Posted on Jan 27, 2018
Conner Fleury
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(sorry this post will be all over the place) This is my second post on here. And i really need an experienced outsiders thoughts on this. I before explained my situation and what my delema is. But im at a major prodicament with myself on what todo. I think its because of my lack of knowledge and not knowing what to expect. Before i start hears my situation(to see more check out my last post). I am 18. I am rounding off my final months at my vocational high school. I have started my own excavation company. But im in a tough bind. Because i need to run my business but also want to be in the Marines as a reservist. But I think i found away to pull it off without having to ignore my company and be able to accomplish my dream of being in the USMC. So where im from obviously theres winter. But we get snow. which means the ground gets hard which means no more digging. So this is if you will the slow season. But come spring we are on like donkey kong banging out jobs we already have lined up. So I figure run my company for this year 2018. And come next winter i can either keep working and get a plow job or presue the usmc. So heres my thought. Late October to early November I goto boot camp. Thats 13 weeks. So for the sake of numbers lets say i leave October 10th. That means January 10th is when ill be done with basic. Than from what I hear you graduate and then go home for about 10 days or so. So thats January 20th ish. Than head to some sort of infinitry training for 3 weeks. That leaves me at Febuary 14th. Typically in MA where im from the snows pretty much gone by the end of March. So that leaves me with just about a month or so to goto MOS school. But i cant find anything online about MOS school. Do you have a 10 day or so break to go back home like you do when you graduate boot camp? If no than is it shorter or do you typically get shipped off right to your MOS school from infintry training. Also what MOS school takes the least amount of time? How long does a typical MOS school take? is there a minimum amount of time that you have to goto school for. Being in the excavation business as a regular job. It would be pretty cool to be doing the same thing for the USMC. Is there any MOS for stuff like this. If so what are they and how long does it take? Could being in the trade and having all my licenses already shorten up MOS school at all? Do I have todo all my MOS schooling all at once or can I do a little and come back and maybe pick at it throughout the year or do i have todo it all at once? Keep in mind time is a big factor for me so anything I can do to shorten time and get everything done I will need todo. Is their anyway i can go right from boot camp to inifintry and right from infintry goto MOS without going home. Or do i have to go home for 10 days and all that. I have also heard that the minimum time you can do is a 8 year contract. Is this true. I thought it was 4 and than once your four was up you could re enlist or retire. Or is the 4 year only avaible for active marines. Sorry for rambling. I just want to find away to make this work so that come spring time. Late march early april if possible I can be done with everything I need go back to running my company and do my drills every month and PT annually.
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SFC Christopher Perry
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I don’t know about the Marines. I was active Army obviously. However, my twin boys are Army NG and Reserves. While you have a great plan set in your mind, things don’t normally (almost never) work the way you map them out. Prepare for the fact that in most cases this will be the case. If you can still make it work when you are down to plan C or D in your head, go for it.
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Yea plan B is army reserve or guard and plan C is air reservs or guard. Either of those sadly would work better for me. Theirs a army national guard base in my town and the air national guard base is as well. And the air reserve base is the next town over. But im not familiar at all with how either of those work. Can national guard or army reserve still be deployed?
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Conner Fleury -
Yes, both the Guard and Reserve have been deployed in both branches.
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Also is it a 4 or 8 yr minimum for the reserves.
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Conner Fleury
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Oh so you could serve 4 years as a reservist but are on a list for X amount of years until your contract expires for the military?
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Conner Fleury -
Your initial military service obligation (MSO) will be for six years of participation (one weekend a month and two weeks once a year), plus two years of inactive status (you are no longer expected to attend drills, but you could still be activated by the President). Subsequent enlistments can be from two to six years.
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Conner Fleury
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I asked a girl i know whos in the army and she said it could go based off your MOS. Is this true? Also i have heard people online talking about doing 4 years of reserve but than becoming IRR. What does this mean as far as doing drill and such.
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Conner Fleury -
The answer to your first question is no. The rest I believed I answered in my response above.
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I did it for 10 years but I opened up my bar after I was in for 6 years. Then my 9th year of owning my bar I deployed for 14 months. I came back changed and my family pretty much destroyed my business and I didn’t have the desire to fix it.
It’s tiring over drill weekends because you still have to work and get calls from employees when you are drilling. You get no breaks.
It’s not impossible but you have to have a great manager that will think like you and work as hard as you. That is tough to find. Good luck.
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Conner Fleury
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Thankyou for your response. Ive been working with a guy who has 40yrs in the trade. Hes really old and i would hate to have to burden him with my company. But he could cover me for my drill weekends and such. Only problem is the possibility of being deployed. If you had to do it again would you? What would you suggest someone like me do in my situation having known what you know now.
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Yes I would do it again. If your hearts in the right place you will make it work. It won’t be easy but if you are determined you can. Hire someone and train them to help you. Best wishes.
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Conner Fleury
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The only problem becomes trusting people. I have a friend who has been training me and has 40yrs or experience in the trade. But he is also older than dirt and isnt the business owner. He plans on working for me but i would hate to burden him with for lack of better terms my problems or obligations.
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SPC Eric Davis
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There no 10 day break unless it maybe was around Christiana or New Years when basic ended and you won’t know when you leave until you join cause different mos start at different times. So you might enlist today as 11b and be shipped off Monday to basic but 12b and be shipped out next month to basic cause Of the AIT.
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SPC Eric Davis
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My brother joined last year on a Friday and shipped out a month later but someone joined with him shipped out that Monday depending on yoUR MOS look at 42a or mos or 92y or 92 anything for short mos. you can always reclass
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Conner Fleury
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SPC Eric Davis - What you mean by reclass. So these MOS are short MOS?
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Conner Fleury
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SPC Eric Davis - Can you dumby down your first comment a little bit more for me please.
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SPC Eric Davis
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Conner Fleury repost the comment you want me to dummy down please cause the responses are out of order.

Them are two of the Army MOS that have short AIT training I think combat engineer is 6 weeks 12b.
Reclass mean you pic up another MOS OR JOB title and learn a new skill or job to do. As long as you’re got the scores you should be able to reclass
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