I need help getting into the Military

[pitbull30]

My 2 cents here:

There is a benefit. Making E-4! You will be above all the new guys before they move up. Otherwise you gotta wait. It called "Time In Rank" ( 6, 12, 18 month, new rank, test etc)

Talk to your recruiter. You can get E3 out of bootcamp. Sign the paper at the recruiter office saying this.

Here is the first site I came up with on google. Im not claiming it is right today!!!! Just a idea....

Navy Enlisted Promotion Chart

[ideafx]

I was under the impression that you needed a GED +15 graded credits to be considered E-1 or a high school diploma and 0 college credits. I'm pretty sure CLEPs won't satisfy those 15 credits. I would definitely ask the recruiter about it first.

[JanusthePhoenix]

I just want to do 2 years to qualify for the GI Bill and go to college? doesn't matter if it's infantry or cav scout.

I don't want to sound stuffy, but this is not a great attitude to enter the military with. If the GI Bill is your only motivation, you will likely be very miserable for your time in. Pick out a job that you really want to do, and for the sake of all that is epic do NOT tell them "I don't care, just get me in." That gives them a blank check to stick you in the most undesirable job they have.

I speak from experience; it took me 2 years to climb out of that hole I dug for myself.

[nj593]

with a GED you will need a 50 on the ASVAB and I would imagine just as the Navy they have a book that you study prior to bootcamp that has all the rules, General orders of Sentry and much more its like a 40 page packet really. After you do that your recruiter will test you and make you enter with an E3 before boot. Master Chief then strips you of that in boot and if your good you get it back. College credits of 15 credits only allows you really to enter with a 30 on the asvab and GED.
Thats the way I remember it atleast. I am sure much hasnt changed. You said something about infantry so I am guessing Army. You will get grunt because this is what the need right now. You need 90 credits to qualify for OTS which doesnt mean your automatically a butterbar. Their physical is intense and mental bending. And second I have heard that no one listens to the butterbar because he has no experience.
Hope this helps.

Oh and what poster Janus said about picking the military for the GI bill is correct. If you dont do it for the right reasons and dont do it for the job you want, you will have one hell of a bad ride. Do it for your reasons but make sure to get the MOS that makes you happy. Imagine working at at job "civilian" that you dont like but you can call out and quit if you wish. Well in the Army or any branch you must show up and call outs are a right up that takes pay. OH and you cant quit.

I'm planning on taking all FEMAS and National Fire Academy Courses as well as straighterline and a few CLEP exams, at the moment i have a GED and i want to get as many college credits as possible before joining, so in the event that i collect over 50 Credits through FEMAS & CLEPS and so on... What should i do? open up a TESC credit bank and bank all the credits in there? is this a legitimate way of enlisting with over 50 college credits? i want to go in as a E-3.


will it work?

[Gary]

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[Gary]

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[JanusthePhoenix]

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Ew, flashbacks! :eek:

[Gary]

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