12-15-2015, 10:09
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Your importance on an A-Team can be defined by experience and training.
If all you are is a Jr. 18B you are low man and the first one I will ask to break the seal on your mask to check the air quality. 
Now when you've been there a few years and have both 18B, 18E, now you're an asset to the team. same goes for 18C/18B and so on.
And if you're an 18B that came from an infantry/ranger background, even better.
One SF MOS does not usually make a "critical" position. That one crit spot/MOS is held by the 18D's.
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12-15-2015, 11:08
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
One SF MOS does not usually make a "critical" position. That one crit spot/MOS is held by the 18D's. |
Hey now, I was from the beginning a former 11-BANG-BANG and one of the better shooters and door kickers on my team. 
Otherwise yeah, 18B's were expendable and easily replaced. 
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12-15-2015, 14:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
If all you are is a Jr. 18B you are low man and the first one I will ask to break the seal on your mask to check the air quality. |
You might have to splain that to some of the younger folk, its been a long time since anyone even pulled a promask out storage, much less actually trained on things like that!
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12-15-2015, 14:25
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I went 18B because the only second phase I thought I might pass was Weapons Branch. My GT was only 125, and for the Echoes, Deltas and Charlies you needed at least a 150.
The team leader and warrant could squeak by with less than a hundo.
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12-15-2015, 19:17
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Yes, it is true!
As an 18D, I had to support the 18Bs on the team and teach them CQB and door breaching charges. I also had to support them by doing OPORDs for combat missions. I also supported them by getting ammo, opening ranges, creating targets, etc. I guess it didn't hurt that I was a former 11banger, Ragnar (weapons, tactics, some explosives), and LRS guy (commo) gone mad scientist (18d)!
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12-17-2015, 11:11
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I had to help teach some to read and write.......
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12-17-2015, 12:04
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Now wait one minute.....
Seems to me the 18Es get you your beans and bullets, and your ride home. They become Warrent Officers more than any other MOS, then receive flowers on secretary appreciation day!
Sdiver could be correct..... 
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