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GA
Hello,
I am U.A. from the Marine Corps and would like some advice from people more educated on matters pertaining to my situation than me. I talked to Marine recruiters Nov. of 2006 about enlisting in the Marines. I was offered a $3000 sign-on bonus if I went ahead and joined, and having been out of highschool almost a year, with no set plans for my future, I accepted. Less than three weeks after walking into my recruiters office I was on my way to Parris Island. I arrived Dec. 4th, 2006. I graduated bootcamp March 12th of 2007 and after my boot leave reported to infantry school. I made it thru bootcamp and SOI with no problems besides some shin splints. I was told things would not be the same as they were in bootcamp or S.O.I. once you go into the fleet. I was told I would be treated with fairly and dignity.
Well, I was under the impression via recruiter, drill instructors, and S.O.I. instructors I would be stationed in Camp Lejune, N.C. A week and a half prior to my completion of S.O.I. I was taken to a room and told I had been stationed at Kaneohe Bay, HI. No if's, and's, or but's about it. Up to this point, I had a 287 PFT score, and all my test scores were at the top of my platoon, and company. I was in Hawaii about a month, and had won a meritorious promotion to Lnc. Cpl. via company level and was set to go in front of Battallion to compete for the promotion. I never made it that far.
Within a week of winning the company level promotion board, rumors were started by a senior lnc. cpl. in my company that resulted in the ostrichization of me from the rest of the company. I was herassed, treated unfairly, humiliated, and felt physically threatened. Seeing nowhere to turn and having no friends there...They all got stationed in N.C. I begin to resent my seniors and the corps. My loss of motivation only increased the herrassment I received daily. I realized that at 19, I didnt know everything and I had made a serious mistake. I joined an orginization that preached Honor, Courage, and Commitment. Promised fair treatment and dignity...Pride. In my seven month stint in the Marines I saw only glimmers of any of those traits. I begin to realize that I was misguided in my previous thinking of military service and the Marines in general.
I had a roomate that influenced my decision to go u.a., indirectly, by what he had been thru. He was a lnc. cpl. with three iraq combat tours under his belt, that re-enlisted under the premise he would get embassy duty, told directly by a Master Srg. who got him to re-enlist, then said "sorry, wasent in writing, tough luck". Well he didn't get his promised duty, and was told he would have to serve two more tours before that request could be approved. Bull if you ask me. Anyway, seeing how they treated this marine, a good marine who had done more for his country in way of combat tours than our company gunny, made me realize that I had been deceived, and had deceived myself.
I decided to go U.A. without telling anybody. I left June 16th 2007, and was not reported U.A. by my command until June 18th. I moved to a friends house and worked and thought about my life and where I wanted it to go. I realize now, 90 days later after MUCH thought and research, as well as talking to family, I want no part of being a Marine. I have money to go to college and I have decided that I want to attend school and get a degree.
SO, that is a brief summary of my story, but now I plan on turning myself in within the next three weeks. I want to know the best way to go about getting discharged? I would like to know how a OTH or BC discharge will afect me getting into college? I would like to know the length of brig time I could face? and if they will send me back to my unit to stand trial or to a base on the east coast? I would like to know if being in barely over seven months will affect my chances at discharge? How turning myself in before the 180 day mark will likely result in retention or better chance there of? Im very fit and scored extremly well on all aptitude test and PFT's and think that will make them more likely to fight my discharge and try to retain me.
I was 19 years old and thought I knew what I wanted. I made a mistake. I want to rectify that mistake. I want to go to college and be a productive member of society and try and put all of this behind me. If you could please give me some advice or information I would greatly appreciate it.
GA
Hello,
I am U.A. from the Marine Corps and would like some advice from people more educated on matters pertaining to my situation than me. I talked to Marine recruiters Nov. of 2006 about enlisting in the Marines. I was offered a $3000 sign-on bonus if I went ahead and joined, and having been out of highschool almost a year, with no set plans for my future, I accepted. Less than three weeks after walking into my recruiters office I was on my way to Parris Island. I arrived Dec. 4th, 2006. I graduated bootcamp March 12th of 2007 and after my boot leave reported to infantry school. I made it thru bootcamp and SOI with no problems besides some shin splints. I was told things would not be the same as they were in bootcamp or S.O.I. once you go into the fleet. I was told I would be treated with fairly and dignity.
Well, I was under the impression via recruiter, drill instructors, and S.O.I. instructors I would be stationed in Camp Lejune, N.C. A week and a half prior to my completion of S.O.I. I was taken to a room and told I had been stationed at Kaneohe Bay, HI. No if's, and's, or but's about it. Up to this point, I had a 287 PFT score, and all my test scores were at the top of my platoon, and company. I was in Hawaii about a month, and had won a meritorious promotion to Lnc. Cpl. via company level and was set to go in front of Battallion to compete for the promotion. I never made it that far.
Within a week of winning the company level promotion board, rumors were started by a senior lnc. cpl. in my company that resulted in the ostrichization of me from the rest of the company. I was herassed, treated unfairly, humiliated, and felt physically threatened. Seeing nowhere to turn and having no friends there...They all got stationed in N.C. I begin to resent my seniors and the corps. My loss of motivation only increased the herrassment I received daily. I realized that at 19, I didnt know everything and I had made a serious mistake. I joined an orginization that preached Honor, Courage, and Commitment. Promised fair treatment and dignity...Pride. In my seven month stint in the Marines I saw only glimmers of any of those traits. I begin to realize that I was misguided in my previous thinking of military service and the Marines in general.
I had a roomate that influenced my decision to go u.a., indirectly, by what he had been thru. He was a lnc. cpl. with three iraq combat tours under his belt, that re-enlisted under the premise he would get embassy duty, told directly by a Master Srg. who got him to re-enlist, then said "sorry, wasent in writing, tough luck". Well he didn't get his promised duty, and was told he would have to serve two more tours before that request could be approved. Bull if you ask me. Anyway, seeing how they treated this marine, a good marine who had done more for his country in way of combat tours than our company gunny, made me realize that I had been deceived, and had deceived myself.
I decided to go U.A. without telling anybody. I left June 16th 2007, and was not reported U.A. by my command until June 18th. I moved to a friends house and worked and thought about my life and where I wanted it to go. I realize now, 90 days later after MUCH thought and research, as well as talking to family, I want no part of being a Marine. I have money to go to college and I have decided that I want to attend school and get a degree.
SO, that is a brief summary of my story, but now I plan on turning myself in within the next three weeks. I want to know the best way to go about getting discharged? I would like to know how a OTH or BC discharge will afect me getting into college? I would like to know the length of brig time I could face? and if they will send me back to my unit to stand trial or to a base on the east coast? I would like to know if being in barely over seven months will affect my chances at discharge? How turning myself in before the 180 day mark will likely result in retention or better chance there of? Im very fit and scored extremly well on all aptitude test and PFT's and think that will make them more likely to fight my discharge and try to retain me.
I was 19 years old and thought I knew what I wanted. I made a mistake. I want to rectify that mistake. I want to go to college and be a productive member of society and try and put all of this behind me. If you could please give me some advice or information I would greatly appreciate it.
, I must disagree. As you know, I have a son in the Marines and a son that recently completed his service in the Navy. Neither man would act in such a fashion, and neither man would countenance such from others.