Is it possible to join the Marines just to get in shape and lose weight?

I am kind of chubby and out of shape, and I feel I lack in terms of manliness,so I want to enlist in the Marines, and go through basic training, just to get in shape and lose weightand become manlier, then I want to leave again. I do not want to hang around long enoughto be sent into active duty or combat. Will that be possible?Or will I be forced to sign a contract and serve for a few years aftercompleting training?

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I hope this is a troll post because if anyone thinks that's a possible has no clue about the military.How does it benefit the Marines to send you to basic training, house you, feed you to be a personal trainer?Join a gym and sign up to take advantage of the personal trainers. Yes you sign a contract. It costs MONEY to train someone they aren't gonna send you to the Marines so you can live it up and play Marine and then leave without you providing a service to the Corps.It's the same reason if someone gets accepted to a military university/academy. In order for providing a free education you are REQUIRED to serve in the military to reimburse he government for all the money they invested in you. They don't do it out of the goodness of their heart.

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• No
• Sure, why not
• No you would have to fit to get in, although you can drop out during training but it seems a very drastic way to get fit, think about what motivates you to get fit and go from there.
• Nah dude you can't just get in shape and leave 1. You have to be in shape going into the Marines 2. If you enlist, at least have the balls to stick it out3. Get in shape on your own!
• M-A-R-I-N-E C-O-R-P-S does not spell "Weight Loss Club"Try Jenny Craig
• You sign a contract before basic and indiv training.
• Um, no. That would be called deserting.Why would you join the Marines "Just to get in shape and lose weight?" You could join the YMCA with the same results.
• You CANNOT join the Marines just to shape up. You WILL have to fight for our country if you sign a contract with Uncle Sam. Join a gym if you do not want to enlist in the armed forces. The military is not there just so people can get into shape. You will have to do military combat in the Marines if you enlist. Once you sign, you are committed.
• There is no guarantee, but if you are willing to risk a Court Martial or Other Than Honorable Administrative Discharge, then you can plan on doing some sort of 'crime'. Back in the day, you could 'out' yourself as gay and it could work - that avenue is no longer open to you.But you also risk just being punished and then sent off to war, where, if your head isn't in it, is an even more dangerous place than it otherwise would be.Isn't it easier to just get up off the couch and start running or riding a bike or swimming or any combination of some or all of those - and watch what you eat - rather than being a load on society and risk things you probably don't want to risk?
• Yes, but there are other adverse ramifications.
• Dude. P90X works great. It requires a small amount of discipline. The Marine Corps demands a ton of it.
• Come on brother, you join our military to serve our country. you don't join it to lose weight than abolish your brothers/sisters. Look, i used to be fat too, my freshman year i weighed 210. Alot of stress at that time, but what works is getting off our ass and doing work brother. Start will jogging, (shit i remember when i couldn't jog for a minute straight), do tons of body exercises and go from there. your fine, just dont give up.
• Just starting a workout program seems like the less extreme option, yes?
• u sound like a lily livered sissy boyjust get the liposuction and be done with, fatty
• Try a new user name, "Der Dumkopf" would be more apt.
• NO!