iwant2BMarine
01-09-11, 04:51 PM
hello to all,
little info about me and how i decided i want to be marine:flag: its a little long but hopefully one of you guys can help me out if i explain the situation.
ive been trying to join the military (seriously now) for about a month. i had it as a very possible career plan since 17 but took the last year thinking about if i wanted to just go to college or enlist in the marines. after checking out my school and comparing and contrasting both, ive realized that the marines is the perfect place for me. it offers me things that i need for myself and to build a better future and become a stronger and better person, from offering me a career to paid school to strenghtening my physical body as well as my mind. make me a better leader and more confident. in the past the military always comes up when thinking about future plans but i never took it serious mainly because my mother and family/friends and their views on the military have affected my decision.although i was considering seriously enlisting back in 2003/4 but thats also when the whole iraq/afghanistan war thing was just fresh starting and once again mainly because of my mother/friends i chose not to take that route.
i am now 22 have lived on my own for years now, and i dont let other people and friends affect my important life decisions anymore. i also feel like i wasted so much precious time. i truly want to be a marine and im now prepared to go through the process training hardship and pain to become one. i no longer fear going to war which i know is a possibility anytime you enlist, if thats what it takes for me to defend my country and protect my fellow americans then so be it! also i spoke to my mother about it a few days ago and she actually didnt respond the way i imagined.(maybe cus im older now too im sure it would of been a different story me telling her at 17/18). she actually says if its going to make me happy its my life and i can choose what i want and she'd support my decision in the end. :) i got even more motivation after hearing that from her.
i felt like nothing could possibly stop me now. unfortunately because of hardships starting at 16/17 and dropping out of highscool to work 2 jobs to pay rent and my father kicking me out the house(because i had gotten a earing and didnt want to go to church anymore) i dropped out of highschool at that age barely surviving completely on my own and making ends meet. since i started considering school or military now that im a bit more stable in my living conditions and am completely independant (not by choice but out of necessity) i got my ged this past april. i tried for school but cant afford it and after checking it out i know its not for me anyway. my career goal is to be a critical care nurse(ER), be able to save lives and deal to the best of my ability in situations of great emergency and pressure. i spoke to a friend who just got back home yesterday from graduating bmt. the change i see in him all i can say i admire it and im envious. so after speaking to a recruiter over the phone (i work 6 days a week 10 hours a day, sundays my only day off and recruiting offices are closed so i havent been able to go in person but requested a day off for week after next to visit) he told me this.
-nobody in the military (in general army navy etc.) arent taking geds (maybe because we're in a recession and there not as desperate for recruits because many people are joining anyway)
-if i had an actual highschool diploma from a highschool instead of ged id be in
-i have to take 15 college credits with the ged to be able to enlist
-unfortunately he wasnt very helpful and i felt rushed when i wanted to get possible options and ask alot more questions.
now this is a problem for me because i cant afford school even after financial aid because i recently moved to a new state and am still considered "out of state tuition" and have to wait another year before im considered a resident and can afford to actually go to this community college and still pay my rent so im not living in the streets. i cant afford to go back to my resident state to attend school because i have nowhere to live there now and also since i just found out about the semester fee last month 2 weeks before my school start date(i was suppose to be in school already right now to get the 15 credits as of jan 4th) ive missed the spring semester sign up and couldnt even go back to ny and sign up or just stay here in miami etiher way id have to wait til next january(2012!) to start college, do the semester and THEN get shipped out. i feel like im in limbo i cant do anything and i dont want to waste anymore time not going to school not being in the military and still in a dead end job having no important purpose in life, i feel like a superbum. i wanna feel like a marine.
now ive read online and everywhere i go it says that ged ppl can be accepted if they get a waver or score high on the ASVAB. also that they do allow small percentage enlist as tier II. ive taken a practice ASVAB didnt even concentrate too much on it because i was at work (im always! at work). but my score was 73 and im confident i can do better. i only weigh 130 im 5'9(a little skinny)but i used to run long distance track the 3 years of highschool(was very good, got medals came in 2 and 3rd place in queens wide race and 17th place in a state wide track meet with over 2000 other top runners in a 20mile long distance race), . i attended and have no problems with the physical part of it. i can do the 34 situps and 38 pushups in less than 2 mins, as i read on a website you should for bmt. im confident i will not quit i wouldnt dare to and that i would see this thru til the end!
so my possible options are these that ive came up with, after reading online and breaking my head trying to figure out how i can possibly join this year and not have to wait a year just to start school and go through another 4 months of school just to start the marines bmt:
1)request a waiver which im gon try tomorrrow asking the recruiter if its possible
2)asking to take the asvab test and if i can get a higher than average score if i could possibly have a chance like that
3)moving back to ny in another month and since ill have no place to live go to job corp(where i can study and live for free in a dorm style work n study environment.) and acquire 675 clock hours which is equivalent to 15 semester hours adding that to my ged would make me a tier I equal to someone with a highschool diploma or college credits.
