Field Maintenance Vehicle Mechanic Billet's
(Diesel Humvee Mechanic)

Any advice?
Anybody going?
Where's your ultimate duty station for IA going to be?

Biscuit's, you'd be better served by asking this in the Navy Forums hon.
Not a whole lot of spouses know what you're talking about.

Opps! Thoguht this was for IA's. Not a problem!

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Originally posted by Biscuits808:
Opps! Thoguht this was for IA's. Not a problem!

lol....it IS for IA's---deployments though hon. It's all good though, happens to the best of us.

In that case, I'm heading to Iraq shortly for a Field Maintenance Vehicle Mechanic Billet. I should have mentioned it earlyer.

Navy has vehicles? On land?? lol....

BTW, what the heck does 'mahala' mean!?!?!

Mahalo means thank you.

The billet is for sailors that have a Diesel NEC. There is alist of multiple NEC's on the IA request letter I have a copy of.

Basically the sailor will be attached to an Army unit. WIll get Army combat training and Field Maintenance Vehicle Mechanic training as well.

I'm thinking a possibility that the duty will be working on a FOB (Foward Operating Base) in a motorpool, doing convoys, and security. Not sure on it, but thats what I've heard from asking other folks. I'm sure somebody on here can give better insight.

Cool....I saw it on a van the other day and couldn't remember what that word meant.

I think you're right about the Billet....which is cool because you'll get some serious combat training!! My love is a 63B (wheeled mechanic) and did all that stuff while deployed....he changed a LOT of air filters and oil pans cuz of all the sand and grit there. I think he also helped with some up-armor projects as well, and general maintenance. Pretty monotonous(sp?) stuff really.
Convoy and security is a different ballgame though....you truly gotta watch your six on that gig. I got a husband&wife team in this Unit that are both Purple Heart recipients and varied degrees of PTSD for both of them. Fantastic people, didn't deserve this kind of crap--wife's more jacked up than husband is.

But my love adores his job--it's constant learning for him. He's an intelligent man, needs to keep his brain occupied you know?
I'll be fun---get a tan.

Was your husband an EN in the navy? Just curious because i am an EN and my sponsor has told me i will most likely be working with army mechs doing garage work and saying "it will really depend on where you go" most of the time. So i am wondering if maybe i will be doing something similar to the convoy/security detail stuff.

Thank you
R
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