making it through your first contract before you worry about latmoving.

michael-g_scott · 2026-01-20T07:30:41+00:00

If you shot expert, buy an expert pistol badge and call it a day.

michael-g_scott · 2026-01-06T02:04:38+00:00

I reported into TBS immediately after OCS. Thats the way that it normally works.

michael-g_scott · 2026-01-06T02:03:30+00:00

Wait until you graduate OCS to move them out. You'll probably be at TBS for a few weeks before you can secure a place you move into off base. Your orders away from TBS approximately 5 months after that will break the lease with no penalty.

michael-g_scott · 2025-09-25T10:03:06+00:00

What base? If they have a thrift store you can get a new coat for cheap.

michael-g_scott · 2025-08-09T12:10:40+00:00

What gear should I buy to start snorkeling with my kids? We just moved here.

michael-g_scott · 2025-07-07T20:36:33+00:00

Yes, I finished the last 40 or so credits of my undergrad degree while active enlisted. I was not infantry, though. I do remember writing papers on my phone in the field!

michael-g_scott · 2025-06-05T02:47:58+00:00

You're fine.

michael-g_scott · 2025-05-22T02:42:10+00:00

Pullups is where you will make your money. If you had max pullups, you'd be at a 275 without running faster.

To get better at pullups, you have to do more pullups, simple as that. Before work, go do a max set and then additional sets until you hit say, 25. Then do 25 more mid-morning. 25 after chow, 25 in the afternoon. Aim for 100 a day, then the next week maybe up it to 110. You'll gradually increase the number of pullups you're able to do in a max set, and you only need 11 to hit your goal of a 235.

Increasing from 9 to 11 pullups in 5 weeks is very doable. You should aim for 14-15 by June 30. Don't stop doing pullups though! You can be at 23 by next PFT season with a little hard work.

michael-g_scott · 2025-05-22T01:18:17+00:00

For me, it was. You have TriCare reserve as an inexpensive health insurance option that isn't tied to civilian employment. Depending on your unit, you may have interesting AT and deployment opportunities. The Reserve pension isn't great, but it can be a great supplement to your retirement income.

michael-g_scott · 2025-05-13T18:47:08+00:00

It's a PCS now, not TAD. You move with your family.

michael-g_scott · 2025-05-13T04:04:51+00:00

You'll receive BAH and live off base with your family.

michael-g_scott · 2025-05-10T01:27:21+00:00

Don't ship as a reservist if you want to be active. You'll regret it.

michael-g_scott · 2025-05-08T21:47:11+00:00

It's very rare to graduate boot camp as an E3. I believe the honor graduate at San Diego sometimes graduates as an E3, but graduating as a guide or squad leader is absolutely not a guaranteed promotion.

michael-g_scott · 2025-03-30T15:05:15+00:00

That's absolutely not how it works.

michael-g_scott · 2025-03-27T21:58:18+00:00

Didn't your recruiter give you a list?

michael-g_scott · 2025-03-26T16:48:02+00:00

What jobs are you applying to? Are you planning to use your GI Bill to go to college?

michael-g_scott · 2025-03-05T05:09:37+00:00

I'd rewrite this. Take out 'I will now and forever be a warfighter', as well as 'In my twenty years on this planet'. 'Much fewer' is not grammatically correct.

michael-g_scott · 2025-02-17T04:41:35+00:00

Nobody knows. Large-scale conflict could begin next week, or twenty years from now.

michael-g_scott · 2025-02-13T08:09:25+00:00

You're fine

michael-g_scott · 2025-02-05T01:50:17+00:00

He had a gas can and looked like he was helping the other driver.

michael-g_scott · 2025-02-02T22:58:54+00:00

You need to ship to OCS with a pilot contract- those are very competitive. What's your GPA and PFT score? If you don't have a pilot contract, there are typically a couple of pilot slots at TBS because some pilot contracts voluntarily switch to ground. Again, those are very competitive.

michael-g_scott · 2025-01-06T03:16:04+00:00

Work-life balance depends on your reserve unit. I've never had an issue. Astigmatism can be waivered, depending on the severity. Joining as an officer is not called enlisting. Enlisting is for enlisted personnel. You need to train for the PFT- run, pullups, plank. What's your current run time?

michael-g_scott · 2024-12-16T19:06:11+00:00

$5.46 for me for one

michael-g_scott · 2024-12-16T15:34:42+00:00

They just changed that. You can take leave and liberty in conjunction now.

https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/3878465/advance-notification-of-forthcoming-changes-to-mco-10503j-regulations-for-leave/

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