Search:

That's not very competitive at all. A lot of the candidates I've known or heard of getting selected lately are between 290-300 PFT and high 3.X GPAs. But you have two years to bring up your...

Nota Bene: I am not admin. Someone who works in an IPAC could probably answer these questions best.

But as a guy who got BAH in the IADT pipeline as well, I can tell you that you will rate some...

Go talk to an OSO as soon as possible. They can best tell you your options, because only he or she knows the timelines, board dates, current competition, available slots, etc. for your geographic...

Revere isn't too far from my place. If the dude crops up again claiming Marine Corps decorations or whatever, I'm sure myself and some other Marines could pay him a "visit"... heh.

Roger that. Well I can say that there were indeed LCpl's at ISLC while I was at Geiger recently; saw them with my own eyes. One CI said that about 40% of the recent classes have been LCpl's in...

You might be thinking of your friend attending IULC (Infantry Unit Leader's Course)?

The in-residence Cpl's Course as mandatory to make Sgt is also new:...

It used to be that ISLC could replace Corporal's Course for required PME. However as of a year or two ago there was a MARADMIN that said that ISLC now does not satisfy the requirement to attend...

One school that is exclusively an opportunity for 03XX Marines is Infantry Squad Leader Course (and Machinegun/Mortar/Anti-Tank Section Leader Course, depending on the flavor of your MOS). You can...

Welcome to the Pointless F'ing Chevron club. :D

I'm assuming you got the PFC for referrals (which is why your recruiter is involved and you're not getting it as a matter of contract), in which...

I went through a similar path to yours, realizing I was not going to secure an OCS slot due to the sheer volume of competition I enlisted in the Marine Corps at 28 years old and with a Master's...

I understand that Marines reporting to ITB (SOI East) are able to bring some small items of extra gear with them.

I also fully understand that anything we bring we may be expected to store,...

He probably meant a DD215, because he was supposedly trying to talk about some sort of correction for an award. The DD215 is given if corrections need to be made a servicemember's DD214 after...

I typed "General Orders MP3" into Google and the very first result was the MP3 I started with. May I suggest you read "A Message to Garcia"?

I found MP3s online of someone slowly speaking a lot of knowledge topics: general orders, leadership traits, leadership principles, etc.

I just played one at a time on infinite repeat in the car...

Your profile says you live in Arizona. Your state offers some free resources and advice from medical professionals about quitting at: http://www.ashline.org (ASHLine is the Arizona Smokers Helpline,...

This thread is an outstanding resource. Thank you, Master Sergeant.

Understood. Thank you for the clarification on being assigned to regimental HQ being office-type work versus field work.

Are there less leadership opportunities working in the HQ for a developing...

It is. It's an Infantry Regiment.



I think the way I understood it from the Staff Sergeant I talked to, was that I could go the typical 03XX route, and after boot and SOI go into a platoon out...

I've been reading on Leatherneck for some time to learn as much as I can as I prepare myself to enlist. I am a wannabe with no prior military experience. Let me first say that your site is an...