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Any help would be appreciated..USMC.com still states that a GED or High School Graduation is required.

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[AirmanAlaska]

My guess is that testing for a GED is involved in that two weeks of paperwork the recruiter is touting. This military is all volunteer and as such, posts definite requirments. If this recruiter really is trying to buck the system, he won't last long.

That having been said, 17 and above can sign up with parental consent, and seniors in high school (at least any halfway intelligent ones) would pass a GED without blinking twice. So it's very possible this guy is legit. I'm a big supporter of the Corps, but as my name suggests... I chose a different way. Bullet Sponge Marines have a little bit less of a need for Calculus or advanced Electrical Engineering if you get my drift.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I am harboring serious doubts that a USMC recruiter would be telling kids to drop out of school to join the Marines. It is my understanding that a high school diploma or GED is required.

This sort of tactic would be unnecessary anyway because the services have a Delayed Entry Program (DEP). I signed up with the Navy DEP when I was a 17 year old senior in high school. Then, after graduation, I went off to Navy boot camp.

I don't believe that the USMC would be telling kids to drop out of school to join up. This is probably an urban legend.

[org.whodat]

You know anyone can say just about anything they want, but untile you have proof of your statement I'll just keep flying my test plane. If you will lend me your ten foil hat.

[VaBthang4]

The latter.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Ping!!

[Servant of the Nine]

Marine Corps PING

So9

[JeeperFreeper]

Sounds like B.S. My son just enlisted in the Corps. He leaves for MCRD 0n Feb 17. You gotta have high school diploma if still in school to get in. If a dropout, gotta have GED. Further, these recruiters are picked from the some of the best of the enlisted, so its unlikely a recruiter would be saying this stuff.

[RaceBannon]

you need to be a high school grad last I knew, this aint the 60's or 70's!

[sit-rep]

Dunno...

When I wanted to join, I went to the marines first. They told me no. Not without a diploma. The army, same thing. So, I settled with the navy. They took me down and tested me. By the time I got home after the test, and we're talking 45 minutes, the other three branches called wanting me. I told them all to piss off...the Navy was the one who gave me the chance, I'm sticking with it.

Scoring a 98.6 on that test, the navy wanted me to go nuke. I said no way and went conventional fleet. MM2 by the time I got out.

This guy is probably trolling, but the determining factor will be their score.

JMHO

SR

[TheGunny]

This report is in error. This isnt how we operate...The Gunny

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Find out exactly who it is first. More than likely this is a recruiter's aide trolling at a high school just trying to get bodies to sign on the dotted line so he gets the points towards promotion.

[ozzymandus]

A recruiter lying to the meat?? I'm shocked, shocked!

[The KG9 Kid]

Back in the good old days, the US Marines would just shanghai drunken sailors from the nearby wharfs.

They'd just wake up onboard a ship, and find out that they were in the Corps ... No G.E.D. required.

Recruiting is a lot tougher now since they actually have to promise you a lot of junk you won't get.

Semper Fi!

[strider44]

I thought the USMC was still the only branch of service that is meeting its recruiting goals. I know the Army especially, and the the Navy and Air Force have had to lower their standards to meet the numbers. I thought the Corps had enough volunteers with legit High School diplomas that they didn't need to take guys with GEDs. Times could be changing though, and they may have been recently tasked to recruit extra men. If that's the case, the recruiter could be telling the truth, but at the same time, they're rewarded for exceeding their quota. Any advice that include dropping out of school is bad advice in my opinion. As an officer in the Army for 8 years, I saw first-hand the decline of the capability/motivation of the typical Army recruit. It was very depressing. I would say that only 20% of the new privates I encountered were worth a damn. I hope the Marines maintain their high standards.

[N. Theknow]

Can't say for certain but it doesn't sound on the up and up. Do you know any of the guys he has spoken with in his recruiting foray?

At any rate, the recruits would certainly learn more in the Corps than they would in high school and employers would look upon a good USMC record more favorably than a high school diploma.

Son-in-law #2 is a Gunny/recruiter and I just sent him an email. Don't expect to hear anything today as he spends most of his time counseling recruits that the voice they heard telling them they should back out of their enlistment was not God because God told him to make sure they fulfilled their obligation.

[anymouse]

Marine ping.

[Polybius]

Whether it meets the strict letter of USMC policy or not, such behavior reflects poorly on the Corps.

I would recommend that you write to the Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruiting District that is responsible for recruiting in your state and ask him if this conduct is acceptable. Before you do, however, be sure that the recruiter in question has actually conducted himself in such a manner and that this is not a local high school slander on the recruiter.