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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 462601" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>Open contract means enlisting without a guaranteed MOS and letting the USMC decide what your MOS is going to be. That's how they get bodies for the jobs that no one wants (every cook I ever met came in open contract). A lot of open contracts do wind up in a combat arms MOS though, because they always need folks at the tip of the spear. Hopefully the recruiters will do right by him (fingers crossed).</p><p></p><p>If he wants to be an officer then they are doing the right thing looking at Navy ROTC, especially if he wants an engineering degree because he can get that at the Naval Academy and still be a Marine officer when he graduates. If he intends to make a career out of it the Academy is another plus because those guys tend to get promoted ahead of the officers who go through OCS at Quantico.</p><p></p><p>The worst thing about MCRD San Diego is that it's right next to the airport. Laying in the rack at night listening to those planes taking off every couple minutes can be a little rough if you're the type to get homesick.</p><p></p><p>He'll get to visit the beach when he goes through rifle qualification at Pendleton, but it probably won't be much fun <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 462601, member: 4805"] Open contract means enlisting without a guaranteed MOS and letting the USMC decide what your MOS is going to be. That's how they get bodies for the jobs that no one wants (every cook I ever met came in open contract). A lot of open contracts do wind up in a combat arms MOS though, because they always need folks at the tip of the spear. Hopefully the recruiters will do right by him (fingers crossed). If he wants to be an officer then they are doing the right thing looking at Navy ROTC, especially if he wants an engineering degree because he can get that at the Naval Academy and still be a Marine officer when he graduates. If he intends to make a career out of it the Academy is another plus because those guys tend to get promoted ahead of the officers who go through OCS at Quantico. The worst thing about MCRD San Diego is that it's right next to the airport. Laying in the rack at night listening to those planes taking off every couple minutes can be a little rough if you're the type to get homesick. He'll get to visit the beach when he goes through rifle qualification at Pendleton, but it probably won't be much fun :happy-very:. [/QUOTE]
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