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Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

I'm finishing my BA in a couple of years and I'm hoping to commission into the Marines as a LAV officer.

Is this normal joining the military dumb or is this bonus dumb for some reason I haven't thought of yet?

edit: I'm finishing up at a 2-year right now and have been talking to the ROTC people at the school I'm hoping to transfer to, but I figured I could get a more honest answer about this particular point here

Internet Wizard fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Sep 26, 2012

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Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

What if I had a prescription for an anti-depressant once for my ADD, but I only took it for a week or so and I hated it so I stopped? Also this was 5 years ago.

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

This is probably a dumb question, but if I have a housemate that smokes pot and does a crappy job of ventilating his room, I don't have to worry about that showing up when I go through MEPS, do I?

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

Vasudus posted:

If he became an 11/12B RIGHT NOW, as in MEPS today, ships tomorrow, BCT starts on Monday, he'll still probably miss out on Afghanistan.

I know an Army infantry guy that had a deployment for this year canceled so chances of a deployment seem pretty slim even for those already in.

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

Are you assuming the Marines do electronic stuff while standing?

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Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

HATE CURES TRANNYS posted:

Not trying to be all "hurr mah branch :smug: " but besides impressing girls is there any realistic scenario to join the corps over any other branch?

Watched too much Generation Kill.

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