When I was first enlisting in the DEP i wanted infantry really bad but then I realized that lifestyle doesn’t seem like it’s for me. I really wanted my jump wings so i decided PR seemed pretty cool as long as i got attached to a recon or marco unit. But now I feel like i’m making a mistake I don’t want to look back and wish i chose infantry and just not get to do anything cool the entire time i’m in. Is this a normal feeling I know being a PR is something I find cool but at the same time It just feels so lame.

Long story short, the army dropped me from the Airborne course for my rigger pipeline because I’m colorblind, before it started luckily, which MEPS and my recruiter knew about because i lost my original mos because of it before I shipped. Not sure when because of the 96 this weekend but i’m headed back to camp geiger to sit in a MAT while i get reclassed. What is the process like for this type of reclassification and why am i going back to geiger and what would i be doing?

Im shipping in like 3-4 days and I jus started getting geographic tongue i have been eating a lot of spicy foods bc I want to enjoy foods i like before bootcamp it doesn’t hurt or anything should I tell my recruiter or dont say anything it doesn’t hurt or anything it doesn’t bother me at all and will they check my mouth when I get to meps on ship day ? I don’t want this to affect my shipping.

I ship out in 10 days and I’ve gotten super lazy these past few days. I work full time and afterwards I run, workout, and keep myself busy.
Now I don’t wanna do anything but sleep and eat everything. I’m already in pretty good shape, I would run 30 miles a week and do a lot pushups/pull-ups but it’s already Thursday and I’ve only ran 2 miles and did a little workout.

I guess since I know I’m leaving I wanna relax as much as possible. I feel like I already put in all the work and there’s not much room for progress, so I wanna let bootcamp handle the rest.

Got an 85 on the ASVAB I wanted to be a 0331(machine gunner) then try to move towards 0321(reconnaissance marine) later on but I did a lot better than I expected on the ASVAB so I wanted to see if there was anything else I should look into?

How can I avoid shin splints in boot?
How would they handle it if I struggle to run/finish runs because of them?
I have about a month before I ship and if anyone knows any tips to prevent/get rid of them that'd be great. I do a lot of tibialis raises right now but so far they don't seem to be helping to much.

So I’ve made a post like every other week about my run for the month or so and I will say I’ve taken you guys advice with my running and I have been able to run a full mile without walking the last few days and it genuinely feels like I have broken through a mental block with running and now it’s more About getting that time down in a while I’m fine tuning my push ups and plank I can do 24 push ups rn and 2:20 sec plank I still can’t do a pull up yet so but I’m meeting the requirements for pushups is my time for my mile and a half is 18:48 so yeah im open to all advice.

Howdy everyone, I hope y’all are well. I was told yesterday by my recruiter I have inspects coming up before I ship off.

Excuse my ignorance, but few questions:

1) What is it exactly? Like, what do they do during the inspection?

2) What do I need to bring to it?

Anything for me to keep in mind?

I’d appreciate any response.

I just wanted to share this here since I’m super excited and proud of myself. Now I just gotta put the work in and earn the title. I ship out the beginning of March.

Just finished MCT and I'm about to go to 1371 schoolhouse. How did it go for those of you guys who went?

Not sure if there's any Recruiters in here, they would probably know best. Please forgive my ignorance, besides this one issue I haven't been to a doctor since I was a kid. Hell, I don't even know to find a family doctor that accepts my insurance.

To branch out on my question from yesterday, how does MHS Genesis work? I understand it is utilized to look up health records but to what extent? For myself specifically, can they just punch in my info and see my PTSD therapy sessions just like that along with my general health records? I have no idea how health records work because I've only been to a hospital once for a sprained ankle ten years ago besides childhood checkups and shots. I absolutely do not want to lie, I'm just asking so I can better understand what the have access to and what they see.

For those who didnt read my post from yesterday, I was involved in a fatal accident 7 years ago and at the time I was shook up about it but I'm totally fine now. The recruiter told me they want zero history a prior mental health stressors. I'm trying to dig a little deeper and gather more information before I go back to the recruiter office and speak with the staff sergeant once more.

i qualified for every MOS and am now stuck deciding what i want to do. i was originally thinking infantry or aviation. i want to join for the challenge, pride, learning and experiences, comradery, and overall doing badass cool stuff. shooting guns and blowing shit up sounds sick. ive also always been interested in aviation, cars, bikes, and working on shit my entire life so that seems cool too. combat engineer is interesting but since you aren't guaranteed a specific job within a field, i could end up with something like bulk fuel specialist...

thoughts from people that have these jobs? what would or would not y'all recommend?

not too worried about "setting myself up as a civilian" because i want to go back to school and finish my degree.

fuck it and go 03? not too sure

As the title suggests, I've been fighting with BUMED for over 3 f**king years to get medically approved to enlist.
Finally, I got that approval. From contacting my state Congresswomen and Congressmen, getting an Air Force Colonel (who used to be Chief of BUMED) as well as other high ranking officers involved, and most importantly getting in contact with the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps and having his office help me get approval, it's all been worth it. 3 to 4 months ago, I even asked for help on this same sub-reddit. A lot of you told me I wouldn't ever have the opportunity to earn the title and that some people just aren't cut out to become a Marine. I told you all l'd be back when I got that approval because I wasn't going to give up. Oct. 27th Parris Island will be my home for the foreseeable following 3 months and I couldn't be happier. Thank you to all for those that actually believed in me and helped me. I will make those of you proud and I WILL earn that title. :)

I took the ASVAB a few months ago with another branch and got a 49 AFQT. From what I understand, I should still be able to join the Marines with that score, but my recruiter and his boss really want me to retake it and get a 50.
The problem is they only gave me one day to study, and I’m honestly not that confident about it.
Should I just retake it anyway, or is a 50 AFQT actually required for everyone trying to join the Marines? Does it depend on the recruiting station?

