![]() ![]() Then once you're in the 3rd semester of your language course you'll get what's called an OPSEC PME where they go into in-depth explanations of what comes next (basically all the shit they're not allowed to tell you before your clearance gets approved).Gung ho ( / ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ ˈ h oʊ/) is an English term, with the current meaning of "overly enthusiastic or energetic". When you first arrive you get put in MAT Plt (Marines Awaiting Training) and NCOs from the staff like to hold hour-long classes for y'all during the duty day and often give the opportunity to ask away. The language training can get pretty heavy especially with all the other duties command likes to put on us, but the camaraderie here is amazing and you'll always have a shit ton of buddies that can help you.Īs for the duty station and fleet questions, you'll get answers about all of that once you get here. Relang isn't a thing, at least not for us. Right now there's a big push for Russian and Arabic (+dialects). I couldn't find a Marine Corps specific video, but this one which the Army made for their 35P MOS gives a decent description of the specific job, which has a lot of crossover to the USMC. Marine Corps knowledge, discipline and inspections, uniforms, standards, etc Physical fitness, martial arts, swimming, etc Skills is battlefield maneuvers, firearms, equipment, etc Technical skills with equipment, reports, and processes, job knowledge, rules, etc Language skills and cultural and regional competency So for a Marine, there are a lot of things going on both ![]() I won't go into the details here, but it makes for an interesting dynamic as Marines much prefer to be with other Marines doing Marine Corps stuff than with other services doing joint stuff. The Cryptologic Support Battalion has various companies and detachments at joint locations doing work more for the whole DOD rather than just the Marine Corps. The Radio Battalions are at the largest Marine Corps bases - Camp Lejeune on the East Coast, Camp Pendleton on the West Coast, and Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii. Marine Corps linguists can perform in one of two different environments essentially - the Radio Battalion, or the Cryptologic Support Battalion. ![]() All the services want to focus on Russian and Chinese, but still have a need for other languages. Off the top of my head I believe Marines get Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Indonesian, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog. However if they get kicked out of DLI for disciplinary, the Marine Corps will put them through the ringer, maybe doing tough manual labor in the middle of the California desert. If a Marine can't make it through DLI in one shot they are doing something else, most likely intel related. The Marines rarely if ever do wash backs. They also know that they usually only have one chance. ![]() They can focus more on individuals Marines and use positive and negative peer pressure to get amazing results. I want to emphasize that they are the smallest branch there. The overall result of their efforts is that proportionally the Marines have higher graduation rates, higher GPAs, higher test scores, and more awards than any other group at DLI. The Marines may give an experienced NCO to be a halftime instructor for DLI, and then keep them in the Marine Corps Detachment to focus on Marine Corps stuff the other half of the time. The other services especially the Army and the Air Force give a lot of cadre to the language training mission and focus on all the students. The Marines focus on taking care of Marines (which isn't bad). They also do things like tutor one another, check on homework for one another. They invest a lot in their own development as Marines which means a lot of workouts early in the morning. Marines are the smallest group at DLI and tend to do very well overall. Like all other Marines, linguist Marines are riflemen first. ![]()
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