Questions about 7051 mos

[agb123]

I am new to this so I will give it anothther try. Im 17 years old, I want to be a Marine, I have always wanted to be one above anything else in my life. But lately I have had some questions about the mos I want and i have no where to go to get them answered.
The mos I am looking at is 7051 crash fire rescue. The first thing is siging up, i heard only reserves get the promise of an mos and active duty either gets a a "dream list" or you just choose a field and hope for the best.
Also i am wondering on what kind of grunt work they do, i know ever Marine is a Marine but do they go on patrols like grunts do and what not? Any information on this would be great and would greatly be appriciated.
Thank you for your time.

[Wiggles]

I cannot speak directly for that MOS, but every Marine signs up for basically a "dream list". Reservists might be different based on what MOS's are offered at their drilling station. But I went in for Air Traffic control, and ended up doing Air Defense/Support. On the list of possible MOS's for me would have been ATC, Weather, Enlisted Flight Crew. But I ended up with what I got. Main thing, if you are thinking of joining, do it. I got out after 5 years, and I miss every day.

Oh, and every Marine has some type of patrolling to do every now and then as far as I know. Not like the Grunts, but you pull security details and such. Join man, it will help you out in life.

[agb123]

Thank you for the reply.
Either way im joining, I want to earn the right to be called a Marine i could really care less what my MOS.

Is anybody out there a 7051 and could give me some ideas what it is like?

[BOWLESEY]

your best chance of getting what you want is to enlist for the shortest time possible. And when it come's time to reinlist you have a good chance of getting what you want.

[agb123]

OK, thank you for feed back this has really helped me.

[Wiggles]

Good for you. You should update your status to "poolee" soon.

[agb123]

I will soon, over the summer im getting everything figured out and squared away. Can't wait.