All ready to go

[poolee womack]

I finally got down to the Main Marine Recruiting office today and took my IST and passed so I am all ready to ship off. I am looking forward to it just have to get all of my stuff memorized and I'm off in a couple weeks here.

[Patrick8605]

Good to go. I suggest reading all you can on this site. Everything you want to know is on here. If you don't find what your looking for (after extencsive research on this site) ask. The Marines on here are all willing to help and so are some of the poolees who have been here a while. So, do lots of PT, read the info on this site and come back and tell us what Boot was like.

[benny rutledge]

well,lotsaluck!Get used to people screaming at you,sleep depravation,strange food and a thing called the "GRINDER".By all means come on back and tell us about it.I went thru Sept.67' and to this day still don't know how I survived it.Semper Fi ! Best of luck.:banana: :banana:

[Barry]

Congrats. which way you headed, east or west?

[poolee womack]

I'm going East to PI.

[Seeley]

Good luck poolee womack :)

[poolee womack]

Thanks, I am looking forward to going so much now I almost want to just walk in my recruiters office and try to get shipped off this week but i figure that i might as well make the best of the free time I have now and get in a little better shape.

[ktriplett]

enjoy the time you have before you leave for boot camp. Pretty soon, you'll be thinking, "what the hell have I gotten myself into?" But, thirteen weeks later, it'll all be well worth it. Good luck. Sound off, stay squared away, put out, and you'll be good to go.

[Sixguns]

Good luck. We look forward to hearing from you upon your successful completion of training.

SIXGUNS

[jenrmurray]

Good luck, Poolee Womack!

[poolee womack]

Tommarow i have to go to my recruiters to get my Mos finalized and that will be it. I just can't wait to get started.

[benny rutledge]

Poolee Womack,can't help but admire you GUNGINESS,but how the heck do you get your MOS prior to boot camp?The CORPS needs for manpower change daily.If your test results,scores etc.meet an open billet in LOWER SLOBOVIA that just happens to be open,you could find yourself in a CASUAL Company awaiting VERY strange orders.Are you sure your recruiter isn't pulling your leg?It HAS been known to happen.Hey there, lotsaluck anyhoo.P.S. just WHAT M.O.S. were you told you would be?:marine: :marine:

[poolee womack]

i am said to be locked in the logistics field but my specific job isn't picked.

[ketner]

good luck poolee womack i ship of too in a couple of weeks have fun and keep youre head up

[poolee womack]

Benny Rutledge I am not sure if I just worded myself wrong at first or if I am learning something new from you about not having any say in your job. In case i said it wrong I just ment that my job field is supposed to be logistics as to what specific job in logistics I am unshur i have been told i will find out when basic is over but the recruiter says it will be a job in logistics. If my recruiter has been pulling my leg and he can't guarentee anything someone please tell me so i know not to expect logistics for sure.

[poolee womack]

Benny Rutledge I am not sure if I just worded myself wrong at first or if I am learning something new from you about not having any say in your job. In case i said it wrong I just ment that my job field is supposed to be logistics as to what specific job in logistics I am unshur i have been told i will find out when basic is over but the recruiter says it will be a job in logistics. If my recruiter has been pulling my leg and he can't guarentee anything someone please tell me so i know not to expect logistics for sure. PS: I wanted to be 03 but there are no open spots and i can't get in that at all.

[firstsgtmike]

Poolee Womack,

Appearantly you have been guaranteed an MOS in the Occupational Field of Logistics. (I believe it is 04xx, but I'm too lazy to verify it.)

Within an Occupational Field are a variety of MOS's, or specific jobs within the field. Some are management related, and are not entry level positions, therefore there are rank and previous MOS experience requirements.

Your assignment to a specific entry level position (MOS) within your guaranteed Occupational Field will depend primarily on two things:

Your ASVAB scores, and other requirements. (Sex, security clearance, etc.)

School openings relative to your MCRD graduation date.

Your Recruiter has guaranteed you that which he is able to do. He, as I, told you that your specific job in logistics will be made known to you during the last week of basic training.

When Benny Rutledge was an active Marine, guaranteed Occupational Fields were just coming into being. He was correctly speaking from his reference point, as I am from mine.

If we are lucky, you will get a "heads up" from Sixguns, and he will be better equipped to explain what I said.

Relax, you will be getting a logistics MOS.

[poolee womack]

Ok thanks for the info thats what i thought was going to happen I just wanted to make sure I was correct.

[benny rutledge]

Recruit womack,I got a similar deal from recruiter that strange Summer of 67'.I would be "Aviation Guarantee".Still pretty open ended,just knew I didn't want to Cock Cannons or drive a Tank.At the end of the Graduation Ceremony our D.I.,a fearsome individual with a constant growl called the platoon into a loose formation around the Footlocker he was standing on and said,"Listen up!you MARINES!Attention to orders,listen up!"Right then he started handing out MOS and "A"School assignments.We all held our breaths as he kept repeating 0300,0311("Oh no,we're all gonna be Grunt's!")finally there was my self and four others,plus two from another platoon,"My favorite turd,Private Rutledge who do YOU know?You and these six knuckleheads are going to Lakehurst,N.Jersey,6064 Parachute Rigger,Congratulations,Base liberty commences now and the Smoking lamp is lit" I got Aviation in a offhand way but loved every minute of it.Go Womack Go... Good luck.:marine: :marine:

[poolee womack]

just over 2 weeks to go. Man the time has slowed down.

