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For enlisting in the army as on of these three combat arms: Cavalry Scout, Infantry, and M1 Armor Crew,
1. How does the culture of these combat arms branches differ?
2. What type of individual in terms of personality and skillset, would be best suited for each of these jobs?
3. How hard it is it to get the M1 Armor Crew MOS. I have heard that there are times when few slots are available?
Interestingly, I have heard that there is an overlap in that some Cavalry Scouts and even some infantry have missions using armored vehicles and some armor units have dismounted missions.
For enlisting in the army as on of these three combat arms: Cavalry Scout, Infantry, and M1 Armor Crew,
1. How does the culture of these combat arms branches differ?
2. What type of individual in terms of personality and skillset, would be best suited for each of these jobs?
3. How hard it is it to get the M1 Armor Crew MOS. I have heard that there are times when few slots are available?
Interestingly, I have heard that there is an overlap in that some Cavalry Scouts and even some infantry have missions using armored vehicles and some armor units have dismounted missions.
Thanks
You’re like 30+ years old. Are you seriously considering enlisting into combat arms?
A recruiter can answer #3 in about 3 seconds. The rest is more location and unit based than specific to a type of career field.
I was a 19E/K for the majority of my career. Tanks are hard work and hard on your body. But infantry and scouts do a lot more leg work. As we used to say: why carry your gear when your gear can carry you?
It was 40 years ago for me but at Fort Knox and from the division's cavalry squadron along with battalion level scouts you got the feeling that they considered themselves a bit above the ordinary tank company crewmen. And in training you had all the images of the post Civil War scouts and troopers. Meanwhile due to a shortage of armor branch officers many infantry officers were pressed into tank battalions. Both my company and battalion XOs were infantry branched.
Just by a weird fluke my company always stayed pure armor and we never cross organized into tank and infantry company teams. At best my platoon was chopped down to the battalion scout platoon or another platoon in the company to the division's cavalry squadron. At times combat engineers or a Vulcan air defense 2 track section traveled with our two tank platoons. So I never dealt much with our brigades infantrymen.
I was a 19E/K for the majority of my career. Tanks are hard work and hard on your body. But infantry and scouts do a lot more leg work. As we used to say: why carry your gear when your gear can carry you?
My son came home 20 years ago and announced that he'd just enlisted as a Calvary Scout....I said BS...get your a$$ back to that recruiter and tell him you want something that will put food on the table when your Army days are over...he chose Intel.
My son came home 20 years ago and announced that he'd just enlisted as a Calvary Scout....I said BS...get your a$$ back to that recruiter and tell him you want something that will put food on the table when your Army days are over...he chose Intel.
Cav Scout can get private contractor job, and that pays a lot, and many police department look upon combat roles favorably. Or you can be celeb bodyguard.
Yes...by the time he was done with the Army, he was a million $$ man given the cost of his training....he went on to be able to brief the Joint Chief's and a sitting president on crucial middle east matters....all before the age of 30.
But hey, there is a skill for everyone in the Army, nothing wrong with being a Cav Scout, or a cook, or a mechanic.
I used to poke fun at a high school friend who enlisted to be a cook....he retired with benefits, and went on to travel the world inspecting Mess facilities for the Army.
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