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I'm joining the Army and the mos i want is cavalry scout. I've never met any 19d's and all the job overviews on the internet are extremely vague. I just kinda want to know what to expect so I'm not completely in the dark.
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jack of all trades get ready to learn
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Yeah. Look at the infantry, take away half the people, throw in the requirement that you be able to sneak like a Ranger, drive and gun like a tanker, understand artillery's gig and call for fire like a forward observer, be able to recognize things with the skill of a military intel specialist....and resist the urge to pull the trigger until there is nothing else left to do. |
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Drive/maintain/use Track vehicles, wheel vehicles, all the machine guns and personal weapons, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, all types of mines, all types of explosives for blowing up everything imaginable, map reading for day and night navigation, calling in air and artillery, sneaking on the enemy and calling down all hell on him, recon by maneuver, recon by fire, being out front as the "eyes" of the commander for first contact, enemy identification of uniforms, rank and equipment, training on enemy weapons: AK-47 etc, judging the capacity of roads and bridges to get your battalion across - -
Do they still learn all of that?? Wandering and Wondering |
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And then some. SCOUTS OUT!!! TWO BAGS FULL!!! |
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Great info guys, while we are on the subject of Cavalry Scouts is that similar to the stryker brigade? And do you ever dismount? Im wondering because I want to be Light Infantry. Like IBCT.
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Oh yes...when your not a driver your in back and you will dismount often...pray your not stuck with the M-60...
Cavalry is not Infantry...Its recon...the idea is not to be seen.... |
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OSUT sucks nuts, you will learn that tankers tend to be dirty and undisciplined
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Most lower life forms are. SCOUTS OUT!!! TWO BAGS FULL!!! |
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Yea and scoots are great for ammo detail and range guards.  That is why they are called 19details and not 19Killers.  |
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but damn we look good workin hard at ft knox, when the tankers are wearing their berets in a jacked up fashion (unshaven and not formed) at the shopette or when we are at the wash rack workin hard and they swarm that retarded icecream van that is always in our AO haha so yea im delta force, 19 delta force even. haha
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Ahhh, kiddo you are talking to a guy whose best friends are scoots with pictures to prove it. That spent half his military career with scoots. Sound like you ain't out of Knox yet and still believe all that gung ho stuff. Go out there and find the FEBA scoot and I'll cover you. The last time I wore a black beret, only the Cavalry could wear it. The rest have to wear the green baseball cap. The beret makes a good oil dip stick rag until it starts raining, then your face starts running black. |
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I thought it was the best MOS in the US Army, due to its versitility,and chance to train with and around all other MOS's. Great choice.
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I just graduated from OSUT 09Jul09. For the most part what these guys are saying holds true. There wasn't as much emphasis on mines and explosives. We had a class on mine warfare and we did a few exercises with C4 and detcord. Still, EASILY the most intense 16 weeks imaginable.
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Thats why the are called DATs........DUMB#$@-TANKERS. |
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Well then, welcome to the club - -  Wandering and Wondering |
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Thanks. I'm home for now doing HRAP but then I'm off to Ft. Carson. Gotta get a stress fracture in the surgical neck of my left femur taken care of before I get to train with a Scout platoon....
 I'm still stoked. My 1st Sgt wasn't too happy to find out that the ache in my leg was a stress fracture....Shouldn't have waited till after our 20k to go to sick call....alas..... |
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I volunteered Armor to avoid too much hiking, because of a bad shoulder from football and a game knee from landing in the pole-vault pit bad in HS. They still bother me to this day (been 40 years). Could have never lasted as straight leg infantry, but there was a war on - sometimes ya just got to grit your teeth and do what ya gotta do!
Wandering and Wondering |
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