My friend wants to go out and serve the country but he is barely a junior in high school. He says he already signed p and is going to be sent to basic in June this year, can that happen?
199585
no, he's most likely a split op.  He goes to basic this summer and his AIT the summer after he graduates.  There's no way you could fit basic and AIT into one summer.  You cannot be deployed until you are MOS qualified, which means you have completed AIT.  So he won't be deployed while in high school.  He can go to basic, and other training, but he won't be send over seas
65855
Your question is a little confusing.\n\nFirst, if he signed up as a reserve infantryman, then he has no official obligation to deploy. If there was no war going on, he would just do his "one weekend a month" and call it a day. However, with the operational tempo of the Marine Corps at present time, chances are he would be activated in the next year anyway.\n\nSecond, you made it sound like he signed up active infantry and is thinking about going reserve infantry. If I'm wrong in assuming that, I'm sorry. But, if he signed up active and is now thinking of trying to switch to reserve, good luck. The Marine Corps almost never lets you do that. It's possible, but they'll fight tooth and nail to keep you from doing it.\n\nWhatever the case may be, if he's a newbie to the Corps and he's a grunt, he'll most likely be headed to combat in the next year or two. Welcome to the Corps. Semper Fi.
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He is not sworn in yet, he would still at this point have to report for his physical and also be sworn in.\n\nThe recruiter is not going to help you or tell you anything about getting out.  You need to read the contract yourself and see about where the cluse is.\n\nAlso look on the paper work for a commanding officers office and number. \n\nJoining the army is not like going to work at Walmart, you can't just quit.
255045
The National Guard and Army Reserves will still have to do their time as a soldier.  That means that if you are enrolled in college, and have to deploy, you're college will take a back seat.  The flip side of that coin is that you will be able to take college course while you are active.  There are a variety of colleges that offer online course, there are colleges on military installations, and the Army also has E-Army learning.  The Army pays for the tuition while you are active.\n\nYou, however, have to do some soul searching to determine just what you are joining the military (part-time or full-time) for.\n\nI congratulate you on thinking about it.  Someone earlier said that you should talk to service members and don't believe everything you hear.  That's good sound advice.\n\nI wish you the best in your endeavors.
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Although it's not going to be easy, it's time to have your son step up to the plate of adulthood.  Make an appointment for him to meet with a recruiter from the Army/Navy/Airforce/Marines.  He will get good direction, an education, and with luck take responsibility for his life.  I know this isn't the best of times to join the service, but it doesn't sound like he's on a great path as it is.  Good luck, Mom.
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i've been in the military 19 yrs, i was in 17yrs  b4 i ever went to war.\nremember by going to west point he is joining the army, and he will have to serve his time on active duty.\nbasketball is secondary.\nit all depends on what job he choses to do, if he choses a combat mos and what unit he is attached to.\nhe will probally be sent over seas, but not necesserally to iraq. \nit all depends on the job he chooses,just because he is in the army dosen't mean he will get killed. those are choices that he will have to make if he wants to put himself in harms way.\nyou will see when he comes out of west point he will be a different person, u will be proud of him not many get accepted to west point
28326
Depends. It is true if he is already TDY (temporary duty to another location). It's not true if he is at his home station. He just needs to fill out a leave form and get it approved by his supervisor. Once he gets it approved he can go almost anywhere in the world he wants. Don't forget about passports and visas.
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No, if they are in basic training, the recruits are restricted to the barricks only. Only when they get to the advanced duty station for their mos training (Job type) are they allowed a weekend pass. Even then it is only good for something like 100 miles from base, and they would have to be back at their unit by 6:00 pm Sunday. \n\nFrom my experiences, it is hard on the long distance type relationships, especially if you are or were dating in highschool
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It isn't an absolute requirement.  A dropout can enlist, but prior to going to basic training, they must have a GED.  The Army accepts 10% of their enlisted with GEDs.
