Marines illuminate Afghan battlefields

Marines light the sky for troops on the ground. Cpl. Kevin Maynard reports.

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[Ihateopp]

@suckduck1 No. I'm enlisted with an infantry contract. I leave May 29th for Boot camp. So I can't really tell you much about it. Its the toughest field in the Marine Corps. The thing with combat engineer is you won't be able to choose that MOS, you pick the engineering field and hope you get the MOS you want. Combat engineers are in every infantry battalion. So there's a chance you would be doing infantry type stuff.

[suckduck1]

@Ihateopp Youre in the infantry now? whats it like? I kind of want to be a combat engineer

[Ihateopp]

@suckduck1 My ASVAB score was good enough to have any job in the Marine Corps and I chose Infantry because its what I wanted. Don't choose a job based off your ASVAB score or you're going to have a miserable 4 years. Infantry is the most important job in the Marine Corps and every other job is there to support the Infantry.

[suckduck1]

@Ihateopp i wouldnt waste my ASVAB score for the lowest job there is

[suckduck1]

@Ihateopp why would i join infantry

[Ihateopp]

@suckduck1 Only officers can fly. Join infantry.

[UnBeatenPlague]

@cmoshier77 Look into the Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics MOS. Your GT must be 110 and MM 105 on the ASVAB or the opposite way around. Currently that's the MOS I'm going for but when it comes down to picking what aircraft you want to work on, you have no say in that and it's just a sweet sweet surprise waiting for you at the end of Boot Camp.

[fecto3210]

Would suck if they drop the flares on their own ground forces position ^^

[suckduck1]

What MOS do I need to be in to do this and fly?

[fredalekel]

Whatever It Takes!