National Call to Service?

[chrisjshim]

Marines,

Does anyone personally know someone who enlisted for two years under the recently enacted National Call to Service Act of 2003?

Have been talking to my recruiter and a very helpful SSgt. on the ************* website, so I know the ins and outs of the program (its obligations, its limitations, etc), but having a personal perspective would be appreciated.

yours respectfully,
Chris

[ftrmarinemp]

dont know anyone personally, but my recruiter told me the only people hes seen go in for that program are people who wanted to pay off student loans.

[HardJedi]

hmmm. never even heard of it myself. ahh well.

[chrisjshim]

Thank you for your replies ftrmarinemp and HardJedi. Like I said, I really know everything about the program -- the biggest setback for me is that because it's new and limited (less than a 100 slots a year, I think), recruits have *no* choice of occupational field whatsoever. There are a number of limited MOS's offered (MCO 1130.53P W, Ch. 1) -- everything from personnel clerk to rifleman. I'd like to get the latter, I'm worried about enlisting and getting a desk job. :( Every Marine is a rifleman, everyone serves and is important, but we can have preferences, right? Just wanted to chat with someone who's actually done it....

respectfully,
Chris