My Recruiter steered me away from a combat MOS. What should I do?

Mr. Hay, I'm a combat veteran from the Vietnam war. The wars have changed but the brutality of war has not. Combat will change you in ways that you might not want to see take place. The taking of another human life has no glory in it, there's no pride to be had other than the fact that you served your country. All wars are political. in other word's wars are created by politicians and fought by the poor man. You might want to rethink your motivation for wanting to be in the "action." My best to you in what ever to decide to do.

My recruiter also tried to steer me away from a combat MOS. I didn’t listen and ended up doing 9 years and 5 deployments in the Infantry. Go with an MOS that will give you a transferable skill set because you won’t be in the military forever. If I could go back and do something different I would.

Remember BCT stands for Basic Combat Training which is what you do in Basic Training. Then you go to the school for the job you are going to specialize in.
In the time of emergency, you have had basic training in combat condition so when 'all hell' breaks lose, a combat unit can pull you into the line unit to help fight off the enemy. This has happened many times in a combat zone.
I had a clerk typist as my 'ammo bearer' on my M-60 machine gun crew when I was in Vietnam. He was a good soldier and did a good job. The platoon leader awarded him the 11B secondary MOS so he could get his CIB for the combat he was in.

Unless things have changed drastically since I retired in 1995 (00R), the recruiter is not the one who determines your MOS--job. That is done by a guidance counselor at MEPS. Now put on your big boy pants, quit whining, and decide whether you really want to wear your country's uniform. Aside to my RP brethren: I spent 11 years in USAREC, most of them as a Station Commander.

let me tell you something ,kid. i was a structural aircraft mechanic in the Navy. which means i worked on the airframe and hydraulic parts of that aircraft. and i can tell you, it is far from boring. when you have to work 20 hour days to keep your aircraft combat ready. you say you want some action. then don't go in the Army,go in the Navy as an aviation rate. and work the flight deck of an aircraft Carrier on jet fighters or bombers. that job has been rated one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.you want action, go for that. it is the only job where you can stand sill and get killed. and flight hours run day and night. try working on a fighter and have one landing ten feet away from you. or being on the deck when the arresting gear wire breaks and people get their legs cut off in a nanosecond when it whips back and catches them.be next to a fighter that is turning up, and be sicked down the intake of that fighter. the best thing that can happen to you iis that you die. because there isn't much left of you when it's over. or turn to get out of the way of one aircraft and walk into the spinning prop of another. there's your "boring" kid. personally, i don't think you cold handle that 'boring' job.

Did you raise your hand yet?
If not tell the recruiting commander, "You're not listening."
If so learn from it.

Send him a dozen roses!!!

If you really want to be an infantryman go into the infantry. Don't let your recruiter talk you into a slot that's going to make his goals easier to hit, go into a slot that's going to make YOU happy for the next 4-8 years.

You’ll shoot your eye out kid.

Take charge and tell him him what you want or you walk out the door....