Should I talk to my US Marines recruiter at 16?
I'm currently 16 years old and planning on joining the US Marines. I'm graduating a full year early (1 year from now exactly) at the age of 17. I already parent permission and all of that. I'm curious about what my plans should be at this moment while I wait for this year to go by. I want to talk to a recruiter, but I have feelings that they wouldn't want to waste their time on someone who can't even sign any papers yet.
I simply want to know if I should start making plans to talk with my local (my city is about a 20k population) recruiter to start working on my fitness and / or anything in relation alongside my recruiter. Or if I should just wait to get my diploma and screw off to basic.
Posted Jun 8, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC
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