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Hello I'm a 17 year old in highschool in the dep program for the marine corps, fully sworn in with a ship date of August 8th. I'm really thinking of changing to the army but not sure if I'm allowed to roll over from the marine corps to army with having to do everything again like the asvab. I took it in September so it won't expire for a while, will I be allowed to switch over to the army even tho all my papers are signed and ready to go ? Thanks a lot for the help!
Your ASVAB scores should transfer from one service to the other; same with the physical and such. You can change if you really want to but expect the Marines to attempt to pressure you to stay. If you're serious about the switch, go talk to an Army recruiter first and see how they can assist you with that.
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Aaron Shifferly
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I am currently an active duty Army Captain in the Military Police Field. I have been enlisted (Military Intelligence) and attended The United States Military Academy at West Point. I can answer questions related to the Army, posting, jobs, lifestyle, workings... pretty much anything you can throw at me with the exception of very specific recruting or medical questions. I have no expertise in what it takes to get in the military other than the fact that I, myself, joined at one point in time.
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I have experience in both deployed and garrision environments as a Military Police Officer.
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Bachelor of Science in Arabic and French from United States Military Academy at West Point.
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