Posted on Mar 8, 2017
What is your Rate/MOS/Specialty? Would you change it if possible?
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0481 Landing Support Specialist. Red Patchers. Went in open contract. Was told at graduation was going to tanks, then was changed to 04 field. I really enjoyed being a Red Patcher. Went back in as a reservist and was an 0431 Embarkation Specialist.
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68W, healthcare specialist. Hands down, this was my dream job. I didn’t get to see the FORSCOM side of the MOS, but working as a hospital medic I got to help several thousand of my brothers and sisters in arms maintain a deployable status. I miss being in my old clinic, helping new soldiers get accustomed to their first duty station, since I worked in/out processing at Fort Hood. I also helped the SRP at Hood, so I spent a lot of my time helping FORSCOM. Sure, I didn’t get to do what I originally signed up for, deploying and helping overseas, but I miss doing what I could to help the Army maintain a healthy fighting force.
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Lcpl USMC...Heavy Veh Oper/Mech. I would never want a diff job. This was my dream job at age 19. I went to Truck Driving & much school while I waited to ship out to boot camp. I wanted to make sure I got this job. When I was with my truck and in the motor pool I was free & in another world. My then husband couldn't hurt me. I miss it so much.
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97E - Interrogator (Linguist). I'm damn proud of my MOS! Hard to get in, harder to pass the courses. Makes for great conversation when some civilian asks what I did. They always ask about waterboarding (we didnt do that) and I always respond, "Do you want a demonstration?"
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I went into the Army extremely uninformed, as far as the educational opportunities but I guess that the Army decided that I'd make a good radar Operator, so I got 17B, Field Artillery and Ground Surveillance Radar Operator and you know what? turns out I had an aptitude for it , did well in AIT and enjoyed the work, it was amazing how accurate we could be. This was before GPS, (I'm guessing that radar sets know exactly WHERE they're at as soon as it is set up, these days) so we had to plot our positions ourselves, enjoyed the survey and plotting part of the job also. After I got out of active duty I decided that I wanted to drive a tank, so I joined the Montana Army National Guard for 3 years and then another 3 years in armor with the Nevada Guard. got to drive one of our tanks in the Movie 'Megaforce'. the movie was pure CRAP but it was a LOT of fun even though most of the time we were waiting for the special effects people to get all their explosions set up.
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19 kilo, Armor Crewman... Best job I ever had. I was a great tanker, decent soldier. Too bad I never found a civilian mercenary tank crew.
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I was a 67N30 and I would have to change it because there are no UH-1H helicopters in service anymore. There are Blackhawks now. Different bird different mos
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