True but he had a quite literal God complex and I could see him passing off his match with Luffy as a fluke . So it ' s really a matter if he trained or not . If so he would probably be around high vice admiral low admiral level . If not he is probably just below Vice Admiral . <| sep |> Hi ! I joined when I was 17 too , but didn ' t really have the smarts like you to plan it all out , so you ' re already a step ahead ! One thing that I would say is . why marines ? You could just be an engineer in the Air Force . I ' m a little bias to AF because I ' ve seen some of the other bases and we have the nicer ones and don ' t see as much action as marines do . That way you ' ll actually have time to use the Tuition assistance while you ' re in the military . I ' ve known a few linguists and last time I checked , you have to take a test to join the career field and you usually get a signon bonus , so that ' s nice ! If you go the AF route , you ' ll get through school depending on your language and if you get washed out in about . 23 years . If you do a 4 term enlistment , you ' ll still need to do more testing outside of that before they want you taking classes . If your heart is set on the marines , go for it . just make sure you look at all the options first . Credit will be very easy to get when you join . Military star card will always approve you . BE CAREFUL . Get the card for a few things here and there and then pay it off . I got a little crazy when I got my card and . well . like I said , you ' re on a better track so there ' s probably no worries there . Once you say you ' re in the military you get more offers because people know you won ' t be out of a job anytime soon . Invest in the TSP . Eat at the chow hall when you can to save money . Don ' t get caught up in going out drinking all the time . Don ' t buy a brand new car . Like I said , I worked with a lot of linguists and I took the DLPT failed and my husband was going to be a Pashtu linguist and failed the final test . So , if you have any questions , I can try and find answers for you . Good luck to you !