army or maines

[tony]

Reserves or Full time? Anything you want to know I'll tell you.. especially the stuff the recruiter wont tell you.

[81911SC]

Full time, and that's exactly what I want.
I like to travel and want something to set me up in the civilian world making good money or something in LEO.
Thanks for the help.

[preferredduck]

What do you have to base that on? The ONLY place that i will agree to this is that the AF have nicer barracks. After that, it is all the same. If anything, the AF has to put up with more childish BS than any other service. That was 1 of the things I miss most about the Corps. You were given the most rope of any service, but if you abused the freedom they were the most likely to string you up by it.

A couple of my experiences.

1. NAS Pensacola for A School. Navy and AF had to stay in uniform 24/7 for the first month they were there, then they were allowed to wear civilian clothes and go off base. We Marines were off abse the day we got there.

2. Afghanistan, Army and AF were required to carry their weapons with no rounds and no magazines. They called it a safety hazard. Marines (my unit) were required to carry loaded at all times except while in the chow hall or the gym.

3. Okinawa, AF had to get a signed pass to leave base for the first month they were on station. Marines could leave anytime they wanted after the first week of indoc classes. E-1 to E-4 were not allowed to stay out past midnight though without signed permission.

you are correct about the naavy and the uniform crap. my ex-wife was at corry field right down the road and i was like WTF? i know all abt NAS pensacola.

[Reaper]

Air Force ftmfw. Air Force lifestyles better, and Army pay is about the same. Marines have the worst living conditions and 0 bonus'. Army bonus' are equivalent to Air Force. It really depends on what you wanna do. But I'm enlisted in the Air Force so I'm bias.


but considering you spelled MARINES wrong, thats where you belong.

[BanginJimmy]

Air Force ftmfw. Air Force lifestyles better, and Army pay is about the same. Marines have the worst living conditions and 0 bonus'. Army bonus' are equivalent to Air Force. It really depends on what you wanna do. But I'm enlisted in the Air Force so I'm bias.


but considering you spelled MARINES wrong, thats where you belong.

Leave it to the Chair Force to bring up the intelligence thing. Personally I think you are smarter to want to be around people that know how to defend themselves with small arms if they end up in a combat situation.


Every other service has to use a bonus to get enough people to enlist, while the Marines are overbooked for bootcamp without any. So yes, it depends on if you want someone next to you that joined for school and a bonus, or someone that chose to earn their spot as member of the best fighting force in the world. You decide.

[Master Shake]

--certain jobs will pay a signing bonus if they need people in that field, but again i have seen this promised and never delivered, so take what you want from that.

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in order to get the full sign on bonus, you gotta do things, for instance, i'm enlisted to go, and i'm getting a 15k bonus for my job, however, if i don't make it thru the school for it, i don't get the bonus. make any sense?

so, what you seen, could have been similar to that, and the other person didn't mention it or whatever.

[bluuuurr]

Are there any active NAVY guys on the board? I'm the guy that's waiting on the waiver to get into the Air Force. I went and showed a NAVY recruiter my asvab scores yesterday and he said that he would get the ball rolling for me immediately. (Whereas the Air Force have been seriously taking their time).

[BanginJimmy]

Are there any active NAVY guys on the board? I'm the guy that's waiting on the waiver to get into the Air Force. I went and showed a NAVY recruiter my asvab scores yesterday and he said that he would get the ball rolling for me immediately. (Whereas the Air Force have been seriously taking their time).

What are you looking to do?

[Danny]

Leave it to the Chair Force to bring up the intelligence thing. Personally I think you are smarter to want to be around people that know how to defend themselves with small arms if they end up in a combat situation.


Every other service has to use a bonus to get enough people to enlist, while the Marines are overbooked for bootcamp without any. So yes, it depends on if you want someone next to you that joined for school and a bonus, or someone that chose to earn their spot as member of the best fighting force in the world. You decide.

wow great post.

[Reaper]

Leave it to the Chair Force to bring up the intelligence thing. Personally I think you are smarter to want to be around people that know how to defend themselves with small arms if they end up in a combat situation.


Every other service has to use a bonus to get enough people to enlist, while the Marines are overbooked for bootcamp without any. So yes, it depends on if you want someone next to you that joined for school and a bonus, or someone that chose to earn their spot as member of the best fighting force in the world. You decide.

I was actually kidding with that comment, I have several friends that are Marines. Outside of SOF's, Marines are the first to go in for a reason. I am a firm believer that every single branch needs each other. We all have specific purposes, everyone makes fun of all the other branches, I think its stupid. Its like comparing which SOF is better..It's impossible, they all have different missions. Its all about what your looking for in life. I've always wanted to be the guy that blew stuff up, but didn't want to go eod. So I've decided to be a TACP(tactical air control party). Calling in airstrikes for the army and getting to potentially work with Rangers and Special Forces and going through Ranger school and the HALO etc.

Eventually I want to be a Pararescue and just work CSAR missions. They are opposite sides of the spectrum but thankfully Air Force offers both jobs. If I went Marines I'd want to be Force Recon, but theres no specific contract, they just take the best volunteers in your batallion and off you go to indoc. But there is no contract for that, you just have to be the best, theres no promises you'll even be allowed to tryout. I can see why, but I also think that some perservere over others in those kind of situations and if you want a shot take it. Everyone has different reasons for different branches, its all about your personality and goals. I actually just met a Force Recon Marine who's transferring into the Air Force (he's a reservist currently) and going into Combat Control. Hell I met a guy at the gym recently thats been in every branch and every SOF, started with Marines, went to Navy, Army and is now a PJ for the Air Force. Don't ask me why lol

Anyways, to all those that serve or have served, thank you. To those that are currently in, maybe I'll see ya down range.

[Reaper]

Are there any active NAVY guys on the board? I'm the guy that's waiting on the waiver to get into the Air Force. I went and showed a NAVY recruiter my asvab scores yesterday and he said that he would get the ball rolling for me immediately. (Whereas the Air Force have been seriously taking their time).

they did the same thing for me, it sits on some captains desk while they process all the others through. 50,000 airman will go through bmt this year. just be patient, and nag your recruiter.

[preferredduck]

Are there any active NAVY guys on the board? I'm the guy that's waiting on the waiver to get into the Air Force. I went and showed a NAVY recruiter my asvab scores yesterday and he said that he would get the ball rolling for me immediately. (Whereas the Air Force have been seriously taking their time).

my dad is retired navy but works for the navy school in athens for another two weeks if you need anything he still knows people.

[tony]

You know who is really hard to get in touch with? The mutha*#*(& Coast Guard, I've been waiting all summer for a response.