Posted on Jul 23, 2020
How hard is 74D AIT and what are the options and jobs a new 74D junior enlisted can experience?
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My brother wants to join as a 74D but I have never met anyone from that MOS. I work next to my units CBRN cage but I know very little about what a 74D does on a daily.
74D: Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Operations Specialist
Junior Enlisted
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I am Former Drill Sergeant from the Chem School (Chem is no longer OSUT) . To answer your question there itself is not that hard for the 74D10 level. As basic Dragon Soldier you will learn the basics of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Operation. What that entails is learning Decon, Recon, Smoke. Detection, protection, and effects of agents. You will also learn CBRN Room operations and how to maintain all the equipment. One of the most critical tasks you will do in AIT is the Chemical Defense Training Facility (CDTF) where you will be operate in a live Chemical environment. The cadre will deliberately contaminate area with VX nerve agent. You will actually see him/her place a live roach on a vehicle and the roach will die. Then you will employ the portable decon systems (whatever is in the Army’s inventory) to the vehicles in the facility. Once training is complete, the soldier will have to diff chemical protection gear using the exiting procedures. The last item to be removed will be the mask once you make it to the clear side. You will be in the buff with your mask on taking a shower. Then you will be moved to an area an given “all clear” to remove mask and get dressed. You will also conduct a convoy live fire and advance range learning the small arms I.e. .50 cal and MK 19. You will conduct two FTXs during AIT in which the last FTX you will conduct as a chemical platoon with primary focus on decon ops and force protection. That’s it in a nutshell.
Plenty of opportunities post military
Focus on obtaining a specialty if possible. Tech Escort will open a lot of doors
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Smoke has been turned over to the Engineer Corps.
This is best summation I can give.
Plenty of opportunities post military
Focus on obtaining a specialty if possible. Tech Escort will open a lot of doors
Recon
BIDS
Smoke has been turned over to the Engineer Corps.
This is best summation I can give.
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Most 74Ds are the CBRNE Specialist for a company, any company. They usually have more senior CBRNE NCOs/Officers at BN, BDE, and DIV. USR is a monthly requirement in which they crunch many of the numbers. They maintain all the CBRNE equipment in a unit and provide training to the unit on CBRNE tasks and equipment like detection of agents, personal decon, protection, unmasking procedures and deliberate decon. The vast majority are in an other than NBC unit.
Chemical Companies are usually the big three: recon, decon, smoke. The conduct chemical reconnassaince with the M93 Fox and similar systems. The provide the expertise and equipment for a deliberate decon of a unit (pax and vehicles). They provide battle field obscurants, most commonly smoke. They lay smoke in support of maneuver units. Recently WMD Response teams have popped up in the Guard and Reserve side that have chemical soldiers along with radiation specialits and EOD.
Chemical Companies are usually the big three: recon, decon, smoke. The conduct chemical reconnassaince with the M93 Fox and similar systems. The provide the expertise and equipment for a deliberate decon of a unit (pax and vehicles). They provide battle field obscurants, most commonly smoke. They lay smoke in support of maneuver units. Recently WMD Response teams have popped up in the Guard and Reserve side that have chemical soldiers along with radiation specialits and EOD.
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The training at fort Leonard Wood was pretty cool. Got to go through the chemical defence training facility, trained with live nerve agents, deconed and all that high speed low drag mess. I enjoyed the training and had a reasonably good time learning how to live and fight in a contaminated environment. We even got to use turbine smoke generators which was neat. It was hotter than the hinges of hell's gate in the summer though, mopp 4 was no fun at all but then again I guess it never really is.
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It is completely dependent on what type of unit you are assigned to. Why does he want to be a CBRN Specialist? If I understand the motivation I can give you a more specific answer.
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PFC (Join to see)
He has an interest in science and chemistry. He likes working hands on with how chemicals work. This is what I am understanding his motives for wanting to be a 79D
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LTC Jason Mackay
PFC (Join to see) - Tell him to also look at 92L Petroleum Lab Specialist. They test fuel for servicability. Keeps helicopters from falling out of the sky. Working in a testing lab will also help him when he gets out.
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PFC (Join to see) If that is his interest, 74D is definitely not the right MOS for him. If you're not in a CBRN unit, you just work in a battalion or ops section and maintain masks and equipment. If you are in a CBRN unit, the mission is usually decontamination or determining the extent of contamination after an incident has occurred. There are lab positions available, but they are very rare and difficult to get assigned to until you're at least an E-6. The Army has other jobs that would be more relevant to his desires. But 74D definitely seems like a poor choice.
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SFC Rodney Clark
A high speed CBRN soldier can thrive anywhere. The reason there is a high a high attrition in non chemical units is most likely The BN CBRN NCO is incompetent which results in the CBRN junior warrior being 1SG's personal errand boy. If the BN NCO conducts himself as I did in Airborne Infantry Battalion, I developed training for each Company CBRN guy. CBRN individual tasks which each soldier had to conduct was placed on the schedule. If the S3 did not want to play the game, I would already have a training declination prepared for him to sign in which he did not want to do so guess what, we play the CBRN game to make sure they were trained. They also had to conduct their operational and troop decons. It was fun for me but again I'm different. I was able to do BN CBRN NCO, CHEM CO PSG, SR DRILL SGT, I guess that's why I had fun.
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Institutional and operational Army CBRN defense training span the full range of military operations and include Soldiers, leaders, staffs, and formations. Training strategies must include the complex CBRN environment as a required condition when conducting all training.
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I commend you on trying to get more info for your Brother
Opportunity for training and getting specific skills will be based on unit. If your Brother is going active and he is stationed.in a CBRNE unit the opportunity to get more skills will be available.
I commend you on trying to get more info for your Brother
Opportunity for training and getting specific skills will be based on unit. If your Brother is going active and he is stationed.in a CBRNE unit the opportunity to get more skills will be available.
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