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Why the National Guard is a great option for Marines

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Probably the most popular thing Marines like to talk about is their glorious , eventual EAS date (for civilians reading this, that means “End of Active Service”). There’s always a plan: marrying that special person back home, going to college, or returning to the civilian job you left behind. Regardless of which end, Marines spend a lot of time thinking about the end.

What they often don’t consider, though, is that you can switch into a reserve component and continue working toward retirement without hanging up the uniform entirely. There are some Marines who get out because they don’t want to be in the Marine Corps anymore, sure. It’s fair, but there’s another option: the National Guard.

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