What are some non combat (not in a combat zone) jobs for men in the US military?
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During the Vietnam War there were approximately 6 to 7 people behind the lines for each infantry soldier dodging bullets. Statistically, if you have any type of experience in any line of work, it gives you an edge over someone fresh out of high school.\n\nHere are just some of the jobs away from the front lines:\n \n1) Quartermaster: provides supplies of all types and materials to eveyone else\n\n2) Motorpool: provides vehicles and vehicle maintenence - good area for those with mechanical aptitude.\n\n3) Food service: provides meals to all enlisted and officer personnel in "mess" halls. Often involves working weird shifts, starting around midnight and ending mid morning in some cases, but you're free when everyone else is working.\n\n4) Clerical support: nothing happens unless it is on paper -these guys publish the orders that send others to specific duty posts, maintain rosters and create correspondence. Computer literacy and experience with word processing is helpful here.\n\n5) Personnel / Human Resources - they keep the records on everyone who is on active duty in their immediate area.\n\n6) Engineers - they construct housing and other related buildings that the troops use, as well as build / repair roads. Carpentry / construction trades are good backgrounds for this area. May not be a good job in Iraq due to IEDs.\n\n7) Intelligence - interpreting photos of combat areas to track movement of people and materials. Requires a lot of training and possibly recommendation from your local congressman, if you express a desire to do this. Good grades and a burning desire are helpful.\n\n8) Instruction - you teach others how to do a particular task, but you have to know it inside and out yourself before you go there. \n\n9) Entertainment - believe it or not, there are guys and gals in the military who play musical instruments and perform during special events (parades, speeches, etc).\n\n10) Information Technology - these guys keep the computers running, among other things.\n\n11) Security - Military Police (MPs) are still with us - also prison guards and other related tasks.\n\n12) Transportation - if you have a special license to drive a truck or some other heavy vehicle, that could land you here. Bad news if sent to Iraq - IEDs again.\n\nIf you can think of a job in civilian life, there is probably an equivalent for it in the military.\n\nAlso - foreign languages - if you can speak one or more, you may have an edge. Consider learning a language that the military values highly.\n\nLastly - if you opt to enlist, you will be tested to see what you are good at. The results will tend to steer you in a particular direction. Eventually you will be assigned an "MOS" or Military Occupation Specialty designation. \n\nA word of caution: what the military promises you and what they eventually deliver can be two different things. Many enlisted guys can't wait to get out because they got double crossed. They were promised a desk job or something related but ended up carrying a rifle. \n\nThis is not civilian life, with the option to threaten a lawsuit for breach of contract. What the military assigns you swallow. Remember - if every guy who went into the military got what he wanted, only a handful of guys would be carrying rifles. \n\nKey take away message - bait and switch. The "bait" is a promise of something you want - the switch comes after you're inside and the door closes behind you. You have to fight and fight hard for what you really want. He who fails to plan gets planned upon.
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A lot of training but generally shorter deployments. Not home a lot but higher job satisfaction. If you can't handle that, tell him now, instead of telling him by phone when he's in a combat zone.
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there is jrotc for high school and rotc for colleges. check with the internet under military schools.  that should give you plenty of options.
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go to usajobs.opm.gov\nits the federal job site (U.S.). Veterans qualify for hiring preference.
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Military Police any service.  US Army Aviation Mechanic.  US Army Cook.
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hope this helps some http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjobs/a/89b.htm
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mow lawns \ndeliver newspaper\nbabysit\ndo odd-jobs\nsell your body\ncut grass\ndo other various landscaping jobs\nhave a tag sale
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ROTC Program \nsecure.military.com - Find out how you can serve. Get free info here. No obligation.\nVR
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yes.  Look into the government contractors like Honeywell and KBR.  They have contracts to provide the same services that many do in their MOS.  Their contracts are expanding and they are desperate in a lot of cases, hiring people who aren't as qualified as they should be.  Military experience is a plus with them, since they know you can do the job and have experience in it.
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YEs.....try the Army base....we're located at 101st street....on Fort Hamilton Pkwy.  We have a variety of jobs...most paying more than you indicated.  718.630.4734
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Your MOS matters a lot too. If you're Inf, Engineer, MP, or Transport you might as well ask when the plane leaves. Some jobs won't ever go. If it's Iraq rather than just active duty you're worried about, pick jobs carefully & start by looking in the Air National Guard, USAF/Navy Res. Many fewer specialties in those services are being deployed & generally for much shorter periods of time (as short as 60days) to much safer conditions. If you're worried about active duty cause you're in school or something, I can tell you. It's pretty fair bet you'll see some period of active duty every couple years, again some MOS's are better for that then others. Have your recruiter(s) hook you up with res/guard guys in those jobs and ask those questions.
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sure you can. you don't have to serve in combat.
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anywhere really. going government is good for job security and you work you're way up the ladder pretty quick. \nI work on an army base.
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I'd suggest calling any local military bases or reserve/guard units. I know that active duty military bases have programs in place like what you are talking about.
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Go to job service and check their computers to see if they have something you do available.\n\nTry Wal Mart, Lowes, The Home Depot. You did not say what type of job you are looking for or where you live?\nGo to USAjobs.com or Monster.com\nGood luck,
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It is not about military at all.  They proactively are looking for individuals with a Bachelors degree.  They like accountants, lawyers, and linguists.  Learn Arabic fluently and if you have no criminal background then I could almost quarantee you a job sith the FBI, NSA, CIA, or any other agency.
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Join the Army.  Jumping from Airplanes is fun.