481406
Here is your answer:  If you have never been in the military before, you will be processed under the Non-Prior Service Basic program.  This is a USNR program that allows you to select from a group of jobs (rates) that you qualify for.  Each job will have different ship dates.  The job you select may have two or three different dates available.  The term of DEP (Delayed Entry Program) is not to exceed 365 days.  However, unless you are a High School senior you will not be looking a whole year out.  Once you ship to RTC (Navy Boot Camp), you will complete 9 weeks of Naval Training and the ship to the Navy school that you choose.  Once you complete school you will check in to the nearest Naval Reserve Center (Naval Operational Center).  From that point,  its one weekend a month and two weeks out of the year on active.  Feel free to email me if you have any more questions.  Good Luck.
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if he really wants to go into the military, I guess you can't stop him, but he's going to be treated worse by the drill sergants in basic than his parents more than likely, and it's not going to get him anywhere near being "the ultimate badass"\nto put it bluntly, the most likely place he'll end up is in Iraq, and eventually dead. his best bet is to go into the airforce if he truly is set on joining the military, he's less likely to get killed (unless that's his wish) and he can find a part that will be his niche in life\nmy uncle's been in the airforce for two decades and has found his niche in fixing C-130 Hercules cargo planes, your friend (I only say friend because I don't know his relationship to you) should really weigh his options before he goes off to get killed, because he may find a better place than the marines\nnothing against the marines, I just think we should be killing our youth in iraq
214458
Yes you can, providing you meet all of the requirements that any one enlisting in the service must meet.\n\nFlap Jackson is incorrect.
419522
I'm gonna let you know something I learned during basic at Lackland. AFJROTC is crap. What they teach you is practically nothing to what you will learn in ROTC. When you get out of high school go for ROTC. My TI told us JR teachs you the wrong things and messes you up. I had a girl in my flight from JR and she got behind cuz she was stuck in JR ways
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If you sign up for ROTC, and take their classes, and participate in their events, then the answer is a resounding YES.\n\nBy the end of your 2nd year of college (I think), you have to decide if you are going to go into the military.  If yes, then you sign a contract, and they will continue to pay.  If no, then they will no longer pay for your college.\n\nCheck with the ROTC instructors at your college.  They will be able to give you more definite answers.  I've been out of that arena for 6 years.
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OK Check this out, 4 year scholarships are for some unknown reason hard to get, probably because everyone applies for them right out of high school and because of that they can raise their standards to whatever they want.\n\n2 and 3 year scholarships are given out by the PMS (professor of Military Science) a LTC at each school.  So go to college, take the first year ROTC classes and you WILL get a 3 year scholarship.\n\nIf you are in it for the money you can do what I did and enlist in the National Guard and get a 2 year scholarship in the SMP Program (simultaneous membership program).  There is a chance you will deploy during the first 2 years but when you become a Scholarship Cadet you can not be deployed but the gives you more college money than the 3 year scholarship (or did when I went to school)
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I don't think you can unless you've emancipated yourself from your parents. I know I had to either wait to sign all the paperwork and leave after I turned 18, or have my parents sign as my legal guardian. I ended up waiting until about 2 months after my 18th bday to leave for basic. You could technically leave on your birthday though- I think the recruiters can help you with that.
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Well a few things can happen. Alot of it actually depends on the military unit they went AWOL from. First off, as soon as we change thier duty status to AWOL, we hold all pay and allowances... we inventory all property they leave behind within 24 hours. The Army has a group of military police called "AWOL Apprehension" that are informed and a notice goes thru NCIC to all law enforcement agency's. After 10 days we send thier parents a letter explaining that they are AWOL and explaining duty and honor. At the 31 day mark, we begin processing the paperwork to drop them from the military rolls and seperate them from the Army for desertion. They are given a seperation code on thier official records and DD214 that codes them as a dessertor.  With that code, it is difficult for them to apply to any college, they will be turned down for all state and federal jobs and they cannot recieve alot of different loans... to include alot of consumer loans.  Life at that point kinda sucks for them... and usually so does thier pay.  McDonalds and Burger King have even started denying them employment. If you can't get a job at Burger King... well that rests on it's own merits....lol.