NCS

[mr.brightside]

hey, im a HM with the FMF and im on the NCS program. I already have my FMF pin and have made a deployment to japan and to korea. im looking into trying to extend my contract and take a C-School, however, no one can tell me anything about what i can do with my contract besides going to the reserves or extending and staying with my original unit. can anyone shed some light??? thanks

Doc Brightside

[Da-Chief]

Brightside..

I am running out the door right now, but can answer this when I get back.. Check back tonight!
Later

HMC

[mr.brightside]

good to go chief. ill check back.

[Da-Chief]

NCS program.

Right now as I type this (7Jan 2007) Students who are in the NCS pipeline are going from BootCamp, to "A" School here then to FMSS, and off to the Marines. You will "NOT" I repeat "NOT" be going to a Naval Hospital.

If for some reason you get hurt while in the pipeline and are unable to perform your duties to get to FMSS and then to the Marines, you will be admin Sep'ed.

This is a "RESERVE" Program. Like mentioned before, you have to do 15 months of Active Duty time but your clock does not start until you finish FMSS. So the time through Boot Camp, "A" School and FMSS does not start until after FMSS.

Follow?

Also you are not eligible for "C" Schools even though your recruiter might tell you that you are... They will tell you that FMSS is a "C" school which it is not.

You are not eligible for the GI bill (FULL).

You cannot reenlist into the NCS program, after your 15 months, you can extend up to 24 months (At which time you are then eligible for the GI BILL sign up then if you extend.)

(This is a case by case basis, you need to have shit hot evals to support this, you chain of command needs to endorse this. You have to get on it ASAP!) The Majority of times, they are not letting people extend!!! Remember this is a RESERVE Program and they are counting on you filling a billet. That being said, AD billets are hard to fill in 8404 now. Get your foot in the door, tell themyou want to stay with your unit and deploy etc. Uh-rah Crap. This is the only way they will extend you. You cannot, I repeat cannot get transferred for an extension, you would have to fill your 36 month requirement of Sea Duty.

Do you have your FMF Pin? I hope so as it will be a non-starter unless you do. I can assure you the Marines will not support an extension on someone who did not take the time to get "THIER" Warfare program done.

If you are allowed to extend for "WHATEVER REASON" get your ass to PSD and get signed up for the GI Bill, if you have 1200 dollars available to drop, then do it in one lump sum. I can vouch for this program as my wife just maxed it out to get her Nursing degree. They were paying her 1033 dollars a month to go to school!

IF after you have done your 15 months and the 24 months and you still like the FMF canoe club and want to stay in , you can submit a "Perform to Serve" package to ship over to the full active duty side to get a "C" school on Reenlistment if one that you want is available. You will also be eligible for Bonus’s at this time. You will also be on full active duty, not affiliated with the Reserves.

You have to be proactive on this if you are extended. You have to get your PTS package in to Re-enlist. If approved, this is when you get with the C-School Detailer to geta C-School. I can tell you we have enough Lab Tech's Radiology Tech's etc... You have to have something that will support the fleet, I.e. PMT etc...


Ok, now... if you just want to do 15 months and get out, after which you have to affiliate with a Reserve Drillling unit. And since you are already a hard charging "FMF" warfare certified person, you will most likely be affiliated with a MARINE Reserve unit as their doc. BTW, they deploy all the time to IRAQ as well.

Ohh and did I mention that we are at war, and the Marines Deploy to fight such war all the time??

The reason I say this, every day I do an avail brief here at NHCS and I would say 75% of the people who join say they do it to "GO TO COLLEGE"

My response...

Did you know we were at "WAR?

Nuff said...

Hope this helps you make an educated determination.

HMC (AW) Crone

The-Chief.

I wrote this in Feb last year, and updated what I wrote to reflect what is going on now. I can tell you I have a HM2 on staff here who put up 6 NCS'ers out of 1MARDIV and only 2 were recommended to be extended. Good Luck!

[angeles]

I am new to this forum and I'd like to ask a question...What if your NCS and you did get sent to a hospital (me)? I am on a marine platform and I thought i was going to be deployed but a couple of months into the command they switched my platform to CRTS and they said I wont be deployed within a year and by that time my contract will be up.

[Da-Chief]

Angeles,

Then my friend, When you put in your package, tell them you will accept FMF orders to any "HOTFILL" billet needed if they let you extend. You have to make it worth the Navy's money to keep you. Also put in that your HOR is in Japan, like you stated in another post, and that you will be of no use to the Reserves there. Better to keep you on AD.

Let me know if you need any help.

V/R
HMC

[sball]

You stated in this respones that for now the path is boot camp, Corpsman school, then off to FMSS, not a Naval Hospital. Is this just the path for Reserve or the path for regular enlisted also? In other words, if you signed on for 5 years is going to C school a possibility right out of "A" corpsman school?

[HM_ChrisG]

Yes, it is possible to get a "C" School out of Corpsman "A" School for Active Duty.

I got word passed just the other day that you now need to be in the 90 percentile or above avarage in testing to qualify.

"C" School openings change all the time so don't just pick a "C" school to pick it. Make sure you want to do that career path for awhile, because you will be doing it for awhile.


-Chris

[sball]

Do you mean 90 percentile in your corp school tests or is there a test you take to get into C school?

[brooke_amey]

Thanks sball for asking that question about "C" school. That helped me.

[DocWilder]

I am NCS and I was extended with the loan repayment option and after 6 months and big navy my bank received a check for 18,000 so if anyone has any specific questions about NCS I have made a lot of contacts and have needed to do most of the leg work for myself and a few others at my command because our CCC did not know anything about NCS.

Please contact me with any questions?

V/R

HM3 (FMF/AW)