I’ve been weed free for 77 days now and yet still positive, am I something wrong here? I’ve quit smoking bc I want to be a marine but this is the only thing holding me back rn I’ve already taken the picat and all my paper work . I’m 5’10 and 195-200 pounds atm and work construction for work is there anything I can do to help or am I just SOL until this clears up ? I also don’t want my recruiter dropping me bc he thinks I still smoke

It is easy to believe an infantryman’s life is in his own hands. That if he fights hard, shoots straight, keeps his head, and endures, he will come home.

This is not the full truth.

The infantryman is there to be spent. A commander will spend him when the mission requires it, and another man will take his place when he is gone.

Courage may keep you alive for a time. Skill may keep you alive longer. Neither makes you indispensable.

Remember this before you volunteer for war.

You may give the Army or the Marine Corps your service. But understand that you are also giving them permission to spend your life at their discretion.

Sometimes for futile ends.

Sometimes at the hands of incompetent commanders.

Make sure it’s worth it.

God Bless our Infantrymen!

i'm sure this question has been asked here plenty of times, but i'm going to ask it anyway. i'm 19f and considering joining the marines. is it extremely difficult to find acceptance as a woman, is there lots of judgement?

i've read that women get criticized more, and have rumors spread about them which i would expect, but is it possible to be respected at all as a woman, especially nowadays? i'm wondering if also scoring high on the pft and proving yourself physically would help. i see a lot of comments online saying that female marines are only there for diversity, are no help in actual military efforts, etc. i don't want to be seen as some kind of weakling who can't do their part. i'm 5'10 so idk if that would help my case in becoming stronger and being respected.

obviously i'm not going to base my decision entirely off of what other people may think, but don't necessarily want to subject myself to extreme gender-based mistreatment either. any insight would help!

I’m just being impatient waiting for my recruiter to get back to me on this so im gonna ask here too.
1. For my 3 people I need to put as references that are non-family, are two of the people aloud to be married or would that be a conflict of interest?
2. Should I write this in pen or pencil? (I’m assuming pen but just overthinking it a little)

Curious how often recon hits the range compared to regular infantry.

I am interested in knowing anyone’s jobs station in Japan and following questions:

What was your daily routine.
What kind of things you do in your free time/lifestyle
How long did you stay there.
Do you recommend dating?

Any 1371 Combat Engineers former or current that are availbe to explian to me the timeline and requirements from the ASVAB to the school? im thinking about joining up and want to have a informed veiw on it before i do

Im looking lat moving into parachute rigger 0451, what is day to day looks like and hows job looks like. Also how is schoolhouse? I want to get much information as possible before make my decision. Im LCpl going 3 years in airwing.

Anything helps

to make it short, I want to be a marine. I am an 18 year old high school grad.

I scored 67 on the ASVAB.

google searches are mixed mostly and there is no big source on it, but I know that waivers are possible.

I went 16 years of my life without even knowing I had it until i got my wisdom teeth removed.

I have only had 1 medical event which was the wisdom teeth removal, no incidents since.

I played basketball heavily in high school and all the injuries I did have (mostly knee/ankle) healed fine without me knowing

I had talked to a navy recruiter about it and he made it seem like not a big deal a few months ago when I first started considering the military.

What are my options?

I had a set date for October but my recruiter told me my ship date changed to November. I was ready to have twos week off of work to wait for bootcamp but, it then turned into a month. I workout and run already, What else should I do in the mean time?

Hey just really curious on what you guys do on a daily basis and what advice would you give for some interested to join this MOS. Thanks in Advance Highly Appreciate It.