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Hello, I am currently a Private First Class in the Army National Guard. I'm wanting to switch to the USMC and earn the title of Marine. I have a few questions.

First, is the USMC taking...

Hello Marines! I'm enlisting in a few weeks and I'm thinking about the Motor Transportation MOS field.I love cars but I really don't have technical knowledge on them.I'm thinking of going to college...

Thanks for the reply Sergeant! I have another question.How much mechanic work do you get to do on the LAV? Also,do you always ride on the LAV or do you occasionally patrol on foot?

Thanks for the reply Capital M and congrats on being a Marine(late I know but I remember when you were still a poolee on here). How do you like being an 0861?

Thanks for the replies Marines! I know this is an old thread but I'd rather dig this one up than start another one.I took the ASVAB at school and got a 94 AFQT so I'm wondering if that will affect...

Thanks for the reply Sergeant Ritter for the link Gunnery Sergeant Rubio. Cool how you have the same last name as me :) Also I have another question.Can I be in the Marine reserves and do NROTC in...

Good afternoon Marines,
I just recently moved out here to Utah and I've been thinking about the reserves.I have a few questions about mos 0313 though.What do they do on a normal drill...

Yes I am planning on finishing High school.This coming year will be my last year.I plan on enlisting as soon as possible in the delayed entry program and so I want to know if I have to wait until my...

Hello Marines,

I have two questions.The first one is what is the earliest possible
time I can start the enlistment process? I turn 17 in 3 months and I've heard you can start the...

Good afternoon Marines,
I've been talking to my parents about my desire to DEP in three months when I turn 17 and so far I've had some mixed responses.My mom says she wants me...

Nevermind I see now that 267X is linguist.By the way I've narrowed my choices down to 02xx(intel),26xx(sigint),or 06xx(comm) if I could get some more info on those fields that would be...

Thanks Ma'am.I looked up the job fields in the link but I only see 26xx and 27xx so I'm still confused as to what 267xx is.

@Sparkie: Lol cooking isn't one of my favorite things...although I do...

What is 267xx? any info on it would be nice. Is that like SIGINT stuff?

Good evening Marines,
I recently took the ASVAB test at school and scored a 94. I've been talking to the Marine recruiters and I'll be able to DEP in September.In the meanwhile I've been going to...

Hello Marines,

I just wanted to know what PT is like in boot camp. Do you do PT every day or just a few days a week? what is a regular PT session like?

Thank you for your answers!

Thanks for the reply! So how do you know what job within the artillery field you're selected for? Did they just assign everyone a job or did you get some say in what you wanted?

Thanks for the reply!Any Marines with any info on what a day in the Artillery is like? I'm enlisting in September (hopefully) and I'd like to know more about the 08 field.Also how are you selected...

Thank you for the reply and I'll try and narrow it down. I'm looking at Artillery,infantry,or Combat engineer right now.They all sound interesting to me.Out of these which provides the most options...

Good evening Marines, I was wondering if you could give me some advice on MOS's. I can DEP in September but I'm wondering what MOS field is good in your opinion? Something that's out in the field and...

So I ended up going but the Marine recruiters weren't there so I followed my friend next door to the Army station....Whew they tried to get me interested...and they almost did.They were telling me...

Good evening Marines,
I'm going to the recruiter tomorrow with my friend who wants to join the Army(both recruiting staions are next to each other) and I'm just wondering if you Marines have any...

Thanks Marines! I'm trying to improve my fitness so that by the time I DEP I'll be in good shape! A few weeks ago I wasn't even able to do one single pull up so I feel like I'm improving! :) I really...

Hello Marines,I was just wondering,I've heard that you have to have a 1st class pft to be infantry,is this true? I can pass the pft but barely.I have lots of time to improve it but I was just...

Hey Marines,just wondering,if you're seventeen you need parental permission to join but whose? both parents? I live with my Mom but the only one who'd sign would be my Dad who I see every two...

Thanks for the replies Marines! I'm now looking at maybe graduating early so that way I can get my diploma and not have to wait as long.I talked to the counselor at my school and she said that it's...