[poolee womack]

exactly 2 weeks to the day until I ship!

[Cuelocks]

Poolee Womack,

"enjoy the time you have before you leave for boot camp. Pretty soon, you'll be thinking, "what the hell have I gotten myself into?" But, thirteen weeks later, it'll all be well worth it. Good luck. Sound off, stay squared away, put out, and you'll be good to go."
-ktriplett

I second that advice! Show no emotion...sometimes there would be recruits that would show attitude, or show that they were ****ed off, etc. Don't ever let the DIs see that you have attitude because you'll get picked on, quarterdecked, pitted the whole nine yards. There were days when the DIs would just start pitting people because they had a few extra minutes and they would say "hey recruit, you ****ed me off 2 weeks ago, get in my pit...or hey recruit you didn't walk in step the other day, get on my quarterdeck." So don't try to stand out in any negative way...but we all go through getting pitted and quarterdecked so just expect it, its really not that bad...at first your like "this sucks" but a few weeks into bootcamp you really notice that you start to get stronger and then the pit sessions aren't so hard any more. Don't be a messy recruit, push yourself in PT, don't request to go to sick call all the time (unless your leg is about to fall off). Always try to be better than you were the day before...the DIs will notice who has heart and who wants to put out and who really wants to be a Marine the most. They might start giving you responsibilities and if they do, carry them out to the best of your ability. During PT they always told us "if you don't feel like you want to pass out and puke everytime you PT then you are not truly pushing yourself." You can do it...good luck man! Feel free to ask me any questions, I just got out of boot a few days ago.

PFC Andersen

[poolee womack]

One more week and I will be off to PI!

[firstsgtmike]

Womack,

If you don't pick the brains of Cuelocks, either pm, e-mail, or posted, don't EVER say that you were not prepared.

I have no doubt that you will make it. The question is, the easy way, or the hard way.

I wish I had a Cuelock before EYE went to bootcamp.

Tell us about it when you get back.

[poolee womack]

I will post all about it when I get back and me and Cuelocks talked more then once on the pm's I pm'ed her as soon as i seen her post saying she just got back.

[HOOORAAH]

YOUR DI WILL TREAT YOU LIKE WORTHLESS SCUM BUT IN THE END YOULL THANK HIM/HER CAUSE IT IS GONNA MAKE YOU THE STRONGEST MARINE YOU CAN BE.

[mardet65]

Originally posted by poolee womack
One more week and I will be off to PI!


Remember, thousands before you hacked boot camp, as will thousands after you. Good Luck!

[Osotogary]

poolee womack,
I'm not qualified to give you any specific advice but you might want to keep this in mind. When asked about MCRD a Marine replied, " It's a Blank-Blank place but it serves a purpose." Keep in mind, no matter what, that what ever you will be going through will be serving a purpose. Good luck to you. You WILL do well.
Gary

[assault69]

will actually be a stoic during training help you or onlt edge them to break you down even more?

[poolee womack]

Finally after an extended ship date i am out of here in a matter of hours. At 7 p.m. today i will be on my way.

[CAS3]

Best Wishes..
Hope to see you back here as a MARINE.
We are all behind you.

[ProtectnServe]

goodluck womack. I'll cya on the 25th

[Osotogary]

I know everyone is affectionately referring to you as Poolie Womack. I'm not going to buck that trend (I respect it too much) but I will alter it somewhat by calling you Mr. Womack, this once.
Take care of yourself. You will do well.
When the sheet hits the fan and you are right in front just think of all the folks who are supporting your efforts (if you ever have time to do this). You are not a loser. Losers never take your first step. Good luck. You have got a solid base of support behind you.
Gary

[Super Dave]

Like i've said before to others.....You came to PI with a massion to be come a Marine..stay true on your mission and do not let ANYTHING stop you from completing it...The rewards last a lifetime.

[cjdoyle]

IM NOT SURE HOW MUCH HE CAN GUARENTEE BUT I DID KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE MOTOR T BEFORE I WENT BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHEATHER I WOULD BE A DRIVER OR A MECH.

[offhand200]

Well I'm new to this sight. But for soon to be private Womack. My name is Sgt Chapman And I work at WFTBn Camp Pendleton. If you go to boot camp In San Diego, then you'll be coming my way about 1 month in to your training. I'm A PMI (Primary Marksmanship Instructor) and I work On Delta Range. If you come my way pay attention cause I get mean. :-) Best of luck to you.

[joemustang]

Womack

hey man im leaving for Boot in exactly one month and my MOS is logistics. There are alot of fields in logistics and when i asked someone on this site about it they told me i would find out as soon as i got to the logistics MOS schooling. when exactly are you leaving? i go on September 22. well whenever you go make sure u are ready, try to start running about 3 or so miles at least 3 times a week to get used to all the runnin, you dont wanna be a slacker, you get in trouble from what i hear. peace bro.