Since I was 2540(commctr), 2579(cryto, kw 7, kw26,etc) and computor(Ibm360, univac 1000, and dustee ) thing fell into place when the CPU came into the office or field, Plus 2531 as a sideline I worked HAM(sw, ssb and 10m,install FM radio and other equip).

It all worked out

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Originally posted by Duckbo:
In the direct sense no. However, the skills learned to trouble shoot a comm problem, I use to trouble shoot in my current job. The process of course is modified.

Semper Fidelis
Duckbo

What process is that Marine?

Absolutly helped me. I am an 0656, took a computer support job when I got out in '03. Got me a better job 6 months later, then, finally, got me back in uniform when I came to my senses. Ooh-Ra!!!

Semper Fi.

Your still fixening comm equipment? lol well since you were in during the 70's you proberly wouldn't know what a PRC 119 is huh? How about PRC 117? Or PRC 104? or PRC 148? or MRC 145(well you know that one i'm sure) oh here is a good one....lol I"m sure you know the PRC 77? lmao

When I got out I went to work for an airline as a radio operator sending wx and data to company aircraft. I remember my first day on the job I was a little nervous but then I thought, wait a minute; nobody's shooting at me. What's the worry? A merger ended that position and I eventually worked my way into management. After retiring from the airline an old Marine buddy offered me a telecom job with the UN in Africa. The UN is so screwed up it's easy to look like a star. So anyway, yeah, I used my comm training.

Yup, I was a 2531, 2532, 2533. Went to work for a large Telecommunications company when I got out. My experience and training was a big help. While I was working I added a FCC license to my resume. I ended up as a project manager managing a large Bell Labs development project. In the Corps it’s an extremely important job. Like intelligence, communications is one of the most important assets to a commander.

As a 2531 and 2532 I have to say it was the best of times in my life. As other's, I miss it badly and wish I could go back. It's a bit to late for me now, but I don't regret a thing or even a minute of being in the Corp. Communications is the place to be there's no doubt about that. If you're real good at your job, you might get to travel as I did. Saw more of the world then I ever imagined possible in my life while in Commo. If I wasn't 49 I'd of already re-enlisted, Iraq or no iraq. It's the commradery, brotherhood, and pride I miss the most. Not to forget the great parties we had too! But, you don't see that out here in the civilian sector as you did in the Corp. It just doesn't compare.
Damn I miss the Corp..... and my brothers, I wish them well where ever they are. Semper Fi!

I came out of The Stumps as a 2811 (Telephone/Switchboard), added 2818 (Teletype), then at Camp Pendleton added to 2828 (Crypto), and then OJT'd to 2841.

Hired in with General Dynamics-Pomona in the Electronics Quality Control Lab, got tired of the Union crap, so I hired into a Medical Imaging Co.'s Field Service. got layed off in '94 when Hillary was pushing for Socialized medicine, and hired in with Hewlett-Packard.

My military training and experience were definetly a big part with getting my foot in the door. I beleive the practical experience is a determining factor, as I've worked with a lot of "college grads" that have lots of book knowledge, but no practical application. They still had a large learning curve, where I could step in and do the work right off. Also, there's the maturity level. Coming out of the service you have "been there, done that," but a lot of college kids went from HS to college, and still act like they're living in a dorm.

Bottom line - Yes, my military training and experience helped, and is still helping, thirty years later.

