I signed up for Army MOS 31L in the National Guard. Complex reasons why I sgined up, maybe I just love the same old bullshit again.
But anyways, I signed up for MOS 31L:
Being in the Guard, I could perhaps use it this time instead of not doing my job and being able to do nothing about it while on active duty.
I know someone who did this for the army. They work for the feds now. Lot of travel, lot of danger.
What was your previous mos?
When you 'retire' from this position (if the insurgents bullets do not find you first) you will be a fully trained "Larry the Cable Guy". Are things really that bad in your part of the states?? So hopeless that you would take a bullet just to learn to splice wires??? At 40' in the air you are a clear target for enemy snipers or worse. You will also be part of a military that ruthlessly supports despotic regimes and kills babies for the sake of killing. Old and decrepid men declare war, young and poor lose their lives it in. The army has nothing to do with your nations security, it has only to do with greedy old men getting richer by spilling your blood.
I was a 31F from 1998-2002. I worked directly with many 31L. The job is about as mentally challenging as playing a good game of connect four. There are a lot of different tasks listed in the job description, but you spend
99% of your time dragging cable through drainpipes or running aerials. Any military MOS can lead to good government jobs, but the market for 31L in the private sector is definitely not lucrative. 31F is slightly better, but the communications experience you will get in the military is totally different than the way it is done in the "real" world.Just my opinion, but if you're going to face the possibility of time in an undesireable place, why not go active. The pay is getting very respectable when all benefits are taken into account. I was a lowly E-4 and when I returned to teaching school I took an $800 a month pay cut and also had to pay for insurance for my wife and kids. The Housing allowance, family care, and other benefits make it a pretty good choice if you overlook the obvious downside of never knowing where you'll be in a month and not knowing when you'll be home each night. You're gonna most likely go somewhere at some point if you join the guard. If you're going to take that risk, why not get the benefits that should come with it.
On a side note, I spent the bulk of my 4 years in Hawaii at the 125th Signal Batallion, a pretty large signal unit. If you can get guaranteed station there, I would go for it.
Rusht Limpalless"
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