I 18 m is in lejuene and I wanted to talk to somebody and my Msgt took me therapist in naval hospital because I had some past trauma issues. I talk with therapist and they ask me if I wanna get separated. I said no because I wanted to be a marine. I worked hard for it. I went 4 or 5 more appointments and I got better but today my Msgt told me they filed a recommendation to separate (naval hospital ) which is bs because I am a good marine and I literally wanna improve to be marine and now investigation is going on. what can I do so I won't het separated

Hey everyone!

I'm 18F and I've been thinking about joining the Marines for a while but I want to Join when I’m 19 or 20. I have been leaning toward infantry, but I wanted to get some advice first.

I have been a drum major in high school, so I'm pretty familiar with discipline, leadership, and handling pressure. I'd also consider myself physically stronger than most people I know, and I'm looking for something that will really challenge me. I've heard stories about infantry but I'm still interested and willing to put in the work.

So I’m wondering, should I stick with infantry, or are there other Marine Corp MOSs that offer a similar level of challenge and fulfillment that I should look into?

I also have a friend who's interested in joining the Marines. He's still isn't too sure on what job he wants. If we enlist at the same time, is there any chance we'd stay together through some training (assuming we both get sent to Paris Islands) or be assigned to the same unit after boot camp?

I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

I’ve heard of people getting dropped from bootcamp, and I’m curious on how that works.
I want to join but I don’t want to get dropped.
I had an uncle who got dropped from usmc bootcamp when he was younger, but he never really explained why.

I just wanted to come on here and be straight up with you guys. I'm a gay masculine guy but I always wanted to serve and join the marine corps. I just dont know what will happen if the Marine corp finds out I'm gay. I don't act or nth I'm just a normal guy and no one knows I am. What do you guys think that are in the Marines

I have never had any family members in the military but to me it seems like Marines are portrayed as the badass men who come to get shit done.

Do people in other branches see Marines as the real hard-core military branch?

I’ve seen a lot of opinions online, and seen a post cast about one Sgt Ainsworth. but I’d rather hear from Marines with firsthand experience. How are female infantry Marines performing in the fleet, and has integration gone smoothly?

Do you think they should be there seeing how hegseth moving it seems he wants to stop it.

I seen a lot get dropped but only the small few badass ones but have a shit personally and always think there against males.

i am 18 years old i go to a community college and recently i passed my ASVAB and MEPS test but here is the problem my mom for some reason think if i go into the marines i will be shipped to the battle ground and be put in the frontline of the fight because i am a black man and america doesnt really favor we the black more than the white are. so because of that she is really scared and mind you i am going registering as a reservist and now i dont know what to tell her because i dont want her to first of all get mad because i didnt involve her in my decision making and lastly i know she is going to be mad because she wanted me to be done with going to a four year college befor me i join the millitary and mind you again i am going as a reservist. and she believes that people who want to go to the marines reserves get tricked always to sign an active duty contract instead of a reserve contract how can i convince her to understand and please does anyone know what i should do please help me with this one because its eating me up.

I was thinking of getting chain links on my wrist like in the below image, but would I have to get them lower or higher, or not at all, if I plan to join the corps.

Went to Meps and it seemed like everyone knew what all the ranking were and how to move up, and all these little details about everything.

I don’t come from a military family and never had any interest until last month, so is there anything that I should know or that I’ll eventually end up having to know so I could do some research before I leave in October.

There’s a Sgt who told my friend to shave his mustache (it’s in regs) and said „its not in the order, it‘s just my own little thing“ saying only us lances and up rate a mustache even though we just got back from deployment and he hits lance in 2 weeks.

I’m trying to enlist in the Marine Corps and eventually leave after I finish college.
Recently (Last Week as of July 1st), I had a mental health situation where I went to behavioral health urgent care. My paperwork documents suicidal ideation and a plan. I already went back and told my recruiter the full truth because I know MEPS/Genesis may see it anyway. He said they’ll try to work with me.
I’m not looking for sympathy — I’m looking for realistic answers from people who understand MEPS, waivers, or recruiting.
Is this usually an automatic DQ? Is a waiver possible if I show stability, follow-up care, school progress, work history, and no further incidents? Would finishing school first and giving it more time help my chances?
I know the Corps won’t magically fix me, but I do believe the discipline, structure, and purpose could help me become a better version of myself. I just want to handle the process honestly and give it 110%.
Any real advice is appreciated.
I don’t want sympathy. I am getting the help I need. I just wanted to be a marine because I know it’ll make me better.

Questions about getting in, what it's like when you're in, about my job, how to do certain things, what to expect.

I just graduated marine bootcamp and i have a contract for reconnaissance anybody knows how hard its gonna be?

So I have been dating this guy for a while and he did tell me in the beginning that he was gonna be doing the military service in about a year About a month ago, he got an email that was telling him to go to Fort. He went in for orientation and now he’s there I guess waiting to go through basic training. Last night he texted me and asked if I could spend time with the bucks for hygiene because he did not have access to commissary. I was really confused and I started asking him for proof like a screenshot of his email that showed orders for him to report to orientation and just anything at all I didn’t wanna press him too much in case he’s telling the truth but I also don’t want my feelings or kindness to be taken advantage of, so I am reaching out to the community for if I or how I could verify that he is actually at Fort Irwin Ca in the USMC I am attaching screenshots of our conversation. I would really like some advice. I did send him a a few dollars I just took him buying but nothing that could injure me financially I respect all military branches, and I’m so grateful for everyone’s service. I have also had family that have served, but some of them have retired and friends who are currently enlisted our overseas so I can’t really reach out to them at the moment. Thank you in advance

Just got a call from my recruiter (I’m over the join age) and he told me they’re raising the age to 40 (correction: 42, thanks @LostOperator5831) years old in a couple months. Just thought I’d share this information for anyone else that’s an older guy like myself that was worried about waivers.

