Guys, need advice- I'm nervous

[hitstreak13]

Re: Guys, need advice- I'm nervous

Hey man, I did 8.5 years in and spent a great deal of time as a recruiter. I'd be more than happy to give you any advice I can. Few things. First, the age requirement is 30 for the Marines as far as their officer program. Here is a link to some info: http://www.careersinthemilitary.com/...arines_officer You mentioned it was 26, and they said you were old, this isnt true, and if someone talked you out of the Marines based on age, I'd say you owe it to yourself to speak to someone else.

Secondly, you mentioned your PFT and being nervous. In what way are you nervous and where is this PFT taking place? You havent committed to anything and the Marines call it a PFT, in the Army its the APFT, and you wouldn't take anything official until right before you shipped out, but even then, they are extremely lenient as Basic Training and OSC should be more than enough to get you into tip top shape. I have never had anyone not ship out because of physical conditioning, and I have put in a lot of people.

My recommendation is if your stressing about physical ability, dont. Your training, as long as you give 100% while your there and dont mail it in, will be more than enough to get you into shape. Remember, if everyone who shipped out could do everything 100% they wouldn't waste as much time getting you guys into shape in boot camp.

Hmm, you are correct. I thought I had read on numerous sites it was 26 and anything older, you would have to have a waiver on a "case by case" basis. I may reconsider as I did get an 85 and ASVAB and GT of 120 (need a 115 for Marines and 110 for Army). But man, I had no clue about the APFT as I was striving for a 270. I looked everywhere online and couldn't find specific answers. I started working out hardcore about 2 months ago and here are my current stats:

2 mile: 13:55
Situps: 68 in 2 minutes
Pushups: 50 in 2 minutes

Its just stressful because im a perfectionist. But weird thing is that I went to subway yesterday and some random guy came up to me and told me that "I needed to relax" because he noticed i was full of stress and read my facial expression. Of course I thanked him, but realized that damn all I can do is give my best and thats all. I mean, I have just under 2 weeks and I can only improve so much.

I am gonna PM you man. It helps that you are a recruitor since you know the ins and outs first hand. You know things that i cant really find on the internet. Thanks man