Re-up (long time comin'!)

[puckmedic]

wow, we must have made quite an impression on the young CPL!! Have you talked to any recruiter types yet?

I think it's a good fit for ya. I hope all goes well and that your personal life gets on even keel soon brother.

I for one vote "GO FOR IT"

[HMC-FMF-PJ]

Quite a few FMF Corpsmen & Marines swap sides during their careers. Are you looking at Active Duty or Select Reserve? Do you have any medical training (EMT, Paramedic)? Are you wanting to serve as an FMF Doc with the Marines?

The devil is in the details, but there are plenty of oustanding opportunities for Corpsmen out there - including $20,000 lump sumbonuses for 6yr contract. You should also be able to keep your rank (E4)if you play your cards right.

[puckmedic]

LMAO!!! I know you're still young cause ... well no one's older than me!! I think.

I say if yer gonna do it, and work is good, go reserves. If the civ job sucks , pull chocks , spin the rotors and go AD.



Either way, already knowing what you do and still wanting at 31 to jump back into it no matter what service is in my books highly commendable. May God guide you in your choice, but rest assured, he's already smiling upon you for thinking about it.

I wish you well. What was that episode onf Mash when the put CAPT bars on radar and waltzed him in the O club? testing a new rank CPL CAPTAIN Pierce said.

Well now folks, may I present CPLCORPSMAN fixxxer? All in favor of this poor misguided man joining us as DOCs say aye...

To think at 31 I was trying to figure out how to escape the hell of FMSS ( I swear I made some one very mad at me, and the staff knew him!!!) which one of you said it was "FUN" ?



Good luck CPLCORPSMAN- I support you. Parents must be proud to have a son like you. I mean that.

[HMC-FMF-PJ]

Some websites for you to continue your research to get the best enlistment deal for you. (terms, rank, assignment, bonus) If the answer is not on the site itself, then look up the referenced instructions to hunt down the answer.

MILPERSMAN 1133-020, Navy Reserve Enlisted Programs
http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/508/milpers/1133-020.htm

Marine Reserve CA Units
http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/Units/CA.html

Navy Reserve Web Site (NRWS)
http://navyreserve.navy.mil/Public/Staff/WelcomeAboard/default.htm

Navy Reserve Enlisted Incentive Bonus Program
https://navyreserve.navy.mil/Public/Staff/Centers/Forces+Command/WelcomeAboard/Enlisted+Bonuses.htm

NAVADMIN 085/06 - Recruiting and Retention incentives effective 20 March 2006 - 30 September 2006
http://navyreserve.navy.mil/NR/rdonlyres/44E8EB29-6B52-42CA-8B1B-991B7933E537/0/NAVADMIN085_06.pdf

NAVADMIN 146/06 - updates NAVADMIN 085/06 (above) and introduces a new 4 Tier bonus payment program effective 19 May 2006 - 30 September 2006
http://navyreserve.navy.mil/NR/rdonlyres/10F947CB-8139-437C-8ADC-BC5C14C908F7/0/NAVADMIN146_06.pdf

Commander, Navy Reserve Force Instruction 1100.4B provides complete overall program eligibility determination and bonus application submission guidance.


1. No one cares more about your career than you.
2. If it is not on paper, it does not exist.
3. If you do not have a copy of the paper, it does not exist.
4. "But my recruiter told me" is often met with a quiet chuckle, since it is no more than the punch line to a bad joke everyone in the military has heard before.
5. Don't give up on your plans or the Navy just because the Recruiters at a particular site won't work with you. (My enlistment was signed in the 4th or 5th office I visited.)