Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Decision to Join the United States Marine Corps

By John Canfield


Congrats on your determination to earn the title United States Marine. You'll find it hands down one of the most considerable choices you have made in your life, and that you will make for the rest of your lifetime. It is not an easy road, and not everybody who will starts on it, will get to the end.

On your journey, you will gain experiences and memories that will probably last a lifetime. You will experience happiness, dismay, exhilaration, monotony, exhilaration, and exhaustion. You will create bonds of trust that you will carry with you for the rest of your entire lifetime. You're going to become more confident, mature, physically and mentally strong, and build a mindset of never giving up and mission achievement.

Let there be no misunderstanding. Us Marine Corps Recruit Training is the nation's most difficult military boot camp. It's longer in duration than any of the other services'. If you successfully pass the initial cut and arrive at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island or possibly Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, you'll find yourself in a world that you never could've thought. You will be sent to your boundaries of mental and physical exhaustion. . .and you then will be pushed beyond those.

During boot camp you will begin to notice a change in your self. In the beginning uncomfortableness, discomfort, hurdles, and friction will be things that stop you from thinking it is possible to execute a task or goal. As time continues, you'll welcome those adversities because you realize you're no longer that civilian you left behind when you walked foot on the yellow footprints. You are well on your path to earning the title and experiencing the transformation that lasts forever. If you graduate, you will have earned the right to don the sought after Eagle, Globe, and Anchor and the opportunity to call yourself "Marine".

After your graduation, you will be offered the opportunity to take 10 days of post graduation, or "boot" leave ahead of reporting to the School of Infantry. All Infantry Marines will report to Infantry Training Battalion, and all non-Infantry Marines will report to Marine Combat Training Battalion. Infantry Training Battalion is just about 8 weeks in length, and Marine Combat Training Battalion is somewhere around Four weeks long. Upon graduation from ITB, the vast majority of Infantry Marines will report to the Fleet Marine Forces. A small number of others will report to Light Armored Vehicle Crewman's Course, or Basic Reconnaissance Course. All of the non-Infantry Marines will report to their follow-on Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Schools.




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