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A930,
30 years USMC, 21 years commissioned all AD.
Most of us who are responding were a) good at our job and b) enjoyed it thus spent quite a bit of time in that area. There were/are more than a few who hot for a specific job but found out it wasn’t really for them as well as the converse. Until you’re there you really don’t know what the job entails.
The best examples I think come from USMC officers. Everyone goes to the Basic School and quite a few go through Infantry Officer Class. More than a few went to TBS with the attitude of getting through to get to flight school or some other area but found themselves dropping the contract for a ground job. Others were all gung-ho about being a grunt but TBS and IOC changed their minds. Similar things happened in flight school, prior enlisted grunts well on the way to wings just didn’t see themselves flying so went a ground route.
I don’t know what programs the USN has to go from boot camp directly to the SEAL pipeline. Plus’s and minus’s. Have him take a good hard look at the SeaBees, good people, some ground training plus 12 81mm mortars per Bn.
S/F, FOG
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