Do new Marines get liberty? If so..when and how often?
Liberty is usually short. It could be an evening, it could be a weekend. If it's in the training schedule, he'll get it. If not, he won't. It's one of the harsher realities of the service. However, he is (and has) earned leave time--equivalent to vacation time. To use this, he needs to put a leave request in through his chain of command. As far as him not ansewring his phone, Marine Combat Training is infantry training for non-Infantry MOSs. More than likely, he's attending classes,most probably in the field, living out of a shelter-half, and eating MREs. His cellphone is probably stashed away in his locker in the barracks room he was assigned. In the field a cellphone is a big no-no. Once he gets back to barracks, he should be able to call you. Both of these are dependent upon his training schedule though. It's tough but initial training is intense. There is a limited amount of time that the instructors have to train the Marines. And it's not one-on-one training, either; there's 40+ other Marines, and probably 3, maybe 4, instructors. For the phone call from the DoD, I've never experienced anything like it before. I wouldn't know why they would call a newly-enlisted Marine, but I wouldn't worry to much over it. Give him some time, he'll be able to call you back. And as far as libo-time, or a leave request goes, right now with him being in the initial training period, it'll be a little difficult. More than likely he'll be able to get time between MCT and whatever MOS school he goes to afterwards.
What happens once a US Marine gets out of their six weeks of basic training?
Once out of basic training , they usually go to a short infantry training regiment and do some training on tactics , shooting , traveling , etc in an organized platoon of men . After that they are assigned Mos and sent off for leave , usually a short 10 days or so and then to their MOS school wherever it might be . Once at the school , they could be there anywhere from one month or so to a year or better , then to a duty station to join their new outfit ground troops or aviation squadron . There they will perform their jobs daily and when the unit gets called up to go somewhere , they will pack their gear and get ready to leave . They earn 30 days leave a year and they can take it pretty much as they please so yes they can come home or go where they want when on leave . Overseas they can only go witin the limits of their location . The sometimes get R&R for a period of seven days and go somewhere . They just can't be gone too long . Hope this helps you . Semper Fi
What happens if a Marine loses their rifle or sidearm?
Anonymous as the person detailed in this account is on Quora and I've no desire for him to get in contact lolWell I was in the Royal Marines I had a colleague “lose” his pistol during a field exercise. We spend several hours checking and rechecking the area we were in with no joy. CSM loses his sh*t and informs my colleague he's in deep, deep trouble.RNP get called in and conduct their own search with no joy. Colleague is on punishment detail and confined to quarters. He knows he's in deep.I'm on watch one night when we get called by the local civilian police who say they've recovered a firearm, I put them through to the duty RNP officer as requested and promptly forget about it and make a coffee. 10 minutes later the QSM's car screeches to a halt at the gate, closely followed by the OIC's car. Strange. I pass them through with appropriate snapiness and go back to my paper and coffee. 20 minutes later I get a call from the OIC which basically goes “bring marine **** to my office now” I deduce from his tone that he's in no mood for dissent so I promptly make my way to quarter's and rouse him and march him over to the bosses office and return to my scintillating duty. Half hour latet I get a heads ups to let a civilian police car through and do so when it appears. I'm relieved by next watch and retire to my bunk.When I woke up there's a buzz in the air that tells me some sh*t has gone down. I go to grab some food and bump in to the Colour Sergeant who is having a wee smoke outside the mess hall and he asks if I know what went down last night, I reply in the negative and he proceeds to tell me that Marine **** has been arrested by the civvies as the gun he'd “lost” had been used in an armed robbery committed by his cousin, turns out he'd stashed it under some rocks for the idiot cousin to collect later. Idiot cousin does so and happily goes about his nefarious business, robs a pawnbrokers and gets a hefty bag of cash, it's all going great! Until he runs out of the door to his car across the road and literally runs into an armed response vehicle who see the gun and arrest him, plod are happy, they're happier when the idiot cousin happily sells his cousin down the river and they get to play with the marines which livened up their evening and mine a bit.Rumour has it that the OIC was picking bits of that particularly dense marines arse from his teeth for weeks.
