Hello from Howell

[Scarlet Knight 0]

OK, so what MOS is an 11B?

Infantry

There can never be too many grunts around. Does the Army break up Infantry by catagory like the Corps, such as o311 Standard Grunt, o331 Machinegunner, o341 Mortars, etc...? If so what is he?

 

Yes and no. There used to be 11B for foot infantry and 11M for mechanized infantry. Those have been condensed into 11B, and those going to mech units getting mechanized training upon arrival to their unit. Airborne infantry are 11B until they complete airborne school, giving them the Papa/Paratrooper qualifier at the end of their MOS, making them 11BP. Similarly, those that are rangers get the Victor qualifier, and linguists get the Lima qualifier. So a Ranger infantryman who can speak Arabic would technically be an 11B-VL. Mortarmen are still 11C, and their last 3-4 weeks of OSUT concentrate on indirect fire training as opposed to digging dirt and patrols.

 

From what I've seen, machine gunners definitely don't get a different MOS title. It's just a reward for being big. On our FTX our main 240B gunner got "sick" and I got stuck humping the pig around. Was its own kind of fun, but that thing is like lugging around a 9 year old child.

[matty 810]

Welcome, I used to line in Howell (moors landing) & Am a Rutgers-NB alumni (BSEE). What're you going to school for?

[Scarlet Knight 0]

Welcome, I used to line in Howell (moors landing) & Am a Rutgers-NB alumni (BSEE). What're you going to school for?

 

Criminal Justice, but only because it's easy and I want my officer's comission (I'd take a degree in basket weaving if they offered it). I have every intention of going back to school in my older years to get a PhD in International Relations so I can do foreign policy or intelligence work after my military run.

 

Edit: The current neo-marxist trend that permeates nearly every social science class is disgusting. I don't know if you encountered it (or cared one way or another) but the school has really taken a swing towards the left over the years.

[XDJohnTact 49]

Hey Matty, my son just sold his unit in Moors Landing last week and is a RU alum too! Small world. He has a degree in Criminal Justice (interned at DOJ). Was going to work for the FBI in Cyber Crime stuff but they don't hire out of college unless you are a doctor, lawyer or CPA. By the time he had a few years experience, he was making too much money to think about it anymore so he does private sector cyber security stuff now.

[matty 810]

I moved outta ML just as the real estate market was tanking, so I was lucky to sell. I loved that place, but it was just too small for the growing family. Had an end unit, lived there for almost 10 years.

[XDJohnTact 49]

He had the three BR 2.5 bath unit, was nice but he got a job in LI. He took a bath on the sale but was lucky to even sell it.

[GoNRA 12]

Welcome Scarlet