great_daines

sorry about your relative. i hope he can do his mission after deployment. I wouldnt be too surprised if that happened to me though. you never know

I'm sorry to say that you dont know what youre talking about. MARINE RECRUITERS are different from army recruiters i thought i ran that by you. they dont need any more recruits so there isnt a quota to crunch. Either way, if you want to get into the military, youre going to have to work with a recruiter at some point. whatever your experience with recruiters is, yes YOU CAN SERVE YOUR MISSION WHILE IN THE RESERVES. It just depends on what company you join. If you join a company that just got back from a deployment, they have 3-4 years before they deploy again. its not like the marines just randomly start shipping people on a plane to iraq. Even if youre assigned to a company that will deploy soon, you'll still be able to serve your mission after (assuming you dont get blown up ). haha thanks hemidakota for shedding some light. some people just dont know what theyre talking about

marine boot camp would actually prepare you for the mtc. Depends which service's recruiter to talk to. Marine recruiters dont need recruits, so theirs is more of a screening process. The marine corps sold itself to me, he didn't really need to tell me much for me to be impressed with how they work. Army recruiters on the other hand, he told me to lie on the medical screening. youre looking at this way too logically, like if you join the marines you wont serve your mission. if you join the reserves, yes you still can serve your mission then go active duty once you're off your mission. Yes they do have a hold on your life but it's not to the extent that everyone else is telling you. Lestertheemt, were you a Marine or something?

PLEASE READ THIS.. I hope you havn't made any decisions yet. Why is that that you think you have to decide between the marine corps and the lord? Join the Marines Reserve and serve your mission as well man. Thats what I'm doing. I just barely swore in January 5th, and today i started my mission papers. It's kind of a juggle between getting your mission papers in and getting a mission call after all your training, but it can be done. Talk to your recruiter about joining into a unit that just got back from Iraq or afghanistan. And just to make myself a little more credible, THREE guys in my ward did this. 1 just got back off his mission (he went army reserve), 1 is about to leave for his mission (he went army reserve as well) and another is off his mission from being in the Marine reserve. It's great because its that much more time in the military PLUS serving your mission