What happens if you use a phone on a plane?
It may or may not work, depending on whether or not there are base stations in range. It should work fine on the ground; in flight it might have trouble picking up a network. Cell phones do not interfere with aircraft systems on large aircraft. Sometimes pilots even use them in the cockpit, even though they are not supposed to. Small aircraft are generally unaffected as well, although they aren't shielded quite as well as commercial transports, so you'd want to test a bit before taking off somewhere. A cell phone is more likely to work in a small airplane because it's closer to the ground when flying. However, whether it works or not, if you use it while the plane is in the air, doing so violates FCC regulations, so it's illegal. There are other FAA regulations that restrict the use of electronic devices in flight, but they don't matter since the FCC forbids the use of cell phones entirely during flight, so even when the FAA allows it, the FCC doesn't. Airline crews cannot override this restriction. Airlines cannot punish people for using cell phones at their own discretion; they can only file a complaint with the government if they find someone using a phone illegally. Thus, the punishment, if any, is identical no matter what the airline. These rules apply on U.S. flights. FAA and FCC regulations don't apply elsewhere. However, many other countries may have restrictions on cell phone use aboard aircraft as well.
What privileges do you get during SOI at camp pendleton?
I can tell Frogman doesn't know what he's talking about, considering there are no "DI's" at SOI. Are you infantry or not? Either way, when my husband was there last year for MCT he was allowed to use his cell during liberty hours on the weekends, and he could go around base to mainside, the movie theatre, exchange, fast food, etc during those hours. The weekend before graduation he got 2 or so days of off base liberty. the Marines who didn't have family in the area just signed out with each other and stayed in hotels. Otherwise they could leave with their moms, gf's, wives, family, etc and spend the weekend in town. Those who were in ITB got more liberty. They got to use their phones pretty much during the week and had liberty each night. You can use the wireless internet (free) at the YMCA at SOI...yes, even at the beginning.
Does a Marine get vacation time at SOI?
you will get extended liberty time (there are no vactions in the Marine Corps it is either called leave or liberty) you will get a 72 or 96 depending on the holiday and when it falls. But when they release you for liberty they will tell you to stay within a certain amount of miles of the base. They won't have a GPS tracker on you, but if you fly home on liberty and you miss a flight get delayed at the airport and don't make formation you will be AWOL and since you were not supposed to go that far you can't use it as an excuse, also if something happens to you while you are home they will know like if you get arrested ot in a car accident then you will have disobeyed orders and they will at least bring you up on NJP That being said I flew home on liberty when we got an extended time period I just made sure I left time for overbooking of flights for my return flight. By the way liberty is time off during normal situations, you will be released for liberty when the work day is over and for weekend liberty. on these you are only allowed to travel a set distance from the base. When you are released for liberty they will say liberty starts and give you a formation time for the next day or when liberty ends Leave is the military word for vacation and is usually a longer period of time and you are free to travel where you want on leave so those are the differences
Regarding the Marine Corps I have several questions. I'm going to list as many of them as I can here.?
