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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
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Usmc
well i joined the USMC the other day and i found out i got the job i wanted to get, doing intelligence/ground elect warfare. i leave for paris island january 4th and im super pumped. im already in good shape but that time will give me more time to make sure im in better shape. and i go in as a E-2 bc i have a college degree(only a 2 year)
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David
Age: 20
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Re: Usmc
nice! congrats man! I wish I could get in the military..damn heart murmur.
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
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Re: Usmc
thanks bro and that sucks u cant
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Registered User
Age: 24
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 2,537
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Re: Usmc
Welcome to the military...You'll have fun in the Marines...Did you get any kind of bonus?? I ask because from what I understand there are stopping all bonuses and incentives...Like the other day a memo was put out saying that if anyone wanted to re-up ( Army ) that they can only do so for 2yrs with no incentives and bonuses...Apparently every branch is getting overstocked because of the economy and having to cut back / be more selective on who they let come in...Anyways congrats on your enlistment....
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
thanks man, and on the bonus im not to sure yet, we still have to talk about a couple of things and that is one of them
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NOBODY FUX WIT DA JESUS!
Age: 30
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: Usmc
Ah, I see you took my advice Lee. Congrats!
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
hell yea bro thanks again for everything, did a little better then i thought on the asvab and decided to go for the intelligence gig instead of the mech repair
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Registered User
Age: 24
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Re: Usmc
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
o ok haha well i guess that answers that
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Registered User
Age: 24
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Re: Usmc
I mean I'm 99.9% positive about that...Your career counselor would've said something about it...
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NOBODY FUX WIT DA JESUS!
Age: 30
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: Usmc
so, what did you score on the a.s.v.a.b?
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
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Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
also i didnt have a career counselour, i just had a liasion who basicly went over my ship date and how i cant be racist, sexist or gang related. so idk man
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
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Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
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NOBODY FUX WIT DA JESUS!
Age: 30
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 268
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Re: Usmc
hey lee, nothing is set in stone until you swear in the second time before you leave for bootcamp. don't let your recruiter bullshit you. it's their job
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
ok cool thanks man i was a little worried on that signing bonus shit, im going to call him tomorrow and ask about it.
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Registered User
Age: 24
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Re: Usmc
Hopefully you'll get one...I just got a email stating that the Army Referral Bonus Program will be suspended starting July 1st...I know this doesn't apply to you but goes to show that the branches are getting full...I barely got my DS slot in the Reserves for after I ETS...The ecomony is forcing 30-40 yr olds to join and everyone inbetween...
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
damn, even though it is a different branch i can see them doing somehting similar to that, hopefully ill get one because i got sworn in the first time last week
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Educating da masses
Age: 34
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Usmc
7 month wait huh? I had 9. Best advice I can give you right now.. Start working out. Check out the Marine Corps Daily 7, do some running, crunches, pullups. Just start building yourself up. Also learn your general orders, rank structure, both enlisted and officer, Marine Corps and Navy. Start referring to yourself as Recruit (and whatever your last name is) when around Marines or other poolees.
Semper Fi |
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Keepin' it Gangsta!
Age: 27
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Re: Usmc
Congrats Marine, Semper Fi!!!
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Registered User
Age: 21
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 95
Location: Jacksonville NC User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
congrats man. make sure you talk about that bonus because 3 years ago when i joined i didnt get shit. and now guys are getting like 10 grand. the marines are getting soft. but catch it wile you can because all our bonuses are going away. before last month my bonus to reenlist was 53k and now its only 20k. but hey man congrats and GL at bootcamp.. not that you will need it. just remember man just because you get a constant paycheck dosent mean you have all the cash in the world and stay away from 90% of the places in jacksonville NC when you get there
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
thanks guys, also thanks for the tips, and Sgtm yea 7 months because i gotta finish getting my 2 year degree, gotta have something to fall back on if i dont like the corps and do not reinlist. and ill be sure to stay away form the places in jacksonville hahaha.
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Registered User
Age: 24
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 4,999
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Re: Usmc
jacksonville is a shit hole, and good job on finishing your degree. turned out i regret joining, and i quit school for this. soon as i get out, im gonna go back to school full time.
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Registered User
Age: 26
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 2
Location: San Diego User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
i just got done with marine corps recruiting duty you can always change your job and add bonuses after you have dep in. you can even change your bootcamp date as well. do you have any questions.
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Registered User
Age: 26
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 2
Location: San Diego User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
he's not a marine yet. he needs to graduate boot camp first. Intel is a good job you will like it. it was one of the jobs everyone wanted when i was recruiting in san diego.
