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What are some non combat (not in a combat zone) jobs for men in the US military? |
What are some non combat (not in a combat zone) jobs for men in the US military? During the Vietnam War there were approximately 6 to 7 people behind the lines for each infantry soldier dodging bullets. Statistically, if you have any type of experience in any line of work, it gives you an edge over someone fresh out of high school. Here are just some of the jobs away from the front lines: 1) Quartermaster: provides supplies of all types and materials to eveyone else 2) Motorpool: provides vehicles and vehicle maintenence - good area for those with mechanical aptitude. 3) Food service: provides meals to all enlisted and officer personnel in "mess" halls. Often involves working weird shifts, starting around midnight and ending mid morning in some cases, but you're free when everyone else is working. 4) Clerical support: nothing happens unless it is on paper -these guys publish the orders that send others to specific duty posts, maintain rosters and create correspondence. Computer literacy and experience with word processing is helpful here. 5) Personnel / Human Resources - they keep the records on everyone who is on active duty in their immediate area. 6) Engineers - they construct housing and other related buildings that the troops use, as well as build / repair roads. Carpentry / construction trades are good backgrounds for this area. May not be a good job in Iraq due to IEDs. 7) Intelligence - interpreting photos of combat areas to track movement of people and materials. Requires a lot of training and possibly recommendation from your local congressman, if you express a desire to do this. Good grades and a burning desire are helpful. 8) Instruction - you teach others how to do a particular task, but you have to know it inside and out yourself before you go there. 9) Entertainment - believe it or not, there are guys and gals in the military who play musical instruments and perform during special events (parades, speeches, etc). 10) Information Technology - these guys keep the computers running, among other things. 11) Security - Military Police (MPs) are still with us - also prison guards and other related tasks. 12) Transportation - if you have a special license to drive a truck or some other heavy vehicle, that could land you here. Bad news if sent to Iraq - IEDs again. If you can think of a job in civilian life, there is probably an equivalent for it in the military. Also - foreign languages - if you can speak one or more, you may have an edge. Consider learning a language that the military values highly. Lastly - if you opt to enlist, you will be tested to see what you are good at. The results will tend to steer you in a particular direction. Eventually you will be assigned an "MOS" or Military Occupation Specialty designation. A word of caution: what the military promises you and what they eventually deliver can be two different things. Many enlisted guys can't wait to get out because they got double crossed. They were promised a desk job or something related but ended up carrying a rifle. This is not civilian life, with the option to threaten a lawsuit for breach of contract. What the military assigns you swallow. Remember - if every guy who went into the military got what he wanted, only a handful of guys would be carrying rifles. Key take away message - bait and switch. The "bait" is a promise of something you want - the switch comes after you're inside and the door closes behind you. You have to fight and fight hard for what you really want. He who fails to plan gets planned upon. Source(s): Vietnam veteran hmm good question. I know of alot of folks who get into non deployed units but their job sometimes is non significant and could find themselves deployed. look at maybe some of the specialized medical jobs like x-ray tech, or some of calibrations jobs like TMDE. Like I said though there is no guarantee that if you pick any of the 210 ways to be a soldier you wont find yourself deployed. Join the air force It's not so much the job but more on your location. Obviously the combat specialties will land you in the combat zones. Jobs having to do with Human resources/admin, quartermaster(supply), maintenance, military intelligence, meteorology, food service, band, transportation and other fields that don't necessarily fight. Having listed those, the military in general considers you a soldier "fighter" first. Also, chances are you will be assigned to a combat or combat support unit which means you will be deployed to a combat zone. Just because you are a support personnel doesn't mean you skip out on deploying. However, if you are in a non deployable unit, then yes, you won't be deployed. So to sum it up, it doesn't really matter what your job is. Your unit determines if you see the combat zone. You may not be on the frontline, but you will deploy. Just ask the transportation units that were ambushed in Iraq if they consider themselves non combatants. They all were in combat support units and found themselves under attack. Remember Jessica Lynch? Jobs that are non deployable are few and far between. Former human resources specialist in a combat support unit, combat unit and one final lucky non deployable unit. All jobs in the Army are required in a combat zone, it would be impossible to support a war without it support personnel. The Army is a war fighting organization if you do not want to be in a combat zone, do not join. |
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