Both joining the Marines

Question

me and the girl i'm interested in are both joining the Marines.

we're shipping off to boot at about the same time..so we'll be home for about the same time...

but after that we don't know how much we'll see each other, because she'll have like 1 year of schooling for becoming a linguist and i'll only have schooling for a couple of months for field artillery

has anybody else gone through something similar?

how did it work out?...or did it work out at all?

Answer 1

In all honesty, the difference between the both of your MOSs are like night and day. Chances are you won't be stationed at the same base and will never work with each other. As for the both of you going to basic about the same time, it doesn't necessarily mean the both of you will graduate the same time. One of you could twist an ankle, get injured and sent to MRP for recovery. One of you could also fk up and get recycled. So just b/c the 2 of u ship out the same time doesn't mean you'll graduate the same time.

The both of you have to ask yourselves whats more important to you right now. Your relationship or earning the title. Since you're not married, chances are slim to none that you'll be able to have a non long-distance relationship. Also, she has a linguist MOS and chances are she'll be stationed overseas.  

Answer 2

NOw slow down,  first thing,  if either of you have one little problem at boot,  that means a twisted ankle,  a flunked section,   anything then your whole plan is out of whack,   because you do not get held to go to MCT   for a friend,   if the friend is held back and you are not, then you go on to MCT ,  

My daughter joined on the buddy thing,  her best friend,  but her friend got an *integrity* violation in boot, and got held back 2 weeks, so my daughter graduated and went on to LeJune  while the friend was 2 weeks later at Le june,   so they did not stay together thru the training, sometimes it does not work out.  

but they are both happy ,  the friend is now in japan,  my daughter is in iraq  and for them,  they were glad to have a bud there in boot,  said it was nice just to see a familiar face,  etc,  but yu will be in different companies, being so wont really see each other,.  

hope it works out for you ,  

good luck,  ;)  

Answer 3

Well man, if you two were married you could request to be stationed near or around the same base area. But even then there are no guarantees. I want to be really honest with you. If you care about this girl and want to see her often, one of you has to quit and not do it. Once you go to boot camp you are locked because the day you ship off you sign an active duty contract. That contract you first signed was a DEP Contract, from which you can get out of with no sweat.

Get married or dont join at all. Even if you are married you could go over 4 years without seeing her at all.

Answer 4

If you two were married then you could request the same duty stations and the Marine Corp would try to station you within 100 miles of each other but the needs of the Corps come first so you could really be stationed any where.

Since you aren't married the military doesn't really care whether or not you're in a relationship and while you can try and request the same bases chances are it won't happen.