From Navy DEP to Marines Corp Reserves.... My Navy Recruiter is telling me I can't.?

Question

My Navy recruiter is telling me that he will have me arrested and brought in to explain myself and then I might be able to get of my contract is this possible and how can they do that if I haven't taken another oath....... ... want to go Marine Corp Reserves.. or active i havent decided yet....

Answer 1

You absolutely have the right to join the Marine reserves if you want to. Had you already went through boot camp, there might be a problem with fulfilling your time, but seeing as you haven't even done that yet, you are not obligated to the military for any reason what-so-ever! You are not considered "Active Duty" until you have gone through boot camp, and even while you are in boot camp, you can tell them that you want to leave at any time and there is nothing they can do, oath or not!.

Your recruiter can not arrest you. You should speak to the Officer in Charge (OIC) at the recruiting center and let him/her know what your recruiter has done as it is unethical and certainly not normal of the military.  

Answer 2

tell the navy recruiter that if he doesn't give you a conditional release you're going to contact your congressman. he will immediately release you and you can join the marines. oorah!

it's all a bluff to keep you in.

Answer 3

Call the Marine recruiter and fill him in on this / sounds like the Navy recruiter is trying to pull a fast one.

Vet-USAF

Answer 4

Until the day you ship out to boot camp you can get out of DEP. They just tell you that because they don't want to lose you... they have a certain amount of people they have to put in each month.... DO WHAT YOU WANT!!

Answer 5

The Navy recruiter cannot do that and if you were in the Marine DEP going into the Navy he would be telling you no problem since you are in DEP and just get a release.  The Navy recruiter cannot take legal action for anything against you for backing out of DEP.  Talk to the Marine recruiter or tell the Navy recruiter you want to talk to his Officer In Charge; not the other recruiters but the OIC.  

Answer 6

Tell that squid to shut his pie hole..

He cant arrest you and hes not suppose to threaten you..While in the DEP it is your right to back out at any time before you ship..You do not need to write a letter and you do not need to explain anything to anyone..

You simply tell them you no longer plan to ship..Dont ask them anything, tell them..You are under NO obligation to ship despite the bullshit they will tell you..

And the USMC recruiter can not do anything for you until you are released by the Navy..Its the law..

and how about you decide things before you sign up for anything..this avoids the bullshit your going through now and it doesnt waste their  time as well as yours.

Answer 7

First of all we are an all volunteer force. No, your not going to get arrested, that's total B.S.

What will happen now if you decide not to ship out for basic training is you will receive a DEP discharge letter from MEPS anywhere from 6-10 weeks after your shipping date.

Your DEP discharge for refusing to ship out will stay in the MEPS computer forever. So if you at some point in the future decide to try to enlist in another service you will require a waiver.

In the meantime your obligated to the Navy and no other recruiter can do anything to enlist you.

Think real hard about his decision because there are consequences. No you can't just change you mind on a whim.

Answer 8

A Marine Recruiter MAY help... but, big but... "i havent decided yet", hmm, really? You did take an Oath to the USN, which indicates you have indeed decided... why should we think you will take an Oath to the Corps any more serious.

Stay out.