You've all given me alot of great advice! And thanks for that tip about unemployment, I'd forgotten about that option entirely!
Here's a little bit of history of my Marine Corps career. My first deployment to Iraq was from February 2006 to October 2006. I was a security member of the guard force around Camp Korean Village, in the western desert by Syria and Jordan. When I came back to the states, I resumed my duties as an LAV mechanic, and when I deployed again in September 2007, I was a senior mechanic for one of the companies in my battalion. When I got back, not having enough time left in my contract to deploy again, I was reassigned duty to the base Rifle Range, where I took went through the Combat Marksmanship Coach Course, graduating 2nd in the class, and then straight into the Combat Marksmanship Instructor Course, taking the class honor graduate award with me. I've been working at the rifle range now, teaching classes of 100-250 Marines and Sailors in basic marksmanship and advanced combat marksmanship fundamentals with the M9 pistol and all variants of the M16 service rifle.
I'm hoping to get a job in law enforcement eventually, but due to some priors that I have before my military service, I'm going to have to build my way up to it. I've been considering using my G.I. Bill to go to school for Criminal Justice, and get my four year degree first. I've looked into several private security agencies, but like some of you mentioned, I need my guard card, and gun card, so I'm looking into that as well.
I'm hoping every day for a phone call from any of the agencies that I've applied to. I'm currently in the background investigation phase with LAPD, so my fingers are crossed.