Some cool places you can go as a second permanent duty station include Colorado, Nebraska, and Key West working for various combatant commands. MTACS-48 (Reserve) (Naval Station Great Lakes, IL)Īctive duty 7236s in my class were only sent to Yuma, Cherry Point, and Okinawa, but in the most recent classes some active duty 7236s were sent to Camp Pendleton, Beaufort, and even Virginia Beach for independent duty. MACS-24 (Reserve) TAOC (NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA)
Generally, 7236s are placed at a Tactical Air Operations Center (TAOC) Detachment or an Early Warning and Control (EWC) Detachment with a very slim chance of getting sent to a Tactical Air Command Center (TACC) as their first unit. The course will give you a basic introduction to what your job is, but most of the job is learned through OJT at your first unit. It is about three months in length and you will spend most of your time learning about the six functions of Marine Aviation and the CAC2S, the system on which 7236s perform the function of "control of aircraft and missiles".
the schoolhouse for 7236 is located aboard Twentynine Palms at MCCES. If I were to do it all over again, I would not have signed but given my situation at the time, I didn't have a lot of options. AJ is, as far as I know, still a 5 year contract. Lo and behold, I received a 5 year contract. I told my recruiter that I didn't want a 5 year contract. I initially wanted to be Marine and didn't care what job I got. The poorly placed SNCOs meant a lot of pressure from them to play real Marine Corps boot camp type barracks and uniform games every few weeks, coupled with their fear of our actual job which sometimes interfered with our work.ħ236 here. There was a lot of stuff to remember, a lot of pressure to be perfect, and then a lot of slack time. I volunteered for every school S-3 could put us in for and had an okay time. Add in that over half the SNCOs were lat moves dumber than the lower enlisted and too scared to go in the system, and you had the perfect storm.Įnlisted side we were either working hard for a week or two, or goofing off and doing a few hours training a week for a month or two at a time. In the old days one officer per class group would get a chance over the years to lead a ASE on a float, two would get a chance to take out the WTI support detail, and that was it until they got their look for Detachment OIC (name before the DASC had companies). The class wasn't easy, a third of the enlisted failed because we still had the ASRT, but a lot of the officer fails were deliberate, For a while they were sending 08s to the army to learn stinger platoon leader, back when we still had stinger battalions, so they could lead something. That’s all I can think of right now, anything more specific you want to know?ĭASC: In the 80s things were so bad for the Os half of them bombed the school to get sent to supply, once they got to the stumps and got the gouge (pre internet). Watch your ass around the AF as they will run and tell their TSgt that you cursed or told a sexual joke. I joined at a late age and went through the schoolhouse married so I was allowed to drive since I lived off base single Marines were not. Not sure if they’re allowing Marines to drive yet but that’s always been a hot issue between the CO and school house SNCOIC’s. Which is also what you should be doing throughout your entire enlistment: making the best of the bullshit.
That didn’t stop me from going to reggae concerts in Alabama – of all places – and just trying to make the best of it. Some dudes I’ve served with never seen a black dude until they joined and I’ve never seen blatant racism until I went to MS. I’m from CA and fucken hated Mississippi. They put up with our existence because they have to but would kick us to the curb if it was their choice. The AF only likes a few Marines in each class so that way we don’t corrupt their little Airmen. School house kicks at 06 so be prepared for PT at 04. The Det as a whole is ~110-150 Marines, mostly made up of weather.ĭaily life is PT before or after school, go to school, formation after school, then you’re released to go back to the bricks. I say it’s restrictive but it will be the most freedom you would have had in the Corps yet. The schoolhouse is long as fuck, somewhat restrictive but it’s on an AF base and it’s not Prisoncola.
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