Translating Positions in the Marine Corps?

I am a 21 yr old white American citizen. I lived in the Philippines (Southeast Asia) for several years and became fluent in the Tagalog language. Becoming a Marine is something I need to accomplish, I plan on enlisting by next year and would like to know what opportunities could be available to me. Can enlisted Marines serve as linguists or translators? Would I get paid more and possibly be assigned to the Philippines? Are there other government positions available than can utilize my ability?Translating Positions in the Marine Corps?
I have a Staff Sergeant in my platoon that is fluent in Tagalog. He gets paid a tidy monthly "bonus" for his skills of about $250 and is offerred reenlistment bonuses for his skills in excess of $20K. To be perfectly honest, though, he has been in the Marine Corps nearly ten years and has yet to use his language skills. The mostly likely scenario for actually using your language skills would be to get into the intelligence field (even then, you will spend much of your career NOT speaking Tagalog), or being part of the Marine Security Detachment that guards the embassy in Manilla. Usually, Marines spend three years on "embassy duty" before moving on to a new unit. Keep in mind you will probably have to spend several years in the Marines before you are eligible for embassy duty and if below the rank of Staff Sergeant, you must be unmarried. If you desire to use your language skills to develop a career, I would recommend working for the Department of State instead of the US Marine Corps. If you're willing to only occasionally use your language skills (say 1/3 of a 20 year career) and want to be a part of a warfighting institution, the Marine Corps is for you.Translating Positions in the Marine Corps?
Yes you can become a translator, you would not be payed more because that depends on your rank and E1 and E2 are payed the same in every branch. You could be sent to the Philippines because that's what you would be doing.