tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59446973381493841612026-04-06T18:20:05.362-05:00A Marine Corps Wife's perspective of Marine Corps Recruiting Duty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944697338149384161.post-5979972915530062962013-05-06T21:57:00.001-05:002013-05-06T21:58:01.304-05:00

Have you ever heard your spouse talking on the phone and wondered what the heck he is saying? Is that a completely different language he is speaking? What is that USMC Recruiter Lingo?!?! I felt the same way. It always seemed that his government phone was interrupting our family time at the worse possible moments. So I at least wanted to know what the heck he was talking about!

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Many times when a Marine gets selected for Recruiting Duty the first thought is, "Can I Recruit close to home?" While this may work for some families, I will try to explain why it wouldn't really work for us. I can't say I was surprised when my husband received his orders for Marine Corps Recruiting Duty. Honestly, I saw it coming a mile away. Sure I had hoped he wouldn't get recruiting, but

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We have multiple pets so when we came out on recruiting duty we were forced to purchase a home. To top it off the housing allowance for our area was low compared to the rental market. Some of the houses we looked at to rent in our price range were, um, not very good to put it nicely.  Here is one of the houses we looked at. Now, in my defense it looked much nicer in the photos that were

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Marine Corps Recruiting Duty can be a lonely experience. Some units try to boost moral by having family oriented events, such as Family Day, the Marine Corps Ball, and other activities throughout the year. Many times we tend to complain about the interruption and expense these events can have. But my advice, take advantage of them. For instance, since we have been on recruiting duty I have not

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Image courtesy of Andy Newson /http://www.freedigitalphotos.net The Marine Corps Recruiting Command is implementing a "new" program. The Family Readiness Program is a way for the command to pass information to Marine Corps spouses. But there are other perks as well.  So what is the Family Readiness Program all about? Well, first let's take a look at the command structure. The

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My husband and I decided to invite the other Recruiter and his family over for some much needed R&R tomorrow night. They (the office) have been working very hard lately trying to make mission. Especially since one of the Recruiters left and his replacement has not checked in yet. So we decided it would be nice to get the families together and have some fun. This will also

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I attended a conference at the command last weekend. It was geared toward USMC Recruiting Spouses. The Deputy Family Readiness Officer from each command chose 6 spouses from the various recruiting substations (RSS) to attend the course. I was chosen because we live the furthest out from the command and my husband is the SNCOIC of the station. I traveled to the station Wednesday and checked into

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I have been struggling with Marine Corps Recruiting Duty as much as you all. I have gotten several emails regarding how I stay positive and how to make it through recruiting duty. It isn't always easy, I have to admit. But I have learned some things that may be helpful for those that are just starting or about to start on USMC Recruiting Duty. The one thing that I found helpful is getting

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Mike is away at his monthly meeting. He left yesterday around 4pm to drive to his command group. He was in a meeting all day long and the day. I woke up this morning not feeling well.  I swear when he is out of town everything goes downhill. Let me tell you about my day. I went into the garage to change the laundry over and there's a huge water mark on the ceiling. I went into the attic and

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My mother-in-law is visiting us for a month and we've been spending time as a family. The children are so happy to see her. Summer is halfway done and Mike is working to get his recruiters back to a normal schedule. So far they are working from 8am to 6pm every night. Wednesday nights they work until 8-9pm because they have a poole function.  There have been budget cuts across the Marine

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I've received some questions lately regarding Marine Corps Recruiters School. In answer to the questions I've been getting I created this overview.  After selection for USMC Recruiting Duty your spouse will receive orders to Recruiters School. The school is in San Diego, California on the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot there. The class dates are available at the School website. 

