After that, you can keep in touch with recruits through postcards and letters. Your recruit will send you their mailing address with company and platoon info. Hold off on the care packages during boot camp. Recruits are focused on the task at hand — thriving in Marine Basic Training. Once your Marine goes to career training or receives an assignment, they will be thrilled to receive care packages. The bottom line is that recruits are intentionally pushing their limits.
Recruits learn to overcome weaknesses in preparation for their service to keep our great nation strong. Hence, they are prepared to kick ass without a weapon at all times. On the softer side, U. Marines take pride in knowing they stand among the few elite fighters in our country. United States Marine — a refusal to lose and unleashed fighting spirit for country and family!
The appearance of U. Skip to Content Community. Text a Marine Corps Recruiter Have any questions about the requirements? Marines, recruits will likely experience: Food rations and sleep deprivation Rigorous round-the-clock marches Low- and no-light infiltration movements Combat resupply and casualty evacuation scenarios Leadership screening maneuvers Values-based training and assessments Team-dependent negotiation of obstacles Team field firing combat scenarios Fun Fact : The U.
Where Is Marine Basic Training? What to Bring to Basic Training Marines? What to Wear to Basic Training Graduation? You also must pass your physical given at a MEPS. Your application package also will include an essay written by you and written statements of your references. The completed package will be submitted to a board, who will select the top candidates from the packages they receive. Two- and four-year subsidized scholarships are offered.
Participants receive a monthly cash allowance. These are referred to as college programs and provide for monthly cash allowances during the junior and senior years. The Marine Corps has a number of opportunities to become a "Mustang" -- someone who is commissioned from the enlisted ranks. This program provides the opportunity for enlisted Marines with two years of college to apply for assignment to the Officer Candidates School and subsequent appointment as unrestricted commissioned officers.
The Marine Corps Enlisted Commissioning Education Program provides to selected enlisted Marines who have had no college experience the opportunity to earn bachelor's degrees by attending a college or university as full-time students.
Marines in this program who obtain their bachelor's degrees and subsequently complete officer candidate training are commissioned as second lieutenants. Warrant officers are technical specialists who are assigned to duties only in their area of expertise. All other officers are said to be "unrestricted" and are assigned to a wide variety of assignments during their career. The Warrant Officer Program allows for those qualified applicants who are in the grade of sergeant or above at the time of application to be selected and appointed to permanent warrant officer.
The Marine Corps actually receives their medical support doctors, corpsman, nurses from the Navy. The Marine Corps Reserve is a part-time force of specially trained people who serve with the Marine Corps one weekend a month and two weeks every year. You will have to complete the 12 weeks of boot camp, but you will have the opportunity to train for one of more than different jobs. Depending on the program, you will attend boot camp and training for your military occupational specialty MOS.
Weekend or weekday drills are considered training. Active duty for training ADT is 12 days of active duty is required annually. By law, as a member of the Reserve, you must be granted, upon request, a leave of absence to satisfy a requirement for military training.
The Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act requires employers to provide reservists with time away from their jobs to perform military duty. However, you must notify your employer that you intend to take military leave. You must be reemployed after completion of your military duty and return to your job within a reasonable time. You must be treated as though you had never left employment, including scheduled pay raises, promotions or credit for longevity or vacation.
Your employer only has to hold a job open for 60 months if you accept voluntary orders. Flight school candidates are officers who must pass a naval flight physical. Dental exam will check for cavities and other problems that may be affected by changes in air pressure during flight. Vision requirements are also very stringent. There are other limitations imposed based on the type and strength of the lens prescription.
In addition, normal color perception, depth perception and field of vision are required. Write down any questions you have about becoming a Marine before you go, and do not be afraid to ask them. Answering your questions is part of the recruiter's job. Bring pen and paper to take notes during your talk.
Remember to gather informational brochures and booklets when you visit. Go to Contact a Marine and fill out the form. Contact information for your nearest Marine Corps recruiter will be provided after the form is submitted. The recruiter has been through the journey you are considering, from the beginning of the decision process all the way through recruit training and beyond.
