How do you get out of the marines/army before your time is up?
961411
He will regret that for the rest of his life. If you really love him marry him and support his mission. Look at all the benefits you get and think positive. Why do  you want him to get out? Does he have a career lined up is he a college graduate? \nGetting out that way is not the answer. You want him to do that for you? What are you willing to sacrifice for him? Comon Think Straight!
500101
I was in the same boat with the Army.  I toughed it out.  My wife pushed me to stay on, and it worked out.  The last couple of years were the hardest, and easiest, of them all.  I won't say that it was a cake walk, but knowing that I ONLY had 10 years, 8 years, 1 year to retirement made a difference.  If I had gotten out, I think that I would be kicking myself for not staying.\n\nMy brother got out of the Navy after 10 years, and went to work as a contractor.  He and his family have moved 4 different times since he got out, so the moving part is still there.  BUT, he is happy with his decision.  I told him he was nuts, he was half way there, etc.  But, he had had enough.\n\nThe ultimate decision on this is between you and your husband.  You will have to weigh the pros and cons.  I, personally, think that if your halfway there, and don't have your degree yet, then you should stay.  But, then again, I've already passed the hump.\n\nGood luck, and thank you for your service.
1074994
a lot of these answers are great just to stress on a few get some college first and you will have a higher rank when joining. If you can't. just be prepared to be broken and rebuilt they will break you down and rebuild you into a soldier.  Your life will revolve around the USMC you can't come and go as you please it is up to your ranking officer. I think the Army is a little slacker and not as tuff as the USMC both are standing for your country which is a great honor make sure you pick the job you want when you sign up because it is hard as hell to change once you sign those papers.  Basic training and  the schooling after sucks you do stupid jobs like kitchen duty and detail work.  Defiantly start running/  it is up and at um every morning for PT during your first 6 months to a year.  Lots of push ups and sit ups.  But you build great bonds and great friendships and you make it into what you want it can be the best experience or the worst it is all up to you!\n\nProud to be an American
642009
Thanks for anwsering my question now I will anwser yours.\nI have been in the Army for 6 years now. What is your MOS? (job title) Im a 11B Infantryman. \n\nWhat to bring. Well when I went I was told to bring all kinds of crap and ended up not needing it. \n\nGet a nice new pair of running shoes try and brake them in before you go.\n1-2 towels/washcloths. Basic Hygene kit, razors, 1 can shaving cream, tooth brush/paste, None brakable mirror, fingernail clippers WITH NO FILE, and q-tips. \n\nDO NOT BRING knifes, files, pocketwatches. ect..... anything that you think they might take from you they probably will. NO sharp objects... you get the picture. \n\nUnless they changed it over the last 6 years you will get a debit card that has $300.00 (of your first pay check of course that can only be use at the PX store on base) So you will be able to buy more crap that you think you will need when you get there. \n\nAs far as if your in shape or not. If your not in shape now dont worry about it cause you will be by the time you are finnished. When I joined I was 210 .lbs I came out at 150! 4 years later gained it back lol beefcake! Anyways, here are some pointers. If you have a temper learn to keep your mouth shut. Learn quickly what your are tought. If a drill Sgt tells you to do something do it good and as fast as you can. If you fck up alot you will stick out more and they will make your life more of a living hell as they can. I have heard that Basic training has gone soft comparied to what I or thoughs before me went through, not as much yelling and crap. When you get deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan remember what you have been taught and if there is someone in your unit that has been there before get with them and ask as many questions as you can. Learn your job!  \n\nPlease email me and let me know what your MOS is and I will try and give you an idea of what you are in for alittle more. \n\nOh yeah and when you get in ask about the Rakkasans\nwe are the craziest unit there is. \n\nHave fun and good luck
