Hello everyone,
My name's Corey and I served in the Marine Corps from 2009 to 2014. My primary MOS was 0231 Intel analyst and I served on both sides (Wing and Ground). I've done 2 non-combat deployments, the first was a Med float with 22nd MEU in 2011, and the second was training foreign nations near Black Sea in 2013.
To be very frank, I did not feel like the Corps was something for me in the long-term. I planned to do my 5 years, and get out. I ended up taking a Voluntary Early Release to go to college and study to become a substance abuse counselor.
Life took over. I got married to the love of my life, finished my program with with straight honors, and landed a job counseling at-risk youth. Then began the tug... For those vets out there reading this, you may know what this feels like: missing the adventure, the camaraderie, all the stupid crap, the lifestyle, the culture, etc. But this was something more for me. Like I never finished what I started. It got me thinking a lot as to what I was doing with my life. Im 26 years old now, having regrets about not staying in and making it a career. Someone told me, "What's stopping you from just going back in then?" and it hit me hard. I made the efforts to see what I could do to get back in. All the meanwhile I thought to myself that I don't want to fly a desk anymore. I want more, something different, something that will actually make me KNOW that I am fulfilling a true purpose, because I did not feel my purpose was to just sit around and pretend like my intel work was actually doing something for the war on terrorism. So, I made up my mind to get into the SOF community. The Corps is what I know, and the only branch I could ever see myself going back into, so my mindset stuck with MARSOC.
Weeks later, I read the subtitle of a new book called Chase the Lion, it said "If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough." My mind was officially made up. I want to go into MARSOC... No. I need to go into MARSOC.
So, here I am. My PT is all very rounded except my swimming, but im taking classes at my college to become professionally trained to get better. My wife is on board with me, and I feel the tug from God that this is what I need to be doing.
I reached out to this website because I stumbled upon it while being all weird and moto and looking up MARSOC stuff on google... lol.
I would really love to get in contact with a mentor on here to guide me and instruct me in what best steps I can do to be accepted beyond A&S, and everything else that comes with the mindset and lifestyle of being a Marine Special Operator.
Blessed to be here.
My name's Corey and I served in the Marine Corps from 2009 to 2014. My primary MOS was 0231 Intel analyst and I served on both sides (Wing and Ground). I've done 2 non-combat deployments, the first was a Med float with 22nd MEU in 2011, and the second was training foreign nations near Black Sea in 2013.
To be very frank, I did not feel like the Corps was something for me in the long-term. I planned to do my 5 years, and get out. I ended up taking a Voluntary Early Release to go to college and study to become a substance abuse counselor.
Life took over. I got married to the love of my life, finished my program with with straight honors, and landed a job counseling at-risk youth. Then began the tug... For those vets out there reading this, you may know what this feels like: missing the adventure, the camaraderie, all the stupid crap, the lifestyle, the culture, etc. But this was something more for me. Like I never finished what I started. It got me thinking a lot as to what I was doing with my life. Im 26 years old now, having regrets about not staying in and making it a career. Someone told me, "What's stopping you from just going back in then?" and it hit me hard. I made the efforts to see what I could do to get back in. All the meanwhile I thought to myself that I don't want to fly a desk anymore. I want more, something different, something that will actually make me KNOW that I am fulfilling a true purpose, because I did not feel my purpose was to just sit around and pretend like my intel work was actually doing something for the war on terrorism. So, I made up my mind to get into the SOF community. The Corps is what I know, and the only branch I could ever see myself going back into, so my mindset stuck with MARSOC.
Weeks later, I read the subtitle of a new book called Chase the Lion, it said "If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough." My mind was officially made up. I want to go into MARSOC... No. I need to go into MARSOC.
So, here I am. My PT is all very rounded except my swimming, but im taking classes at my college to become professionally trained to get better. My wife is on board with me, and I feel the tug from God that this is what I need to be doing.
I reached out to this website because I stumbled upon it while being all weird and moto and looking up MARSOC stuff on google... lol.
I would really love to get in contact with a mentor on here to guide me and instruct me in what best steps I can do to be accepted beyond A&S, and everything else that comes with the mindset and lifestyle of being a Marine Special Operator.
Blessed to be here.