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
thanks for the heads up on the shit holes guys. and as for the bonus, do i ask my recruiter whats the deal with it becuase i see him tomorrow at three for the welcome aboard deal
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Boobies
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Re: Usmc
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Registered User
Age: 24
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 2,537
Location: Savannah, GA User is: Online |
Re: Usmc
Well your not technically "in" the Military until after basic/boot....You're trying out for it...You can walk out and just get written off as a failure to train because you're not in the Military yet..
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
ok cool, talked to the recuiter the other day he said there isnt a signing bonus, but there is one for completeing my MOS taining after bootcamp, he said that itll either be 5grand or 10grand, he will know for sure when october comes around. he said he wont know until then because thats when the government starts the year and the bonus's for this year are done so ill have to wait till then and that works out because i leave jan 4
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Registered User
Age: 24
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Re: Usmc
That's good to hear at least there is a possibility of getting one...Yeah you won't recieve the money until after successful completion of training...
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
yea thats what he said
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Registered User
Age: 19
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Usmc
Have fun man, my buddy just graduated 11 days ago. My other buddy leaves within this week or next, cant remember.
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
that means your buddy and my buddy went down at the same time, hahaha ask him if he knows a floryan, big ass tall kid
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HEY WAS UP S-DIMERS
Age: 23
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Re: Usmc
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Fri'chkn n wtrmeln -nom!
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Usmc
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
holy shit zap thats crazy
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Fri'chkn n wtrmeln -nom!
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Usmc
Wellllllllllllllllllllll.......................... .........that made matters worse because now he's at risk and we had to do "Suicide Watch" 24/7 for a week straight on him while they did psych evals on him, which made it take even longer to out-process him. Had to wear a road-guard vest 24/7 to signify "SW" and everything....of course he wasn't going to harm himself and he even apologized to me and my battle buddy one night in the wee hours of the morning for causing us to have to put up a SW for him. ![]() |
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Registered User
Age: 22
Join Date: May 2009
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Re: Usmc
Did they tell you where you are going for your AIT school. I am in intel with the Navy and we go to school with marines in Pennsacola, Fl. Just depends on what part of intel you are doing.
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
they said most likely its going to be in norfolk VA
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
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Registered User
Age: 24
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Re: Usmc
I remember having to pull Suicide Watch on guys in OSUT...and still do pull guard on them...If it is after C.O.B. or late at night ...Since I don't sleep they don't sleep either when I pull guard...Nudge them every min or so .....
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Registered User
Age: 21
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: Usmc
If you don't have a bonus now, don't count on one. Don't worry about one, if you worry about the money you're in the wrong job, the pay isn't great. You're already signed up and pumped, they're going to give that bonus to somebody to swing them over the line or sign a longer contract (such as a winger).
And stay away from any car dealership/computer salesman/anything with a loan that is within 15 miles of base. All they do is rip you off. Boot camp: keep your head on your shoulders and don't take anything personal and you'll make it. It might hurt but you'll make it. That's all this lance criminal has to say. |
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
thanks man for the encouragement. im so pumped, got less then 6months to go and cant waitlol
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Shazam!
Age: 25
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Re: Usmc
Congrats man! I did 5 years Aviation Radar Repairman, in Yuma and the Stumps! Oh and a tour in Iraq. But I knew a few Intel guys cause they have our crypto for the radar and they loved their job. Hopefully you will to!
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
thanks man. do you know how it was like for them? dsoes intel just sit in a room basicly? my recruiter kind of seems like hes not too sure
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**Unleashed Extremes**
Age: 25
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Re: Usmc
I got a bonus with my mos, but honestly I would have taken one less year than 5 years and a 5K bonus that turned into 3500. Good luck in boot camp then school. Just hope you dont get orders to Okinawa like i did.
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
i had to do a 5 year because my mos school is almost a year long, and i wanted to do 0300 so i could get a nice bonus, buttt i cant really use that when i get back to the civilan world lol, and shit thats not good about okinawa, i was act hoping to go there, why is it so bad?
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**Unleashed Extremes**
Age: 25
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Re: Usmc
yeah, my school was almost a year long too. i was in 29 from aug 06-jun07. i take it back about okinawa, its not that bad, but i have been here since july 07 and just ready to go back to the states. trucks are really expensive here, but there are a few bagged and bodied ones. if you like drifting, your in luck, its kinda of addicting, just dont buy a skyline like every other amereican here.
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where's my chippy?
Age: 20
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,846
Location: staatsburg, ny User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
haha alright ill be sure not to buy a skyline. by chance do you know where the MOS school for intell is?
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**Unleashed Extremes**
Age: 25
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Location: Winchester, VA but in Japan right now. User is: OffLine |
Re: Usmc
the intel specialist course is in Dam Neck, VA
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