Did your service training help you get a job?
Mine did. Graduated from Radio/Radar Fundamentals school in Millington, TN in about 1967 (Navy base---I was a Marine {air wing}). Knew nothing about electronics until going to school. After service, I had 2 immediate offers. One from RCA and another from IBM. Chose IBM.
How about yourself?
How about yourself?
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Not for me.
I was a 3rd generation truck driver before going in. I went in as a truck driver, and had more experience than those assigned to teach me. And Desert Shield had just started so they moved me straight past AIT and shipped me over to the land of sand driving fuel tankers for the 2nd A.C.R. After the cease fire I also got put on assignment with EOD hauling lots of explosives for blowing up chemical weapons bunkers.
Infact almost everything I ever hauled in the service was HAZMAT types of loads.0 -
Mine, still in an inactive status. Until the next time its needed. 0 -
I went to work at a grocery distribution facility. When I was interviewed, I went in like I was going to a promotion board. They said I gave the best interview they had ever seen. The company is noted for hiring Veterans, because they know that a Veteran knows how to take orders, is disciplined, and much more. I definately think that my time in service helped me find a new job in civilian life. 0 -
Yes. Learned to handle all types of conventional and non-conventional explosives, fuzes, and delivery systems. Small arms and munitions with servicing techniques included.[;)] 0 -
Hey! I was in Millington from for nine months in 1981.
I asked for a drop so I could get to the Fleet.
So, I never completed "A" school.
However, being a blueshirt on an aircraft carrier did teach me a lot that I can use in civilian life.
Here's what my Navy training taught me.
1)No matter what it is, just do the job better than the last guy.
2)You'll won't get fired for not arguing with your boss.
3)Learn to type. It'll get you off the deck and into clean dungarees.
4)In 30-knot winds with rain coming at you sideways, a smile makes a damn poor umbrella.0 -
I was a 11 bang bang (Infantry), not much call for those skills in civilian life, though when I got out jobs were scarce and I was hired by The City of Saint Louis as a laborer under a Federally funded jobs program for Viet Nam vets. So I guess military service did get me a job.[;)] 0 -
what? you mean i wasnt suppose to retire and watch all you goons scrape for income while i sat on my porch laughing?
see, while all you guys were wasting it on women, drink, and tattoos overseas, i sent it ALL HOME.
all the military did was train me to retire!
ahhhh...the good life.[8D][8D][8D][^][^][^][B)]0 -
I'm very well qualified in the operation of compass, map and PRC-25 as well as skilled in camouflage, setting up registration of 155mm for VT air burst on our position (defensive fire) as well as initiating fire missions with the objective of killing people in our fire zone. The job paid very well- At the time, as L/Cpl under 2, I got about $100 per month, plus $65 hazardous duty pay, and not only that, but it was tax free, with the benefits of free postage for letters, three C-Rats a day, and a helicopter shuttle specifically for us to ride to and from our workplace.
That was about 40 years ago, and private enterprise has yet to offer me such a job- guess non-subsidized industry can't afford such extravegences and expect to remain in business in a competitive market place. Oh well, Life's a B and then ya die.0 -
Yep, did the same thing in civilian life for 30 years after 5 in the military. [:D] 0 -
Telephone cable splicer, and pole lineman. Got out in 1972. Johnson or someboby had started afermitave action. The phone co. needed to hire 4 more Mexicans, 6 women, and 3 more blacks. Became a "chef" rather then wait for a opening that never came.
Reverse discrimination? Maybe.0 -
Marine Corps Infantry skill set = Part-Time Rent-a-Cop 0 -
The traits of a military person are desirable to the civilian community. Timeliness, organization, management, supervision. A four year troop that is worth a crap has all of these at 22. Most civilians at that age are just outa mamas house. Employers know it 0 -
You would be surprised how little call there is for someone to take Morse Code in civilian life. 0 -
My non military training helped me get into the service. 0 -
Yep, sure did! I started my trade as a Machinery Repairman (Machinist) in the Navy. Got out and got a job with an aerospace company, made chips for over 25 years. Retired last year on February 24th.
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Sure did. Repairing weapons for the soldiers at Ft. Drum, NY. 20 years active duty and over five with my current employer.
Unlike Bobski, I can't afford to sit on my porch and laugh at the rest of you. Young wife and three kids at home still. Bad timing on my part![:D]0 -
Nope, not much need for someone that drops 4.5" exploding projectiles on targets. I was a 11charlie 4duece mortorman. 0 -
Nope!
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Actually it was little help. Who needed a MOS 745 Infantry Rifleman?
However the G.I.Bill, which we were never promised as it was not made
until near wars end sure did help me in getting trade schooling for which I am damn glad and thankfull to our country. Also thankfull for the "$300.00 Mustering out pay" we were never promised on elistment but
were given. No complaints from this old ETO Rifleman. All we were promised was to be "in" for the duration of the war plus 6 months when enlisting.0 -
I wasn't in the military, but if you want some feedback, most of the older guys I met that were didn't. of the handful I know that did, they used that and further college education to land a job that they probably could have got without what they learned in the military anyways. institutional-type jobs like psychiatrist, doctor, etc. maybe 2/3 of those used their status as a vet to their advantage.
the most straightforward career track was a guy who went in the Navy and learned a lot of computer skills, then got a M.S. in Computer Science (in or out of the Navy I don't know) and does that.0
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