Enlisting in the Marine Corps provides a great amount of training and educational opportunities, but there are also benefits that are not as readily apparent. Joining the Marine Corps teaches a person a lot about themselves, and in installs a level of discipline and self reliance that many people do not enjoy or benefit from that have not served in the Marine Corps. You receive in addition to a generous pay and allowance package a number of benefits such as Tuition Assistance while on active duty, if you choose to attend college while serving in the Marine Corps, and a number of Montgomery GI bill benefits after your tour of duty is completed.
Joining the Marine Corps allows you to benefit from different benefits for education, housing, food and subsistence benefits, vacation time benefits, and if you serve long enough for retirement pay. You also are provided with quality health care coverage. It is estimated every few years what the total pay and benefits are worth yearly for a person enlisting in the Marine Corps, or for any basic enlistment in the Armed Forces. The most recent estimate from the Congressional Budget Office is set at nearly $99 thousand dollars worth of compensation, about 35 percent is pay and the other 65 percent is estimated value of the compensation and benefits that a newly enlisted Marine Corps recruit receives on active duty service.
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Benefits are generous, family and vacation leave time up to 30 days paid annually, and opportunities for special duty and cash allowances to cover living expenses make joining the Marines a very lucrative choice for a young person. But there are also other incentives to joining the Marine Corps. There are a number of possible bonuses that are paid in some situations for enlisting in the United States Military. If you select a Military Occupational Specialty or MOS that is featured in the program, you can be eligible for $10 thousand dollars in a one-time enlistment bonus.
Certain high demand Marine Corps specialties at various times offer up to $20 thousand dollars in a one time enlistment bonus. These bonuses are paid as a means of attracting recruits to vital core specialties that the Marine Corps need to find personnel to man, and these bonuses are subject to the needs of the Marine Corps, and subject therefore to change. You should check to see which job specialties offer these bonuses, to see if any of them are jobs you are interested in or qualify for.
