Army Diver

The MOS now for the Army diver is 12D, It is the MOS I just went into and i have a general idea what to expect, message me if you have any questions that I mgiht be able to help with !!!

And i am NOT going into SF, so you dont need to to be an Army Diver... I am doing AIT school at Ft. Leonardwood MO for 3 weeks, then I go to a Navy Dive school in Panama City Florida
 
The MOS now for the Army diver is 12D, It is the MOS I just went into and i have a general idea what to expect, message me if you have any questions that I mgiht be able to help with !!!

And i am NOT going into SF, so you dont need to to be an Army Diver... I am doing AIT school at Ft. Leonardwood MO for 3 weeks, then I go to a Navy Dive school in Panama City Florida

engineers have dive spots too but very few.
 
What are you saying ?? My official title will be an Army Engineer Diver, is there something separate ??

I think all he was saying is that the Engineers have their own Army divers, as well - that 12D is the actual MOS, but Engineers train and use their own.

Like in the Infantry: our Armorers were 11-series, not an Armorer (Weapon Repair Specialist) MOS. And we used both 11-series and 88-series as supply drivers.

The military tries to keep "official" job titles grouped by MOS. But because of the vast necessity to maintain unit readiness at all times with a diversity of jobs within a unit's mission parameters, it is not at all uncommon for a unit to have specialty personnel trained to do jobs that are otherwise a different MOS than their TO&E shows as authorized attachments.

He's not saying anything about the 12D MOS, just adding some information to the thread that others might not know about.
 
I was on a team with a senior NCO from the SF dive school long ago.
I know some guys who went through it.
It was kind of random and a combat oriented school.
Not everyone got to attend, like HALO and other real specialized stuff.
Very tough, lots of running and distance swimming.
They launched from subs, boats and planes.
 
I was on a team with a senior NCO from the SF dive school long ago.
I know some guys who went through it.
It was kind of random and a combat oriented school.
Not everyone got to attend, like HALO and other real specialized stuff.
Very tough, lots of running and distance swimming.
They launched from subs, boats and planes.

CDQC is a different animal than NDSTC, despite the fact that both schools are located in fun Florida locations.
 
I think all he was saying is that the Engineers have their own Army divers, as well - that 12D is the actual MOS, but Engineers train and use their own.

Like in the Infantry: our Armorers were 11-series, not an Armorer (Weapon Repair Specialist) MOS. And we used both 11-series and 88-series as supply drivers.

The military tries to keep "official" job titles grouped by MOS. But because of the vast necessity to maintain unit readiness at all times with a diversity of jobs within a unit's mission parameters, it is not at all uncommon for a unit to have specialty personnel trained to do jobs that are otherwise a different MOS than their TO&E shows as authorized attachments.

He's not saying anything about the 12D MOS, just adding some information to the thread that others might not know about.

Ooohh, ok thanks for clerifying ^_^
 
I am surving as Active Duty and my window for re-enlisting under the BEAR Program is comming up in June. I am really interested in the 12D MOS. Some of the things i have read about the MOS gave me a little insight on what I will be doing, but not enough. I would like to know how often you would dive, train and what would I be doing when im not diving or training. I love construction and I love swimming. Does anyone know what I can do to train for those 3 weeks, which have an 80% drop rate? My APFT is good with 300+, I just need some workouts and drills that I can do to get ready for the swimming portion. Thanks
 
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I am surving as Active Duty and my window for re-enlisting under the BEAR Program is comming up in June. I am really interested in the 12D MOS. Some of the things i have read about the MOS gave me a little insight on what I will be doing, but not enough. I would like to know how often you would dive, train and what would I be doing when im not diving or training. I love construction and I love swimming. Does anyone know what I can do to train for those 3 weeks, which have an 80% drop rate? My APFT is good with 300+, I just need some workouts and drills that I can do to get ready for the swimming portion. Thanks


Are you in the 160th?
 
I got out in early 1990, right after Operation Just Cause. I enjoyed (almost) every minute of it, I hope you are too.
 
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