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Asking for a friend thats fresh out of high school that is joining the Marines.

Do Marines give sign up bonus? He went into the army fort to get sworn in but says that he can still quit prior to going in for basic training? But what is the point of swearing in if you can just quit after that?
 

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Asking for a friend thats fresh out of high school that is joining the Marines.

Do Marines give sign up bonus? He went into the army fort to get sworn in but says that he can still quit prior to going in for basic training? But what is the point of swearing in if you can just quit after that?
people bounce before swearing in all the time

its more ceremonial than anything and all of the initial inprocessing isn't necessarily binding either. i still wouldn't necessarily recommend bouncing between branches on short notice like that but if it works it works

and bonuses exist across the board
 

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How much time do they give you to prepare for PT test or will it be given at a random time?
 

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How much time do they give you to prepare for PT test or will it be given at a random time?

Workout everyday it’s up to you to keep up with your physical fitness it’s not random in the Air Force depending on how well you score you either take it every 6 months or once a year usually the same time of the year so hopefully you luck out and get a summer month
 

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Workout everyday it’s up to you to keep up with your physical fitness it’s not random in the Air Force depending on how well you score you either take it every 6 months or once a year usually the same time of the year so hopefully you luck out and get a summer month
My last PT test was in Oct in basic training, I’m one of the 6 month guys. I’m still in tech school also
 

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So your next test is 6 months from October so you can test in tech school which I recommend
Ok cool, I graduate at the endof the month so I might wait till I get to my next duty station. Speaking of duty station what have you heard about Dyess?
 

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Ok cool, I graduate at the endof the month so I might wait till I get to my next duty station. Speaking of duty station what have you heard about Dyess?

Dyess in Texas I only went to play basketball there the base was huge they have b1s out there idk about the city or anything but I would look up how far you are from a major city
 

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Dyess in Texas I only went to play basketball there the base was huge they have b1s out there idk about the city or anything but I would look up how far you are from a major city
I’m from Fort Worth, so it’s basically like a 2 hour drive. I wanted to know if the base was cool
 
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