The Decision To Become a U.S. Marine

By John Canfield


Congrats on your determination to earn the title United States Marine. You'll find it hands down one of the most considerable choices you have made in your life, and that you will make for the rest of your lifetime. It is not an easy road, and not everybody who will starts on it, will get to the end.

During your quest you will gain experiences and memories that can last a lifetime. You will encounter enjoyment, distress, exhilaration, feeling of boredom, exhilaration, and exhaustion. You will build bonds of camaraderie that you'll take with you for the remainder of your life. You're going to become more self-confident, mature, physically and mentally tough, and build a mindset of never giving up and mission accomplishment.

Make no misunderstanding. U . S Marine Corps Boot camp is the nation's toughest armed forces basic training. It is longer than all other branches'. If you successfully pass the primary cut and actually arrive at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island or possibly Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, you'll find your self in a world that you never could have imagined. You'll be stressed to your limits of mental and physical weariness. . .and you will be pushed beyond those.

In the course of bootcamp you're going to begin to notice a change in yourself. To begin with anguish, discomfort, limitations, and friction will be the things which keep you from thinking it is possible to complete a task or objective. As time proceeds, you will welcome those adversities because you find out you are no longer that civilian you left behind when you walked foot on the yellow footprints. You're on your path to earning the title and experiencing the change that lasts forever. If you graduate, you will have earned the right to don the coveted Eagle, Globe, and Anchor and the right to call yourself "Marine".

After your graduation, you will be offered the opportunity to take 10 days of post graduation, or "boot" leave ahead of reporting to the School of Infantry. All Infantry Marines will report to Infantry Training Battalion, and all non-Infantry Marines will report to Marine Combat Training Battalion. Infantry Training Battalion is just about 8 weeks in length, and Marine Combat Training Battalion is somewhere around Four weeks long. Upon graduation from ITB, the vast majority of Infantry Marines will report to the Fleet Marine Forces. A small number of others will report to Light Armored Vehicle Crewman's Course, or Basic Reconnaissance Course. All of the non-Infantry Marines will report to their follow-on Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Schools.




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