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HELP ME! marines/army question?
i am about to enter the DEP for the USMC but now my dad/mom think it would be better for me to go to West Point because of my grades. But that is a 9 yr commitment (4 yr school then 5 active). i want to be a marine and then its shorter than that and if i like the life then ill stay in but i dont want to need to stay in for 9 yrs. After i graduate can i switch to marines and be an officer after going to the marines bootcamp at parris island? Do students at West Point get of weekends and stuff like a normal college cuz i live about 20 min away.
thanks everyone
and btw i can get into WP lets just say i kno that, not trying to sound like a dick. and i kno about Annapolis but i would only go to WP if i go to a military academy cuz its close. and i always kinda thouhg officers that got to be an officer through ROTC werent really respected cuz they didnt enlist and dont have the experience, any thoughts?
For your first semester (at least) at West Point, you do not get weekends off. West Point is a LOT more intense than "a normal college." No alcohol, no partying, and lots of physical training as well as very difficult classes. If you go to West Point, you cannot be an officer in the Marines. Your options are thus:
Go to West Point, graduate, become an officer in the US Army;
Enlist in the US Marine Corps for 4 years Active Duty and try to get into Officer Candidate School;
Go to "a normal college" and be in the NROTC, get commissioned as an officer in the USMC (by the way, in this option, you can also get a full scholarship).
Edit: As long as ROTC officers don't try to mess around with mid-to-upper level enlisted and NCOs, they'll be respected. I'm always happy to salute anyone who deserves it, and if they've learned about military ways for 4 years without really getting direct pay for it, and they respect me, I am more than happy to salute.
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