How to get out of imc/itb

OP, you’re being a bitch (just wanted to establish that) and I’m sorry your recruiter fucked you; something that like 90% of reservists find out the hard way is recruiters are idiots who don’t mention the fact that after boot, you’ll probably be in a holding phase for up to 5 weeks, and training schedules could be much longer than expected, and in my case (first COVID class in ITB) you could see another several weeks of holding while it’s over.

PSA if you are planning on going to college in the reserves, plan on returning home and checking into your unit like 2-3 months before classes start, and don’t pay for classes until you’re actually done; I’ve met many dudes who were at boot for an extra 3-9 months due to injury (yes, one dude I graduated with had spent 400 days at PI.)

Now onto business. OP, the infantry is hard, and if you give a damn about your job, it’s not any easier in the reserves (if some wannabe active duty boot wants to challenge that statement, fuck you in advance and ask be to elaborate)

But isn’t that what you signed up for? I don’t mean that in a “suck it up” way, I mean that as in isn’t that why you called a Marine recruiter up and not another branch? As much as it all sucks it’s the best decision I’ve ever made, and I can’t wait for the rest of this contract, and then the next contract, and then maybe even the one after that.

Perception is reality is such a real and useful saying in the corps, if you and I are doing the same thing, one hates it and the other loves it, it’s not the infantry that has something wrong with it, but rather the views of the perceiver.

Go through IMC some, see how gangster some of the shit is, and see how much more gangster it is in the fleet. And make the most of it, don’t fixate on the million things that suck, focus more on how awesome your reality is and the memories you’ll take with you to the grave. I already have many.

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