Must want to be a Marine first then pilot second?

[livefast]

Pure curiousity: If you're commissioned with an Air contract in the Corps can you "transfer" to another branch?

 

[phrogdriver]

You mean another branch of service, like the Navy, or another "branch" of the Corps?

Transfer to another service-no.

Transfer to the ground side of the Marines-yes, but you can't tell what you'll get. See several other threads.

 

[towbubba]

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question but what does a Foward air controller do?

I'm between AF and marines. Everytime i decide (in my head) i want to go Air force something inside me bugs me sort of like i'm cheating or something. I know AF officer training is not the hardest in the world. When i decide marines i love the idea of earning it and testing myself, but then i'm not sure if being an infantry man would be something i'd like to do.

I dont know if being on the ground with the grunts is for me do you guys think when i go through OCS in college I will be able to make a proper decision if being a marine is for me or not?

Also i get sea sick .....will that be a problem? (I've done acro in airplanes plenty of times and i have not gotten sick) but i know as a marine i will spend some time on ships.

Keep not capitalizing the word Marine. You seem to have no problem doing it for hAir Force. I don't want you in the Corps if you would let others send you to OCS. If you still want the Corps, try juniors PLC I heard it's a cake walk then you might get the respect you need for the Corps to join her. As far as getting sea-sick yeah it can be bad on an LSD but I think the bigger boats don't rock as much but I enjoyed watching people toss their salads. Dock will give you a p*ssie patch if you need it. Be sure and let us know what you decide junior. :icon_rage

 

[towbubba]

I'm sorry for treading on the grounds of the other post about B-Billets, but I am going to do it anyways. I am tied between choosing Aviation MOS or Infantry MOS but because of the flight contract before I graduate, it gives me a kind of "security", as much as there can be in life, to know what I will be going into after TBS instead of waiting for the selection officer to put me into something that I will not like as much. The main point of my wordy message is, "How likely is a pilot to get a B-Billet as a FAC if they request it?" I would like the chance to fly and to do grunt work. I heard, however highly unlikely, that sometimes, 2nd Lt's awaiting Flight School can get a chance to go through OIC, which would be ideal for me. I would appreciate some comments and/or replies to these statements. Thank you.

That's entirely doable (OIC). Know of a few that did it and not uncommon. You better bust your ass in TBS though.

 

[46Driver]

That's entirely doable (OIC). Know of a few that did it and not uncommon. You better bust your ass in TBS though.

If its any help, had a friend who went to IOC right after TBS while waiting to go to flight school. He flew Phrogs with me in the same squadron but when he got out, he went to the Marine reserves, asked for and got an infantry unit due to his background of IOC. He is in Falujeh, Iraq right now as the S-3 for an infantry battalion.

 

[E5B]

As far as getting sea-sick yeah it can be bad on an LSD but I think the bigger boats don't rock as much....

Our LHA was being tossed around like no other. I have a few pictures of some 30-40' swells when we came close to a typhoon nearing Hong Kong. At one point, they secured everyone to their racks and told us to stay until we got away from the violent swells.

Good times