USMC question

[Ooh-Rah]

You are young and inexperienced at life. According to your profile, you are just 18, and are likely fresh out of MOS school. Have you even been in the Corps a full year yet? There is plenty to do and see before you get as jaded as you appear to be already. (at least a year in Okinawa !)

It just seems that you are making decisions about your life based on assumptions, "I thought" and "somebody told me". I would not begin to give you advice about Recon, but I will tell you that regardless of where you go in the Corps, you need to be able to make solid decisions based on fact, or at least a solid hypothesis.

For what it's worth, you told @policemedic that you have asked "a lot of NCO's and others about Recon". Were these Recon NCO's? Have you talked to your career planner?

 

[Lifter25]

No I went to boot camp a week after I graduated high school and I have only been in about 7 months. No sir, I have asked Motor Transport NCO'S about it and others I meet out in town. Thank you for all the answers though.

 

[x SF med]

I have asked Motor Transport NCO'S about it and others I meet out in town.

Take the sage advice given here, read the links given to you, and believe everything @Teufel tells you, Teufel may know a thing or two about Recon and the requirements...

remember, the guys on the street and in Mo-T may have had aspirations for Recon that got shot down or never were of the caliber needed to fill those slots... talk to the Recon recruiters and active Recon guys at Lejeune, and read the Recon website.

 

[Lifter25]

Aye Sir. Will do thank you again.

 

[Gunz]

Sir, I was told that in order to lat move out of a MOS, you have to have been in that MOS for 2 years?

Check with your CRS about that.

 

[Lifter25]

Will do sir

 

[8654Maine]

Good luck.

Be the best that you can right now in your MOS. Bring that trait to 0321.

Being disgruntled is a state of mind, regardless of MOS.

 

[Lifter25]

Will do Sir. If anything works out in a year or two I will try to update you.

 

[Teufel]

Will do Sir. If anything works out in a year or two I will try to update you.

Are you due to deploy? Your unit should be able to let you try out after get back from a deployment.

 

[Lifter25]

No not deploy but in April I am going to Japan.

 

[Teufel]

You should be able to apply for a lat transfer now to take place after you get back. Talk to your career retention specialist and give it a shot.

 

[Lifter25]

Thank you sir..