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Wait to buy the car. First off, you don't know where your ging to be stationed after MOS school. They allow you to pick, but if your choice isn't available they will send you where you are needed. That means you could end up out here where I am. If that happens your brand new Camaro will be sitting somewhere for 2 years being taken care of by your family. Also it will be very hard for you to afford the car. You will not be making much money and you spend a lot of money on military related items you don't get reimbursed for but once a year in the form of a uniform allowance which is $400 and that goes quick. Worry about getting the car after you've settled into your first duty station if you can afford it which will be nearly impossible on a Private/PFC salary. You will be briefed on buying a car and spending money wisely and saving and all that. Listen to every word, believe it or not it's one of very few briefs worth listening to and taking notes on. To answer your main questions though, no you can not have a car during initial training (boot camp, MCT, MOS school). You can have a car at your first duty station if it's not where I'm at or other overseas locations, except Hawaii I believe. My advice is wait, for a long time. Now if your MOS gave you some rediculously insane bonus and you can pay for the car in cash and have money left over, which is very highly unlikely since we are down sizing and they want people out, then by all means get what you want. Good luck, I warn you the Marine Corps is not what you expect, but it's not bad.
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