7 month iraq tours, 98 days boot camp, yes you can have a cell, just not in iraq, during training, and at bootcamp, privates start off at like $1100 a month, and it goes up from there, yes you can choose your bank, you take leave when your command approves it, mainly around holidays provided you arent deployed or between training, depending on what you chose as an MOS (your job) you either go to MCT (marine combat training), or SOI(School of infantry) - they're basically the same thing-an entention of boot camp, theres no telling how many times you'll go to iraq, and i dont really know what you mean by "tour of duty" do you mean your contract time or do you mean ammount of time in iraq, and depending on wheather you choose reservist or active duty this depends, the marine corps does NOT give enlistment bonus' and i feel this is a good thing, they only want people who really want to be a marine, if you want money go to the Facking army, You wont get shiiiiiit for your girlfriend unless you marry her, however, provided you show proof that the kid is yours, the kid will get medical benefits and if you take custody, you'll get money to live in an apartment and support it, there's 4 and 6 year contracts, 4 years for active duty, 6 years for the weekend warriors, yes if you die your beneficiary gets $400,000, Good luck getting into recon, you better be balls hard to do that. however, I have a few buddies who went that route, they go through ARS (amphibious reconaisance school), its like 4 months long i think(dont quote me on that), however they litterally just run you into the F'ing dirt, hell week consists of no food and no sleep for 7 days, Its up to you to decide if thats for you. They have phone centers with computers and phones in iraq, they suck, they break down and cut you off most of the time but they are there. There are companies that they use and for like 30 bucks you can get like 500 minutes or something, its reasonable. Dude, that was a TON of questions, if you have any more, email me. Later man
What would happen if we didn't turn our phones off on a plane?
No! Think about how easy it is to forget your phone in your pocket. A lot! Think about how many planes crash due to passengers keeping their mobile phones on. None!I know in Europe they have recently relaxed the rules, and they let people switch their phones back on as soon as the plane has landed and starts taxiing, and they let you use your device in "flight safe mode" even when taking off and landing. I believe the rules has or are about to be similarly relaxed in North America. The problem with leaving the phone on as soon as the plane is in motion is that it moves so fast that your phone would switch from mast to mast so fast that it could become a problem for those masts on the ground. And given that you are high above, your phone could be contacting loads more masts. Having 200 mobile phones per plane whizzing by an area could definitely create issues for the mobile phone network. In the future planes will offer in-flight WIFI the whole way, and you will be able to use that to make calls. Whether you like it or not, people will in few years be yapping away and instragraming duck face selfies in the air too!
Can you bring your cell phones to MCT or your MOS school ?
MCT is a BIG no, you'll only have a few days where you might get to use it but you can't take it to the field, not like there's a place to charge it for those 3 weeks MOS school you can have it, you can't have it out in uniform, or during any classes, or when you have duty/watch, but once you're on liberty for the day then you can use it
How do teachers prevent kids from using their cell phones during class? We didn't have cell phones when I was growing up. I imagine that students would prefer to spend time on their phones rather than listening in class. How is this managed?
In most of my classes, as a high school senior, no one stops us from using cell phones. However, aside from the one boy who would watch Netflix at the back of my pre-calculus class with no headphones, no student using their phone has been a disruption to the classroom activities.The students who don’t care about classes and grades anymore (we’re seniors—some of us have given up) may use their phones, but the majority of students don’t. Those of us who like to participate in class activities and who still care about maintaining high grades go on with our class without a problem; classroom interaction and learning remain excellent.I have one teacher who has us place our phones in pouches at the front of the classroom. While it’s certainly effective in preventing phone use, and could definitely be implemented by a teacher strongly opposed to phone use in class, I doubt it makes much of a difference in my class. Since it’s an AP Economics class, there aren’t many people in there who want to use their phones: we’re all dedicated students, and this class is challenging and requires attention.While I can see the argument that a large number of students using their phones is detrimental to the whole of the class, I believe that phone restrictions should only be applied in the classes that students regard as a joke, such as health education (where classroom activities are hampered because few, if any, students are paying attention). In my AP and Honors classes, restricting phone use is usually unnecessary—and, anyway, the students who take upper-level classes should reap the benefits or consequences of their actions, whether they decide to pay attention or use their phones.A teacher dedicated to their anti-phone cause could collect phones at the beginning of class or require them to be placed in a certain area of the classroom, but I believe that letting students learn how to regulate their own phone use is more important. After all, no one cares once you’re in college.Note: all of this answer applies to high-school age students. I believe that elementary- and middle-schoolers often require more regulation when it comes to phone use, though not nearly as much as American schools currently place on them.