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re: Does anyone here have a son who recently joined the Marines?
Posted on 6/18/25 at 5:05 pm to Mushroom1968
Posted on 6/18/25 at 5:05 pm to Mushroom1968
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However, you may want to discuss with him about going to college first and then going to the marines upon graduation
This is why I went the reserve route.
Joined May 2001. Went to recruit training, came home and did my first year at UL (at the time there was a TOW Plt in Broussard).
I was lucky and got to deploy a couple times. Yeah it took me 10 years to get my BA but at the end of the day I got that piece of paper debt free and gained a lot of experience doing it.
I don’t regret my path in the slightest.
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With grades like that, go to college via ROTC and join whichever branch as an officer.
He’d be better respected and have more knowledge on how to lead marines as a mustang coming out of the enlisted side vs coming straight out of OCS to the fleet. Again reserve route is the way to go.
This post was edited on 6/18/25 at 5:25 pm
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Posted on 6/18/25 at 6:21 pm to Mushroom1968
Posted on 6/18/25 at 6:48 pm to Mushroom1968
Your son seems to be smart so why would he join the marines? Air Force is where you use your brain and are able to use those skills in the real world once you are out. Sorry if i came off a little brash in my comment but us Chair Force veterans need to keep our we are smarter than you aura intact. 
I kid any branch will make him a better man but Officer sure would be the best path.
I kid any branch will make him a better man but Officer sure would be the best path.This post was edited on 6/18/25 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 6/18/25 at 7:17 pm to Mushroom1968
God Bless him…….. OCS
As a Combat Veteran….. I pray another American has to go into Combat
Allow. Boomers and. Carriers to destroy our Enemies from afar
Posted on 6/18/25 at 7:25 pm to Mushroom1968
Our youngest went in 2016 to 2020.Combat engineer. Tough work. Got a little action on deployment but we are fortunate he didn’t get to Afghanistan (where he wanted to be). The Corp made him a strong man.
This post was edited on 6/18/25 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 6/18/25 at 7:36 pm to prplhze2000
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Get. Him. On. The.Officer. Track. Period.
This. If he hasn't signed yet talk to him about ROTC or Service Academy. As enlisted he can still apply for usna until he is 22 years old.
A little known secret is he can choose his branch of service as a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy
This post was edited on 6/18/25 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 6/18/25 at 7:41 pm to armytiger96
Hell, if he wants to be a Marine officer, he can do one better and just hit up an OSO and get into the PLC program.
Regular college during the year, next to no extracurricular obligations and can do OCC during the summer while in college. Hell, you can split it over two summers if you get into the pipeline early enough.
However, ACT scores and GPA have minimized influence in the process. PFT score is what matters and a 280+ beats the shite out of a 4.0 in astrophysics so make sure your son is fit or they won't forward his package.
Regular college during the year, next to no extracurricular obligations and can do OCC during the summer while in college. Hell, you can split it over two summers if you get into the pipeline early enough.
However, ACT scores and GPA have minimized influence in the process. PFT score is what matters and a 280+ beats the shite out of a 4.0 in astrophysics so make sure your son is fit or they won't forward his package.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 7:42 pm to Mushroom1968
I really appreciate all the help 
Posted on 6/18/25 at 7:57 pm to Mushroom1968
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Straight A student and 28 on the ACT.
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and wants to do infantry
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the Marines
What in the frick
Posted on 6/18/25 at 8:18 pm to SlowFlowPro
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What in the frick
What's the big deal? You're making it seem all Marine infantry recruiting is done from juvie hall and alternative schools.
Plenty of smart people figure that they have their whole lives to be accountants, engineers, plumbers or whatever and want to spend a few years out of their environment, doing some occasional cool shite.
This post was edited on 6/18/25 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 6/18/25 at 8:27 pm to Missouri Waltz
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There are no non-combatants in the Marine Corp. Take that for what it is worth.
Don’t be ridiculous.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 8:27 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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I have no interest in putting my life in danger
if anyone could be a Marine, we wouldn’t be the Marines
no better friend
no worse enemy
OP, your son has decided to join a brotherhood of the highest order
lets hope that we never run out of young men willing to take up the challenge
Semper Fidelis…
Posted on 6/18/25 at 8:28 pm to Dissident Aggressor
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if anyone could be a Marine, we wouldn’t be the Marines no better friend
Way to completely miss the point. Great job
Posted on 6/18/25 at 8:56 pm to Philzilla2k
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Don’t be ridiculous.
Eh, he's not far off. If there's an eagle globe and anchor on your uniform there's a much higher than zero chance he will be outside the wire at some point in his career.
In my experience the Marines have the worst conditions/barracks, facilities, and honestly pay/rank structure of the branches. That isn't disrespect to those in uniform, just my experience having worked with them.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:21 am to danilo
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Based on the most recent data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in their 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report (reporting data from 2022), there were, on average, 17.6 Veteran suicides per day.
This is only relevant if there are other groups for comparison. What is the average suicide rate for insurance agents? Police? Attorneys? Salespeople? Uber drivers?…..
Posted on 6/19/25 at 5:57 am to NOLA1128
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I wouldn't trade my boot camp experience for anything.
Ditto, best decision of my life, and it still has effects on my attitudes and positivity about life now 63 years later! The details of what you can learn about life and yourself in 3 months on Parris Island can’t be run through in a few words on Tiger Droppings. I am sure that there are Marines who feel years later that they made the wrong decision in opting for the Corps, but I haven’t met any.
My initial boot camp platoon strength was 72 recruits, and about 24 did not make it to graduation. Some of those were “set back” to another platoon in an an earlier phase of the training cycle, and eventually graduated, .. some were discharged for the good of the Corps, because of lack of physical or emotional fitness and did not become Marines. All learned something valuable about themselves. I would love to find my Senior DI just to say “Thank You Sir”. SFMF!
Posted on 6/19/25 at 6:02 am to Mushroom1968
Did six years in the Corps from 1989 to 1995. Zero regrets and I would do it again if I had the choice.
Posted on 6/19/25 at 6:16 am to Mushroom1968
Congrats on another egg in the bowl for uncle Sam’s beater….
Posted on 6/19/25 at 6:23 am to Mushroom1968
What wrong with Air Force or Navy?
Posted on 6/19/25 at 6:25 am to Mushroom1968
I was 17 just like your son when I graduated from high school. I had actually signed up for the Army, and was sworn in at the Custom House in New Orleans, in January of my senior year.
When the recruiter came to get my Dad's signature to allow me to go at that age, my Dad chased him away. I had my Mom on board but Dad was a hard case, even though he was an Army veteran from the Korean war.
Eventually, Dad gave in and I was at Ft. Polk, LA. 2 weeks after graduation.
Best 2 years of my life...and it would have been longer had the reenlistment bonus been given all at once instead of $2400.00 given in increments over a few years.
Don't worry about the young man. Be proud and believe me, if he was raised right he will find his true self and become a man you all will be proud of.
When the recruiter came to get my Dad's signature to allow me to go at that age, my Dad chased him away. I had my Mom on board but Dad was a hard case, even though he was an Army veteran from the Korean war.
Eventually, Dad gave in and I was at Ft. Polk, LA. 2 weeks after graduation.
Best 2 years of my life...and it would have been longer had the reenlistment bonus been given all at once instead of $2400.00 given in increments over a few years.
Don't worry about the young man. Be proud and believe me, if he was raised right he will find his true self and become a man you all will be proud of.
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