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02-22-2008, 11:10 AM
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A FEW GOOD MEN
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States
Age: 21
Stats: 5'9", 160 lbs
Posts: 1,997
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I'm back for a little while. I'm on recruiters assistance right now. I leave monday to go to SOI.
I'm going to the RUSH tonight to work out.
Stay strong bro's.
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02-22-2008, 11:24 AM
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#242
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YUT!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: United States
Stats: 5'9", 241 lbs
Posts: 5,585
BodyPoints: 105
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Stay safe man, good luck in SOI.
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02-22-2008, 11:25 AM
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#243
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U mad?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois, United States
Stats: 5'10", 300 lbs
Posts: 8,143
BodyBlog Entries: 0
BodyPoints: 18446
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Reps. What did you choose as your MOS?
And what is SOI?
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02-22-2008, 12:27 PM
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#244
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\M/etal Mod
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Vermont, United States
Age: 36
Stats: 6'0", 249 lbs
Posts: 16,298
BodyPoints: 20999
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MidwestMonster
and what is SOI?
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School of Infantry...
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02-23-2008, 10:20 PM
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#245
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I AM STILL AMONG YOU
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: New Jersey, United States
Stats: 6'1", 190 lbs
Posts: 5,477
BodyPoints: 0
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Originally Posted by fastdraw
I'll be leaving the 13th of this month. Im going in as infantry, havn't picked out an MOS yet, but I want to eventually go Force Recon. I signed a 4 year cantract with a $5,000 bonus at the end of training (if you have any questions about that, feel free to ask).
So far my running, crunches, and pullups are up to par, or should I say better than par.
Feel free to ask questions, and if you live in the North West Georgia, or C hatanooga area, and you want to join I can give you the number of my recruiter.
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Best of luck to you bro. You'll have some of the best experiences of your life in the Corps. Sounds like you have the right mindset, and you look physically up to the challenges to come. Granted, PI won't be fun!
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02-23-2008, 10:26 PM
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A SOLID BRO...
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 24
Stats: 6'2", 220 lbs
Posts: 2,741
BodyBlog Entries: 0
BodyPoints: 2378
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It looks like you will make a hell of a Marine. Best of luck to you man.
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02-23-2008, 10:27 PM
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#247
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Registered Goon
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Guam
Age: 21
Stats: 6'0", 180 lbs
Posts: 2,755
BodyBlog Entries: 0
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i got $6,000 for being smart and joining the airforce
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02-23-2008, 10:31 PM
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Under a bar with 186 lb
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma, United States
Age: 27
Stats: 5'11", 206 lbs
Posts: 10,767
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SOI my mistake.
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02-24-2008, 05:07 AM
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Navy-Marine Corps Team
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Maryland, United States
Age: 40
Stats: 5'11", 204 lbs
Posts: 76,045
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NJGX03X87
i got $6,000 for being smart and joining the airforce
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Quick math. . . $6,000 over four years, hack off taxes. . .comes out to around $100/month. And how's that promotion rate in the Air Force? 
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02-24-2008, 06:07 AM
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#250
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Idaho, United States
Age: 27
Stats: 6'1", 205 lbs
Posts: 286
BodyBlog Entries: 0
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You get your bonuses half up front(taxed) then the rest of the bonus is paid throughout your enlistment.
I wish I got a bonus. 
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03-05-2008, 10:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Albania
Stats: 6'1", 217 lbs
Posts: 234
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curly2004 is a ****head terry ****.
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04-20-2008, 03:05 AM
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Phearless
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States
Age: 21
Stats: 6'0", 187 lbs
Posts: 154
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I joined last year after being bored of college, wasn't the right thing for me at the time, so I dropped out after fall semester and enlisted in Jan '07, left for boot March '07 and not more than a year after I joined, I'm being deployed to the sand box. I'm an 0481 Landing Support Specialist (LS/Red Patcher), and my job is fun, I enjoy the thrill of getting under a helo and hooking up cargo with 175+ mph winds pushing down on you, its a rush. Now the working parties when we aren't doing that, well, they aren't so great, but still worth doing. I'm not a grunt, but right now I'm a gunner on a 240 in Afghanistan, and that's close enough to it I think.
