Hey yall...Im new at this board, been coming here for a long time, thought I would put my 2 cents in here.
I went into the marines in 2000, came out in 2002. Severe hernia, intestines damn near came out of my scrote. Got hard one day in training is how it went down.
Anyways, during my stint thru boot camp, we had this kid named pannel...he tried to hang himself with his boot laces from the top rack. Needless to say they gave him the boot a few days later. Another recruit tossed himself from 3rd deck near the chow hall one night during firewatch. He lived, escaped uninjured (albeit a little shook up) but he got his million dollar wound. I managed to get into bootcamp with bad hearing and a few tickets still out (one was a traffic warrant) and I dont recall a psych eval. I'm not saying they do that now, but they didnt when I went thru MEPS.
If you are interested in joining the Marines, make sure its the one for you. It is very different from the way the Army and Air Force trains (I should know, I spent some time at Ft. Wood watching army nasties train) their guys. Most of the time is spent in drill, and the other 1/3 of boot camp is spent shooting or cleaning your rifle. And yes them Drill Instructors will CHEW YOU UP!!! But if you do go to the marines, this is my opinion though and it is definately not the right opinion, but if you trust your recruiter enough, he will help you out if he is sincere enough. You said he is a Master Sergeant right? Methinks Tops Gunny knows that most ppl want to be a freakin marine. And on that he will do everything in his power to HELP YOU! This is what mine did...I had 1500 bones in hot checks out there somewhere, on top of a med condition, and I still got in.
Them scars on your wrist can be surgically altered can they not??? Ask your recruiter if you can get plastic surgery done and get them removed. They dont see scars, they dont report scars, and they dont look for scar history in the books(unless you give them a reason).
And for the love of god, please make sure its what you want to do. The Marine Corps Basic Training is NO-JOKE! It isnt that hard, but its the mentality of the way it is done. The physical part is the easiest, believe me when I say that.
Ask me how I busted my scrote and I will tell you a little story about it. Its really quite amazing. It will also tell you the kind of mentality the Marines expect from their recruits.
Just make sure its for you. I cannot stress that enough.
P.S. I'm not an officer...I picked that sig up somewhere...cant really find an enlisted EGA...just so y'all know I'm not posing.
Hitman out