Re; Finding The Fakes Among The Heroes

[sgmdae]

Stretch

Good comment... MOS...Military Occupational Speciality, an Army Term

I would only use the MOS term if it was a claimed Army Vet

They usually claim three things Special Forces, Seal, Force Recon,

and most cases they claim they hit the Sergeant or Officer if they got out early

They come up with some great stories, combination of thing they heard, movies they watch, and their owm imagination

[Commander Bob]

The Military Occupational Speciality ( MOS )is used in the Army and the Marines. The Air Force uses the AFSC ( Air Force Specialty Code ) As Stretch posted, the Navy is different, in that a system of navel ratings and designators are used along with the Navy Enlisted Classification ( NEC ).

DMOS is an abbreviation for Duty Military Occupational Speciality, not to be confused with a MOS.

Back to the Navy. Officers in the USN have a Designator. It is similar to a MOS but is less complicated and has fewer categories. So An officer with the Naval Aviator code might have an AQD of DV3, SH-60F Carrier. A Navy Seal would have a NEC of 5326 Combatant Swimmer (SEAL ), unless they were an officer then they would have a designator... See it's simple.

On second thought, don't try this at home , kids, unless you understand how to catch a wannabe.

Edited August 7, 2009 by Commander Bob 92-93

[LarryJ]

Yes, the USMC had MOS's.

Mine was 0621 (radio operator-field). They picked me for that because of my size (I could tote the damned radio AND the Lt., if necessary!).

[john999]

I had the MOS 11B1Y for a while. Does anyone know what that is?

[jbasser]

It implies you were a pathfinder.

J

[sgmdae]

11B1 mean light infantry E-4 and below, the y I can recall

it has to be a identifier, I can't remember the y and what it signifys, did you have any specialty trianing ie TOE, a special weapon of some type???????????????????