984471
Here's how it is going to work.  You'll be at the USO at the airport when you get picked up by a Drill Instructor.  You get on a bus with a bunch of other recruits and are told to keep your head down during the ride so you don't see the way in/out of the base.  This is to prevent you from escaping if you decide to go UA (Unauthorized Absence).  Once you get onto MCRD you'll be lead into a room where the DIs will search all of your personal belongings and confiscate anything they can.  Anything they don't confiscate (civilian clothes, shoes, backpack, etc) you will box up and put in storage the next day or two.  A couple of people in my platoon ended up having their stuff go missing when it was time to pick it up before graduating, so don't bring anything that you really care about. \n\nAnyways, back to forming.  After that you will get in a big single-file line standing at attention and waiting for your haircut.  Wannabe DI admin Marines will walk by and harass you and the occasional DI will yell at you.  They will cut your hair really quick and it will hurt a bit, but oh well.  After that you will get your first issue of uniforms and other stuff that you will use during Boot Camp.  Forming will last 3-5 days depending on when you arrive their and when your Company picks up.  Don't worry about forming, you will never see any of those DIs again.  I would advise you to try and volunteer for Guide of your Platoon in forming.  This will usually carry through to your Platoon once you get picked up and as long as you keep doing a good job, your DIs should let you keep it.  Guide gets promoted to PFC upon graduation and has a chance to get LCpl if he is the Company Honorman.\n\nTo answer your question, cut your hair short to make things easier and less painfull but don't buzz it.  They'll cut it no matter what and you'll get less shit from them.\n\nIf you have any other questions shoot me an E-Mail and I'll be glad to help.
852318
Start eating less and running at least 8 miles a day.  Thats what you be doing in the marines.\n\nCoach
1173771
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.
761001
I enjoyed my time as a Marine, I miss it and would love to go back but I have a family and cannot leave them for extended periods. If you join the US military you will be gone for extended periods and you will go to war. Since you do not have a spouse the development of your children could be compromised. I would tell you to stay home and raise your kids.
976919
The only ways to get out of the National Guard without adverse repercussions are:  (1) to serve your time and get an honorable discharge, (2) to get a hardship discharge -- and you have to meet the criteria for it, usually involves death of a parent or spouse, (3) be discharged for medical reasons -- you didn't do anything wrong, but you no longer meet the physical qualifications required to serve in the National Guard.\n\nOnce you sign the papers and take the oath you can't change your mind and "back out."  You're expected to honor your contract, and if you're involuntarily discharged from the National Guard for misconduct or unsatisfactory performance, that's going to stick with you for the rest of your life.  ANY employer (including McDonald's) who has a job applicant that received anything other than an honorable discharge will want to know why, and in most cases those who don't get an honorable discharge don't get a job.
292551
WARNING:\n\nYou have been given some real good answers: You have a 6 year obilgation to perform. Its up to you as to how you do it. But as a two tour Marine Vet in Viet Nam and 13 years in the Army National guard; I would highly recommend you to fulfil your obilgation. It will haunt you for the rest of your life if you quit now. What will you tell your kids one day? That you were not man enough to help protect their rights to live in a free nation? Millions of men and women have died to give you the rights you now enjoy. Good luck.
