Good afternoon gentlemen, This thread if not being seen as redundant due to possibly coinciding posts will be informative on the process of and the thing you need to lookout for/ get all aligned when making your initial attempt to apply for MARSOC A&S as well as inter-service transfers to Army SF from the USMC coming from my first hand experience of the matter.
Subsequently, I have a couple question and request for possible COA on my current situation from verified members that might have some insight.
MARSOC
1. Make sure your paperwork is in check. That means your screening checklist and your NSW physical. Don't get ninjapunched. If you're a SGT from the time you picked up you have 12 months TIG to get to A&S.
2. Make sure if you do not have enough time on contract that you a. Go to A&S and pass, in order to get a mandated extension of contract to go to ITC. or b. Get an extension that states that you have MARSOC incentive. With b. you absolutely need to verify that it states that on your extension because at this point if you submit an extension with out the whereabouts of stating MARSOC incentive you have a very high potential of being screwed and you command will be allowed to pull you anywhere i.e. Deployments, work ups. If you get PCS'd you now have an obligation of service to that STATION not unit for 24-36 months meaning that you are locked in to that region until that obligation is fulfilled.
3. Re-enlistment Similar to the extension but much bigger impact. If you re-enlist in you mos without having MARSOC INCENTIVE EXPLICITLY on your contract be prepared to be crushed. You will absolutely be held in you mos by your monitor and you will have no precedence for MARSOC at all ( ESPECIALLY 03's). The reason being is you filled a boat space not allowing someone else to re-enlist therefor you are expected to carry out the contract. Be very cognoscente of the fact that the career planners and monitors will lock you in your mos if you don't cover your ass yourself. READ IT. VERIFY. READ IT TWICE MORE.
Inter-service transfer
1. The inter-service transfer form is better to get from the branch you want to go to and is formally known as a DD-368 form.
2. From what I understand it has to be done on the back end of your contract... unless you're already an operator then there is a higher chance of you getting approved whenever.
3. The DD-368 form has to be sent through the COC all the way to HQMC. From my knowledge the DD-368 form alone will suffice for approval or disapproval as of right now but with that being said the layout has been changed along with the requirements recently and may change again. If you need clarification I can reach out to friends and get ALL of the information required.
All of this information I have learned from first hand experience due to my lack of knowledge and lack of guidance from higher ups. Only you can pave your path in the military and you are the only person who really cares about your career path.
With this being said my questions to the verified members of MARSOC, SF and RECON.
QUESTIONS -
MARSOC, I am a Sgt now as of last OCT2017, I will have 3 years left on contract (2nd enlistment) after I get off this deployment as a jungle warfare instructor is there at all any chance I can still get my shot to go to A&S and possibly become a Raider? If there is I will literally do anything to just get my shot that's all I want.
SF, I've tried to do the inter-service transfer to go SF but I'm having real trouble getting approved due to my current circumstances. If my path to MARSOC falls through, SF is my end state because I will still be eligible from my understanding towards the back of this enlistment to execute 18x contract but if there is a possibility that someone has heavy hands and could get me pulled over there I will take it. Ive also heard you can go TAD to SFAS? and then get pulled from parent branch to got to Q-course is this true?
RECON and MARSOC, If I join Recon as a Sgt am I able to cross over to MARSOC or are RECON marines held to the same pre-reqs that everyone else is?
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Subsequently, I have a couple question and request for possible COA on my current situation from verified members that might have some insight.
MARSOC
1. Make sure your paperwork is in check. That means your screening checklist and your NSW physical. Don't get ninjapunched. If you're a SGT from the time you picked up you have 12 months TIG to get to A&S.
2. Make sure if you do not have enough time on contract that you a. Go to A&S and pass, in order to get a mandated extension of contract to go to ITC. or b. Get an extension that states that you have MARSOC incentive. With b. you absolutely need to verify that it states that on your extension because at this point if you submit an extension with out the whereabouts of stating MARSOC incentive you have a very high potential of being screwed and you command will be allowed to pull you anywhere i.e. Deployments, work ups. If you get PCS'd you now have an obligation of service to that STATION not unit for 24-36 months meaning that you are locked in to that region until that obligation is fulfilled.
3. Re-enlistment Similar to the extension but much bigger impact. If you re-enlist in you mos without having MARSOC INCENTIVE EXPLICITLY on your contract be prepared to be crushed. You will absolutely be held in you mos by your monitor and you will have no precedence for MARSOC at all ( ESPECIALLY 03's). The reason being is you filled a boat space not allowing someone else to re-enlist therefor you are expected to carry out the contract. Be very cognoscente of the fact that the career planners and monitors will lock you in your mos if you don't cover your ass yourself. READ IT. VERIFY. READ IT TWICE MORE.
Inter-service transfer
1. The inter-service transfer form is better to get from the branch you want to go to and is formally known as a DD-368 form.
2. From what I understand it has to be done on the back end of your contract... unless you're already an operator then there is a higher chance of you getting approved whenever.
3. The DD-368 form has to be sent through the COC all the way to HQMC. From my knowledge the DD-368 form alone will suffice for approval or disapproval as of right now but with that being said the layout has been changed along with the requirements recently and may change again. If you need clarification I can reach out to friends and get ALL of the information required.
All of this information I have learned from first hand experience due to my lack of knowledge and lack of guidance from higher ups. Only you can pave your path in the military and you are the only person who really cares about your career path.
With this being said my questions to the verified members of MARSOC, SF and RECON.
QUESTIONS -
MARSOC, I am a Sgt now as of last OCT2017, I will have 3 years left on contract (2nd enlistment) after I get off this deployment as a jungle warfare instructor is there at all any chance I can still get my shot to go to A&S and possibly become a Raider? If there is I will literally do anything to just get my shot that's all I want.
SF, I've tried to do the inter-service transfer to go SF but I'm having real trouble getting approved due to my current circumstances. If my path to MARSOC falls through, SF is my end state because I will still be eligible from my understanding towards the back of this enlistment to execute 18x contract but if there is a possibility that someone has heavy hands and could get me pulled over there I will take it. Ive also heard you can go TAD to SFAS? and then get pulled from parent branch to got to Q-course is this true?
RECON and MARSOC, If I join Recon as a Sgt am I able to cross over to MARSOC or are RECON marines held to the same pre-reqs that everyone else is?
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