It is the recruiter's job to help you decide if the Marine Corps is a good fit for you. Fill out this form. The contact information for a Marine Corps selection station near you will be provided after you submit the form. Make an appointment. While walk-ins are taken, an appointment ensures that you have the Officer Selection Officer's undivided attention.
Before you go, write down any questions you have about becoming a Marine Officer. Don't be afraid to ask them. Answering your questions is part of the Officer Selection Officer's job.
Don't forget to gather informational brochures and booklets when you visit. Fill out this form to receive local recruiter information. This will provide the Family Day schedule, and you can learn more about travel, lodging, ceremonies, graduation packet, and vehicle passes. Information regarding graduation day is available on the website of each Marine Corps Recruit Depot. This page is a great resource for both you and your family as you talk about enlisting in the Marine Corps.
It will provide a list of topics you can discuss with your family. A recruiter can also help you find the best way to discuss the decision with your family.
As tattoos vary from one person to another, recruiters are the best resource for questions about tattoos, including placement, number, and how they may affect your career in the Marine Corps. Contact a Marine recruiter for more information on becoming a Marine.
You must be 17 years old to contact a Marine Recruiter and enlist in the Marine Corps. If you meet those requirements, please contact a local recruiter by requesting more information.
You will also receive information in the mail about the Marine Corps. No, you must be at least 17 years old to enlist in the Marine Corps. Recruits also have the opportunity to fire on the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Training machine.
During the second week of marksmanship training, recruits fire a known-distance course with ranges of , and yards. Be prepared: Rifle qualification will be on Friday.
Field training introduces you to field living and conditions. During the three-day field training evolution, you will learn basic field skills -- from setting up a tent to field sanitation and camouflage. Also during the field training, you get the opportunity to go through the gas chamber. FFR is a portion of training devoted to firing weapons in a field condition. During marksmanship training, you learn how to fire at a single target while in a stationary position.
During FFR, you learn how to fire at moving and multiple targets, while under low-light conditions and wearing your field protective gas mask. Combat water survival training develops your confidence in the water. All recruits must pass the minimum requirement level of Combat Water Survival-4 CWS-4 , which requires recruits to perform a variety of water survival and swimming techniques.
If recruits meet the CWS-4 requirements, they may upgrade to a higher level. All recruits train in the camouflage utility uniform, but if upgraded, they may be required to train in full combat gear, which includes a rifle, helmet, flak jacket and pack. Drill is the basic way in which platoons march and move from place to place. At first, you will practice by just staying in step with the rest of the platoon and the drill instructor. During drill training, platoons also will compete in two drill competitions.
Drill mainly is used to instill discipline, team pride and unit cohesion. Family Day occurs on Thursday and gives new Marines a chance to see their family and friends for the first time during on-base liberty.
Graduation is conducted on Friday at the completion of the transition phase. It is a formal ceremony and parade, attended by family and friends and executed on the parade field.
Bob Hayes, assistant deputy chief of staff for operations and training at the recruit depot here. The Crucible emphasizes trainee teamwork under stress. Then we put them through tough physical activities like road marches and night infiltration courses. They march about 40 miles in those 54 hours. It isn't long before the recruits are tired and hungry, Summers said, but as they keep going, they realize they can call on reserves they never knew they had. Others come from poorer homes where nothing was ever expected of them.
If they finish the Crucible, they have accomplished something. One recruit put it best. Delta Company begins the Crucible at 3 a. Once there, recruits -- and that's the only thing the drill instructors call the trainees -- place their gear in huts and prepare for the first of four four-hour events. Each event has a number of "warrior stations" that each team of recruits must work together to overcome or solve. Each station is named for a Marine hero, and the drill instructor has a recruit read a brief explanation of how the hero's actions exemplify the Corps and its values.
That way, all the recruits understand what it's like to be the leader and what they have to do to be a follower," Summers said.
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