My boyfriend wants to join the marines?
You need to educate yourself about my beloved Corps. Marines have won America's wars for 234 years this 10 November. Marines are the roughest, toughest, and most lethal military force to ever walk the planet. Joining the Corps is a full time commitment. Your boyfriend will go through 13 weeks of recruit training at either Parris Island, SC or San Diego, CA. From there he will go on to receive training in his specific job, or "Military Occupational Specialty" (MOS). After this he will be assigned to a unit and alternate his time between training stateside and deploying overseas. If you get married then your boyfriend will be able to collect additional pay to cover the cost of your housing and meals. The Corps also provides family readiness services aboard base to help young couples who are new to the Corps, and young mothers whose husbands are deployed. The community outreach programs you will have available to you are phenomenal; just make sure that you actively seek them out. That said, if you are expecting to deliver soon then you, as a couple, may prefer for him to enlist after you deliver so that he can be there to help you through the rest of your pregnancy. If there is a specific MOS which your husband would like to select for, he should go to his recruiter and ask about what he needs to do to get it. In the meantime, you should both educate yourselves about the Marine Corps, to include the pay charts and bonus pay for family's and for dependents; and the family readiness programs available aboard base.
My boyfriend wants to join the marines an I'm scared to death!?
Right deep breath Ashley. So my boyfriend and I are 16 we've known each other for four years and been together for about two. We're in love and are nothing but happy with each other. He's a boyscout and has almost achieved the highest honor of Eagle Scout. He told me a few days he wanted to join the at 18 and I got mad and said it was stupid and that I didn't want him to go. I tried guilting him out of it but he saw what I was doing and rejected my efforts. Damn right? Anyway, I'm scared to talk about it with him so I've been talking to my friend who knows a lot about the marines getting advice and info. My boyfriend and I are not allowed to date for his dad doesn't approve me. We only see each other in school. We're always talking about the rest of our lives. Now he wants to go and put his life on the line and me on hold. He also has a heart murmur and I'm worried that boot camp will hurt him. I've read that army wives, thy come second while Thor husbands job comes first. I want to be the single most important thin to him. Not the military. I know he wants this, but I wish he didn't. I want to e supportive but I'm so scared for him. That hell get hurt, or change. Like get all militant with me an I can't stand that. I'm a big free spirit type person and I hate being commanded an yelled at. I feel like everything's crumbling right when I started having a little bit of hope we could be together soon. This is just maddening me. He says he's doing it partly for the free college. But I know he wants the honor. How long will it take until we can actually be together full time and he doesn't have to go anywhere? I don't see why he has to be everyone's hero and not just mine. Call me selfish, I just wish to god he wouldn't join and leave me. Thanks.
My boyfriend wants to join the marines?
If your relationship is strong, you guys can survive a military relationship. It it's not strong, you guys won't last regardless of what he does. You should support him; he's trying to make his life better (which would end up making your life better too). EMTs make different amounts of money, depending on their level of training. The lowest level is EMT-B, and that starts usually around $9.00/hour, which is crap compared to the amount of work he'll do (it's a very mentally, physically and emotionally demanding job). Next is EMT-I (but only in some states) and then Paramedic. each level of training requires more school, and EMT school is actually pretty expensive. If he's interested in that though, he should look at being a Army medic or Navy corpsman instead of joining the Marines. Army medics become certified EMT-Bs during their training.
My boyfriend wants to join the marines, but I don't want that life. What do we do?
Counseling, that is something you should be getting if you are having some issues in your life at the moment. There is nothing wrong with going to counseling at all because it is going to help you deal with what is happening and find support not just from your boyfriend but possibly others who know how you feel at the moment. You are in some ways associating his leaving with the lose that you have had of loved ones. While it is the same it is different in other ways but each person deals with their personal situations in their own ways. With getting the help you can reach a compromise where you can both get what you want. You agree to get the counseling and he delays his joining until you have come to a point where you can handle things on your own. You get past it taking it one day at a time. There are going to be days that suck and all you want to do is stay in bed and go nowhere or talk to anyone. But then there are days that are incredible, you are able to get out and see/do so much with the person that you love. It takes time, patience and a lot of acceptance to do things on your own. Not everyone is prepared for that or can handle it and there is nothing wrong with it.
