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I was looking at some MOS positions and this one really caught my eye. I would love to be the one to jump behind enemy lines! But when I look it up, google says it was only during WW2, and then it was disbanded? So is this still a MOS for Marines?
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Thomas OReilly This is not a MOS but part of the training for Recon Marines.
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/marine-corps-enlisted-job-descriptions-3345314
https://www.cool.navy.mil/usmc/enlisted/0321.htm
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/marine-corps-enlisted-job-descriptions-3345314
https://www.cool.navy.mil/usmc/enlisted/0321.htm
Reconnaissance Marine Parachute and Combat Diver Qualified: MOS 0326
MOS 0326 participates in reconnaissance activities to gain information about the enemy and the terrain.
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As an initial entry MOS only riggers offer parachutist without having to pass some type of selection.
You can also try out for Recon or MARSOC but you have to pass their courses first.
You can also try out for Recon or MARSOC but you have to pass their courses first.
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How bad? How bad do you want to jump? If you go into anything saying to yourself "this is gonna be bad" you will most likely fail.
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Thomas OReilly how bad? It's like a necklace in an expensive store. If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it. How bad? Worse than anything you've probably experienced yet.
The Army also has plenty of MOS's you can go to that offer airborne training. We have an entire division of paratroopers of all MOS's.
The Army also has plenty of MOS's you can go to that offer airborne training. We have an entire division of paratroopers of all MOS's.
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Thomas OReilly - Most things worthwhile come with a price. If you want easy, I would not go into the military.
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Thomas OReilly
Sgt (Join to see) - What I was meaning when I said 'How bad is their course' I meant what kind of things should I expect? I'm ready for a challenge, and I'm determined to do it!
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Marines can earn jump wings. There is no one company of jumpers like Army Airborne. You will find jump wings in a lot of areas, anything is possible, but don't count on going to jump school unless you are in a billet requiring it (Recon, PR, ANGLICO, etc). The few seats available to Marines are taken quickly by those MOS'.
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Maj John Bell
As one of three company commanders, at a Marine Barracks, I was offered a chance to go to airborne school (Why a Marine Barracks Company Commander should get an airborne slot is beyond me.) Between getting told I was going, and actually going, we got a new Barracks XO. Who promptly took the spot.
My Company Gunny, a Recon marine, told me [in front of the XO] "Sir the XO's going because he's not needed around here. You are. Besides, if the Marine Corps wants you to jump out of an airplane, ... there's enough time to tell you what you need to know between take off and getting to the drop zone."
My Company Gunny, a Recon marine, told me [in front of the XO] "Sir the XO's going because he's not needed around here. You are. Besides, if the Marine Corps wants you to jump out of an airplane, ... there's enough time to tell you what you need to know between take off and getting to the drop zone."
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Roger that sir. And to be honest - the mechanics of jumping out, opening and landing can be taught in about 30 seconds. It's the awareness and "what do I do now" when something goes wrong that takes time. That, and beating the fear out of the hind brain. It is a VERY conscious decision to jump out of *any* plane that is flying, or even falling.
As a comm specialist in a red patch unit (HQ Co, LanSptBn) I put in for jump school 5 years running. Never got it. I was supposed to go to WSSI (Water Safety Survival Instructor) school but that got cancelled for too few students that year. The needs of the Corps can be a fickle mistress Maj John Bell, sir.
As a comm specialist in a red patch unit (HQ Co, LanSptBn) I put in for jump school 5 years running. Never got it. I was supposed to go to WSSI (Water Safety Survival Instructor) school but that got cancelled for too few students that year. The needs of the Corps can be a fickle mistress Maj John Bell, sir.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
Not entirely true, the USMC does have units that are almost entirely airborne qualified. These are predominantly in the Air Delivery and Force Reconnaissance communities.
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SFC Michael Hasbun - As I listed in my original answer. It is when you are not in one of those "needs" units that the mistress can be fickle. :)
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You've got some answers from people that know, Thomas OReilly, and I don't think I could offer any better info or guidance. I went to jump school in MAR-APR70, and I was fortunate enough to be in a student company that contained all the sister services, because all the successful students were bound for various special operations units. There were USA SF and Ranger trainees, USN SEAL and UDT trainees, USMC Force Recon trainees and USAF Pararescue trainees. There were a few Army traditional airborne trainees as well.
I'm sure that someone has told you that the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning is where all the armed services become airborne qualified initially.
It was fun and interesting to be training with the other services. Good luck!
I'm sure that someone has told you that the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning is where all the armed services become airborne qualified initially.
It was fun and interesting to be training with the other services. Good luck!
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Air Delivery Specialists and Force Reconnaissance attend Airborne School, but "Parachutist" is not a USMC MOS.
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If you want to be airborne, go army, the army has a whole division (15,000) of airborne infantry. Then there are the airborne: air defense, engineers, field artillery, aviation, military police, etc. Then there are the special forces groups, which are airborne. Then there are the Rangers, which most of them are airborne. (Are you getting the picture?) I'm just guessing, but there must be 1000 airborne positions in the army for every 1 airborne position in the Marine Corps.
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In 1972 at jump school there were 4 officers and 2 NCO marines that attended, sorry to say the 4 officers and 1 NCO, didn't graduate. But, I asked the NCO why the marines were in jump school, he said because they were going Marine Recon.
I met some Marine Recons in the 70's and they were all parachute qualified to be in that unit. Most likely the marine Recon have to be qualified and dropped behind enemy lines.
I met some Marine Recons in the 70's and they were all parachute qualified to be in that unit. Most likely the marine Recon have to be qualified and dropped behind enemy lines.
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