I am just curious as to what MOS's you Marines had and what civilian careers you have had to see how they translate over to the civilian world; or if it didn't. Just out of curiosity. Thanks.
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I am just curious as to what MOS's you Marines had and what civilian careers you have had to see how they translate over to the civilian world; or if it didn't. Just out of curiosity. Thanks.
Hmmmm......
Police officer, (All forms of it, from line copper to Detective/Investigator, Accident Investigations, Hostage Negotiator, Sex Crimes, Bike patrol, Field Training officer, Academy instructor etc)
Private Investigator
Editorial Columnist
Battlefield tour guide
Historical consultant/Instructor on Marine Corps topics
Logistics Chief
911 Dispatcher
Security Chief/Supervisor
Military collectibles dealer
Actor
Website moderator :)
I think that's about it, or all I can think of. Now, not all of these are/were full time. Some I'm still doing.
MOS:
0311, 9962, 0231, 2531 (USMC)
I worked as a Security Guard for a little while after I got out.
Now I'm a Corrections Officer with the Maricopa County Jail System (Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails to be exact).
All while I'm working on my psychology degree so I can hopefully get a job with the VA or some other organization helping my fellow veterans and counseling them some day.
I did/do guided tours of Civil War battlefields. Last year was Manassas for the most part, but I've done Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and some others. Great pay but spotty work to be sure. You basically talk and entertain people for 6-8 hours as you tramp over hill and dale. Tour depends on the group, some people want tactics, other people want war stories of the men who fought, others want a mix. Last ones I did were for Ken Burns. (Yes, that Ken Burns).
I've been a military collector/dealer for most of my life. More of a collector than a dealer now but I still dabble to pay for my hobby.
I'm the Chief Moderator HERE LOL. Have been for a few years now. NOT the boss though. Just a high level minion. :) And no, there is no pay.
I was 2531 radio operator and 8621v remote sensor operator. Got out and did security for a bit. Worked on the railroad as a brakeman, conductor , locomotive engineer and yard master. I am now a Police Officer. I've worked plain clothes Detective handling narcotics and major crime. Also on a regional SWAT team. I was hired by my PD just due to my USMC background. No college at all.
As a Marine, I was 3531, truck driver; then 5811, military police; and 0411, embarkation assistant. In the Air National Guard, I was in security police. I retired as a MSgt (E-7).
In the civilian world, I started with a little security officer work, then became a federal police officer. Afterward I became a municipal police officer, and like Sgt Lep, I worked in multiple positions. I retired as the deputy chief.
Since then I've been involved with my kids and in Scouting. I co-owned a graphics company for a while. Went to college and got two masters degrees.
Since then I've been primarily an autodidact and play at being a moderator here at LN.com. I work for Sgt Lep and he is a slave driver. He did promise me a 10% pay raise, but on top of $0, that doesn't add up to much. :D
0811, truckdriver, manager of a fuel and oil business, heavy equipment operator, bar room bouncer,lol,Semper Fidelis.
0811/0812, underground coal miner and farmer.
I enlisted for avionics/electronics. The Marine Corps gave me legal services in boot camp. They then gave me a choice between the two. I had a D.I. who highly recommended legal, told me to bust my butt in MOS school and get selected to the next for 7 months. Told me then to bust my butt in the field and there was a program the Marine Corps had where they would send me to college. I took his advice and went legal.
Initially was a notereader/transcriber and typed courts-martial from stenographic notes. Then went to college for 2 years (the program my D.I. talked about), and was a court reporter from '83-87. Got out in August '87 and have worked as a court reporter ever since. (As you know, I also coach, but that is nonpaying.)
Security Guard, Landscape worker for CalTrans, Computer drafter for Caltrans, moved to Ky worked at wal-mart, then computer drafter for a mill work and now Goverment worker on Ft Knox
6211/6217/6616/6619/ and others in the Aviation electronics field I no longer remember.
After EAS, I went back to university and changed my major from finance to Electrical Engineering. Finished my BS and got a job as an engineer to support my university and family habit. Been in engineering ever since
Ok now I know there's something nobody is telling me haha
Soldier of Fortune.....
0311/3521. Worked on tractor trailers, sold cars, sold insurance and now drive truck.
0193: Admin Chief
8156: Marine Security Guard (had two job offers in civilian industrial security but passed them up as I was in respiratory therapy school at the time).
8015: Enlisted with college degree (graduated from Southern Illinois University as a SSgt on active duty using tuition assistance; BS in aviation management but never worked a day in it).
After retiring from active duty with 22.6 years service in 1995, used my GI bill and went back to school full time. Have been a respiratory therapist since 1998 here at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. This medical career does not correlate to my aviation management degree or anything I did in the USMC (obviously). Will retire from the state of TN on my 60th birthday, June 1st 2013 (not that I'm counting the days or anything) with 15 years service.
I was a 2531 Field Radio Operator in the Corps, now I work for Cox Communications, I was an FSR, then Plant, now I work in the office monitoring the network.
I was 6613 fire control tech.spent 28 years working for the Bell system various jobs.My electronics training in the Corps helped me get and do the job.My younger brother had same MOS worked on A6s as fire control tech.Worked for Bell also for 30 years.
I am an 0331 infantry Machine Gunner and was able to get a Private Contracting job
Private Detective/Bounty Hunter/Bodyguard/Soldier of Fortune...
i still have a little left in the corps. just went ahead and got accepted for the job. i will let you know