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I had a friend who joined the Marines, he said when he joined they gave him a choice of 3 MOS he could pick from, but he could only pick 1 of the 3, even if he didn't like them, and they gave him these 3 choices after he joined. Is this really how it works, if I was to join the Marines would I not be able to pick my MOS? I have had dream ever since childhood to fly, to become a fighter pilot (yes, even before the movie Top Gun came out and everybody and there brother wanted to be one, lol), and I was thinking about the marines, so what would I have to do to become a pilot in the marines and what are my chances of actually getting that MOS even after becoming an officer.
Hi Steve,
I'm afraid that's the way the Marine Corps does enlisted job choices. For details, see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/recruiter.htm
But, quite simply, you're not going to become a Marine Corps pilot unless you (1) get a college degree (2) get commissioned (OCS or PLC), and (3) pass the flight aptitude tests and flight physical. About one candidate out of every five makes it through the selection process.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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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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