Marine recruiters routinely make claims to applicants that they will not be sent into combat. A copy of the agreement that those recruited must sign states otherwise. Uploaded is a PDF scan of the contract obtained from one unsuspecting recruiter.
Note line item number 9 which reads: “I understand that as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States I may have to serve in combat or in a combat area.”
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\r\nWhen dealing with recruiters, the Golden Rule is, "get it in writing." If s\/he says you'll be paid in gold bullion and you don't have it in writing, it never happened. Same goes for this "combat clause" and big DUH to anyone signing up fo the Marines who doesn't expect to kick ass.\r\n
\r\nAll American military members from all 5 branches know they can be deployed at any time to anywhere in the world.\r\n
\r\nNothing new here.\r\n","author":"UCMJ","parent_id":126818,"mime_type":"text\/html","created":"2005-05-21 15:06:26","modified":"2005-05-21 15:06:26","fileurl":""}]}