hey im looking at being a ammunition technician and from what i understand it allows you to work with all sorts of weapons and learn how to store them modify them and take care of them i was just wondering if any body here knows any thing else about it and to throw your two cents worth in about it please thank you

you are an armorer... Boooooooooooooooring........

Go be an engineer like we talked about....

In the Army a 55B (what is now a 89B) is an Ammunition Specialist and 55D (what is now a 89D) is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist. I was 55D, and know something about 55B, because a lot of 55B's were people trying to go 55D and just couldn't make the cut and were on the same base with us down at Redstone.

55B's move Ammunition around, they issue it, they guard it, they stack it, and they unstack it. We called the 55B's "BB Stackers"... in a good way.

It is not that so much that you will get to shoot the Rounds you issue, or move, or guard, but you will get to guard it, move it, and issue it.

55B's do however drive a really cool forklift, which would no doubt transfer into a high paying job once out of the Military.

http://omems.redstone.army.mil/defau...83&page_id=143


Redstone is a nice base.... but, don't read too much into the whole destruction of unserviceable munitions and emergency destruction of munitions using Modernized Demolition Initiators, as EOD will be in charge of such a function, unless the entire ASP has been ordered destroyed, then I know I would not wish to be anywhere around the damn place.

Oh, unless there is shooting going on, as the Army does not wish to put EOD techs in danger of just being shot, so, while major combat operations are ongoing usually other people take care of the destruction of unserviceable munitions job, like Engineers, but I'm sure I could have talked a 55B through it over the radio if it would have ever came up.

Here is a nice DA PAM outlining some of the EOD and other MOS Range Tasks and requitrements....

http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/p385_63.pdf

thanks guys im looking you know i want to make sure that its someting i like can yall tell me any thing about aviation electronics technition and construction im going to talkt o my recrutier some more to but thank for what ever you can tell me

you should try and go for medic or aviation crew chief

Originally Posted by sunshine

thanks guys im looking you know i want to make sure that its someting i like can yall tell me any thing about aviation electronics technition and construction im going to talkt o my recrutier some more to but thank for what ever you can tell me

Are females allowed to be Combat Engineers?
They were not when I was an Engineer before going into EOD, and I had not heard the Military changing its policy on the matter.
And aviation electronics technition and construction do not have much in common, as one is very high tech, and the other low tech.

What kind of scores did you get?

uh my line scores are MM-102,GT-111,EL-109,CL-119 so i got good scores and about the combat engineers thats what i want but my recruiter isnt sure if i can have it or not so im looking at other thing as well hey TI what does those jobs actually involve sir

Originally Posted by sunshine

uh my line scores are MM-102,GT-111,EL-109,CL-119 so i got good scores and about the combat engineers thats what i want but my recruiter isnt sure if i can have it or not so im looking at other thing as well hey TI what does those jobs actually involve sir

I would think your Recruiter would know right off the top of his head if a Combat Arms job is open to females or not, as there are not that many of them to begin with.
Be careful around Recruiters, they are under a lot of pressure to get people to sign up, and sometimes, well some may like to make things seem like they are along the same lines as what you would want them to be, but they are not.

oh yes i know that why i look it up to and thats why i was asking yall guys

You cannot be a combat engineer. It is considered combat arms. I highly suggest checking your recruiter and possibly trying another one. If you are trying to be a high-speed woman MP would be the closest thing to a combat branch. There was a woman MP who put a serious hurting on some insurgents a year or 2 back while pulling convoy security.