After Recruit Training: Life in the Corps
So much emphasis is put on the importance of Marine Corps Recruit Training, people sometimes assume the recruit training environment is the way Marines live from day to day. Not so. Recruit training is an extremely intense time, which nets extreme results. At the end of that 13-week test, a recruit becomes a Marine, and enjoys a completely different status within the Marine Corps. New Marines graduate and receive the Marine Corps Eagle, Globe and Anchor as a symbol of their achievements, then get 10 days off to return home before beginning training for their Military Occupational Specialty (MOS).
Marines enjoy a lifestyle of travel and adventure, an important role in Marine Corps missions, and many benefits, including the opportunity to continue their formal education with the financial support of the United States government. Marines will have normal work hours and regular off time, just as civilians do. The difference is that Marines have a permanent place in one of the finest cultures of brotherhood and service in the world.
Military Occupational Specialties
