View Full Version : G2 with a 5 year Contract
toughdude03
10-08-09, 09:37 AM
I just have a simple question to anyone who knows exactly what it is.. I was originally in the DEP for the motor pool for the Marines, and as of yesterday I was told i am now in the G2 Infantry for a 5 year contract and it comes with a bonus. Does anyone know what they do exactly?
Jensen139
10-08-09, 10:31 AM
What do you mean? You will be in the infantry.
Capital M
10-08-09, 11:22 AM
Security forces maybe?
toughdude03
10-08-09, 12:19 PM
Its a part of the Infantry. The Infantry isn't just one thing. Its a group of different jobs. And i Would've been told i had 03 infantry but i was told G2 Infantry, and now i have to sign for 5 years instead of the initial 4, and it comes with a bonus, so it has to be something different, that is what im trying to find out.
Jensen139
10-08-09, 01:45 PM
the same infantry jobs are on the G2 contract.
It reads- This incentive only guarantees that I will be assigned to either MOS 0311,0313, 0331, 0341, 0351 or 0352 (MOS 0321 is excluded) I signed one yesterday.
Don't you read what you are signing?
I have a copy of my contract in front of me so if you have any other questions go ahead and ask.
Jensen139
10-08-09, 01:47 PM
G2 is just the name of the contract. Like how UH is a 4 year infantry without a bonus
Endurance89
10-08-09, 03:52 PM
Damn all you lucky poolees with G2s and UHs. I would give my left nut for an infantry MOS.
Jensen139
10-08-09, 04:44 PM
Damn all you lucky poolees with G2s and UHs. I would give my left nut for an infantry MOS.
Don't give up. My original MOS was admin when I enlisted May 1st. I literally called my recruiter every week asking about infantry jobs. When the new list came to the office I was the first person he called. I was able to switch to a G2 contract and still keep my ship date of Dec 7th. :)
Endurance89
10-08-09, 06:34 PM
Don't give up. My original MOS was admin when I enlisted May 1st. I literally called my recruiter every week asking about infantry jobs. When the new list came to the office I was the first person he called. I was able to switch to a G2 contract and still keep my ship date of Dec 7th. :)
Haha! Nice man. Any job in the Corps is a job worth doing, but the move from admin to infantry must have made your day. Congrats!
Yeah, I will keep asking him about it. But, in the end, I would be happy with air crew, just not as happy as I would be with infantry.
atimmons
10-09-09, 05:34 AM
Remember, if you don't get your desired MOS right away you can switch in 2 years. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Endurance89
10-09-09, 10:43 AM
Remember, if you don't get your desired MOS right away you can switch in 2 years. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I think that might just be a switch to a different job in the same field.
Life if you had D6 (comms and repair) you could move from repairing electrical equipment to working with radios in the field.
I don't think you can go all the way to a new field.
If you can, that's pretty sweet.
MarinesFTW
10-10-09, 09:59 AM
There giving bonuses for Infantry?? So many people want it, wonder why they even need to give out money lol. Btw Jensen, did you sign a contract saying what your MOS of choice is? I've been told I dont sign until I go to MEPS the day I ship.
Jensen139
10-10-09, 01:12 PM
I think the bonus was more for the 5 year contract then it was for infantry I may be wrong though too. I think only reservists get to choose their MOS, and active duty choose a MOS field. I will be active.
MarinesFTW
10-10-09, 04:01 PM
Well yeah, that is what I ment. I mean signing the paper saying your MOS field.
Hartford
10-11-09, 03:09 PM
There giving bonuses for Infantry?? So many people want it, wonder why they even need to give out money lol. Btw Jensen, did you sign a contract saying what your MOS of choice is? I've been told I dont sign until I go to MEPS the day I ship.
You should get our MOS Field contract before you go to MEPS to ship. I don't ship until January and signed mine in early September. I think you'll just sign another copy, a more official copy, when you ship.
MarinesFTW
10-11-09, 07:40 PM
alright..
DangerousDan
11-09-09, 11:09 PM
Same thing happened to me, can anyone explain to my what a G2 is and does?
Same thing happened to me, can anyone explain to my what a G2 is and does?
A G2 is a 5 year UH (infantry 03 field) contract with a small bonus compared to a standard 4 year UH contract with no bonus. Then there is a G3 UH contract which is a 6 year UH contract with a slightly larger bonus than the G2.
Does that answer your question?
DangerousDan
11-10-09, 04:50 PM
Thank you
How dyou know if you got a signing bonus? I'm always afraid of asking a stupid question on here, but I'm a bit hazy on the details - I have a 5 year contract, UW - Presidential Security, does 5 years automatically give me a bonus, or would I have been told that when I went to MEPS?
eleventen32
11-18-09, 07:36 PM
How dyou know if you got a signing bonus? I'm always afraid of asking a stupid question on here, but I'm a bit hazy on the details - I have a 5 year contract, UW - Presidential Security, does 5 years automatically give me a bonus, or would I have been told that when I went to MEPS?
Ask your recruiter whether or not you got a bonus.
I'm pretty sure having a five year contract does not mean you get a bonus. I have a five year Intel contract and I do not have a sign on bonus.
Kierstead
11-18-09, 10:18 PM
I have a G2 contract. fresh out of Boot as well. its a five year contract going 03xx. $7500 bonus, not sure if its for the extra year or infantry though.
Jensen139
11-18-09, 11:19 PM
kierstead, when did you sign your contract? Mine was for $4,000 and I've read that from other's recently as well.
TheRichmondKid
11-20-09, 01:04 AM
Man wish my 03 contract came with a bonus. Gunny Sergeant told me "The Army will give you whatever you want to get you to sign up. You can have a t-shirt!". :D
dds0113
11-20-09, 08:31 AM
I took G2 because there were no regular 4-year contracts for 03XX... What's another year? (and $4,500 of course)
Endurance89
11-20-09, 11:47 AM
I took the job because I have wanted infantry since I was 10. My dream is to be apart of the world's most elite infantry.
I couldn't have cared less about the money or the additional year. I was happy, ecstatic, really, to finally be *this* close to fulfilling the dream of becoming a Marine with an infantry MOS.
thebird
11-27-09, 06:23 PM
I had a UH contract, but switched to G2 because I didn't see any reason not to. $4,000 bucks and an extra year in the Corps. How can you go wrong?
Jensen139
11-27-09, 09:25 PM
You do know that you'll actually be getting around $3000 though right? Uncle Sam has to get his! Contrats I too signed a G2 contract. I leave on December 7th. I can't believe that I leave so soon. I enlisted May 1st 2009, but I first started meeting with recruiters in August of 2008.
dds0113
11-28-09, 10:07 AM
Yes yes I know. $3000 is still a good chunk for the used harley or honda cruiser I'm gonna buy.