^this 3rd option is looking like what i may have to do but i was just hoping that instead of wasting 4 months in job corp and studying any random technical thing just to be able to gain the hours and be elligible to join the marines when i'd rather just join directly and invest that time in bmt and my future mliitary career and instead of starting in 4 months be graduating from bmt in 4 months=)!
another of my friends is so lucky he got in with no ged because he got a waiver since he got a 82 on asvab and also they put him on some program that he gets his ged while in bmt or sumthin of that sort was what he told me.
PLEASE I DONT WANT TO WASTE ANYMORE TIME IF I WOULD OF JOINED ORIGINALLY WHEN I WAS 17/18 I WOULD OF HAD MY CRITICAL CARE NURSE CAREER MOST LIKELY AND BE SERVING AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE MARINES (OR EVEN SERVING AND MY LIFE WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER AND EXCITING, AND HAVE SO MUCH MORE PURPOSE RIGHT NOW BEING A MARINE AND BEING ONE OF THE FEW THAT GETS TO PROTECT HIS COUNTRY WITH HIS LIFE, AS WELL AS HAVING SOMETHING THTA WILL MAKE ME MORE ESSENTIAL IN MY CRITICAL CARE NURSE CAREER =(. DONT WANT TO WASTE ANYMORE TIME I WANT TO HAVE MY CAREER ON TRACK BY 25 AND THE MARINES WILL MAKE THAT A REALIZATION AS WELL AS IMPROVE MANY OF MY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE. I WANT THAT CHANGE I SEE IN OTHER BMT GRADUATES. ANY SUGGESTIONS OR BETTER/MORE ECONOMICAL OR FASTER ROUTES TO ACHIEVING MY GOAL WILL BE HAPPILY APPRECIATED. I DONT CARE IF I HAVE TO WAIT 2 MORE YEARS JUST TO GET IT BUT I PREFER NOT TO WASTE ANYMORE TIME IM ALREADY 22. i wanna be on the right track already no more deviating what i feel is what im meant to be as life keeps leading me right back to the same door ive refused to enter in the past.
little info about me and how i decided i want to be marine:flag: its a little long but hopefully one of you guys can help me out if i explain the situation.
ive been trying to join the military (seriously now) for about a month. i had it as a very possible career plan since 17 but took the last year thinking about if i wanted to just go to college or enlist in the marines. after checking out my school and comparing and contrasting both, ive realized that the marines is the perfect place for me. it offers me things that i need for myself and to build a better future and become a stronger and better person, from offering me a career to paid school to strenghtening my physical body as well as my mind. make me a better leader and more confident. in the past the military always comes up when thinking about future plans but i never took it serious mainly because my mother and family/friends and their views on the military have affected my decision.although i was considering seriously enlisting back in 2003/4 but thats also when the whole iraq/afghanistan war thing was just fresh starting and once again mainly because of my mother/friends i chose not to take that route.
i am now 22 have lived on my own for years now, and i dont let other people and friends affect my important life decisions anymore. i also feel like i wasted so much precious time. i truly want to be a marine and im now prepared to go through the process training hardship and pain to become one. i no longer fear going to war which i know is a possibility anytime you enlist, if thats what it takes for me to defend my country and protect my fellow americans then so be it! also i spoke to my mother about it a few days ago and she actually didnt respond the way i imagined.(maybe cus im older now too im sure it would of been a different story me telling her at 17/18). she actually says if its going to make me happy its my life and i can choose what i want and she'd support my decision in the end. :) i got even more motivation after hearing that from her.
i felt like nothing could possibly stop me now. unfortunately because of hardships starting at 16/17 and dropping out of highscool to work 2 jobs to pay rent and my father kicking me out the house(because i had gotten a earing and didnt want to go to church anymore) i dropped out of highschool at that age barely surviving completely on my own and making ends meet. since i started considering school or military now that im a bit more stable in my living conditions and am completely independant (not by choice but out of necessity) i got my ged this past april. i tried for school but cant afford it and after checking it out i know its not for me anyway. my career goal is to be a critical care nurse(ER), be able to save lives and deal to the best of my ability in situations of great emergency and pressure. i spoke to a friend who just got back home yesterday from graduating bmt. the change i see in him all i can say i admire it and im envious. so after speaking to a recruiter over the phone (i work 6 days a week 10 hours a day, sundays my only day off and recruiting offices are closed so i havent been able to go in person but requested a day off for week after next to visit) he told me this.
