KnifeHawk
03-01-10, 09:00 AM
Greetings Marines,
I have waded through all the information my googlefu and search button can provide, and I still have a few lingering questions. I look forward to Marine MSgtSki's responses in particular, as he seems to be answering most of the questions I have read in a rather concise manner. Of course, any response to this lowly wannabe is more than appreciated.
I want to serve my country, and I felt the best way was to become a marine. My recruiter said with my ASVAB score, he wants me to take the DLAB and become a crypto linguist. I was hoping to get right into it with the Recon, but if Uncle Sam needs me figuring out who is saying what when and where, that's what I'm going to do.
I have read from sources that most of the time you do not get any choice whatsoever in your language. This is fine with me, however I was hoping to choose Russian. I heard on occasion you get to make a 3 pick wishlist. Can anyone confirm or deny this recently?
I do not mind going overseas at all. My Mother and Father are concerned for my physical safety. Since I am no longer considering an Infantry position, their heart rate and blood pressure has probably decreased 80%. It's still a little above average, so is there any chance I can be sent to Afghanistan or Iraq? I would like to ease their troubled minds. (For a while, anyway, My intent is to become a Hostage Rescue Team member of the FBI afterward.)
I am aware that the U.S. Army Ranger School is still offered to a few marines from each batallion every few classes. Is there any way a non-combat MOS could get into Ranger School? I have done extensive searching, and I could find no inkling whatsoever on this particular question.
Thank you for reading and for all your service to our Country.
Unrelated postscript:
I can't seem to get my avatar to work. It gives me different errors if I try to host it, or upload from my comp. I have tried jpg, gif, resizing. That is all I could think of. Anyone have any idea if the upload server is down or something that actually makes sense cause I know nothing about the interwebs?
I have waded through all the information my googlefu and search button can provide, and I still have a few lingering questions. I look forward to Marine MSgtSki's responses in particular, as he seems to be answering most of the questions I have read in a rather concise manner. Of course, any response to this lowly wannabe is more than appreciated.
I want to serve my country, and I felt the best way was to become a marine. My recruiter said with my ASVAB score, he wants me to take the DLAB and become a crypto linguist. I was hoping to get right into it with the Recon, but if Uncle Sam needs me figuring out who is saying what when and where, that's what I'm going to do.
I have read from sources that most of the time you do not get any choice whatsoever in your language. This is fine with me, however I was hoping to choose Russian. I heard on occasion you get to make a 3 pick wishlist. Can anyone confirm or deny this recently?
I do not mind going overseas at all. My Mother and Father are concerned for my physical safety. Since I am no longer considering an Infantry position, their heart rate and blood pressure has probably decreased 80%. It's still a little above average, so is there any chance I can be sent to Afghanistan or Iraq? I would like to ease their troubled minds. (For a while, anyway, My intent is to become a Hostage Rescue Team member of the FBI afterward.)
I am aware that the U.S. Army Ranger School is still offered to a few marines from each batallion every few classes. Is there any way a non-combat MOS could get into Ranger School? I have done extensive searching, and I could find no inkling whatsoever on this particular question.
Thank you for reading and for all your service to our Country.
Unrelated postscript:
I can't seem to get my avatar to work. It gives me different errors if I try to host it, or upload from my comp. I have tried jpg, gif, resizing. That is all I could think of. Anyone have any idea if the upload server is down or something that actually makes sense cause I know nothing about the interwebs?