Hey what's up guys it's Trell, go ahead and
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that notification. But let's go ahead and get into this video. So if you're
watching this video that means you have some kind of interest to join the
military, specifically the Marine Corps. Want to tell you off the bat, Marine Corps is not
for everyone but it's okay don't get discouraged there's always other things
to do. There's different branches, you got college, trade schools, or you can just stay at
home and work. So just know you have options. But if you do think the
Marine Corps is for you, I want to give you five pros and cons that I wished somebody
had to explained to me a little bit more in depth before I signed that contract
gave the Marine Corps four years of my life. But let's go ahead and get into
these pros. So travel, who doesn't want to travel, who doesn't want to see the world
right. Marine Corps can give that to you. They can allow you to travel a little
bit or a lot depending on your job. So with me being in the infantry I travel a lot.
I've gone to many states to do training events. I just got off my first deployment. I went to Italy, Spain, Greece, Malta, Africa. I got to see all these places I
would've never got to see without the Marine Corps. So they can definitely give
you that travel aspect if that's what you're looking for. Next, you got insurance and benefits.
You get free health care, you got that dental, your ears, eyes, break a leg all
that's covered. You got a GI Bill, if you decide to get out after your four years you want to go to college. Aye you got that GI Bill to use, free college
right there. If you're single they'll provide you a place to stay. Right
now I'm in my barracks room, recording this YouTube video. So you got that you got the
chow hall, which they're gonna take out automatically from your paycheck to
provide you with food. So I would definitely recommend using that because
if not you just wasting that money. If you're married they'll definitely
provide you somewhere to stay either on-base off-base, you don't have to
worry about that. Next you got school, so a lot of people want to join the
military so they can get that school for free. So being that's also a thing that's dependant on your job. Sometimes you really don't have time to go to college or
school while you know being in. So like me being in the infantry, I don't have time at all to
go to school. I wish I did but I don't, other jobs you might you might have time
to take a course here and there throughout the week. So that's just
something you need to like talk to recruiter about. Aye I need a job that I'll
have time to go to college for and all that. Next you got those life skills,
you're gonna you're gonna have to mature a real fast. I came when I was 17, I
wasn't just like used to being away from your parents like that. You you're
basically kind of on your own. You have your own you make up your own
curfew. You make up all this stuff. You gotta pay for your car note, car
insurance, phone bills, so you're going to mature a lot faster than your peers back
home. Next you got the Marine Corps is gonna open up opportunities for you and you're
gonna build some good friendships while you're here. Um, just having the fact that
you're a Marine on your resume is gonna set you aside from those people you're
competing with. Uh we're held to the highest standard for the military. We're
like tip top notch of the military so just being marine is gonna like I said set
you aside from your competitors. Also you you're gonna meet people from all across
the world all across the United States that are in the military are in the
Marine Corps with you. So you never know who you're working with. You could be working with some kid that dad's a billionaire a millionaire have a million dollar company. You could be working with a guy came from nothing but is trying to make something
of himself and try to make a name for his family. So you're gonna you're gonna
meet those kind of people and these people are gonna be your brothers
and sisters. I trust some of these some of these people here more than I trust
my own family member. These people will quote on quote die for you. These people are really gonna they're gonna really be there for you. Like I said you're gonna meet these
lifelong brothers and sisters so you definitely gonna have that. Now let's get
into these cons. The first con man is it's a big one, you're gonna be away from
your family and friends a lot. You're not gonna be able to get to go home whenever
you want to. Marine Corps, they tell you when you get up, when when you
go to bed, when you're off, when you get to go home, when you come back home. So you're gonna I'm telling you when you first get in you're going to be like, "oh man yeah, I'm in the Marine Corps"', "oh yeah I'm shooting up stuff, I'm blowing out
stuff". But I'm telling you it's gonna get old real fast. Once you have some time in, you're gonna wish you get to go home. You're gonna wish you can see mom, see
your girl your boyfriend, whoever you want to see back home, but you're not.
You're gonna miss birthdays, anniversaries, family events, holidays,
you're miss all this stuff and that stuff is gonna get to you I'm telling
you it is. The next con I got um there's a lot of it's a lot of wear and tear on
your body and your mind. Like I said, just being away from your family that mental
stress it's gonna get to you. It's gonna make you not want to perform at work.
It's not gonna make you want to get up with your uniform on but you gotta be
able to overcome that so you're gonna have to have that to deal with. And some
jobs it's gonna be a lot of physical like
bodily stress on you. Being in the infantry it's a lot of wear and tear on your body
it ages you a little bit faster. Like I'm only 20 I feel like I'm like 30 because my
knees my knees hurt. I got back problems all that stuff is just from the job itself. Carrying all the weight from doing all that stuff. But not all the jobs is gonna
have that effect on you. So that's something to go look look after. Like you
gotta like I said talk to your recruiter, "aye I don't want a job it's gonna wear my body
out as much and all that stuff". So that's something you gotta ask for. Next con it's
another big one it's hard to have a relationship being in the military in
general. So like I said you're not gonna be able to go home. You're not gonna be
able to be with them all the time. Especially if you're not married. If you have a
girlfriend boyfriend back home your relations basically gonna be over
FaceTime, or a phone call, Skype, text messages, so that long-distance
relationship is it's gonna get to y'all eventually. You're not gonna be able to
be there for him or her when you need to. You're not gonna be able to talk to him
or her all the time. And that's something that you have to talk to your
significant other, if you really do planning on going in. If you're married
um sometimes you can't just move your spouse out here. They might have a job
and they don't want to leave or you just move your spouse out here but you're
never at home because you're at work and that stuff. So it's gonna be hard to
have that really like tight relationship but if y'all really like love each other and all that, aye you have nothing to worry about. But it is it is gonna be hard, it's not gonna
be as easy as most people think coming in. Um next con you don't really get that much top of yourself. Especially if you're in a leadership role. You have to worry about other people other people's lives
as well. You got people under you, you gotta take care of. You don't get to just say, hey I want to go do this, do that. Because hey you might be busy, might have work still left over to do on the weekend. Sure you get a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, but it's
only Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Time is gonna go, you can't stop time. You only got so
much time in that weekend to do what you want to. So you're not gonna get as much
time as you would if you were back home. Can't say, I'm gonna go do this, go do that. You got to make sure you can go do that. You gotta make sure your guys are good, your girls are good or whatever. You got to make sure your work is good. So you don't get
that much time for yourself to do things that you want. But I definitely recommend, sometimes you got to make time. Because if not you're I'm telling it's
gonna drive you crazy. It's just... just make sure you try to make
time but it's gonna be hard. Um the next and my last little topic to talk on, is the money aspect. So I don't know why but for some reason people think being in the
military you make a lot of money. That's not true at all. You're not gonna be
making a lot of money first coming in. Sure you've been in for 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years,
probably making a good decent amount of money. But first coming in you're not gonna be making that much money. You probably you might even make more money staying back at home probably working at McDonald's 40 hours a week. So yeah that money aspect if you're trying to join for that unless you plan on
making a career it's it's not gonna be anything it's not going to be much for
you. But I appreciate y'all watching I hope this helps someone out there trying
to decide whether this is for them or not for them. Just make sure y'all leave
some comments below let me know how I did. And I'll catch all guys later.
