Positions are limited and even if you meet all of the requirements, you may be beat out by others that exceed your scores. How to become one: You might be surprised to find out that this position is among some of the most competitive and difficult to get (not including special operations forces roles). Of course, there may be other roles you and your canine may assume such as the detection of living humans in destroyed buildings, aiding in the clearance and security of a suspected room or space, or using your canine as a weapon of self-defense against an assailant.

Many of our brave servicemen and women have been saved by a military working dog alerting the squad to the presence of IEDs. What they do: You and your furry battle buddy will be tasked with a large assortment of missions across the globe but in all reality, most of these tasks will include something to do with the detection of munitions, explosive devices or illegal narcotics. Marine Corps improvised explosive device detection dog, after searching a compound while conducting counter-insurgency operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 17, 2013. Joseph Nunez from Burbank, California, interacts with Viky, a U.S. The intelligence field, tactical environments, weapons training, are all good opportunities that a scout sniper’s skill set may transfer to. Scout snipers are rare and the training opportunities in the Corps can relate well to civilian life. Marine snipers get secret security clearances which aid in getting government jobs. Job outlook after the military: There are many great job opportunities for scout snipers. I say might because there’s about a 33 percent chance of passing scout sniper school, even after all of the previous selections and rigorous training. Normally, after one deployment with the sniper platoon, or about a year of intense training, the senior scout snipers may notice you have potential to do great as a sniper, and you might get sent to scout sniper school where you might become a HOG (hunter of gunmen). After the screener, if the senior scout snipers believe you are one of the top infantry marines above your peers, you’ll be selected and graduate to become a PIG (Professionally instructed gunman). It’s usually two weeks of hell that the volunteers, known as slugs (Slow Lazy Untrained Grunts), are put through. Being trained in so many multifaceted areas opens the door for jobs in a wide range of fields: construction, FBI bomb squad, weapon manufacturing/testing, just to name a few. Job outlook after the military: Engineers have one of the best job outlooks once phasing back into civilian life. You will then go to boot camp, Marine Combat Training and finally engineer school. If you want to be sure you are focusing on the right areas to succeed on the ASVAB, talk to a recruiter and let them know you want to be a 1371.Īs long as your ASVAB is high enough, a recruiter should put you in a combat engineer slot. You must have decent math skills as well as show mechanical aptitude. First, you must score high enough on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, to meet the minimum requirements. Named one of the world’s toughest schools by the Marine Corps, combat engineers must be intellectually and physically able to adapt to any battlefield challenge.īecoming a combat engineer is pretty straightforward. How to become one: This job is not for the faint of heart.

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