Posted on Aug 2, 2019
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Been serving for 1 year and 6 months, I haven’t seen any post about it but I must be the first?
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SSG Laurie Mullen
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You're going to have to finish out your current contract first. You cannot switch branches in the middle of a contract.
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Let me explain a little more, I love being in the military and I’m trying to continue my education, the marine Corp doesn’t give enough so I work all day for my civilian job. After being in for awhile I discovered I wasn’t really happy with myself, I wasn’t myself anymore and my wife noticed. I drive more than 200 miles to drill and money from drill basically covers gas going up and not down. There’s an air national guard and army national guard near me which can save me more money. If I can switch to either one I would be glad. It’s just the marine Corp has brought me down, physically and mentally even though it was suppose to be “break you down and build you back up” I’m unhappy where I’m at and ang or arng would help me a lot more
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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Take your time, and do a really thorough, detailed biosketch, so far as you can, that's what I generally suggest for such questions as what you're asking, honest....
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I’ve thought it through a lot. I need more assistance in school and want to be more of a welcoming branch. I want to peruse my goals, marine Corp isn’t helping. I’ve talked to a lot of guys at my base and some of them wished they had done ang or even nation guard. I asked a few if it was possible to switch and they said “it’s possible but it’s a long process, my nco’s don’t know anything yet til I get more information into joining in a different branch. Other than that, I’m worried about my mental health too. Surely that’s a consular thing, attend a few but hasn’t helped. Being in the Corps hasn’t benefit me in anything. If I’m stuck with what I got, then so be it. Don’t get me wrong, I love working with some of my fellow marines but at the end of the day, the marine Corp isn’t for me. I’ve always wanted to be in the Airforce, national guard, navy. I would love to switch to ang for more experience instead of doing my 6 years in the Corp and then enlisting for ang. If anything please let me know!
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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I follow...try to elaborate more specifically, OK? How much school have you done, in what, for what, as I'd asked before...assocs? Bach? Grades? GPAs? Specific course titles actually taken? Science related? Non-science? What specific type of work would interest you, so far as you might explain at all? Any flight interests, also, as I'd asked? Which svcs have you looked at thus far? Have you thought about Reserve in one of the other svcs, specifically, USNR or USCGR? Have you looked at AGR? Guard Tech? Reserve Tech? It'd likely take a fair while, it'd depend what the other svcs would be short on, so you'd obv need to be really flexible, and not limit yourself to just looking at one...most, as I did, and as many I chat with do, tend to focus on one svc, or only a couple, as alternatives...that being said, you might well have to consider how to make lemonade out of your lemons, and find a way to do school, while where you are in USMCR...I should think it shouldn't be impossible, honest, it'd just help to know a good deal more about your interests and objectives, as I'd said, as specifically as you could possibly explain, that's all I'm trying to say, OK? Lemme try to send you some stuff that might possibly help you try to make the best of where you are first, as well...I'd actually done the med exam for naval flight ofcr (NFO), and passed, I did it because USAF wouldn't let me go for navigator, their rule was 20/100 minimum, whereas, for some crazy reason, Navy alloed 20/200 for NFOs, which made zero sense to me, obv...I was never able to be allowed to switch, though, uinfortunately...you need to understand some things, OK? Opportunities aren't going to come to you, you need to pursue them...at the same time, you need to do your normal work, first and foremost, I had that quite literally pounded into my head, more times than I could count, otherwise, all the effort to pursue opportunities goes absolutely nowhere, I promise, trust me, been there, done that (BTDT), honest...now, if you want more school, fine, great, I and others here can suggest things for you, however, only you, ultimately, can make all that happen, not us, obv...you need to be as specific as you can possibly be, to explain to all of us as exactly as possible, just exactly what type of work would actually interest you, whether you ultimately want senior enlisted, warrant, commissioned, whatever...the point is specificity, not generality...you need to be as specific, and detailed, as humanly possible...we can all show you any number of options, incl for intersvc, cyber, flight related, school...however, until we know as precisely as possible exactly what you've actually done thus far, and, also, what you'd actually want to do, we can't help you as precisely as we'd want to, or as exactly as you're asking us to, OK? Lemme send a few ideas, at least, if only to try to get your mental gears turning, at least, as to some concrete possibilities, if nothing else, at first, as I'd said, in the meanwhile, OK?
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Can I switch from being a USMCR to ANG?
Capt Daniel Goodman
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I realize I gave you a good deal here...my object isn't to overwhelm you, please know that...my object is to try to motivate you, by explaining to you that there isn't a day that goes by that I don't kick myself for not having made more proper use of the opportunities I had, I assure you...I'm not telling you that what I went through is what you're going through, I'd never do that, honest...however, all I can do, as I'd said, is merely cite specific examples to give you, to at least try to get you to cogitate about, if nothing else...look through what I'd sent here, if you'd wanna chat more, just lemme know, no rush, whenever convenient...if you want me to suggest more, I'll try...however, I learned, the hard way, that in a svc, your ambitions are your own, not that of the svc...you're there to help your unit, that's it, period...like a line from a movie I'd heard once, "No matter where you go, there you are"...what you make of it beyond that is obv entirely up to you, no one else...you have ambitions? Act on them...you're USMCR? Use what they have for now, till you can manage, if you can manage, to get where you think you want...just remember a few adages along the way, OK? First, the grass is always greener on the other side of the septic tank (joke from a famous comic, title of a book she'd written, I was always amused by that)...next, having a thing, as I've also found out the hard way, is pretty much always a really different thing than wanting a thing...then, also, the bloom wears off the rose real fast, OK? All svcs have their limitations, all jobs in all svcs also have them, as I think you'd quite rapidly find out, honest, truly, OK? Give what I'd said some thought, if nothing else...as I'd said, I'm here, if you wanna hear more, or wanna elaborate, anytime, OK?
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance

Have you tried for this? Would you want to at all? Again, just food for thought, honest....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://www.goang.com/discover-ang/missions/special-operations/pararescue-mission.html

You really wanna go ANG? You want real? You want rough? there's an ANG facility right near us, I met a cpl of their guys who do this through the aikido guys I know a cpl of times...this is just about one of the hardest USAF-related fields there is, however, it's most definitely on the level of Navy Seals or Marine Corps Recon, or any of the other Special Forces fields...I merely mention it as you'd mentioned wanting to try for ANG, that's all, just so you could at least look at it....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=iaido%20youtube&s_it=loki-tb-sb

Iaido is Japanese swordsmanship, frequently taught with aikido, as the two tend to mesh quite well, trust me, watch a few of these videos, one of the guys who puts a good many of these out, I've known through the aikido guys I know a long while, honest....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCeOedrW-AM

the Japanese instructor from the US in this video taught at the Birankai seminar I'd gone to, and knows the US Aikido Federation guys I've known for 25 yrs +, he was there for the one exam I did, I've seen him personally twice, he was taught by the founder in Japan, and runs the US Aikido Federation, or is at least extremely high in it, I assure you, he's very much for real, honest....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://birankai.org/

Here's another one of the major aikido groups, I went to a weeklong seminar by them a cpl of yrs ago near us...you're gonna have to be real patient, it's not immediately practical, nor is it intended to be, however, it's extremely complex, and would def get your mental gears spinning, though you'd need a long while to adjust to how its done, though I assure you it's well worth it, promise....
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https://www.usaikifed.com/

I've loved this for 25 yrs +...find a dojo near you, and trust me, you do 3 hrs of this, it's like running 10 mi, I assure you, definitely been there, done that (BTDT), I very nearly did it when I was in, and kick myself every day for not having done so, honest....
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