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02-12-2015, 02:37 PM
hardcorps
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There was some interesting discussion on MarSoc and other elite forces that let the cooks, bakers, and candle stick makers try out for the teams. In my experience, the reason for that is that the jobs the elite forces guys do is so specialized that a good soldier who is say, a mechanic, that is tough might be a better candidate than a mediocre infantry soldier. And it is so hard to find the right guys for these units, they need to cast their nets wider than just infantry or combat arms. Even in the non-elite forces, people sometimes change jobs. Guys might want to stay in the service but not like their job, or the service needs lots of privates or Lts, not so many Sgts or Captains in an MOS/career field. Green Berets only take Sgts and above. They want mature guys with a track record in the service. If I remember right, to be a SEAL, you have to earn a rate first, ie qualify for an MOS. The Green Berets also have each team member with a specialized skill-weapons, medic, comm, or engineer and AFIK, you don't have to have that MOS to do it in the Green Berets, ie you don't have to be a medic to be a GB medic. To be honest, the entire Marine Corps is sort of structured this way as well. Every Marine has an MOS, but every Marine is also a Marine Rifleman as well, and this works well in today's fluid combat environment with no defined rear area or front lines. Honestly though, I just think GI Joe does it as someone said, to humanize and make the story interesting. Alpine,a mountain warfare expert, is also a finance clerk. And remember, this whole MOS and combat arms vs non-combat arms thing is not that old. Prior to WWI and certainly prior to WWII, you didn't have these different MOSs. If you were in an infantry battalion, you were infantry, even if they had you cooking or typing on a regular basis because that was a skill you had. As warfare became more complex, a larger support contingent with technical specialities became necessary.
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