![]() ![]() Wartime or peace time Intel, which I now am going to do, you have schools and skills to study and get certs for and an awesome resume when you come out, even after just five years. I assume something similar for MARSOC, but idk there isn't much available about them, which I think is a good thing. Even recon is just glorified infantry deploying on a meu for 6 months, not doing anything special except for the training pipeline, but then that comes to an end. Same screwy games and rules, no action like you might expect. I looked into it more, and infantry in peace time is just shoot, field day, pick up more trash, workout, nothing special. Then I learned about other jobs but wanted infantry still. I had always thought i wanted infantry because that's what the Marine Corps' Main Job is and I never knew about other jobs. I was in a somewhat similar position to yours, although my parents are cool with whatever job I choose in the military. So many doors will open from just having "USMC" on your résumé that it doesn't really matter what MOS you choose so long as you're smart with your career and doing right by yourself. So ultimately, you should just sign a contract that seems interesting to you and aligns with your goals for military service, then bust your ass and work hard for every opportunity while you're in and then while you're out, too. If you just do one pump, then you're not likely to have made the connections, earned the certifications, and learned the skills to let you walk right onto a similar job in the civilian world, so you're probably going to end up using your education benefits anyway. If you do 20-45 years then you don't need civilian side transferable skills, so the question is moot, anyway. Your family can provide good insight and wisdom, so I'm not telling you to blow them off, but it's ultimately your life and your career. If you're close to enlisting, then either are or are about to be an adult with choices to make and consequences to face. You need to define what exactly it is that you want out of military service, and politely but assertively communicate that to your family. You can go into almost any career regardless of what MOS you choose. He served with 1/5, did a pump in Afghan, but you’ll never know he was a Marine unless he mentioned it. ![]() No one cares if you were a grunt on the civdiv side, so don’t expect doors to open up just because you served as a grunt or not.Īlso, my friend that is getting his doctorates had an internship for Microsoft in Europe during his undergrad in research of some mechanical fluid shit (I forgot the name but it’s impressive work) during his undergrad. ![]() It all depends on how you utilize your experience to put on a resume and your future goals after you get out. Other grunts I know, are vet douchebags that work dead end jobs because they can’t leave their vet identity. I have friends who are grunts, both graduated from UC Berkeley in stem majors, one is getting his doctorate from Stanford while the other is looking for program developer roles, which makes about 80-110k average, since he graduated in computer science. It’s all about your mentality after you get out. ![]()
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