Which soldier type are you?

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Support gunner, which was my job in the Army back in the old days (M-60 LMG).

 

Officer. No surprise as I graduated as an officer after my period in the Finnish Army.

 

You Scored as Support Gunner
You're a support gunner. You carry a big gun, and people generally call on you when in trouble. You're a strong person physically and emotionaly. You can take being on the front lines of any problem clearing paths for your buddies. You generally lead the way with your strong personality, hitting the problem with all the tact and finesse of a Chain-Saw Murderer. CLICK, Cha-chink... DAKKA-DAKKA-DAKKA!!!


Support Gunner 94%
Combat Infantry/Armor 88%
Officer 69%
Special Ops 63%
Artillery/Aircraft 63%
Medic 50%
Engineer 50%
Civilian0%

Like Bobby I was an 0331 machinegunner for most of my time in the Marine Corps. However, I spent my time in the Army as an 18D, Special Operations Medical Sgt. I didn't score too highly in either of those categories, but I was the Honor Graduate from the 300F1 portion of the course. So I don't know how accurate the survey is.

A-58 wrote:

I knew there was a reason I liked you, even if you were a doggie I mean besides being a fellow Loousianan and fellow SKY GOD!

 

the truth will out..gunners eh!..

 

Combat Infantry/Armour.

 

You Scored as Engineer
Military Engineer. Your job is usually overlooked, but without you nothing gets done. While you sometimes get annoyed at this, and and you know the only time people come to you is when there's something wrong: You understand that you are the heart and soul of any organization with honesty and nice work ethic to boot. Hard working, intelligent, "I need more Duct Tape!!!"


Engineer100%Special Ops75%Support Gunner75%Officer56%Artillery/Aircraft56%Civilian50%Medic50%Combat Infantry/Armor50%

 

You Scored as Combat Infantry/Armor
You're a combat infantry/armor soldier, a grunt, a dogface, a footslogger. While some say you're common, you're a really a disciplined person who realizes the importantce of working in a team, and in reality you and your comrades get most of the work done. In any situation or problem you can be found in think of the action. You are brave, motivated, self-less. We need more people like you. And I salute you. FORWARD!!!


Combat Infantry/Armor 100%
Engineer 88%
Special Ops 88%
Support Gunner 88%
Artillery/Aircraft 63%
Medic 63%
Officer 50%
Civilian 25%

TBA

 

Front line for you, me thinks...

 

You Scored as Special Ops Special ops. You're sneaky, tactful, and a loner. You prefer to do your jobs alone, working where you don't come into contact with people. But every once in a while you hit it big and are noticed and given fame. You're given the more sensitive problems. You get things done, and do what has to be done. You are competent, resourceful, and resiliant. "VULCAN NECK PINCH!!!" "owww.......(slump)"


Special Ops75%Artillery/Aircraft75%Medic75%Engineer63%Support Gunner56%Combat Infantry/Armor50%Officer38%Civilian38%

 

ha! ha! kyle, game players mentality.. well done..

 

You Scored as Support Gunner

You're a support gunner. You carry a big gun, and people generally call on you when in trouble. You're a strong person physically and emotionaly. You can take being on the front lines of any problem clearing paths for your buddies. You generally lead the way with your strong personality, hitting the problem with all the tact and finesse of a Chain-Saw Murderer. CLICK, Cha-chink... DAKKA-DAKKA-DAKKA!!!

Support Gunner81%
Officer 75%
Special Ops75%
Engineer69%
Artillery/Aircraft63%
Medic63%
Combat Infantry/Armor 63%
Civilian25%

Not my real job in the Army but the second sentence contains some truth!

 

You Scored as Artillery/AircraftYou are an artillery/armor soldier. Fighting really isn't your strongsuit, and instead you prefer to sit back and blow things up with your 80+ mile range. This isn't to say you don't have a strong sense of duty and honor. You just seem to be smarter about it than most others around you. You agree with Gen Patton's words: "The object of war isn't to die for you country, it's to make the other bastard die for his."

Artillery/Aircraft
94%
Support Gunner
88%
Combat Infantry/Armor
81%
Special Ops
81%
Engineer
63%
Officer
63%
Medic
44%
Civilian
0%

 

You Scored as Combat Infantry/Armor

That's so not me - Engineer was second from the bottom

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence there! I loved being the gunner, even though it was a bit on the heavy side, with all the accoutrements and all. Yes, there are many things in common in being a warrior.

So why did you split your time with the Marine Corps and Army anyway?

 

