Topic: REF: US Forces

BlackBear · October 16th, 2004

In ref to the US forces,

when one first joins what is length of services,

is service compulsory or is it voluntary

How long is rookie training

Thanks
Ex Scots Guards

03USMC · October 21st, 2004

Marine Corps
4 years
Voluntary
Recuirt Training I believe is still 12 weeks.

Lil Hulk 1988 · October 23rd, 2004

[quote="03USMC"]Marine Corps
4 years
Voluntary
Recuirt Training I believe is still 12 weeks.

You forgot that there is a required 4 years of inactive reserve.....

egoz · October 24th, 2004

well technically it's 4 active duty years, and you still have another 4 reserve years. it's 13 weeks for army basic and MOS training will take longer depending on your MOS.

03USMC · November 1st, 2004

[quote="Lil Hulk 1988"]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03USMC

Marine Corps
4 years
Voluntary
Recuirt Training I believe is still 12 weeks.

You forgot that there is a required 4 years of inactive reserve.....

Reenlist and you won't have to worry about those 4 IRR YEARS

RnderSafe · November 1st, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by egoz

well technically it's 4 active duty years, and you still have another 4 reserve years. it's 13 weeks for army basic and MOS training will take longer depending on your MOS.

It is not the reserves as most know them .. your name stays on the "call list" but you live as a civilian with no requirements unless called up.

Army BCT (basic combat training) is 9 weeks, not 13.

As 03 and Hulk said, USMC boot camp is 12 weeks.

Navy recruit training is 8 weeks with what is called P-week (Processing week) at the beginning, bringing the total to 9 weeks.

Air Force BMT (Basic Military Training) is 6 weeks

Coast Guard boot camp is 8 weeks.

Four years is the standard .. but there are 2, 3, 4 and 6 year enlistment options avaliable depending on the branch and what contracts they are offering.

egoz · November 1st, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by RnderSafe

Quote:

Originally Posted by egoz

well technically it's 4 active duty years, and you still have another 4 reserve years. it's 13 weeks for army basic and MOS training will take longer depending on your MOS.

It is not the reserves as most know them .. your name stays on the "call list" but you live as a civilian with no requirements unless called up.

Army BCT (basic combat training) is 9 weeks, not 13.

As 03 and Hulk said, USMC boot camp is 12 weeks.

Navy recruit training is 8 weeks with what is called P-week (Processing week) at the beginning, bringing the total to 9 weeks.

Air Force BMT (Basic Military Training) is 6 weeks

Coast Guard boot camp is 8 weeks.

Four years is the standard .. but there are 2, 3, 4 and 6 year enlistment options avaliable depending on the branch and what contracts they are offering.

ouch, i better talk to my recruiter again about those basic training numbers, i swear he told me 13.

October 16th, 2004	Post 1
BlackBear Tirones	Post; REF: US Forces In ref to the US forces, when one first joins what is length of services, is service compulsory or is it voluntary How long is rookie training Thanks Ex Scots Guards

October 23rd, 2004	Post 3
Lil Hulk 1988 Centurion	[quote="03USMC"]Marine Corps 4 years Voluntary Recuirt Training I believe is still 12 weeks. You forgot that there is a required 4 years of inactive reserve..... __________________ \"U.S. Marines are about the most peculiar breed of human beings I have ever known. They treat their service as if it was some kind of cult, plastering their emblem on almost everythng they own, making themselves up to look like insane fanatics...., *which I have come to the conclusion they are!*\" -- An Anonymous Canadian Citizen

October 24th, 2004	Post 4
egoz Primus Pilus	well technically it's 4 active duty years, and you still have another 4 reserve years. it's 13 weeks for army basic and MOS training will take longer depending on your MOS. __________________ Flavius Vegetius Renatus De Rei Militari - Let him who desires peace prepare for war. Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. - Alex Rodriguez (Go Yankees!)

October 21st, 2004	Post 2
03USMC Milforum Moderator Gear	Marine Corps 4 years Voluntary Recuirt Training I believe is still 12 weeks.

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