need advice on MOS

[fish3969]

I am currently a student but I want to enlist in the army and go to the DLI and learn a language. I think I want to choose one of 98 or 97 mos series but I am not sure which one. here's the problem, I want to eventually sooner rather than later go airborne and maybe even attempt to make it through RIP. Will they allow me to go to those schools with a language MOS and will I be able to make it through them if I don't go through infantry AIT? your help is greatly appreciated. I wolud ask my recuiter, but I feel like he is trying to blow smoke up my a$$. thanks.

[Purple36]

Fish-dude......
Both 98G and 97b/97e have their good points and not so good points. I've been 2 of the 3. IMHO 97b offers you the greatest opportunites of all...You need to carefully consider what language you take...if you become a 98G or 97e, your language will seriously lock in where you are assigned for most of your career.
Hope you are choosing a language...otherwise the recruiters will try to steer you toward what they need.
All this assumes you make it through the schools, of course.

[Chairborne]

Im a 98g, studying arabic at dli, and did airborne between basic and here. thats an anomaly, most dont go until after ait, if ever. if you want airborne, make sure its in your contract. their quota for airborne slots is seasonal, but if you are qualified for 98 or 97 series, they will stretch a little for you, I just told them either I get airborne or my 98 asvab and 300+ pt score is walking back to my job at burger king. that being said, as a golf, you dont go to rip. I stood there in front of the ranger recruiter at benning while he called out mos's they were accepting, im talking cooks and truck drivers her(god bless their souls), there arent any slots at the batt for golfs. But if you do somewhere down the road get an opportunity for ranger school, you will still never be a ranger, go ask a ranger about the difference between the tab and the scroll. That being said, you can go to DLI, then request benning or campbell or bragg, etc, and after a year or two maybe finagle your way in to a sot-a team, a support team for special forces, or just put in your packet for sf after you get to your duty station .at least, thats what im gunning for. I dont know, as i said, im still in the language school. as for 97 series, from what some of my classmates say, a language isn't mandatory for 97b, so make sure you get that in your contract too if you take that route. good luck. and remember, don't put too much stock in what a private has heard.

[PSYOP ROB]

Originally posted by Chairborne
Im a 98g, studying arabic at dli, and did airborne between basic and here. thats an anomaly, most dont go until after ait, if ever. if you want airborne, make sure its in your contract. their quota for airborne slots is seasonal, but if you are qualified for 98 or 97 series, they will stretch a little for you, I just told them either I get airborne or my 98 asvab and 300+ pt score is walking back to my job at burger king. that being said, as a golf, you dont go to rip. I stood there in front of the ranger recruiter at benning while he called out mos's they were accepting, im talking cooks and truck drivers her(god bless their souls), there arent any slots at the batt for golfs. But if you do somewhere down the road get an opportunity for ranger school, you will still never be a ranger, go ask a ranger about the difference between the tab and the scroll. That being said, you can go to DLI, then request benning or campbell or bragg, etc, and after a year or two maybe finagle your way in to a sot-a team, a support team for special forces, or just put in your packet for sf after you get to your duty station .at least, thats what im gunning for. I dont know, as i said, im still in the language school. as for 97 series, from what some of my classmates say, a language isn't mandatory for 97b, so make sure you get that in your contract too if you take that route. good luck. and remember, don't put too much stock in what a private has heard.
You could always go 37F and then try out for the Ranger Detachment in 9th POB. Although you will need a 110 GT or a waiver to hold the MOS. Make them give you DLI in writing in your contract.

[GackMan]

get your language in your contract!!!!!

and if you see KOREAN anywhere on that thing.... FUCKING RUN!!!!


Read for info on what language you want.

https://www.perscomonline.army.mil/epmpmilang/MI/98g.htm


The first test of your crypto skills will be figuring out why the fuck QB means Spanish.

[Purple36]

and if you see KOREAN anywhere on that thing.... FUCKING RUN!!!!

Unless you happen to like Korea and want to see it over and over and over........

[NWPTrainer]

Gackman,
Yo hablo espanol, y yo pienso QB is for nos soldados gringos quien hablamos......Quiero ......Beer!

Trans....
I speak Spanish, and I think the Qb is for us gringo soldiers who speak it......I want......Beer!
(Trust me, after having not used Spanish for two years, and then sitting down and translating for two hours foor a business contract....all I wanted was a friggin beer.....
RLTW

[Bohr Adam]

Originally posted by Lianluo


Unless you happen to like Korea and want to see it over and over and over........

Is it just me, or is someone implying that studying Arabic and other such nastiness is preferential to Korean?

Maybe it's the fact that I am still single, but I've spent my time in the desert and Arabic speaking women do noithing for me. Korean women, on the othe hand...

Does DLI teach Thai or Tagalog? That might be something to look into.

Women are a great motivator in learning to communicate - at least for me.


Adam (in Korea for 30 months and counting)

[Purple36]

Hi Adam, nothing against Korea, but for 97E and 98G it tends to mean you'll be stuck rotating between Lewis and Korea, Lewis and Korea, Lewis and Korea. At least that's how it was a few years ago. For 98G's it may have opened up more, I'm not up on the latest. I think they can go to HI as well. Having KP as an identifier can be limiting, that's all I'm saying. If you like Korea on the other hand.....go for it. I don't particularly, except for Kimchee and Bibimbop. DLI does teach Thai and Tagalog, not sure on the likelihood a 98 would get either one though. Chinese is a good language to get, less limiting, believe it or not. Opens up HI, Japan, Korea, Lewis and during the years no one cares about China, you can go anywhere. Then when they think it's needed again, cool TDYs come available.
The best thing to do is learn a language you are interested in though, more likelihood of graduating from the West Coast Wedding Chapel.

[sire24657]

Back to the original question about doesthe score dictate what language you get:

I scored either an 88 or 90 on the DLAB and they gave me Czech/Slovak...

As for Korean, I never, EVER, knew anyone who liked Korea. Wait, there was this one guy (a really tiwsted, perverted F^ck)...

Everyone else did not enjoy it (of course, we were in Germany when they were telling me this).

Good luck in your endeavors,

Sire24657

[GackMan]

Score matters on the DLAB.

But the scores don't equate to specific languages - just the cut off scores for language categories.

If you score over some magic number then you are quallified for any language in that group.

I can't remember what the magic number is but I think that a score of 105 opens the gates to all the cat IV languages... KP, JP, CM, & all teh flavors of arabic.

with a score of 90 you are good to go for Cat I, II, and maybe III.

not that any of that matters... "needs of the army" and a few waiver will get you into any language that you don't want.