1316-Metal Worker

[cjmcclenan]

I am currently an 0151-Personnel Clerk in Fort Gordon, GA. I've got about another 1 1/2 yrs left here and I'm looking at going in to the 1316 field. Can any one give me some advice about the course and stations after the school?

[jp2usmc]

That was my MOS. What are you wanting to know about it?

I was stationed in Okinawa, the Philippines, Camp Pendleton, and Saudi Arabia (Gulf War era). If you want the 1316 MOS, you need to be a good artist and creative. If you aren't a good artist, you won't be able to make a decent weld. If you aren't creative, you won't have any idea how to fix what is broken with the junk you have lying around.

[Vandrel]

Welders are bad ass, always fixed my **** when it broke

Hope you enjoy the ass crack of Lejeune, Courthouse Bay

[jp2usmc]

Welders are bad ass, always fixed my **** when it broke

Tracks, huh?

Below is an old 'track I put the mods on so they could carry more armor. We did a couple hundred of them, if I remember correctly - Probably even one you rode in!

[Vandrel]

Ah yes, good ol' straight legs. I started out in those before we phased them out just prior to the OIF invasion. My track was usually in the weld shop because I managed to jump it in the air at Bragg in one of the LZ's, cleared maybe 20 feet off the ground doing about 40mph, doesn't sound like a lot to most but in a 27 ton tracked vehicle it's pretty ****ing scary. Everyone in the back flew up in the air

[jp2usmc]

{sigh}

...and they wondered why the welds break.

[Hotel4341]

Damn corporal, this post is nearly three years old. How the hell did you even find it?

[jp2usmc]

@Hotel4341: Did a search on my MOS: 1316.

I found several posts asking about the MOS with no first hand responses, so I thought I'd start filling in some gaps.

Some posts were too old, and replies were no longer allowed.

[Vandrel]

hahaha I just noticed how old this thread was