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Friday started out as a nice day that ended with Mike getting his butt chewed. But let me start at the beginning so you'll be able to follow the entire story. I got Mike his  HTC Evo 3D for Father's Day (You can read my review here if you want to know more about it). It came out on Friday the 24th, so I went and picked it up at 8am. Mike had to run a kid out of town for an interview so he

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I would like to announce the addition of two new features to our site! I am now offering two more pages for you to learn about Marine Corps Recruiting Duty! I know it's sometimes hard to find information about Recruiting duty. So I've now added a way for you to find the answers to some of your most pressing questions. I hope you enjoy the new pages and find them helpful. Frequently Asked

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It's been a hectic week this week. Mya started another week of camp with the Art Museum this week. It goes from early morning to evening. That means we've been up early to get ready and have breakfast before she goes to camp. It also means that I've been going to the gym every morning which is a huge improvement.  Mike's actually been after me because he's paying for my gym membership and I

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Father's Day was nice. I'd say great, but Mike didn't want a big fuss this year. He lost his father early this year and this was his first Father's Day without him. We miss Miguel very much. So Mike didn't want much to do this year. But he did get to do whatever he wanted. He had to go in to work in the morning, so the girls and I went to church without him. We met back at the house afterwards.

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Today was so much fun! We all had a great time and got to spend time together as a family. Mike got home at 7pm last night and I picked him up from work. He was wearing his cammies, so I stopped and bought him an outfit at Sam's Club. I snagged a pair of Nautica shorts and a Polo T-shirt for $30. I told him it was his early Father's Day gift. I wouldn't have purchased him an outfit except that I

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The week is almost over and I'm ready for the weekend. It's been a long week. Mya attended a day camp all week through one of the local churches. She was able to learn about tennis and then did some martial arts training. She really enjoyed it, but the camp runs in the afternoon. The bus picked her up at 12:50pm and then dropped her off at 5:45pm. This disrupted Lily's sleep time and she's been

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I feel so bad for Mike lately. He's really been stressed out. I think I mentioned that he went from a regular recruiter to managing the station our first or second month here. He's been thrown into his job to sink or swim and the guy who was training him... Well, he's leaving soon, so you know how that goes. In any case, Mike's been getting a lot of heat from HQ. I'm not sure why since he has

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As I've mentioned before we live 3.5 hours away from the MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Stations) as well as the Headquarters. MEPS is were the the Poolees actually contract to join the Marine Corps. Their paperwork is screened and verified and they receive their physical and such. (For more info click here). It is also where the applicants go to ship to boot camp. The headquarters is where

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Another day of summer vacation. This week has been off with Memorial Day on Monday. My schedule is all off and we are still trying to get into our routine. Now that Mya isn't in school during the day we are all adjusting to her being home. Mike woke up early this morning to leave go to his Headquarters. He has a retirement ceremony to do tomorrow; he's standing in the formation. Today was

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It's Memorial Day weekend and the end of the school year here. My oldest finished 3rd grade on Friday and we went out to celebrate. We had dinner and then came home and had a family movie night. Mya really loved it and so did Lily. We watched Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakual and Lily was dancing to the music. The kids had a blast and Mike and I had fun watching them. Yesterday

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It was not easy when my husband, Mike started is new job as a Marine Corps Recruiter. The hours were very long. His office was in a mall. and the mall didn't even open until 10am. So he had to be in at at 8:30am to get started and have his morning meeting with the other recruiters and his SNCOIC (Staff NCO in Charge or his boss). From there he would leave out of the office and visit schools or

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When we arrived at our duty station, we began looking for places to rent. We did not want to buy a home, as we are only going to be here for three years. Every duty station we had been to we were able to rent a home for under our housing allowance and still have money left over for utilities. We were surprised to find that was not the case here. I had found some potential houses in the newspaper

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When my husband, Mike got back from Recruiter's School I was thrilled to see him. As excited as we were to see him, we didn't have much time to enjoy his company. He flew into North Carolina on Saturday night and we went out to dinner to celebrate. I remember he brought me sand from the beach in San Diego in a CocaCola bottle. He said that he wished I was there, but since I couldn't go he brought

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When Mike got the news that he'd be going on recruiting duty we weren't surprised. We knew that the team was coming to our area and we knew he had made the list. See all Marines need to complete a B billet to progress in their career. Well, they don't really have to, but then they run the chance of not getting promoted or being swept away on recruiting duty at an inconvenient time.  You

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