This year the Marine Corps brought back “boat spaces” for 1st term Marines that wish to re-enlist. A boatspace is slot or opening for a Marine to re-enlist within the MOS that he has been working in during his first term. The reason for boatspaces is to keep too many Marines from re-enlisting in the [...]
According to an article in the most recent Marine Corps Times it seems that there might be some disgruntled senior military members. It seems that to be eligible to transfer benefits of the 9/11 GI Bill to a spouse a military member must have 6 years active duty service and agree to 4 more years [...]
As most of you already know the military has been approved for a 3.9% raise effective January 1st. This raise is .5% than President Bush initially asked for and it is most welcome.
Also effective on January 1st new BAH rates go into effect. BAH or Basic Allowance for Housing is a tax free allowance for [...]
As anyone knows knowing a second language can help you in your career. Not only while in the Marine Corps bit also in a civilian atmosphere. Most of us don’t have the time nor the money to learn a second langauge on our own. The Marine Corps is trying to make it easier for those [...]
In an effort to keep young officers in this mean green killin machine the Marine Corps has established an “immediate monetary incentive” designed to keep them in uniform. MARADMIN 611/08 establishes the criteria for Marine Captains and Captain selects to receive $4,000 if they agree to extend their contract by 12 months. Full eligibility requirements [...]
You can do a whole hell of a lot with $4500, you could buy a huge flat screen TV, buy a decent used car, put a decent down payment on a new car or you could go to college. You see $4500 is the amount that the Marine Corps will give you to go to [...]
For those of you not stationed on Camp Pendleton, you may be unaware of a program that has been in place for the past few years to support the spouses of Marines stationed aboard Pendleton. Marine Spouses are eligible for $3000 for training in easily transferable jobs such as:
Education
Technology
Health Care
Trade and Industry
Finance
Human Resources
Business Administration
Hospitality Management
Homeland Security
The eligibility can [...]
As I wrote in an earlier piece I gave a brief overview of the post 9/11 GI bill that was recently passed this will be a more comprehensive explaination of the increased benefits and when they go into effect.
Who is covered?
Active duty enlisted and officer who have served at least 90 days since Sept 11 [...]
Use it or loose it
Every year hundreds if not thousands of Marines and service members loose accrues leave due to the fact that you can only carry over a leave balance of 60 days from one fiscal year to the next. So any days of leave over 60 that you had on Sept 30 are [...]
There are many great things to do and see in Southern California that cost the average person quite a chunk of change. Military members can get discounts on all kinds of things in Southern California.
Sea World- Military Members can receive up to 4 free tickets for themselves and their dependants (discounted tickets after your four [...]
