Posted on Dec 28, 2014
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Long story short-

My husband was active duty Marine Corps, got out & hated civilian life. Army was taking prior-service, so he got a conditional release from IRR & enlisted in Army.

He misses the traditions & respect in the Marine Corps. He is not happy at all. He would do anything to get back to his beloved Corps... Any recruiters/career counselors have any insight on how to make this happen? Is it even possible?
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I am a prior service Marine and now on active duty Army. I feel your husbands pain, but for him to get out now and try to get back into the Corps would pretty much be a career ender. The best thing for him is to accept the hard truth that I had to that the Marine feeling is lost forever the best thing he can do is try to affect change from his level. In my company alone there are 3 other prior service Marines and we sit around sometimes and reminisce about the good old days, but we have all accepted that part of our lives is over.
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SFC (Join to see) SSG, reaching that acceptance was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. Especially when you're constantly reminded that you will always be a Jarhead - no matter what uniform your wearing...

Semper Fi.
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SFC (Join to see) One more thing... I'm a 50yo Army Reservist (in the IRR for now) who would JUMP at the chance to return to AD. In. A. Freaking. Heartbeat!! I've missed the AD life since leaving the Corps in 1990. Well, it took me about 6 months to realize I missed it but when it hit it hit hard.

Jus' Sayin'
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Sgt Joe LaBranche
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Once a Marine, always a Marine SSG Judah African us! Semper Fi!
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I know the Marines have a special recruiter that deals with prior service. But it is near impossible to get into the Marines if you are prior service. You really have to have skill in need. I have never met anyone that was able to get back into the Marines. I would call the Marine Recruiter if he has some contact info for a prior service recruiter.

I would also look into other options in the Army. 75th RGR REGT is a great place to go if you want tradition and respect. It is a very elite group of soldiers. I have a feeling he would have a better chance doing that.
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Ok everyone, the marines are not taking back prior service Marines period, especially not on active duty. The Army is the best spot currently as we have the most personnel, Talk to the 79V in your unit to see if you can transfer to a PsyOps unit, But I know for sure Marines will not take you back because in their way of thinking if you loved the Corp that much then you would have never left to begin with, they would rather train a brand new recruit instead. Now the only way that can change is:
1. You must get a skill set that the military needs

2. Stop the thinking that because I'm prior service someone owes you something.(I'm not saying this is you)

3. If you're looking for the military to train you in something then you'll never be what you want to be, so reserve that and follow rule 1.
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