I was originally given orders to become a Combat Engineer, but the Marine Corps had a critical shortage of Field Artillery Fire Direction Controlmen (0844), and since my ASVAB scores were high enough, I was reassigned to that MOS.

0311 Rifleman, 0369 Small Infantry unit leader.

3051 Supply Clerk "Boxkickers"

19D10D3 Cavalry Scout M3 Bradley's.

Supervisor Infantry Operations-Company

Parachute Jump Instructor

Mobile Fire Controller

By the look of things I might be going 97B (Counterintelligence Agent). But I'm still deciding.

32Z40

Signals TOW platoon
Signals mortar firing platoon
Signals mechanized infantry
Signals light infantry specialized unit (hum well

and six months "in the rear with the gear" while serving the air force.

If I remember correctly my wartime placement would be 7th brigade, 2nd AA-battery, 1st platoon fire control & signalling chief.

Sounds a lot fancier than it actually is, and it involves a lot of sitting around, watching a big green hunk of metal and listening to guys who spot for planes with an old German periscope-type device from 1936. I also have to use various sorts of communications equipment. This is what I did as a conscript too.

EDIT: Just thought I'd put in a picture of the German device.

I'm a radar/computer specialist.
I'm also Captain (reserve) and a platoon leader.

I know that Captains are not suppose to be platoon leaders but it's a very different platoon.