My boyfriend wants to join the Marines..what happens?
his recruiter will tell him all this, but , he will go to boot, about three months, ( unless he has a problem then it can be longer ) after that 10 days leave time is usually mandatory. then off to MCT that is 3 weeks, each coast has their own, so he will take it on the same coast as he took boot, He will then go to his school, ( usually there is no leave here, he was only back for 3 weeks, so no need to ) then the school, after school he may get leave. Most do , but not always My daughter graduated from her school in 29 palms and did not get leave because her unit was ready to deploy to Iraq, so she had to report, to get her paperwork done, and they did a block leave when everyone ( most anyway) in 9th comm went home on leave before they deployed. so that is what is going to happen to him, All you need to k now as a girl friend, is be supportive , dont do the winny, OH I MISS YOU SO MUCH< , yes you can say you miss him but dont make him feel like he made a bad decision, tell him how proud you are of him, encourage him, ( dont send him the cards that have music, and write nothing on the envelopes, TAKE MY WORD ON THAT ONE) and he will let you know what is going to happen, Marry, if you love each other marry, not because he wants to join the CORPS< that should not even figure into the question of rather you get married, write if you want to ask more,
My boyfriend is joining the U.S. Marines. How do I handle the distance and not being able to speak to him much? I refuse to leave him.
How you handle it is by considering your options and making a decision. You have to understand this is his decision, and support him one way or another. Supporting him doesn’t mean you have to stay with him, just that you aren’t angry and understand his need to join up. Should you choose to stay with him, there’s more to consider.The life of a significant other for our troops is very different than others. If you love him, like really love him, stick it out. He will be gone for a while training, he will be stationed somewhere that’s probably not home. Deployments last anywhere from 6–14 months. Many of our troops opt to rush in marriage so they can be with their significant other and get out of the barracks. Rushing into it is not a good idea, I don’t know about other branches but for first term Marines the divorce rate is 110%. Seriously. Many of my friends came home from the war to find their wives/girlfriends were not faithful. Some of my friends had excellent wives/girlfriends, who supported their man through thick and thin.Being a significant other for our troops is a job of its own. The ones that do it right are greatly appreciated. Many wives/girlfriends lean on each other during deployments and training, and there’s things you can do like joining auxiliary support clubs to find others in the same situation. It doesn’t take a strong woman to do this, it does take one that is in a really loving relashinship though.So you can say you want to stick it out and live the life of loving and supporting significant other for one of our warriors, or you can say this is not the life I want and cut your losses. Remember that you are both making a big decision and there doesn’t need to be any anger on either side. Just if you decide to try it and see how it goes, build the foundation of your relashinship on faithfulness and DO NOT rush into a marriage.Good luck!
Boyfriend wants to join military as infantry?
my boyfriend is in a really tough spot right now, and joining the military is a good idea for his situation. im in the army reserve, and im a truck driver. i support him wanting to enlist in the military, but i really would like to have a future with him and not wait 4 years til he's home (active duty i mean). if he goes national guard or something as infantry, and gets deployed next year or so, i dont wanna be that woman at home getting a letter that he died in combat. i can stay optimistic if he gets sent over, but i dont know how to think right now. im not gonna say no i wont let you do that. i wont stop him from his dream. but i want to have a future with him. thats my dream. i dont want to lose him.
Joining air force, boyfriend joining the marines?
I'm going into 12th grade, and 17 years old. My boyfriend is 18 going to 11th. We have been dating for over a year. After I graduate, I'm going to join the air force (talking to a recruiter tommorow) and my boyfriend wants to join the marines. My family keeps telling me that we aren't going to be able to last since he's in another branch and will be farther back than I will. It has really been bothering me a lot lately, because I really love him. We want to get married in the future and open our own business. Is there any way for us to be able to live together? Or will being in different branches possibly destroy our relationship like my family says? Thank you :)
My boyfriends joining the marines...what to expect?
Hey hun! Good for you that youre supporting him :) My hubby went in right after graduation and now we are 21 and happily married for almost 2 years! Your boyfriend will be in for 4 years but by "gone" if you mean deployed? no way! he will be deployed probably a few times for around 7 months at a time but not for the whole 4 years lol. he will be stationed somewhere on a base and get paid usually the 1st & 15th of every month. his pay rate depends on rank, years of service, # of dependents, things like that. if you two decide to get married, you will get benefits and stuff..(its too much to go into on here) you will be able to live with him either on base or off. the quality of housing on base depends on where youre stationed..most of it isnt terrible, but you should look for apartments off base and exhaust that option before settling for on base housing. if you do not want to get married he will have to get permission to move off base and pay for it out of pocket instead of getting money for housing. its really up to you but if you plan on staying with him through it all it makes life alot easier to get married. the military does not recognize girlfriends or even fiances unfortunately so it gets difficult at times for un-married couples. hope this helped, if you have any other questions feel free to email me i was in ur shoes only a few years ago! good luck to you both and best wishes to your boyfriend on his decision! hope it all works out for you! xo