View Full Version : Is DEP all there is, now?
rvillac2
05-31-07, 02:13 AM
Hey, Marines/Poolees, I have my own question now.
Is a long DEP the only way to enlist in the Corps, now? Back in '86, I shipped out about 10 days after my initial visit to MEPS.
Has anyone heard of anyone recently joining up so quickly?
I'm just curious.
Thanks,
davblay
05-31-07, 09:09 AM
My Son in laws Nephew enlisted on March 16 and shipped March 26! So yeah it still happens! He Graduates June 22nd!
Marine84
05-31-07, 09:37 AM
That's what I find funny too - some of these kids are in DEP for a whole freakin year! Do you know how many times I change my mind in a DAY much less a YEAR!?!?!?!?!?!
davblay
05-31-07, 09:48 AM
When I enlisted in 1969, March 18, I tried like hell to get them to let me leave sooner than May12, but to ends! Yeah I don't see how these poolees do it! A year in DEP would be like a jail sentence to me! I want everything YESTERDAY!
Echo_Four_Bravo
05-31-07, 02:08 PM
I had to wait about 7 months to ship but I think that was just because the RS was above mission and filling all the seats on planes to SD that they could get.
I wanted to enlist so badly I joined DEP while I was a junior in H.S.
Then I shipped a week after my 18th b-day (jul 4...)
I couldn't leave fast enough...I had been slated to ship right after graduation..but it got changed..