Posted on Mar 15, 2018
PFC Motor Transport Operator
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Just wondering his because I always thought that it’s basically a fresh start. Just curious really.
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MSgt Gerald Orvis
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I'd worry about getting through boot camp first. I agree with GySgt Olson - your MOS will be assigned dependent on the needs of the Corps at the time. Based on your Guard MOS in Motor T, you may be able to keep that - the Corps always needs drivers and mechanics. But you may also go into something entirely unexpected, like IT. It depends on how you test when you enter the Corps.
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LCpl Shane Couch
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Army and Marine Corps attend the same location at Ft. Leonardwood for operators, but we do not train on the same vehicles nor is it the same course, at least when I was in. If you do retain your Motor-t MOS, I would think that most likely you will either return to motor transport operator school or at least train and get licensed at your first duty station. Everything in the Corps is different vehicle wise, than it is in the Army.
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I’m not worried about boot camp again I enjoyed it really. Getting smoked or yelled at doesn’t bother me at all
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Cpl Tom Surdi
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Both MSgt Orvis and Gunny Olson are correct. The needs of the Corps will be taken into account, but when you sign a new contract you will have some say in what MOS you will have. That being said, you will have to go through Boot Camp again, then MCT (unless you go infantry then SOI) then onto your MOS school. We had a prior Army guy in my platoon in boot camp, and while some of the things he did in the Army transferred over, rank (although he did go from an E-3 to an E-2), some of his ribbons/medals most everything else he had to do over again. It is by all accounts a fresh start. DO NOT let the prior service recruiter pull one over on you, make sure you research everything before you change branches.
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You get what you negotiate!
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