Switching from Marine Corps to Army?

My husband and I did just that. Went from USMC, to Army green. The bonuses we got were job related. The Army was hurting for Intelligence analysts, (yeah, ha ha ha)lol, so they gave us bonuses for that job. There were no re-enlistment bonuses per se though. It will depend on the needs of the Army as to what they'll give bonuses for. And, we also read in the Stars and Stripes a while back that the Army is cutting back massively on bonuses. We took a lot of flac for joining the Army, but honestly, we did what we had to. The Marine Corps is awesome, but we spent a lot of years doing back breaking work and making sacrifices and to be honest, the Marine Corps just does not take care of its Marines in the end. The Army is better at taking care of its soldiers, medically and on a personal level too. Wouldnt change a thing about the Marine Corps though. Its a well oiled machine and if it aint broke, dont fix it.

addt'l info: we kept our rank though. E-4. However, we were no longer NCO's, we were specialists. But with our Time in grade and time in service points, promotion to E-5 is easy. Just have to let go of all the MC jargon (Army dont like that), and learn the Army structure and history. You collect the promotion points for your MOS, and then you are eligible to go on a board. You win the board, you get promoted. Easy as pie.

Marine Corps To Army

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You might be the dumbest SOB on the planet! First of all, when switching from the Marine Corps to ANY branch, you keep your rank, and depending on your military experience, may actually be promoted a rank. If you were Army switching to the Marine Corps, THEN you'd be knocked down to "recruit," and have to go through boot camp as if you'd never been in the military (although some of your ribbons/medals may carry over, and odds are you'll be promoted to PFC upon graduation from boot). Second, nothing requires a 12 year contract! I've known Marines on embassy duty, and their enlistments were no different from mine: 4 years active, 4 years inactive reserve.

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Switching from Marine Corps to Army?

Just something I was thinking about. I'm serving a four year enlistment in the Marine Corps, and was wondering what my options for enlistment in the Army are afterwards. Will I be eligible for re-enlistment bonuses, keeping a similar rank? The reason I want to go Army is for the two year...

First off i would like to say "Semper Fi"!! As for an answer to your question, you cannot currently transfer from the Army to any other branch of the service. But after your term is up, I would say go to a Marine Recruiter and join back up! I'm not going to lie to you the Corps is a lot tougher on you than the Army ever will be, because they are the Elite. However, once you make it in, you earn a lot of respect from other servicemen and women.

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You cannot do a service transfer, you would have to join the marines as a prior service enlistee. Which means in almost all cases going thru marine boot camp. Most prior service from other branchs will be enlisted as an E-3. Prior service recruits take a re-enlistment slot, so most services only take prior service for critical needs. Best answer is to go talk to the local marine recruiter and see what the marines shortages are right now and if you qualify.

Thank you for your service. For complete/correct information, contact a recruiter near you. I do have some general comments, that may help clarify your questions. To put it simply, the best answer to your questions are "maybe".

1. Will I be eligible for re-enlistment bonuses, keeping a similar rank?

Maybe. Re-enlistment bonuses can change without warning, and are impossible to predict so far out. Strictly speaking, "Former members of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including current and former members of their Reserve Components will have their active duty Army rank determined by the Army Human Resources Command, after an examination of their military records and experience. "

Be aware, that your job selection as a prior service member is based upon the status of the equivalent Army MOS, and short/undermanned Army MOSs.

Yes you are able to reenlistment into the army after serving your 4 year contract

unfortunately no on the bonuses because they are for returning army cadets and soldiers

because when you switch over you'll be dropping back to a slick sleeve private.. sorry but thats the way it works... unless you switich over to navy then you'll keep some of your rank.

Why not just try to stay in the marines and switch over to embassy duty its a great job and lots of foreign benefits.

But technically.. its a 12 year contract with 4 active and 8 on reserve duty.. but your recruitor should have informed you of that when you enlisted.

@been there and smarter now.

I don't think I have seen so much wrong information assembled in one place at one time. Congratulations!

Have never thought about it that way