Reply With Quotehaha, well good thing i'm a little weird haha. i'll let you guys know when i've spoken with a recruiter about it!
He's probably right though, mortarmen do tend to be a little weird, not as bad as heavy weapons dudes though...Originally Posted by RECON DOC
haha, well good thing i'm a little weird haha. i'll let you guys know when i've spoken with a recruiter about it!
I guess so, I was in E co Recon. along with HW and mortars Plt. We were rather...different. But they were totally Pro.
Our support company platoons all had distinct personalities. Mortars were in the middle of a non stop brew and game of 500, heavy weapons were sitting there furrowed brows, trying to figure out a joke someone had told them a couple of days ago, signals blokes were skinny nerds, assault pioneers were big boof heads, recon snipers were cool cats.
Although I don't see FA going away as a branch their role has been decreased somewhat, especially in Iraq. Most FA units deployed to Iraq wound up doing IN missions: patrolling, CP opns, etc. Calls for IDF are not what they used be in a manuever-type environment.
I was speaking with an Infantry captain about this the other day. There is a strong feeling in some of the jr. officers at least that they are being trained at the school for one thing and performing another.
If I was a young lad thinking of joining and wanted to go combat arms Infantry, Cavalry, Armor would be my top MOS picks. In the CS/CSS area MP then MI would be my others, but those are based on my interests. Your mileage may vary.
Remember, you can't spell fag without FA.
I was Fire Direction Control in USMC. I enjoyed my time in Artillery very much.
Though if I were to do it over, I would have chosen a job as Forward Observer, I went up on the hill with them a few times. We all agreed that was the best job in Artillery.
During training your off on your own most of the time, away from all the BS that goes on back at the Battery, and FOs actully get to see the **** blow up!
As far as a job after Artillery? mmm shooting the clown out of a cannon comes to mind?
Feel free to PM me if you got any questions.
Nothing wrong with mortars, Call mortars for the slaughter
Most arty guys are pretty tight. Basically all the camaraderie of a grunt unit but without all the humping. You'll get more field time than you can stomach. Arty guys are usually worked like mules. You get a weird sense of professionalism about the most mundane tasks. You'll find yourself taking pride in the way you polish your shovel or how you can eyeball the track spacing better than any tool.
I was an 11C for 5 years, so mortarmen are just as weird. Don't get set on a job when you talk to the recruiter. Narrow it down to what you like doing and go from there.
I see what you did there...Nothing wrong with mortars, Call mortars for the slaughter
You appreciate Mortars more after you are on the recieving end of a few 81mm's that you didn't know where coming in
I was talking about them burners and short shorts blasphemy.
Oh yeah, I got that one, I thought I'd just chuck in a random bit of Oxley knowledge to make myself more of a constructive member of the board.
don't say anything if you aren't asked a question.
you'll cross-train pretty heavily. if you already have plumbing experience, why not pursue experience in something else?
So I've got a 6 month wait on my hands because of my shin splints...good thing I guess. Been going to physio since late October they are starting to shape up.
I was friggin annoyed when I read 6 month wait, but I'll take this as a positive thing, I'll use this time to get ultra fit, I haven't been able to do any running for almost 2 months so it's going to be a drag getting back up to where I was before, but no matter.
My physio set DFR straight about the orthotics, no issues there at all.
I've decided to go Cavalry.
DON'T GO ECN500! For Godsake.
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