PCS-ing

[Integrity57]

How often do enlisted Marines PCS? I'm not sure that PCS is the term that Marines use but, thats the only one I know of so, sorry, I'm a child of the Air Force.

[GySgtRet]

PCS means Permentant Change of Station. IN other words new orders teling you where your next duty assignment is. Simple terms so us Marines won't get confused.LOL

[Integrity57]

lol Sorry Sir, I didn't mean to come off that way, I just thought the Corps might have a different term for it, like the Corps uses the term MOS and the Air Force uses AFS i believe. But back to my question, is a Marines term at one base based upon a set time, like 1 or 2 years or however long? Or is it just being stationed at one base until you are given new orders to another base?

[Marine84]

I think I moved once a year after school - I had a year and a couple of months left when I got back from Iwakuni so I had a little longer at the last one.

Never knew how that worked................I think somebody throws darts at a board with different places on it when your name is drawn out of a hat.

[GySgtRet]

I didn't take it negitively at all. I am saying we Marines usually need a compass and map to get around LOL (land nav. you will learn this at bootcamp). Depending on your MOS and the needs of a particular duty station will depend on how often you move. Inor as a general rule about 24 months but there are excepetions. I know this sucks to keep you life in order but life is like that too.

[Integrity57]

Thanks for the answers to my question Marine84 and GySgt, I appreciate the knowledge

[Echo_Four_Bravo]

I did not PCS after MOS school. In my MOS you usually stayed at one unit unless you were sent to Oki, in which case it was a one year tour. Other than that, things tended to rotate every three years for you.

[Kegler300]

I PCS'd 14 times in 30 years, so that's about every 2 1/2 years or so.

[killerinstinct]

it also depends on your MOS and the the numbers CMC tells the units. I know my Gunny was in the same unit all his career. Never did a B billet at all.

[spwilliams7236]

I PCS'd 4 times in 7. Never a dull moment