galafinaster
Verified Military
Good morning all,
I have recently stumbled into this forum while searching for useful information. And useful it has been, thanks to everyone on here for posting with most intelligence. Now for the introduction part. I joined the USMC in 2007 and was honorably discharged in 2012, as a CPL/E-4, after the completion of my 5 year contract. I was a 6073, ground support equipment electrician/mechanic, that whole time. Boot camp and schooling took about a year then the next two years spent between Iwakuni, Japan and Okinawa and the last two spent working with civilians in Yuma, AZ. Nearing the end of my enlistment I realized I wanted more and turning wrenches is not at all why I joined the military. My focus turned to training to be something more, something special, to have that brotherhood that the rest of the military claims to have but is often only seen in the special forces. I did some research and ended up wanting the green beret, not just the cover but everything that goes along with it. I have spent the last year training and a few weeks ago decided to talk to a recruiter and will be forever glad I did. The ball has started rolling in my favor very fast. I am a perfect applicant needing zero waivers and just last week received my inner service transfer from the Marines IRR over to the Army. The only thing I'm waiting on now is something called a spiff from meps to meps and to get a test date for my DLAB. Lord willing after that they can get me a ship date and get my butt moving towards my goal. This forum helps keep my motivation up tremendously through this paperwork process and can not thank anyone on here enough for that.
I have recently stumbled into this forum while searching for useful information. And useful it has been, thanks to everyone on here for posting with most intelligence. Now for the introduction part. I joined the USMC in 2007 and was honorably discharged in 2012, as a CPL/E-4, after the completion of my 5 year contract. I was a 6073, ground support equipment electrician/mechanic, that whole time. Boot camp and schooling took about a year then the next two years spent between Iwakuni, Japan and Okinawa and the last two spent working with civilians in Yuma, AZ. Nearing the end of my enlistment I realized I wanted more and turning wrenches is not at all why I joined the military. My focus turned to training to be something more, something special, to have that brotherhood that the rest of the military claims to have but is often only seen in the special forces. I did some research and ended up wanting the green beret, not just the cover but everything that goes along with it. I have spent the last year training and a few weeks ago decided to talk to a recruiter and will be forever glad I did. The ball has started rolling in my favor very fast. I am a perfect applicant needing zero waivers and just last week received my inner service transfer from the Marines IRR over to the Army. The only thing I'm waiting on now is something called a spiff from meps to meps and to get a test date for my DLAB. Lord willing after that they can get me a ship date and get my butt moving towards my goal. This forum helps keep my motivation up tremendously through this paperwork process and can not thank anyone on here enough for that.
