Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/Enlistment requirements for the US Marines

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Expert: Rod Powers - 4/1/2007


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hi how are you i have a question for my husband he wants to go full time active duty and tonight at his unit he ask the career lady and she said he cant cause he has to many kids so what is the enlistment requirements and does it matter how many kids he has since hes already a Maine Reserve would that matter i will feel so bad if this is true and he cant go full time since these are his step-kids none of them are his there all from my ex husband thanks so much Alicia

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Hi Alicia,

First of all, he's asking the wrong person. He needs to meet with an active duty Marine Corps Enlisted Recruiter, who can walk him through the steps of processing a "condidtional release," for leaving the Reserves and enlisting onto active duty. Details about this are at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/guardandreserve/a/reservetransfer.htm

He will require a waiver (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/enlstandards_2.htm). But, such waivers are common.

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.

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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.

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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).

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