I'm probably going into the army reserves

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 11-14-2005

I was 2 days from officially signing documents with the marines. I heard alot of stories about this and that before I looked into it very deep but the first thing I told the recruiter was " Do not lie to me about anything, I'm here for nothing besides interest in the Marines." Lone behold, I showed some doubt those last couple days before signing on, and he decided to tell me that even if I signed up and went with the delayed entry program, that I could decided to cancel at anytime. LMFAO. Yea you can cancel if you wanna end up in court for years to come.

My best friend did it and he seems pretty alright about it. However he said it's nothing like what they make it seem. Their are alot more obligation than they implied but nothing you wouldn't expect. Also, read between the lines. When I was looking into financial aid, they were showing me the #'s for full time marine work. Keep in mind, I had no interest in signing up full time.

Also realize, that its pretty inevitable, you will be shipped somewhere at some point. Also , even tho you are active for 2 or 4 years ( icant remember exact #'2), You are inactive for the remainder of your 7 year term. You can be pulled of this list for whatever reason. You plan to go to school these next 4 years? Don't sign up. If your main intension is to get schooling, there is a very good chance that wont be able to happen since you will likely find yourself on a bus / airplane to some other location for a lengthy enough amount of time preventing you from doing any sort of school.

That's just my .02. Good luck with whatever you decide.

Steeltwo · 11-14-2005

my friend did the air force for 4 years
then did two years as a air force res.

in the 4 years he was in the air force stationed in Oklahoma. In the reserves, he was sent to Kuwait for 3 months(right before the war started), Germany for 1 month and Pureto Rico(sp?) for 1 month. In the 3 month stint, he made 10 grand to the bank :-O In the others, a shade over 3.

he wouldn't have done anything different either. After his last month in Pureto Rico, he had fofilled his contract.

oh and he signed up for the reserves because they would pay an extra 400 a month on his education. he went to brown, which i guess is some UBER bucks. I know the Gi bill paid in the area of 900 a month, and he ended up out of pocketing almost 2 grand.