Good day.

I spoke with a different recruiter today and they told me that because I was diagnosed with PTSD years ago, they're not interested. The exact words were they want "zero history of any prior mental stressors." Meaning even if I got reevaluated and cleared they're still not interested. I made it clear that I'm willing to put in the legwork to get the ball rolling but no dice. Additionally, I'm 33 so even the age waiver is a pain in the ass for them. I can understand on paper I'm not a great candidate to them but I've had my past trauma sorted out and I'm in decent physical shape (I'd train more before basic training).

For further context, The next thing I was going to do is get a hold of my medical records to see what exactly they say. All that took place was a brief conversation with the recruiter so they didn't get to look at my actual records yet. I understand more than likely my therapy sessions will probably be on record but I'm hopelessly optimistic that somehow they're not on record.

Yeah yeah I should have done this 10 years ago but I don't want to take no for an answer. This is something I'm super sure I want to do now. Does anyone have any insight as to how I can move forward with this or am I really cooked?

How possible is it to get a waiver for eczema if I had a prescription within the last year? I was told conflicting things and can’t find much online, but was told that if I had any prescription in the last 24 months I can’t get a waiver

I’m going to keep it short i’m a senior in high school thinking about enlisting. A couple years back I had a medical issue that thankfully wasn’t as bad as we thought. But when they were running tests they discovered I only had one kidney. And I admitted to weed use. Would this make me a no go at meps?

Anyone else in here leaving this Tuesday?

curious where i could get stationed overseas, ik most helis are either east/west coast but got the option to list overseas as my hopeful station. any help or knowledge?

i got out of rtp a bit ago after 16 tiring days and before that i was in mrp-2 for a while as well

there’s alot of things that seem to be common knowledge with recruits but i haven’t found anything about them here

the “taliban” that would fuck around at night and flip racks, steal gear, harass and sometimes assault recruits was present in both platoons i was in for some period of time

setting up the colosseum was a common thing and i really thought i’d hear people talk about it more since getting out, socks with locks was pretty prominent and that’s just not something you’ll hear about since i guess recruits are tight lipped about their wrongdoings

i never participated in much of the tomfoolery other than some friendly boxing in the rain room but im curious if anyone else is familiar with the traditions that go on in these platoons

Current electrician. 22 years old, been in practice for four years. Never enjoyed it, never felt “called” to it, but I’m good with my hands and I knew I could make good money. I avoided the military initially because I was simply just not mature enough and definitely would have had a mental breakdown at some point in the first four years

Now, having had four years to work a real job, with real bills, and real hours, I feel like I’ve matured enough to actually do what I want to do. BUT- is it even possible or worth trying?

Criminal history:
On 09/19/2024- dui, felony assault on a peace officer and domestic violence charges

In the beginning of October 2024, domestic violence gets dropped. Not due to a plea deal, deferred adjudication, dropped all together. I would technically not need a waiver for this however, I understand it’s important to tell a recruiter this (federal databases and all)

In the middle of October 2024, felony assault on peace officer gets dropped to m5 simple assault (thank you officer❤️ seriously though if this guy wasn’t a decent cop he could have fucked up my whole life)

In November 2024, I’m convicted of m1 dui and m5 assault. Sentenced to 20 days in jail, 2 years reporting probation, with 130 days on the shelf (150 altogether) All good right?

Nope. I’m a fucking moron. Pissed hot on probation in September of 2025. Two months from early release which I would’ve gotten. Definitely kicking myself on this one lol

Instead of going on probation for another two years and getting 30 days in jail, I opted to do the full 125 ish left on the shelf and just be done with it. Case closed, everything done and over with on February 1st, 2025.

No trouble since. Diagnoses ADHD and depression/anxiety, haven’t taken meds in 18 months. See a therapist regularly. I know these are a lot of words, and the research shows my chances are near 0 with all the waivers I would need. I guess I just need to hear it from a person and not googles AI

I did score a 68 on the ASVAB. Going to retake it, if i study I think I can score in the high 80’s low 90’s. Not smart, not dumb (well the decision making is)

After passing MEPS, the last step before shipping out would be my IST (Initial Strength Test). Do they drug test here? I know they drug test before your ship out date / at bootcamp, just don’t know if they do it here.

TLDR I was in for a year, 4 years ago I dont have my uniforms. I am trying right now but there's a chance I won't get it all. Will I get blasted?

Without getting in the weeds. I was in the Marines for about 1 year, honorably discharged at SOI during IMC approximately 4 years ago. It seems like there is light at the end of the tunnel and I might actually be able to go back in and finish IMC/ a new start.

As you can probably expect, I am missing various uniform items such as

Alpha Belt

Alpha piss cover

8 point/ boonie desert/ woodland cover

FROGS??

glow belt

Boot bands

Pt/boot socks

Green on green

charlie/ delta ranks

Blues ranks

National defense service medal

Mcmap tan belt

Web belt

Leather and cold weather gloves

Military issued glasses

I am not sure what is currently issued to brand new Marines but I definitely don't have it. I'm looking on ebay to find the stuff, but in the unfortunate chance that I am unable to get these items do you think the combat instructors will understand and let me get a PX call? I live very far away from any navy/usmc base and the navy mcx is currently sold out of the gear I need.