I know I've seen a 1371 post round here somewhere but I can't seem to find it. Granted I HAVE been turning Google inside out to find it so I might have seen it on a different site but that's moot point.
I would like to know what exactly does 1371 entail? As I have said in my 'Fitness' post I have delusions of grandeur like every poolee/wannabe, Recon seems like this big and extremelely prestigious position, (a la "Oh my sweet desert-joggin', camel spider-eatin' Moses them Recon boys is such badasses!! I wanna be just like them when I grow up!!" *fanboy squeal*) but I'm not holding my breath. The MOS I signed my contract hoping to get officially is Combat Engineer, and I know I'd be happy with that too.
From what I can gather 1371 entails, construction of combat field material, the seemingly more fun DEstruction of combat field material, IED/convential ordnance identification (I'm assuming disposal goes under EOD as there name pretty much points that out point-blank) and all sorts of minscule operations. And I've also seen a post somewhere talking about the different positions you can get put in, but I'd like an official explanation from a 'been there, done that' Devil Dog mentor, so as to avoid hearsay and the infamous rumors that seem to circulate hopefuls about Marine MOS.
I joined the Corps to be combat-specified despite my 93 QT, and I joined the closest thing combat-specified that could take advantage of my score to make all my critics happy. ("You can use that 120 GT to do anything why are you trying to be a grunt?? Wasted potential! Blah blah blah.") I just would like to know what I'm getting into. 'Adapt and overcome' is the best advice anyone could give you, but it's a lot better to know what you're getting into before anything else.
Thank you, Firefighter Gray