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And I'm not sure how that "bonus" works. Is it an advance on the pay they'll give you, or something to entice you into the 4-year contract?

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if ur looking to join the marines at 18 or with parental permission 17 you don't know much. There are wealthy people that use service as currency in the political world. More often than not they were wealthy before they joined. I mean everyone should avail themselves of every opportunity that benefits them. (ofc that's no absolute statement) That's just common sense when you truly believe and set the actual moral implications of your actions aside.

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if ur looking to join the marines at 18 or with parental permission 17 you don't know much.

The 17 year-old recruitment was really successful for the Marines for the Desert Wars. They had a good TV presence, presented an amazing image to boys 10-16 years old, and had at least some presence in high schools. They used a "poolee" program for kids under 17 (and other people) where they'd essentially attend hour-long grooming sessions with the recruiters and some other young, recently graduated from boot guys. They made you PT as a team, and eventually you're indoctrinated- they appeal to people who are interested in fighting most of the time.

You'd get promoted upon graduation if you attended this program, and I saw it turn some fatties into decent shaped kids, or take great athletes, ready to ship out, having studied and prepared for boot camp for months-years by this point. At this point, you're so focused on becoming a Marine and what that means as a career, that you aren't seeing the big picture that much. You don't really care who you're fighting or why, you just need to focus on survivng boot camp and push on.

Nobody joins the USMC for the pay, it sucks compared to what Army/USAF/Navy was offering.

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Thanks to our incredibly crappy tax law, it's indentured servitude. They give you 25,000, taxed on your side. And if you don't meet the reqs, or dont stay long enough, you have to pay it back. Since you never got the full amount though, you end up paying more than you ever received in the bonus. Most of the (((benefits))) you get aren't even benefits, but basic stuff you need to be remotely useful for the kikes. Sure they pay for housing ... if you enjoy living in barracks and half broken down housing with 4 other privates sitting on top of you

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The "bonus" is a loan with the interest disguised as a tax.

Wow. There's cartoonish evil, and then there's irredeemable evil.

Thanks for the clarification. Running the numbers, the advance on your pay comes to less than a dollar an hour over the four years of work. Even with that factored in, it's still about half of minimum wage for the states that have the lowest rate.

A part-time minimum-wage job will get you less in terms of raw dollars, but nobody is shooting at you (unless you're in a Vibrant and Diverse part of the country, but that's another story).