flasticles
08-02-06, 12:19 AM
I've been working with my recruiter to determine a path towards becoming a Marine officer, but have run into some conflicting information. I want to be enlisted as a reservist throughout college (I'll be a freshman in the fall) to give me a leg up when I become an officer (hopefully infantry). At the moment this is the plan that my recruiter is pushing me on:
Freshman year
-Boot (apply to PLC immediately)
Sophmore year
-OCS part one
Junior year
-OCS part two
Senior year
-The basic school
He claims that while in the PLC program my unit will not deploy me. Also, having not gone to SOI, I won't be fully trained yet and thus useless on the ground. He did tell me, though, that it is possible that I could be ordered to complete my training and leave college for deployment.
Would I be better off simply applying to PLC and foregoing the reserve enlistment beforehand? Would that hurt my chances at becoming an infantry officer?
Anyone have any information for me?
Thanks.
Freshman year
-Boot (apply to PLC immediately)
Sophmore year
-OCS part one
Junior year
-OCS part two
Senior year
-The basic school
He claims that while in the PLC program my unit will not deploy me. Also, having not gone to SOI, I won't be fully trained yet and thus useless on the ground. He did tell me, though, that it is possible that I could be ordered to complete my training and leave college for deployment.
Would I be better off simply applying to PLC and foregoing the reserve enlistment beforehand? Would that hurt my chances at becoming an infantry officer?
Anyone have any information for me?
Thanks.