11B: Infantryman
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1. Don't join till you're an adult- then it's up to you. 2. Us grunts maybe glamourous and after retirement I don't look my age- but my body says different. Got arthritis around 35- bad knees, bad shoulders, numerous scars, light skin cancer, etc. All the awards, and all the shiny things- might get me a cup of coffee at the VFW. 3. Research all the MOS's- you might find something that really grabs you. 4. If you can't live like an animal, or it bothers you to be the head of the food chain- then the Infantry is not for you.
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PO2 Gerry Tandberg
The Navy helped me to choose an MOS that suited my skills. Needless to say I was not at the tip of the spear, but I got a great deal of satisification in a technical support role. Of course as an Airdale Squid I was never issued a weapon. I’d would sign up for every tech school my squadron was willing to send me too. It paid off in spades. I eventually made the decision to stay for only one tour, but later joined the reserves. My MOS served me well in my civilian occupation allowing me to advance quickley as an Engineering Specialist and Project Engineer. The most danger I experienced in the Navy was keeping my head about me on the flight line and flight deck. Later I flew as an Air Crewman in an ASW squadron. However, I often wondered how far I’d have advanced as a lifer.. But I have no regrets. The
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CSM Charles Hayden
I don’t dare complain about aches and pains. Young son would immediately say: Better to be a has been, than a never was!
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If you are 17 then you need your parents signature to join.....which clearly they are dictating what you can get. Your only option is to wait til you turn 18 and do what you want and get what you want. You can sit down and explain to them that they either sign the consent form now and let you go Infantry and if they don't you will join Infantry the day you turn 18.
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LCpl Shane Couch
Let them know that infantry is where your heart is. Let them know why, state your case as to why you are deeply set on being infantry.
On that note, why is your heart set on infantry? Not knowing what you know, infantry is not the only combat MOS if that is one of your main reasons for choosing infantry.
On that note, why is your heart set on infantry? Not knowing what you know, infantry is not the only combat MOS if that is one of your main reasons for choosing infantry.
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Mind your elders. They have your best interest at heart.
Seriously though lots of folks don't realize that 11B actually has marketable job skills, you just have to demilitarize the MOS and take a minute to find the correlations. Leadership is marketable, Initiative is marketable, Teamwork and exposure to multiple cultures is marketable as well as a butt load of other things if I had time to ferret them out.
I am biased though; you should be a 12B Combat Engineer, all the Infantry skills plus demo. They have Ranger and Sapper coded slots and there are Airborne Engineers as well as the Air Assault guys at Campbell. What parent wouldn't want their kid to be an Engineer.
Seriously though lots of folks don't realize that 11B actually has marketable job skills, you just have to demilitarize the MOS and take a minute to find the correlations. Leadership is marketable, Initiative is marketable, Teamwork and exposure to multiple cultures is marketable as well as a butt load of other things if I had time to ferret them out.
I am biased though; you should be a 12B Combat Engineer, all the Infantry skills plus demo. They have Ranger and Sapper coded slots and there are Airborne Engineers as well as the Air Assault guys at Campbell. What parent wouldn't want their kid to be an Engineer.
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SGT Mark Halmrast
Airborne CSM Richard StCyr. "11B actually has marketable job skills...."
As a former grunt now in the corporate sector I can attest to that. Technical skills can be taught...but the teamwork, results-orientation, and initiative that are absorbed as a grunt are the true value-add. Sage words.
As a former grunt now in the corporate sector I can attest to that. Technical skills can be taught...but the teamwork, results-orientation, and initiative that are absorbed as a grunt are the true value-add. Sage words.
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SPC David Willis
Im also guessing much of their concern has to do with the "danger" the MOS carries with it. This may have been particularly true in the wars up to and including Vietnam, but in our most recent wars non combat soldiers were WIA or KIA at a higher rate than usual. There aren't any front lines you can plop a company of infantry on to hold the line any more.
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