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<blockquote data-quote="BearsFTW18" data-source="post: 10264939" data-attributes="member: 111061"><p>Ok I'm not in the Marines(yet) but I have plenty of friends in the military(every branch) so from all their stories maybe I can help you a bit with the MOS thing. I have a lot of friends who are infantry(Marines and Army) and they have ALL said the same thing. People portray the infantry as this badass run n gun always doing something job. Yes you are out there doing that stuff but thats not ALL you're doing. What I'm saying is don't think that infantry life consists of you getting into firefights every day and stuff. My buddy was in the Marines for 5 years he enlisted with a security forces contract and spent 2 years on the F.A.S.T team and then spent 3 years as an infantry grunt and I got a lot of advice/stories from him. He went on 3 deployments and he said he saw/did more in 1 deployment than he did in the other 2 combined. It's all gonna depend on what providence you get shipped to and what your companys mission is. They all said they love the grunt life, but don't think of it as how movies and tv shows portray it, because it's not that.</p><p></p><p>Combat engineer, I have friends who have this MOS and they love it. This is actually the MOS I will probably chose also. You will learn a whole variety of skills, skills that can be transfered into civilain life. That's something to think about. With CE you have a chance of being attached to an infantry unit and get to work with the grunts, or you could be air wing witch means you'll mainly be working on base/the airfield. </p><p></p><p>There's a lot of great MOS's but the important thing to remember is this is 4 years of YOUR life. Pick something that you can see yourself doing/think you'll be happy with for a full 4 years. </p><p></p><p>Have you been to MEPS yet?</p><p></p><p>Another thing, don't let your recruiter try pressuring you into an MOS that HE wants you to do. Mine tried pressuring me into going into Motor T because he needed to fill his slot for that. Stand your ground and say no. They'll also tell you bullshit like "well if you sign up for this MOS you can change it as many times as you want before boot camp incase you change your mind." No, don't listen to this. My brother was a Marine recruiter after he was honorably discharged and he told to never listen to that shit. </p><p></p><p>Getting your degree first is very smart, this is what I'm currently doing also. The best thing is to probably actually talk to Marines/Soldiers in person and get their stories and their advice. That's what I did.</p><p></p><p>good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BearsFTW18, post: 10264939, member: 111061"] Ok I'm not in the Marines(yet) but I have plenty of friends in the military(every branch) so from all their stories maybe I can help you a bit with the MOS thing. I have a lot of friends who are infantry(Marines and Army) and they have ALL said the same thing. People portray the infantry as this badass run n gun always doing something job. Yes you are out there doing that stuff but thats not ALL you're doing. What I'm saying is don't think that infantry life consists of you getting into firefights every day and stuff. My buddy was in the Marines for 5 years he enlisted with a security forces contract and spent 2 years on the F.A.S.T team and then spent 3 years as an infantry grunt and I got a lot of advice/stories from him. He went on 3 deployments and he said he saw/did more in 1 deployment than he did in the other 2 combined. It's all gonna depend on what providence you get shipped to and what your companys mission is. They all said they love the grunt life, but don't think of it as how movies and tv shows portray it, because it's not that. Combat engineer, I have friends who have this MOS and they love it. This is actually the MOS I will probably chose also. You will learn a whole variety of skills, skills that can be transfered into civilain life. That's something to think about. With CE you have a chance of being attached to an infantry unit and get to work with the grunts, or you could be air wing witch means you'll mainly be working on base/the airfield. There's a lot of great MOS's but the important thing to remember is this is 4 years of YOUR life. Pick something that you can see yourself doing/think you'll be happy with for a full 4 years. Have you been to MEPS yet? Another thing, don't let your recruiter try pressuring you into an MOS that HE wants you to do. Mine tried pressuring me into going into Motor T because he needed to fill his slot for that. Stand your ground and say no. They'll also tell you bullshit like "well if you sign up for this MOS you can change it as many times as you want before boot camp incase you change your mind." No, don't listen to this. My brother was a Marine recruiter after he was honorably discharged and he told to never listen to that shit. Getting your degree first is very smart, this is what I'm currently doing also. The best thing is to probably actually talk to Marines/Soldiers in person and get their stories and their advice. That's what I did. good luck! [/QUOTE]
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