USMC Brian
New Member
Greetings everyone,
I am an 0481 currently in the process of reenlisting into the Reserves (after a five year initial AD contract and I drilled previously for the better part of the remainder of my initial eight). I am looking to return to AD (as civilian jobs suck) for the remainder of my career and I need a little advice. I tried to submit a PSEP (prior service enlistment) package at the beginning of this CY, but by the time my package was together, they said they were no longer accepting PSEP packages as all the boat spaces were full. So I instead reenlisted into the reserves. I have two options to return to AD. I can take an AR contract (most likely doing INI duty followed by a B billet later) in the new FY, or I can try again to PSEP beginning in the new CY (this time I will have my package ready to submit 1 Jan 13). According to the MARADMIN the Marine Corps will accept PSEP packages (including from the SMCR) for a certain list of MOSs. One I am very interested in is 7236 Tactical Air Defense Controller, which they list as a high deploying MOS and stress the need to retain Marines in. I have a B.S. degree in hand with a minor in ATC which would prove helpful for this MOS.
I would much rather return to regular AD under the new MOS (which is accepting Lat Moves according to a different MARADMIN), but I cannot risk not getting the contract. The AR contract is a little more certain, but them i'm stuck there until the middle of my career and hopefully the Marine Corps will let me reenlist back to a regular AD contract then (as in hopefully the down size is complete and the atmosphere for reenlistment is better).
So my question is, do I have a decent chance of getting accepted back into a regular contract doing a job I would enjoy, or should I just take the AR contract and be happy with what I have?
I am an 0481 currently in the process of reenlisting into the Reserves (after a five year initial AD contract and I drilled previously for the better part of the remainder of my initial eight). I am looking to return to AD (as civilian jobs suck) for the remainder of my career and I need a little advice. I tried to submit a PSEP (prior service enlistment) package at the beginning of this CY, but by the time my package was together, they said they were no longer accepting PSEP packages as all the boat spaces were full. So I instead reenlisted into the reserves. I have two options to return to AD. I can take an AR contract (most likely doing INI duty followed by a B billet later) in the new FY, or I can try again to PSEP beginning in the new CY (this time I will have my package ready to submit 1 Jan 13). According to the MARADMIN the Marine Corps will accept PSEP packages (including from the SMCR) for a certain list of MOSs. One I am very interested in is 7236 Tactical Air Defense Controller, which they list as a high deploying MOS and stress the need to retain Marines in. I have a B.S. degree in hand with a minor in ATC which would prove helpful for this MOS.
I would much rather return to regular AD under the new MOS (which is accepting Lat Moves according to a different MARADMIN), but I cannot risk not getting the contract. The AR contract is a little more certain, but them i'm stuck there until the middle of my career and hopefully the Marine Corps will let me reenlist back to a regular AD contract then (as in hopefully the down size is complete and the atmosphere for reenlistment is better).
So my question is, do I have a decent chance of getting accepted back into a regular contract doing a job I would enjoy, or should I just take the AR contract and be happy with what I have?