83912
I'm a Marine who began boot camp at Parris Island, SC on June 1, 2004.  I'm now a Corporal, so I would like to give you some pointers that I wish I would've gotten beforehand.\n\n1.  Never look your Drill Instructors in the eyes.  The "Thousand yard stare" is all that is allowed of you.  That is, you can only look straight forward, as if off into the distance.  Your DI's will try everything they can to get you to break this discipline, including spitting in your face, screaming at your face from one inch away, and other ways that I will leave out here (there's alot).\n\n2.  Be in shape.  Get into top shape physically before you get there, and really "put out" (try your hardest) during PT (physical training) while you're there.  You'll only hurt yourself if you don't.  It's okay to be in the middle of the pack while running, but you better not be the fatbody who's last.  Everyone in boot camp suffers for the fall-out boy.  Don't be him.\n\n3.  Two choices--leader or ghost.  There's only two smart ways to go into boot camp.  One is to be a leader, that is, make your presence known to the other recruits.  Be very, very loud, be in top physical shape, and always volunteer for things.  When other recruits look up to you, the DI's will notice.  They will either make you a squad leader (there are usually four), or the Guide (recruit who is the leader of the platoon).  Volunteer for these positions if somebody gets fired.  An outstanding squad leader at graduation usually will get meritoriously promoted to PFC if he's a private, and the Guide (honor graduate) will almost always be promoted, no matter what his former contract rank (Pvt gets PFC, PFC get LCpl).\nThe other route (which I went) is to ghost your way through.  Don't ever mess up, but never volunteer, either.  This way, you won't stand out.  Near the end, though, your DI's will realize that they haven't been paying enough attention to you.  Then, watch-out!  If I could go back I would try to be the Guide, and you probably should, too.  If you're a contract PFC, being a Lance Corporal right out of boot camp is a huge advantage to you later.\n\n4.  Never think you are special.  At boot camp, you aren't.  You're a piece of crap, like everyone else.  That is the purpose of 1st phase (1st month); to make you just like everyone else.  You lose everything, including your name (you have to refer to yourself as "this recruit").  There are no special delicate snowflakes in Marine Corps boot camp.  1st phase strips away your identity.  2nd phase builds you up to be just like everyone else.  3rd phase is where you get some respect (Ok.  Not much from DI's, but other junior recruits look up to you alot.  Help them with advice when you can, and only when you won't get caught!)\n\n5.  Pay attention to what's going on.  Always.  Situational awareness is key in boot camp.  Following instructions EXACTLY without thinking will let you be a successful recruit.  If a DI tells you to do something crazy, just do it with no question.  I was a thinker (as well as a college graduate going in), and this was a hindrance to me.  Turn off the part of your brain that asks "Why are we doing this?"  If you just do what you're told life will be alot easier.  Trust me.\n\n6.  Don't get held back, and don't get injured.  If you fail at a graduation requirement (swim qualification, for example), you will be held back.  For many things, like swim qual or rifle range, you will be given a few second chances.  Falling out of humps is not one of these.  If you fall out of a hump, you go back in training.  Going back in training is one of the worst things that can happen to a recruit, because you leave the closest thing to friends or family that you have (your platoon) behind.  You are then reassigned a new platoon, and have to re-do what you failed, and you have to keep
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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.
168307
There are a lot of things that can exclude you from joining. Talk to a recruiter. Be open and honest about everything. If you lie or hide the truth, and they find out, you can get kicked out with probably an OTH (Other Than Honorable) discharge.
809282
you can't.  besides, that status changes daily, and just because you get sent to a base that isn't due up doesn't mean he won;t get sent IA.\n\nand do NOT go to Ft Drum.  Just as cold as Alaska.  and less pretty in the summer.  \n\nIf you are on EFMP<keep inmind that it only limits places YOU can go, if the need arises, they can and will give your spouse Unacompanied orders.    your condition also will NOT get him out fo a deployment.  trust me.  Mine has deployed several times, and I also have a chronic condition that prevents me from driving.
581062
I don't know if there is an actual rule to that, but they way they make the deployment schedules, it's unlikely to go twice in a row.  In the USMC, it's been 7 months there before the new guys show up.  They stay for seven months.  It's possible that as soon as you return, you'll start training to go back as the new guys replacements.  But that is what I am trying to do, and I am having a difficult time being put on a deployment.  There are more Marines willing to go than slots available.  Many Marines have gotten to go/had to go three times in one enlistment.  I've only gotten there once.  I've got a year left though.  Hopefully I'll make it back again.
635754
You would have to talk to a recruter once again they can help you my brother did it that way except he went from the army into the Marines I just stayed in the army 13B Tank bat baby yeah!!
745236
I'm assuming that he is still in the Delayed Entry Program and hasn't been sworn in at MEPS yet.  If this is the case, just talk to the recruiter and he will be able to get out of it.  They can't force you to go to Boot Camp, but once you are there, it's done.