danwk7
01-24-10, 06:16 PM
Hello Marines. I'm not sure if this is the best area for this post, my apologies if it isn't. My name is Dan, i am 19 and i am in the process of joining the Marine Corps. I have always wanted to be in the Military, its my dream. For most of my senior year I was in the DEP and scheduled to ship out for Army boot camp because I wanted to become an Army Ranger. A week before I was supposed to ship to Ft. Benning, I was jumped by four guys and I sustained an injury to my eye. After many trips to MEPS for consults, they medically dropped me and told me to come back in six months. This was BS because my eye, and my eyesite are just fine now, I am totally capable of completing training and performing as a soldier. The next day I went to the Marine Corps recruitment station and got a new contract started with the Marines, but in a different area so I would go to a different MEPS with different doctors. Marines are not a second choice to me, I understand they are an elite and highly trained unit, but my problem is the Marines are not taking guys for active duty until November.The recruiter told me if I join the reserves, and then put in paper for transfer to active, it would actually get me there faster. My ultimate goal is MAR-SOC or Force Recon, and I don't think I can get there in the Reserves. I know it sounds arrogant or even silly that that's what I want, but I can't help it. I just want to do my best and try my hardest to be a Recon Marine. I want to get in ASAP, and im looking for the best way to do it. sorry to bore you with my life story, Any advice is much appreciated! Thanks Marines.
P.S.- I used the search tool to look for other posts concerning this matter, but for some reason the 6 digits you are required to type in to activate a search don't appear for me, the box is just white so I can't use the search tool.
P.S.- I used the search tool to look for other posts concerning this matter, but for some reason the 6 digits you are required to type in to activate a search don't appear for me, the box is just white so I can't use the search tool.