Cpl Private RallyPoint Member3427637<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If I’m doing an inter-service transfer (USMC to Army) and I’m a Corporal, will I keep my rank or become a Specialist?2018-03-08T15:11:25-05:00Cpl Private RallyPoint Member3427637<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If I’m doing an inter-service transfer (USMC to Army) and I’m a Corporal, will I keep my rank or become a Specialist?2018-03-08T15:11:25-05:002018-03-08T15:11:25-05:00CSM Darieus ZaGara3427666<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Either is possible. You should discuss with the transition specialist. Thank you for your service.Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Mar 8 at 2018 3:22 PM2018-03-08T15:22:57-05:002018-03-08T15:22:57-05:00SPC David Willis3427677<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If CPL is E-4 in the Marines which I think it is, chances are you'll be a specialist unless you're going directly into a TL position. I knew one Marine CPL who transd and he got SPC.Response by SPC David Willis made Mar 8 at 2018 3:28 PM2018-03-08T15:28:01-05:002018-03-08T15:28:01-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member3427688<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would echo what the others have said, it would depend on the slot you get. Plus not all Army Units have that many corporal slots, allot more specialist slots.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 8 at 2018 3:31 PM2018-03-08T15:31:13-05:002018-03-08T15:31:13-05:00SGT Eric Davis3427703<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you are an E4 in the Marines then you will be one in why Army as long as you got documents to show and prove your current rank!Response by SGT Eric Davis made Mar 8 at 2018 3:36 PM2018-03-08T15:36:53-05:002018-03-08T15:36:53-05:00SGT Randall Smith3428120<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe it would depend upon your MOSResponse by SGT Randall Smith made Mar 8 at 2018 5:33 PM2018-03-08T17:33:45-05:002018-03-08T17:33:45-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member3428268<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would think it would depend on your MOS. But this is a different military than the one I was in, 40 years ago! Good luck to you, Warrior!Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 8 at 2018 6:11 PM2018-03-08T18:11:26-05:002018-03-08T18:11:26-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member3428876<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You will enlist as a SPC. your unit after evaluating you will determine if they want to laterally promote you to the rank of CPLResponse by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 8 at 2018 9:36 PM2018-03-08T21:36:00-05:002018-03-08T21:36:00-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member3429653<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I went from usmc to Army as a Cpl and they made me a specialist.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 9 at 2018 5:50 AM2018-03-09T05:50:40-05:002018-03-09T05:50:40-05:00SGM Bill Frazer3430838<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If there is no leadership position ( we see damn few CPL's) then it would be SPC, since it's the same pay grade. Better ask up front, before signing.Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Mar 9 at 2018 1:15 PM2018-03-09T13:15:12-05:002018-03-09T13:15:12-05:00SMSgt Jeff Kyle3432420<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I left the Marine Corps, I was a Cpl. I enlisted in the Air Force 2 1/2 months after leaving the Corps. I was made a Buck Sgt , E-4. I lost 23 months time in grade but kept my NCO rank. No AF basic training, no training of any kind. Just a direct duty assignment to an AF squadron doing the same job I did in the Corps.Response by SMSgt Jeff Kyle made Mar 10 at 2018 1:05 AM2018-03-10T01:05:52-05:002018-03-10T01:05:52-05:00Samantha Bailey3433910<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe you would keep itResponse by Samantha Bailey made Mar 10 at 2018 3:05 PM2018-03-10T15:05:18-05:002018-03-10T15:05:18-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member3435231<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There aren't many MOSs that have DA recognized CPLs. As such, you'll probably be a SPC, which is the same pay. If you want to be a CPL, volunteer for additional duties it positions that requires an NCO, you can then be laterally promoted to CPL.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2018 10:18 PM2018-03-10T22:18:08-05:002018-03-10T22:18:08-05:00SCPO Private RallyPoint Member3468787<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Army has a Corporal RankResponse by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 21 at 2018 10:09 PM2018-03-21T22:09:56-04:002018-03-21T22:09:56-04:00SGT Louise Hawthorne3646611<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Corporals are hard stripe E4s, that usually means they've been to a promotion board and passed. You should be able to keep your status as Corporal, but don't be surprised if you're sent to the promotion board anyway.Response by SGT Louise Hawthorne made May 20 at 2018 11:12 PM2018-05-20T23:12:27-04:002018-05-20T23:12:27-04:00LTC Gene Moser5112733<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This may be out of date, but it depended on your position. For instance, in the field artillery the assistant gunner is a corporal as that is a leadership position, but the S-3 clerk is a SPC.Response by LTC Gene Moser made Oct 10 at 2019 7:15 PM2019-10-10T19:15:42-04:002019-10-10T19:15:42-04:00SCPO Charles Webster5776027<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From years on Recruiting duty. I don’t think you mean inter-service transfer. That means the Marines would have to move you from the USMC to the Army before the contract you signed up for. What I did, and what you are asking I think: would have to ETS first. Then go to an Army recruiter. (Actually better to check in with Army recruiter, first maybe three months before ETS. So they know what you’re trying to do. At least in the Coast Guard, I was a USCG recruiter. Coming in after another service, with a good DD-214, depends on the job field if that military service needs that. In my case after Army to USCG, I had to drop down to E-3, go to USCG boot camp. Lost about 2 1/2 years of rank to do this! But I retired as an E-8, Senior Chief, so it worked out ok! My info may be dated! I retired In 96’Response by SCPO Charles Webster made Apr 14 at 2020 3:59 PM2020-04-14T15:59:44-04:002020-04-14T15:59:44-04:00Cpl Bernard Bates6768228<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>in 1963 I was a Cpl. in the Marine Corp I joined the Army 2 wks. after leaving the Marines. I had to go in the army as a PFC. I could handle any job the army gave me from Co Armorer to Supply Clerk to supply Sgt. It was always next man up for me 15 months later I was a SP/5 Sometimes treated like a Sgt sometimes treated as a Peon. I never worked in my MOS 2311 Ammo Tech. In Vietnam I had about 3 months left in the Army. I was offered a 2nd LT. commission if I stayed in Vietnam another year. Their was a shortage of regular troops because of the draft. After I wasn't needed anymore I would Revert back to my old rank. I had only been married 8 months so I turned it down and came home .Biggest thing I didn't like about the Army they didn't have the discipline the Marine Corp had. Semper Fi.Response by Cpl Bernard Bates made Feb 22 at 2021 6:04 PM2021-02-22T18:04:55-05:002021-02-22T18:04:55-05:002018-03-08T15:11:25-05:00