View Full Version : Student or early enlistment age 17
Andrew419
10-22-07, 09:32 PM
My buddy and I are looking to join the Marines. We're going to be 17 by february, and I know in the Army you may join then and go to bootcamp. Is there a porgram or an opportunity such as this? I'd like to go to bootcamp over summer between my junior and senior year of high school. Is this possible?
Thanks,
Andrew
Echo_Four_Bravo
10-22-07, 09:38 PM
No
Andrew419
10-22-07, 09:41 PM
Is there anything that i can do while i'm 17?
Echo_Four_Bravo
10-22-07, 10:38 PM
If your parents will sign you can enlist into the Delayed Entry Program. But, you won't be going to boot camp or anything until you're done with school.
The DEP is a good thing though, you'll PT and learn from the recruiters and get prepared for boot camp.
Covey_Rider
10-23-07, 04:30 AM
I wanted to do the same thing but couldn't...I ended up pushing myself and graduating after my junior year of high school so that I could be a Marine. I'm now 18 years old and have been in for over a year and I don't regret a thing. It just depends on how motivated you are to become a Marine.