[PRCo] Re: Changed: army career

[John Swindler]

The military does not say MOS is a JOB because an MOS is NOT a JOB.  The MOS is the persons training; the job is the duty assignment.  And when they match, the person is MOSQ for that duty assignment.

 

As I recall, Fred, you were trained in geology, which would be your MOS.  But your state JOB was a statistician.

 

Cheers

John

 

 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Subject: [PRCo] Changed: army career
> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:19:55 -0500
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> For those who were not in the army, the army abbreviated 
> everything. They can take a dictionary and reduce it to abbreviations.
> 
> MOS means Military Occupational Specialty. And they couldn't 
> possibly say JOB because you might understand that.
> 
> 723.10. Mean anything?
> 
> Teletype operator. But I spent the almost the entire time working 
> outside my MOS as a supply clerk. Spent some time also working as a 
> payroll clerk.
> 
> October 8 1958 Mustered in New Cumberland General Depot.
> Fort Dix NJ Reception Station by 11 pm.
> About October 15, 1958 Fort Dix Basic Training
> Most following dates are approximations
> December 20, 1959 Fort Gordon, GA Signal School
> February 28, 1959 53rd Signal Bn, Fort Hood, TX ... killing time
> hitch hiked everywhere. Saw El Paso, Dallas, St. Louis, New 
> Orleans,
> Waco, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, Tulsa, Sapulpa ... 6000 
> miles in 5 months.
> June 15, 1959 sent on leave and told to report to For Dix NJ
> July 17 1959 arrived Fort Dix NJ for Processing
> Left Brooklyn Army Terminal on Military Sea Transport Service
> About August 1 ... tour of London in route
> About August 2 1959 Bremerhaven to Kaiserslautern by train,
> bus to Pirmasens, Germany. Roughly two years in
> 514th Signal Company, Pirmasens, Germany
> One month leave in August 1960 -- England, France
> One month leave in June 1961 -- Switzerland, Italy
> July 5, 1961 left Germany
> July 17, 1961 left active duty at Brooklyn Army Terminal.
> Bus to Penn Station. PRR number 33 (St. Louisan) to
> Lancaster. Home by 4:00 PM.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 21, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
> 
> > What was your MOS? Where did you serve??
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Schneider Fred 
> > <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
> >
> >> I rather liked my army that
> >> locked up first for disobeying rules, then discharged you. The
> >> example made sure a few thousand others didn't step out of line.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Herb Brannon
> >> On America's North Coast
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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