It's a long and convuluted story but I'll try and give the Readers Digest condensed version.
I orginally enlisted for 4+2, four active two reserve. The career planner approached me after two and said if I'd re-up for 4, they'd knock two off and give me a combat arms bonus. I really didn't care about the money, and intended to stay in anyway, so I said sure but I'd like to go to jump school. They had a limited number of slots to use as a re-enlistment incentive so he said sure, no problem, sign here. I did. I went to him sometime later and asked him about it and he asked me if I had it in writing, I said no, he said it ain't gonna happen. When I was 30 days short of ETS'ing I got sent to the career planner. I asked for Jump School, he tried to sell me on a bonus, I said no thanks. He sent me to the Co. Gunny who put pressure on me to re-up, no go. I got sent to the Lt., then the Co. commander, no go. They were really putting a lot of pressure on me, the career planner eventually convinced me to sign a 90 day extension, so he could see what he could do. At the end of 90 days the same scenario, I signed another extension. Then a third time. The last time they didn't realize my time was up until three days out. He asked me to sign, I said they screwed me out of it the first time I re-upped and if he couldn't give it to me in writing I was out. They tried to change my mind but they only had three days and that wasn't long enough to pressure me into it. I got out and went to the reserves to finish my two. I originally went to a reserve infantry company but it was like a three hour drive from the house. I did it for about a year then arranged to transfer to the local unit an artillery battery. They needed a Comm Chief so they sent me to radio school. I went back on active duty for the school, attended the school and was the Honor Graduate. When I was checking back into the reserve unit, they had gotten a new I&I while I was gone, he came out of his office and asked who I was. The admin Sgt. told him. He asked how I'd done, I said, I was Honor Graduate, Sir! He looked at me and said how many did they have. I said ONE. He kind of sneered and walked off. I decided then and there that I wouldn't stay in that reserve unit when my time was up. I got my revenge when he called me in, my last drill, and gave me this talk about how important I was to the unit and how I really needed to re-enlist. Sorry sir, it ain't gonna happen!
I had a friend that I'd attended college with, he'd graduated with a degree in Physics, was a Captain in Special Forces at the time and the Army sent him back to school to finish his doctorate. Several months before I got out of the reserves we'd started running around together again. I was pondering going back into the Marine Corps and he was trying to talk me into going into the Army. I wasn't having any part of it. He tried to convince me that my opinion of the Army was all Marine Corps propoganda. I named several times I'd been in joint exercises or operations with the Army and gave him examples of why I couldn't/wouldn't be a soldier. He tried to convince me that my experiences were not indicative of the Army as a whole, that the units must have been subpar. He then told me that when he was jump school he'd overheard two Marines wishing they were back at Parris Island because the school was so hard. He hooked me. I went to the Army recruiter and told him I wanted to go to jump school. He told me the Army needed Special Operations Medics, if I had the scores he could sign me up for that. I had the scores, so I went to sign the papers. He told me I was required to attend and complete jump school before I could begin training for my job. I said that's what I wanted all along, the only reason I signed up for the job was because I wanted jump school not because I wanted to be an SF Medic.
continued.....

 

You Scored as Combat Infantry/Armor You're a combat infantry/armor soldier, a grunt, a dogface, a footslogger. While some say you're common, you're a really a disciplined person who realizes the importantce of working in a team, and in reality you and your comrades get most of the work done. In any situation or problem you can be found in think of the action. You are brave, motivated, self-less. We need more people like you. And I salute you. FORWARD!!!


Combat Infantry/Armor 100%
Support Gunner 100%
Special Ops 88%
Artillery/Aircraft 81%
Officer 81%
Medic 69%
Engineer 63%
Civilian 25%

Stoopid quiz!

 

You Scored as Combat Infantry/Armor
You're a combat infantry/armor soldier, a grunt, a dogface, a footslogger. While some say you're common, you're a really a disciplined person who realizes the importantce of working in a team, and in reality you and your comrades get most of the work done. In any situation or problem you can be found in think of the action. You are brave, motivated, self-less. We need more people like you. And I salute you. FORWARD!!!


Combat Infantry/Armor100%Special Ops88%Artillery/Aircraft69%Officer56%Engineer50%Support Gunner50%Medic25%Civilian0%

 

You Scored as Officer
Officer, you're the brass. The leader of the bunch. You have leadership qualities, or you have a really big ego. Most likely both. You know how to get things done, and don't care who you have to kill to get them done. Your a person with a mission and to stand in your way means pain. You have gumption and intelligence to back it up. Hold the line!!! AND SOMEONE GET ME A STARBUCKS!!!



Officer
100%
Support Gunner
88%
Special Ops
75%
Combat Infantry/Armor
69%
Artillery/Aircraft
69%
Medic
69%
Engineer
56%
Civilian
13%

 

I went to jump school. The first couple days were pretty hard, nothing like Parris Island, but there was a good deal of pain and discomfort. The NCO's (Sgt. Airbornes) were very squared away and motivated. I thought maybe the Army ain't so bad after all. However, I was shocked by the number of soldiers that just quit, most of them just out of basic training or infantry school. They said no big deal they'd come back next time a slot was available. The NCO's didn't berate them for quitting. I thought this is strange, in the Marine Corps if you quit a school, you'll never get another, but what the hey. There were a number of leg Rangers in the course and I was very impressed with their discipline, dedication and level of physical fitness, (the baddest boys at the school were a group of Seals, fresh out of BUDS).
I did enjoy my time in the Army. I met many, many outstanding soldiers that were every bit as good as any Marine I ever met. Because of my job I had the opportunity to serve alongside the soldiers of many of our allies and gained a great deal of respect for their martial abilities. The Australians were probably the hardest and toughest in the world, (and great people in general), the British I admire for their elan' and professionalism (they were really a great bunch of guys also), the ROK's for their discipline (I served with them in the Marine Corps), and so on and so forth. The one military I was disappointed in was the Israeli's, they are not nearly as good as their reputation would lead one to believe.
Hope this answers the question.
I still think the Marine Corps has probably the finest infantry in the world. This is for a number of reasons in both the personnel and institutional area. In boot camp they instill an institutional identity in the individual Marine, they ingrain stoicism, attention to detail, aggresiveness and teamwork. You are a Marine first, everything else is secondary. If you're not an infantry Marine you have one reason to exist and that is to support the infantry Marine. It was my observation in the Army that your branch has primary allegience and the overall Army is secondary. It was, I'm Cav, SF, airborne or 11B, etc. The Marine Corps can be more selective than the Army because they are so much smaller, their reputation draws a certain type of person, just like airborne draws a certain type of person. They are infantry-centric and put their best officers in that branch. They push power and responsibility down to lower ranks than most services, so they tend to be more flexible and effective when not in direct control of their officers and senior NCO's. I think Brad did the National Guard thing after getting out of the Marines, I'd be interested in his perspective.