what to expect when my boyfriend goes into the marines?

Take it from a Marine, who has been there done that. I am asuming he is in basic right now. His training is going to be a gruling 12-13 weeks (3 months) long. Support him though boot camp, he is going to need your motivation to get though this tough time in his life. Send him letters, not everyday, but on a consistant basis. Please… please… do not send him a “Dear John Letter” (break up letter) while he is in bootcamp. Remember you have to keep him motivated and not demoralize him. Once he gets out of basic training he will have 10 days of “leave” (vacation time) and if he is lucky he can have additional time, but only if his recruiter asks for it. You will notice a great change in him. He will be firm and would want to take life by the horns at every step. Depending on what his job in the Marines is going to be he may either go to the School of Infantry or Marine Combat Training (all jobs that are non infantry related). To make a long story short he will be away for most of his time in the Marines. If your relationship with him is strong and your willing to give it your all you two will come out on top.

My ex boyfriend went into the army so I have done a lot of this research. Its fairly similar throughout the branches from what I know.

He will have to do 9 weeks of basic training in which he can’t have contact with people outside of the camp except letters from home.

They are not given much free time, so receiving letters back can be rare.

After that, he most likely will be sent to a base somewhere in the united states, usually its not near where the guy is from.

For example, my neighbor who is a marine was sent from his home in Maryland to California.

After that, he will have deployments that can last anywhere from a few months to a year and a half. Usually they are deployed for quite a while.

My ex boyfriend initially joined the navy for 5 years out of high school and he saw his family very rarely; however, I am not sure how much of that was just not wanting to visit his family or if he actually couldn’t.

When he decided to go into the army, we broke up because of the long distance relationship it would put us in. We were only together for a few months though.

It’s definitely a difficult process. The navy tends to have the shortest deployment time (about 3 to 6 months at a time).

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