-nobody in the military (in general army navy etc.) arent taking geds (maybe because we're in a recession and there not as desperate for recruits because many people are joining anyway)
-if i had an actual highschool diploma from a highschool instead of ged id be in
-i have to take 15 college credits with the ged to be able to enlist
-unfortunately he wasnt very helpful and i felt rushed when i wanted to get possible options and ask alot more questions.
now this is a problem for me because i cant afford school even after financial aid because i recently moved to a new state and am still considered "out of state tuition" and have to wait another year before im considered a resident and can afford to actually go to this community college and still pay my rent so im not living in the streets. i cant afford to go back to my resident state to attend school because i have nowhere to live there now and also since i just found out about the semester fee last month 2 weeks before my school start date(i was suppose to be in school already right now to get the 15 credits as of jan 4th) ive missed the spring semester sign up and couldnt even go back to ny and sign up or just stay here in miami etiher way id have to wait til next january(2012!) to start college, do the semester and THEN get shipped out. i feel like im in limbo i cant do anything and i dont want to waste anymore time not going to school not being in the military and still in a dead end job having no important purpose in life, i feel like a superbum. i wanna feel like a marine.
now ive read online and everywhere i go it says that ged ppl can be accepted if they get a waver or score high on the ASVAB. also that they do allow small percentage enlist as tier II. ive taken a practice ASVAB didnt even concentrate too much on it because i was at work (im always! at work). but my score was 73 and im confident i can do better. i only weigh 130 im 5'9(a little skinny)but i used to run long distance track the 3 years of highschool(was very good, got medals came in 2 and 3rd place in queens wide race and 17th place in a state wide track meet with over 2000 other top runners in a 20mile long distance race), . i attended and have no problems with the physical part of it. i can do the 34 situps and 38 pushups in less than 2 mins, as i read on a website you should for bmt. im confident i will not quit i wouldnt dare to and that i would see this thru til the end!
so my possible options are these that ive came up with, after reading online and breaking my head trying to figure out how i can possibly join this year and not have to wait a year just to start school and go through another 4 months of school just to start the marines bmt:
1)request a waiver which im gon try tomorrrow asking the recruiter if its possible
2)asking to take the asvab test and if i can get a higher than average score if i could possibly have a chance like that
3)moving back to ny in another month and since ill have no place to live go to job corp(where i can study and live for free in a dorm style work n study environment.) and acquire 675 clock hours which is equivalent to 15 semester hours adding that to my ged would make me a tier I equal to someone with a highschool diploma or college credits.
^this 3rd option is looking like what i may have to do but i was just hoping that instead of wasting 4 months in job corp and studying any random technical thing just to be able to gain the hours and be elligible to join the marines when i'd rather just join directly and invest that time in bmt and my future mliitary career and instead of starting in 4 months be graduating from bmt in 4 months=)!
another of my friends is so lucky he got in with no ged because he got a waiver since he got a 82 on asvab and also they put him on some program that he gets his ged while in bmt or sumthin of that sort was what he told me.
PLEASE I DONT WANT TO WASTE ANYMORE TIME IF I WOULD OF JOINED ORIGINALLY WHEN I WAS 17/18 I WOULD OF HAD MY CRITICAL CARE NURSE CAREER MOST LIKELY AND BE SERVING AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE MARINES (OR EVEN SERVING AND MY LIFE WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER AND EXCITING, AND HAVE SO MUCH MORE PURPOSE RIGHT NOW BEING A MARINE AND BEING ONE OF THE FEW THAT GETS TO PROTECT HIS COUNTRY WITH HIS LIFE, AS WELL AS HAVING SOMETHING THTA WILL MAKE ME MORE ESSENTIAL IN MY CRITICAL CARE NURSE CAREER =(. DONT WANT TO WASTE ANYMORE TIME I WANT TO HAVE MY CAREER ON TRACK BY 25 AND THE MARINES WILL MAKE THAT A REALIZATION AS WELL AS IMPROVE MANY OF MY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE. I WANT THAT CHANGE I SEE IN OTHER BMT GRADUATES. ANY SUGGESTIONS OR BETTER/MORE ECONOMICAL OR FASTER ROUTES TO ACHIEVING MY GOAL WILL BE HAPPILY APPRECIATED. I DONT CARE IF I HAVE TO WAIT 2 MORE YEARS JUST TO GET IT BUT I PREFER NOT TO WASTE ANYMORE TIME IM ALREADY 22. i wanna be on the right track already no more deviating what i feel is what im meant to be as life keeps leading me right back to the same door ive refused to enter in the past.