Yes it shure has helped me in civilian life.
I was a 2511 field wireman with a secondary mos in 3 and 4Kw for crypto,to including 800 series generators.
I did'nt use the poleclimbing any more,but hights for instance did'nt bother me at all,when climbing 80 and 100 foot towers for electric windgenerators,from 2 to 5 and 20kw.
Also starting in vietnam I've learned to repair my own Phones,Headsets,and Intercoms,as waiting to be able to make repair runs,much less getting replacements,or repaired equipment back in due time was almost none existent.
I kept my FDC Bunkers and Gunlines going,incomming and all.
Allmost got in trouble a few times over that,but you know when everything works at the end of the day,that is all that matters....
In civilian life and about twelfe months of going to school for Maintenance Technician,I did everything from installing "ARF" (Automatic Radial Fullstage Tiremachines),to Electric Windgenerators,Oilfield Equipment,Security Systems,to later in life Automatic Carwashes (Ryco and Mark VII),including maintaining them,as in repair,and preventive maintenace etc.
So yes,it can be done,to use or regroup,and make something out of your millitary career.
If this former "Marine",and German American,I don't like to say that (As Iam an American now),can do it,so can you,or anyone else.
Long story short,I had my eighteenth Birthday in Basic,MOS,ITS and Staging etc.,and my eighteenth in Vietnam.Also as I could'nt hardly speak English at the time,what had gotten me into Communications,was the tests.
I was always good tinkering,but mostly succeding in repairing things,starting with my first Bicycle and Car.
Anyway if you are Determined,you will succeed.
Also I've learned my English by buying,and reading every Louis Lamour Western Paperback that the PX had,it even helped me to "Write and Read".
Of course having a "DI" screaming at you 24/7,and kneeling in front of him on a regular basis,getting hit in the stomach with a Dressglove,Black,Millitary Issue,Is quiet a Motivator.
To make this long story short: Yes it can be done.
Semper FI "AGE",or Eugene.

Ex 2531.

Didn't do me an lick of good in the "real world".

I was a 2542 from '83 to '87. Hell that **** was obsolete while I was learning it. I suppose learning to type accurately like a bat out of hell came in handy from time to time. My biggest regret is turning down a job in base telephone at the stumps right after rocking out of 2800 school. I was afraid that it was a ploy designed to get me pushing a spool of wire through the desert at zero dark thirty. Instead of getting a skill I could have used on the outside, I learned to read little holes punched in strips of paper. Doh!

Former 2531...from '84-1988.....(3rd Bttn 4th Mar Reg)... after being discharged I applied to the local Telco (New England Tel @ the time)...was hired immediately and have been working here now for almost 18 yrs.

I would say that it definitely helped.

Went to work for US Cellular as a field engineer 4 months after EAS. Still there as a systems performance engineer almost 6 years later.

I went to work for a large oil company in their telecommunications dept. working on the switching system and T-1 mux equipment for their private network.

Working in Law Enforcment and Public Ultility Trunked Communications, money isn't that great but it's a pretty darn good living and I like the work.

I was an 0621 (Radio Operator) in the Corps. I now work as a Dispatcher at my hometown PD. We cover six Pd's and two FD's. Not a high paying job, but definately worthwhile. The terminology is different and the way civilians talk on the radio irks me at times, but yes, Comm definately helped me get a job. There were almost 40 other applicants for this job, I was the youngest- at 23, and I got it. Those who say that Comm didn't help them at all are probably going into totally unrelated jobs. Go for something in Communications, and it should help.

Yes. I have built my civilian career on the training I received in the USMC and started out at about three times my military pay.

ex-2841 and heck yeah it helped. The electrical training put me into two seperate jobs making good money because I could understand wiring diagrams and read a multimeter.

It doesn't matter if it is a radio or an air conditioner or anything. Electricity is electricity.

Semper Fi
Cypherdragon HQ 1/10 93-94

Got out in 67 after Nam,went on to be the owner of three repair shopps on automobiles trucks light dirt moving equiptment.Used to get work from other service stations that could not repair electrical problems,my tennacity to fix it came from the get er dunn attitude in the USMC,made good money,and had good times doing it,gained lotsa respect,for what I could do,I owe it all to the Corps.

I started life as a 2811, became a 2841, then a 2851, migrated to 5937, off to tech school to be a 2861 & 5939 (dizzy yet?). After I retired, I worked on Corvettes for a couple of years and got on with Garmin as an electronics tech. Worked there for several years and I now work with Millennium International, an avionics repair company. So yes, my USMC COMM experience paid off.