MarsOrBust
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I'm a current SNA almost done TBS and will soon to check in at MATSG-21. We've received a handful of career planning type briefs from a couple of field grade officers and have been strongly encouraged to develop tentative career plans. They said that we should be able to know whether or not we want command by the time we pin 1stLt due to the legwork that needs to be done beforehand. To me it seems premature, but what do I know? I've got months of time to kill while I wait to class up, why not scheme out my career? There's a MMOA roadshow coming to Pensacola in November. I would love to be able to go there and speak more accurately to my career aspirations if possible.
Disclaimer: I'm definitely tracking on:
Questions:
Some of the billets/schools I'm really interested in:
Disclaimer: I'm definitely tracking on:
- I'm a pilot first and going outside my PMOS too much isn't advisable given the current demand for 75XX's to do 75XX stuff. I'm definitely excited for my tours in the FMF.
- My primary focus right now should be flight school/not forgetting to breathe IOT make it to the end of TBS.
- The nature of the billet assignment from monitors and that "if you do this billet, that will happen" logic doesn't really exist with 100% accuracy.
- Most of the relevant MARADMINs that discuss billet requirements/demands.
- MMOA's website as far as I can get without getting some kind of web/CAC error (off-topic, but am I forever cursed with working in an organization that has sub-par websites or is there some trick to getting .mil and .usmc websites to actually function?)
- The rest of the relevant threads in this forum: long time lurker - first time poster.
Questions:
- Where have some billets led you?
- Have you held command and, if so, what do you think enabled you to do so?
- What's your MOS roadmap/career look like? (e.g. "I'm a cobra pilot by trade. After the FRS I did tour A for X years and filled billets 1, 2, and 3 while there. I PCS'd to...") I've scanned a lot of the threads here but haven't found anything like the illusive "MOS Roadmap" I've heard being referenced a lot, I know those are more an enlisted than officer thing since officer careers are generally less linear than enlisted, but it'd be really helpful to see a few examples.
- I've heard that having experience in all elements of the MAGTF is good for the sake of being diverse and being a "MAGTF Officer". ACE is, well, pilot stuff. GCE would be FAC. What do some LCE billets look like for pilots?
Some of the billets/schools I'm really interested in:
- FAC(A) (I've read the sticky, lot of good info there)
- TPS
- WTI
- VMX-1
- Resident PME that's not EWS. (AFIT in Ohio?)
- Some kind of joint billet (don't know a whole lot about these-->Pentagon?)