And I'm in afghanistan right now, and we just lost 2 of our boys a few days back, and its heart wrenching, but still, i don't think i would have changed my mind about joining. I have ****ed up along the way, and am still paying for it, but that's just a part of life and you have to roll with it. I stand by my decision to have joined the Corps, even though its a time of war and people are dying.
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I've gotta get it back!
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04-20-2008, 03:07 AM
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#253
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Age: 20
Stats: 5'10", 175 lbs
Posts: 2,202
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5,000 thats it? i joined the army for 5 yrs and got 20 g's
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04-24-2008, 03:02 PM
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Former Hired Goon
Join Date: Mar 2007
Age: 23
Stats: 5'10", 229 lbs
Posts: 3,941
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Army =/= Marines.
The Army offers more for a reason.
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04-24-2008, 03:07 PM
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U mad?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois, United States
Stats: 5'10", 300 lbs
Posts: 8,143
BodyBlog Entries: 0
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sfet07
5,000 thats it? i joined the army for 5 yrs and got 20 g's
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You joined for 10.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Frannycakes
Army =/= Marines.
The Army offers more for a reason.
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And what is that reason.
If a major reason to join was money, you joined for the wrong reasons.
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04-24-2008, 03:10 PM
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#256
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Former Hired Goon
Join Date: Mar 2007
Age: 23
Stats: 5'10", 229 lbs
Posts: 3,941
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They need to offer money to get people to join. The Marines don't have that issue.... atleast as much, this is the first time I've heard of a enlistment bonus for the Marines.
And joining for the money is definitely not a good reason to join.
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05-10-2008, 10:45 PM
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#257
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Age: 23
Stats: 5'9", 184 lbs
Posts: 98
BodyPoints: 0
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frannycakes
They need to offer money to get people to join. The Marines don't have that issue.... atleast as much, this is the first time I've heard of a enlistment bonus for the Marines.
And joining for the money is definitely not a good reason to join.
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When I signed up there was no bonus.
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06-05-2008, 03:43 AM
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#258
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U.S Marine
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: California, United States
Age: 29
Stats: 5'9", 179 lbs
Posts: 266
BodyPoints: 5771
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frannycakes
Army =/= Marines.
The Army offers more for a reason.
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That's Right....because people join the Marines to be Marines... If we offered the same bonuses as the Army then we wouldn't be The Few and The Proud. it would just be another branch.
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06-05-2008, 03:48 AM
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^_^
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Age: 33
Stats: 5'11", 161 lbs
Posts: 12,961
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Marine Corps FTW!
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06-05-2008, 03:50 AM
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#260
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Affliction, I train that
Join Date: Jun 2006
Stats: 5'10", 182 lbs
Posts: 11,787
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For those Marines in this thread who I haven't seen post
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...49201&page=111
Offical USMC thread
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06-09-2008, 12:34 PM
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#261
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Cambridge City, Indiana, United States
Age: 19
Stats: 6'0", 180 lbs
Posts: 19
BodyPoints: 1468
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How did you get the sign on bonus at the end of training
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06-09-2008, 05:06 PM
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#262
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A FEW GOOD MEN
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States
Age: 21
Stats: 5'9", 160 lbs
Posts: 1,997
BodyPoints: 78307
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Quote:
Originally Posted by marine3412
How did you get the sign on bonus at the end of training
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Uh cause that's just how they do it, and I got it all up front none of this paid thrughout your enlistment crap.
There is a two year enlistment package, but they don't offer a bonus. most people don't go with this becuse it doesn't give you much time to do anything in the Corps where things like promotion are slow enough as it is.
It is a good package if you just want to serve your country for a little while and get some good military training, it will fly by too believe me.
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