Posted on Aug 1, 2016
Have you carried any of your actual MOS relative training into your civilian careers?
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Every day since I retired and started civilian employment.
I was an Army Engineer and served in heavy construction units building roads, bridges, airfields, pipelines and all sorts of structures. So pretty much all elements of my MOS training have come into play.
I was an Army Engineer and served in heavy construction units building roads, bridges, airfields, pipelines and all sorts of structures. So pretty much all elements of my MOS training have come into play.
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I was on tanks and now I have a business degree and run a business. I in no way use any training I got from actual tanking. The mission planning, logistics, and training like that are used every day though.
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SPC Michael Myers
SGT Gregory Lawritson - That's exactly it. Ironically, I'm a mechanical engineer now (Thanks to service in the US Army... HOOAH!). I approach all problems with a can do attitude and simply work the problem. The truly ironic (and sad) thing is that both due to a blue collar background in the industry I'm in and my military service, I'm a "different kind of engineer". I understand things to a deeper level when I'm doing the engineering thing. It almost always rubs my civilian team mates wrong as they think I'm showing off... Nay, I'm pulling my weight, and trying to stay motivated. It's... sort of my job... you know the thing they pay me for.
I'm usually well applauded and recognized by my leadership, but when I say "The way I "AM", was the norm when I was in... In my platoon we were all super motivated and well led by great Tank Commanders, a good Platoon Sargent and a 1st Lt that was just about as good a leader as they come. When I say "I miss the espirit de corps we had, and would love to bring that to our current group", I get blank stares... most civilians don't "Get" that. They think there is some angle. So, in some ways it's sad.
Good news: I don't base my self worth on what other people think of me. Just my wife and children, and a few friends I'm real close to.
That's my take on this thread. Don't fail to see how things that seemingly have nothing to do with a civilian role can actually have EVERYTHING to do with it.
I'm usually well applauded and recognized by my leadership, but when I say "The way I "AM", was the norm when I was in... In my platoon we were all super motivated and well led by great Tank Commanders, a good Platoon Sargent and a 1st Lt that was just about as good a leader as they come. When I say "I miss the espirit de corps we had, and would love to bring that to our current group", I get blank stares... most civilians don't "Get" that. They think there is some angle. So, in some ways it's sad.
Good news: I don't base my self worth on what other people think of me. Just my wife and children, and a few friends I'm real close to.
That's my take on this thread. Don't fail to see how things that seemingly have nothing to do with a civilian role can actually have EVERYTHING to do with it.
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