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I am currently in the Marine Corps in a non-combat MOS (generator mechanic). I have deployed to Afghanistan before and it was a very rough one thanks to the horrid chain of command that I was TAD to, Long story short no one in my platoon was allowed to go on patrols, convoys, or do anything at all (the OPS Chief had done funeral duty so he forbid any and all "dangerous" activities) except sit inside their respective areas and provide the laundry and showers. That's all fine and dandy except now that I am a year from my EAS date and I have yet to do anything that I joined for. Does anyone know of a company or organization that will hire former military that was NOT special forces to do combat related jobs? I will not re-enlist in an 03 MOS or attempt to go to recon or marsoc. I saw what those guys did in Afghan and I do not want to waste another 4 years of my life police calling or doing that kind of ***** work in a combat zone.
I was not expecting to be kicking in doors all the time, but when I have 15 or so people coming back from their deployment saying what they did and they have my MOS (or a sister MOS like water dog) and I do the polar opposite, makes me even more frustrated.
No I have not touched a generator since the school house because as soon as I got to my first unit I was stuck inside the toolroom (despite being in a shop that fixed all of the utilities and heavy equipment gear in Okinawa). In Afghanistan I was using water pumps and purification gear for 99% of my work. In my current unit, which is a UAV unit, at best I might get to put fuel in a generator.
Black Water got changed to Xe and then something else because their operatives had no self restraint.
No I will not be an electrician/mechanic in the civilian world because I hate it. I was supposed to be an aircraft crew gunner or an 03 before a generator mechanic.
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- BaldrickLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
"Does anyone know of a company or organization that will hire former military that was NOT special forces to do combat related jobs?"
GE, Trane, Generac, Norwell anyone who makes and services commercial grade generators.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Uh...what exactly did you imagine yourself doing as a generator mechanic? Kicking in doors?
"I have yet to do anything that I joined for"
You joined to be a generator mechanic. Did you never work on a generator the whole of the last 3 years?
- 9 years ago
There's not much combat anymore. And it's not glamorous at all. If you want combat and want to make a career of it join the SEALs.... lmfao yeah right you don't got what it takes
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