The Marine Corps, the world's finest fighting force. What comes to your mind when you hear this? Honor, courage, and commitment; these are virtues the Marine Corps lives by, and soon virtues myself and my fellow Marines will live by. The Marine Corps has always been extremely intriguing to me. The opportunity for travel, education, and the respect of your peers is what drew me to it most. It also offers me discipline and structure which I feel I am sometimes lacking in my life. The Marines are going to help set me up for the rest of my life, and they could help you too!
The Marines offer hundreds of different jobs, but my personal (MOS) is 8152, which is Marine Security Guard. This job will require me to be sent to a number of different countries …show more content…
An example of a soft skill required would be adaptability, because of the ever-changing environment, and you having to adjust quickly to the new surroundings. (US Marine Corps News…) The hard skills required differ greatly between the different MOS’s, but in the Marines, it is required that no matter your job you are a rifleman first. So a hard skill would be being able to fire your rifle decisively, and effectively. No one is born a Marine, but everyone can learn the skills required to be one with enough time, and effort put into …show more content…
(Careers) There are also incentive based pays, for example, if you are stationed in a dangerous area then you will get x amount of money, and same goes for if you are in a special forces group like MARSOC. When you are first starting out for example though as a private with less than 2 years in the service you will be making about $1,600 a month, On paper this doesn’t sound super great, but when you take into account that they pay for your housing, food, schooling, health insurance, etc. it is actually a really good deal. The Marine Corps, and military in general really, allows you to save a lot of your income helping you grow into a financially stable
The Marines offer hundreds of different jobs, but my personal (MOS) is 8152, which is Marine Security Guard. This job will require me to be sent to a number of different countries …show more content…
An example of a soft skill required would be adaptability, because of the ever-changing environment, and you having to adjust quickly to the new surroundings. (US Marine Corps News…) The hard skills required differ greatly between the different MOS’s, but in the Marines, it is required that no matter your job you are a rifleman first. So a hard skill would be being able to fire your rifle decisively, and effectively. No one is born a Marine, but everyone can learn the skills required to be one with enough time, and effort put into …show more content…
(Careers) There are also incentive based pays, for example, if you are stationed in a dangerous area then you will get x amount of money, and same goes for if you are in a special forces group like MARSOC. When you are first starting out for example though as a private with less than 2 years in the service you will be making about $1,600 a month, On paper this doesn’t sound super great, but when you take into account that they pay for your housing, food, schooling, health insurance, etc. it is actually a really good deal. The Marine Corps, and military in general really, allows you to save a lot of your income helping you grow into a financially stable