Sergeant First Class Osborne

Overview:

The allied trade specialist is primarily responsible for supervising and performing the fabrication, repair and modification of metallic and nonmetallic parts. They operate lathes, drill presses, grinders and other machine shop equipment.

Job Duties:

•Fabricate, repair, and modify metallic and nonmetallic parts

•Utilize such machines as engine lathes, utility grinders, power cutoff saws, hydraulic presses, drill presses, oxyacetylene, electric arc, inert gas welding machines and their associated attachments, accessories and tools

Training:

Job training for an allied trade specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 13 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instructions. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field, including practice in machine operation.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

•Machine types, setup and operation

•Use of different metals

•Safety procedures

Helpful Skills:

•Interest in math, general science, metal working and mechanical drawing

•Preference for working with the hands

•Making things and finding solutions to mechanical problems

•Ability to apply mathematical formulas

Compensation:

Total compensation includes housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time.

Education Benefits:

In the Army, qualified students can earn full-tuition, merit-based scholarships, allowances for books and fees, plus an annual stipend for living expenses.

Overview: Full-time and Part-Time positions available!

The automated logistical specialist is primarily responsible for supervising and performing management or warehouse functions in order to maintain equipment records and parts.

Job Duties

- Establish and maintain stock records and other documents such as inventory, material control, accounting and supply reports
- Review and verify quantities received against bills of contracts, purchase requests and shipping documents
- Unload, unpack, count, segregate, palletize and store incoming supplies and equipment
- Construct bins, shelving and other storage aids
- Simplify and standardize the collection and use of maintenance data
- Raise the quality and accuracy of performance, cost and parts data through improved maintenance management

Training:

Job training for an automated logistical specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 12 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instructions. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field, including practice in handling and storing stock.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:
- Stock control and accounting procedures
- Procedures for shipping, receiving, storing and issuing stock
- Movement, storage and maintenance of ammunition
- Procedures for handling medical and food supplies

Helpful Skills:

- Interest in mathematics, bookkeeping, accounting, business administration and/or typing
- Keep accurate records
- Enjoy physical work
- Interest in operating forklifts and other warehouse equipment

Compensation:

Total compensation includes housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time.

Overview:

Special Forces candidates are given the opportunity to become a member of one of the most highly skilled combat forces in the world. They must complete and endure the extensive mental/physical training in order to join the Army elite.

Job Duties:

There are four entry-level Special Forces Military Occupational Specialties. Your specialty will be decided on your background, aptitude and the needs of the Army:
Special Forces weapons sergeants: capable of using a wide variety of light/heavy infantry weapons and tactics

- Special Forces engineer sergeants: specialists in a wide range of disciplines such as construction, demolition and Logistical operations
- Special Forces medical sergeants: considered to be the finest first-response/trauma medical technicians in the world
- Special Forces communications sergeants: operate every kind of communications gear, from encrypted satellite communications systems to UHF/VFH systems

Requirements:

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Training:

Special Forces candidates attend Infantry One Station Unit Training, which combines Army Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training in a 22-week course.

Upon graduation, Special Forces Candidates will attend Airborne Training, followed by a 4-week Special Forces Preparation Course and the Special Forces Assessment and Selection program. This program allows Special Forces an opportunity to assess each Soldier’s capabilities by testing his physical, emotional and mental stamina.

If the recruit passes, he moves on to the Special Forces Qualification Course to develop the necessary skills of a Special Forces Soldier. The course is currently divided into the following:

- Individual Skills Development: 14 weeks of training in common skills, land navigation, tactics, MOS Qualification, and the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) course
- Skills Application and Collective Training: 11 weeks of training in Special Operations, Direct Action, Isolation, Air Operations and Unconventional Warfare classes culminating in the arduous Robin Sage exercise
- Language and Cultural Training: 24 weeks of classroom and practice exercises designed to educate the Special Forces Soldier
- Military Free Fall (MFF) School: 4 weeks of training at the infamous Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona to qualify Special Forces Soldiers as MFF Parachutists

*Language Training: Languages are assigned in relation to the scores from the Defense Language Aptitude Battery test

Other areas include:

Language Training: Languages are assigned in relation to the scores from the Defense Language Aptitude Battery test

Survival Training: The survival, evasion, resistance and escape course

Helpful Skills:

- Ability to work as a team member
- Readiness to accept a challenge and face danger
- Ability to stay in top physical condition
- Interest in weapons and artillery
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations

Compensation:

Total compensation includes housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time. Learn more about total compensation.

Earn Cash For In Demand Jobs:

You could earn up to $40,000 in cash bonuses just for enlisting under certain Military Occupational Specialties.

Education Benefits:

In the Army, qualified students can earn full-tuition, merit-based scholarships, allowances for books and fees, plus an annual stipend for living expenses.

Overview:

Information technology specialists are responsible for maintaining, processing and troubleshooting military computer systems/operations.

Job Duties:

- Maintenance of networks, hardware and software
- Provide customer and network administration services
- Construct, edit and test computer programs

Requirements:

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Training:

Job training for an information technology specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 20 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

- Use of computer consoles and peripheral equipment
- Computer systems concepts
- Planning, designing and testing computer systems

Helpful Skills:

- Interest in computer science
- Attention to detail
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Experience in installation of computers

Compensation:

Total compensation includes housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time.

Earn Cash For In Demand Jobs

You could earn up to $40,000 in cash bonuses just for enlisting under certain Military
Occupational Specialties.

Education Benefits:

In the Army, qualified students can earn full-tuition, merit-based scholarships, allowances for books and fees, plus an annual stipend for living expenses.

Overview:

The practical nursing specialist supervises or performs preventive, therapeutic, and emergency nursing care procedures under the supervision of a physician, nurse or NCO.

Job Duties:

•Perform emergency nursing care
•Assist in patient care
•Change/dress wounds

Training:

Job training for a practical nursing specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 52 weeks of Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sam Houston, TX.

Skills you’ll learn:

•Patient care
•Working on a medical team
•Emergency care

Compensation:

Total compensation includes: housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time.

Education Benefits:

In the Army, qualified students can earn full-tuition, merit-based scholarships, allowances for books and fees, plus an annual stipend for living expenses.
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