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11-01-09, 10:14 AM #31
time in service is calculated by the date you step on the yellow footprints. that date for me was 01Aug2007. so i was exaggerating a little when i said 2 1/2 years. its more like 2 1/4 years. not less than 2 years. math for marines mci?
you are looking past my point and getting all defensive. these new radios that are replacing the prc-117's prc-etc's..... are all programmable by, gasp, pause for effect, computers!!!!!! oh no!!! looks like 21's need to get up to speed on the geek side of the 06 field. as far as the crypto? its easy theres a device that you plug into the radio, you press 2 buttons and voila!!! mind you, this is the new tech. the way of the future.
OE? yeah i dont know what that is. im a computer guy. i know that when your outlook is not working and you need it fixed cause you cant send an email, you come see me. as far as HF (high freq) UHF (ultra high freq) programming is classified, so im not answering that one.
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11-01-09, 11:51 AM #32
That is interesting that you say you learned the entire MOS of field radio operator in one week. Perhaps you should tell the CMC that the school length of two months is not necessary because you learned it in one week.
And explain to us what you do when you do the radio guys job? Turing on a radio and talking over the net does not make you a radio operator. Having radio watch does not make you a radio operator either.
And is there some good reason you had to mention you WERE IN IRAQ NOW?
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11-01-09, 12:45 PM #33
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11-01-09, 12:51 PM #34
I didn't mean to de-track the original post, I just felt I had to inform this arrogant bastard of his foolishness.
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11-01-09, 08:14 PM #35
Based on your statements, you are saying that you can replace me; that you know everything about radios as I do based on a one week learning experience. I say you are full of sh!t. You can't do half the stuff I can with radios. You don't know what an OE is? Wow, every radio operator knows what that is, we set them up all the time. You learn how to talk on one radio and you think you know the whole mos... you crack me up.
When I was in Iraq, I was teaching 5939's how to do their job, and their school is about 9 months long. Does that mean I know more than a 5939? No. There are plenty of 5939's that know more than I do about their radio equipment. Like I said, good on you for taking your time to learn some things about another mos, but don't think for one second that you know more than most radio operators. Radios continue to play a major role in today's military, they are no where near being replaced by computers. Grunts take radio operators into battle, not computer geeks- that won't change any time soon.
I was in Iraq in '06, times have changed. How you enjoying Camp Cupcake?
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01-05-10, 12:15 AM #36
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01-05-10, 12:22 AM #37
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01-05-10, 07:47 AM #38
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01-05-10, 09:25 AM #39
The change from 2500 to 0600 MOS designator came in the 2000 to 2001 timeframe.
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01-05-10, 01:37 PM #40
Vollenteers
I have a question. Aren't radiomen all volunteers? In Korea, H+S Companys Gunny came through the Battalion, looking for people, to become radiomen. At the time, I was an Ammo carrier, on a Light Johnson. I figured carrying a radio couldn't be any worse than humping those damned ammo cans, so I told my squad leader, that I wanted to take a shot at it. He told me to go ahead, but he also told me I would be safer where I was. He then explained to me, the reason they wanted volunteers, was because the linhe companies used up a lot of them. He told me about a thing called an 'Actuarial Chart'. That chart, lists all of the jobs, in an infantry division, and the life expectancy, on average, of each job, in a combat situation. That chart was invented by an insurance Co, and those dudes know about the Odds. I'll try to get this right for you. Rifleman-10min.,BARman-5min., Machinegunner, I think, was 6min. Company Officers-3min., Company Commander-1min., radioman-5sec. That was why we were all volunteers. Don't ever be afraid to say , your a radioman That's another title, you have to earn. S/F! Ken
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01-05-10, 05:13 PM #41
hells bells!!!!!! I was an 0351 and carried a radio,so whats the beef?
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01-05-10, 06:09 PM #42
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01-06-10, 07:50 AM #43
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01-06-10, 08:27 AM #44
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01-06-10, 08:41 AM #45
Sorry to tell you d3vi1d06, but there will always be a need for radio operators. Even if you think you learn the job as an 0651, you don't learn nearly enough. Even as a 2651 (Special Intel Communicator) we learn all the different communication systems, but there's no way we could phase out an MOS dedicated to one. We're just the "Jack of All Trades, Master of None". If we actually received training for radios and it's considered part of our MOS, and still think the 0621s are needed, then you as an 0651 should probably be thinking the same thing.
All that aside, I hate radios. Haha. I signed on mainly for the data side, but I have played with radios a bit. (117s, 119s, and 150s). Have used an OE but I couldn't tell you whether it was for the 119 or the 150. Couldn't tell you which radio is UHF, HF, or VHF either. I'm pretty bad with all that stuff.
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