Considering Enlisting - HELP

[jesse24b]

Now this may be biased since I'm leaving for the coast guard in January butttttttt

If you want SAR go Coast Guard. You could be a shipboard EMT or assigned to msst unit on a law enforcement vessel. You get to do all cool stuff and did I mention everyone does SAR missions! I have alot of respect for the other branches but if you want hands on saving lives the coast guard is an excellent choice. We have FFs too, so you could become a AST and jump out of jay-hawks or a DC and go on vessel SAR missions and fight shipboard fires.

If you want to be in a combat situation overseas navy corpsman that become SARCs or get assigned to a marine unit are good choices. Ithink you can also C school in sar and dive medical stuff. they also have Rescue Swimmers like the USCG but i dont think they do much? Not sure.

I don't know much about army 68ws. I heard you can do flight medic? i think.SF medics are real cool but you have to really want it.

Marine corps does have a rescue swimmer too. i think its collateral duty though and only if your stationed waterside. Not an MOS. They have a crash fire rescue as an MOS.

I know PJs are bad-*** but the attrition rate is the highest out of the other branches special ops. So if you think your tough..think again..and again and again. If you want that though go for it. USAf also have some cool firefighting jobs aswell.

 

[unleashedfury]

Now this may be biased since I'm leaving for the coast guard in January butttttttt

If you want SAR go Coast Guard. You could be a shipboard EMT or assigned to msst unit on a law enforcement vessel. You get to do all cool stuff and did I mention everyone does SAR missions! I have alot of respect for the other branches but if you want hands on saving lives the coast guard is an excellent choice. We have FFs too, so you could become a AST and jump out of jay-hawks or a DC and go on vessel SAR missions and fight shipboard fires.

If you want to be in a combat situation overseas navy corpsman that become SARCs or get assigned to a marine unit are good choices. Ithink you can also C school in sar and dive medical stuff. they also have Rescue Swimmers like the USCG but i dont think they do much? Not sure.

I don't know much about army 68ws. I heard you can do flight medic? i think.SF medics are real cool but you have to really want it.

Marine corps does have a rescue swimmer too. i think its collateral duty though and only if your stationed waterside. Not an MOS. They have a crash fire rescue as an MOS.

I know PJs are bad-*** but the attrition rate is the highest out of the other branches special ops. So if you think your tough..think again..and again and again. If you want that though go for it. USAf also have some cool firefighting jobs aswell.

Where did you get your info, A recruiter and the guys down at the MEPS station are salesman. Along with the websites for the respective branches of the military. Its kind of like buying a car or house Tell you what you want to hear just to get you to sign the papers.

I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours but being a former military member all the Hooah Missions are heard of hardly ever seen

 

[jesse24b]

Where did you get your info, A recruiter and the guys down at the MEPS station are salesman. Along with the websites for the respective branches of the military. Its kind of like buying a car or house Tell you what you want to hear just to get you to sign the papers.

I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours but being a former military member all the Hooah Missions are heard of hardly ever seen

My information came from websites, books and people i know in the branches, plus recruiters. I did alot of research for each branch before i decided on becoming a coastie.

MEPS is a terrible terrible place. hahaha.

What branch did you serve in?

 

[unleashedfury]

My information came from websites, books and people i know in the branches, plus recruiters. I did alot of research for each branch before i decided on becoming a coastie.

MEPS is a terrible terrible place. hahaha.

What branch did you serve in?

I was Army 91B, Which is todays 68W. Field Medical Specialist. Generally speaking it was the NREMT Course + the army's field medicine portion in a matter of 10 weeks.

I liked the military and would have stayed if I would have had more fun. But being creatively busy is quite interesting when you have nothing to do but stare at the walls. On deployment it was pretty much you were the first line of illness Being that you did early morning "sick call" gave out mole skin and band aids. Tylenol and Motrin. And if something was serious you kicked them up to the Local hospital.

 

[jesse24b]

I was Army 91B, Which is todays 68W. Field Medical Specialist. Generally speaking it was the NREMT Course + the army's field medicine portion in a matter of 10 weeks.

I liked the military and would have stayed if I would have had more fun. But being creatively busy is quite interesting when you have nothing to do but stare at the walls. On deployment it was pretty much you were the first line of illness Being that you did early morning "sick call" gave out mole skin and band aids. Tylenol and Motrin. And if something was serious you kicked them up to the Local hospital.

Yea that doesn't seem to appealing.

 

[Ronocologist]

I'm a couple of months away from basic training and so thankful for this thread.