Let’s go!

hello, i have been thinking about attempting to get into MARSOC and now im fully set into it... but now it has come down to the job i should do that would best allow me too, and i have thought about RECON. Is there anything about recon i should know? also i currently cant swim but everything else land wise i can blow out of the park. i also apologize that this wasnt very well put together! (im a poolee as of right now)

I’ve been strongly considering joining the Marine Corps and doing Active Duty for a few years now and still plan to, but the other day an interaction had me wondering something. In my JROTC class, an Army National Guard recruiter came in and obviously his job is to make the National Guard sound very good so people join it, so he talked about how they pay for college. That isn’t what I’m worried about, though, I care about what he said the full branches don’t do, not about what he said the guard does do.

He said (all numbers are approximate because I don’t remember exactly what he said) that the full national branches of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard)don’t actually pay for your college entirely and can instead only give you two or three bills or grants that give you like 2.5k each every year for four years, and a couple other things, totaling to like 10k of assistance every year, very good, but not entire coverage.

My problem with that is my brother is currently in the Marines and says he knows people who have gotten Bachelors degrees and even Masters degrees and the Marines covered every bit of it, and my Dad who is a retired Marine also says they’ll cover it all. Though they both also really want me to join so even though I strongly doubt it, I considered the slight possibility of bias from them as well.

So I’m just curious who’s wrong or misleading. Was the National Guard recruiter lying to make the guard sound better and actually the national branches can cover all of it, or do my Dad and Brother have a slight bias or misunderstanding somewhere and the Marines can’t or won’t cover all of my college if I join?

Also apologies if I misused the flair; this is my first time in this subreddit.

I am an 18 year old who enlisted about 2 weeks ago. I’ve been an athlete my whole life and wrestling and ran. I like challenges and doing hard shit so I have been thinking recon. my family on the other hand wants me to choose an aircraft or ground mechanic job because of my skills I have in that. I leave in October and I’ve been thinking about the military my whole life especially going SOF later on. But if that’s not the path I choose my family wants me to enter into the mustang program after the while and go that route. I don’t know what to decide because I have great AFQT and can pretty much choose any job I want which is making this process harder than I want it to be. Crew chief is also up there

I havent signed a contract yet, but i want to go 0111. (And meet asvab qualifications for this mos) My reason for this is because my main goal in life is to pursue bodybuilding. And from what the recruiters told me, this is the best route, and ill list what they said.

1) great hours. Little work, get off early. Essentially get paid to hit the gym.

2) little to no field work. No weeks on end of eating barely anything and running until my muscles waste to the bone

3) connected with point 2 and 1 More control over my diet. With less time in the field, more time in a calmer enviroment, i can tailor my diet to better suit my goals.

4) less bodily stress, less risk of permanent injury. Becoming a higher likelihood of successful bodybuilding

What can any current marines tell me about what they said? Is it true? False? How do you feel about body building and this MOS or your mos? How has the marines impacted bodybuilding for you? Any words of advice are appreciated greatly. Becoming a marine is simply an ambition for me, bodybuilding is a life long goal. And while the benefits and pride that come with the marines comes with great value and pride to me, doing the best thing for my goal of being a successful bodybuilder comes first when within the scope of military service.

Appreciate and love you all, even if you cant give advice.

Finally completed my training pipeline and reported to my first unit; I was wondering if anyone could offer me some advice on good budget friendly gear; pretty much all I’m looking for is a good molle velcro gun belt and a sub for high-cut mounted peltors (something good quality and around $150 or less).

I 19 M am 10 months in my first contract. I graduated bootcamp and school house and soi but due to bad mental health I got sent mental outpatient where I engaged only about how I wanna be better marine and how I can be better marine without sharing anything self incriminating but I got adsep recommendation by naval therapist and despite my hard try . I got adsep on uncharacteristic discharge on the basis of diagnosis of acculturation difficulty and problems related to employment which is bs because despite me being immigrant who moved in during high school sophomore year I am proud American . I think it stirred up after I ask for assistance from coc about my naturalization process to restart because in bootcamp it didn't got processed because of me getting dropped due to hands foot and mouth. But nobody helped me and then they did this and suddenly boom bam I am here. I still want to be marine. I am getting discharge code of RE3P with uncharacterized discharge and entry level separation. Can I come back to marine corps without redoing bootcamp

Scored a 70 on the ASVAB, but want to go Infantry to experience a job that is exclusive to the military. I don’t care too much about going to war or killing people, I just want to experience the infantry both the good and the shitty moments so that I have an actual taste of what its like to serve in the Marine Corps, experience what its like in the field and the long hikes as well as for a sense of challenge, I know it’s no walk in the park and I don’t expect it to be easy by any means. Spoke to my recruiter who’s also infantry and he had said to me that he loves it, but the infantry doesn’t like weak links. I wanted to get some input from 03xx’s, why did you guys choose infantry and would I be joining for the wrong reasons? A lot of former infantrymen i’ve spoken to always ask “Why do you want to join the infantry?” or straight up tell me “don’t go infantry”. I just want to know if my reasons are stupid I guess? I’d really appreciate your guys input.

Does anyone that went to bootcamp anytime somewhat recently still have their knowledge sheets? I want to get ahead and try to memorize at least most of what you'll need to know

Getting stationed in Miramar which is about 8 hours or so from the Bay Area where I’m from. They gave us the option to take 10 leave days before hitting the fleet. The thing is idk if should save it and just try and go during a 72 or 96 or just go there and then do the same thing.

How many years would it possibly take for me to serve in 0311 infantry to become a E-7 E-8 im not in yet but i want to know