littlefish1112
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I'm looking to go SARC and just curious do any of them ever get an opportunity to attend the JTAC school? I think it'd be a pretty cool qual to have
No.I'm looking to go SARC and just curious do any of them ever get an opportunity to attend the JTAC school? I think it'd be a pretty cool qual to have
Thanks for the reply, seal is definitely something I'd like to do but my yg isn't being looked at anymore. I kinda blew my chance in 2nd phase. So just looking forward and jtac is a job ive been wanting to do. But I also have aspirations of doing something in the medical field later on in life so SARC seems fitting. It would just be a bonus to get the qual. Thanks for the insight!I doubt it because your niche is so specialized. However I do not know for sure. On the otherhand, SEAL and SWCC both are able to attend JTAC.
Fing awesome post!Honestly, if youre a SARC, the last thing in the world you’ll be worried about is getting to JTAC school once youre in the job and doing it.
Right now youre just young & excited to get going into the service - nobody blames you fir your eagerness. But in the idea of a little mentorship consider how those two jobs interact and how quickly they pull apart..
From the example of a traditional OEF/IF/IR sense alone: JTAC is constantly trying to find work out on any objective. He’s working his radios alongside the GFC’s walking antenna farm of comm & sig managing and controlling assets coming in and out from likely a C2 position, designated truck, whatever. He’s very much in the fight but he’s also farting around with entry points, play times, grids, and talking to pilots. He’s in a great position to get behind a 60mm tube or a long gun if said long gun guy is feeling generous. Crew served weapons always appreciate tender hands too.
SARC is very likely with the main element pushing the fight with the guys and hoping to hell he doesnt wind up having to suddenly work on someone or even himself. He knows the whole scheme of maneuver through and through, knows his primary & secondary pre-planned emergency evac points (none of them look like the map study), and his MBTR is just waiting for the right moment to shit the bed. Also everyone knows he wishes he joined the Marine Corps instead..
All seriousness though..
Times are different as we shift to near peer and Ive never experienced that sort of conflict but I depicted that very small glimpse but familiar story to demonstrate what those two jobs entail.
Both of these jobs are HUGE on their own. They are arguably the most important jobs of now and back then. A lot of people are home with their families today because of the jobs those guys performed.
Only way an Ops chief signs off on your school nom to JTAC is if the class is so short on students its at risk for being cancelled. Even then a radio operator or someone more justifiable than the Navy SARC is going to go - the fuckin motor t guy might get the nod before you.
Thats okay though because SARCS & Corpsman are my favorite Marines anyway. Hope you make it to the end bud, cheers.
Thats okay though because SARCS & Corpsman are my favorite Marines anyway. Hope you make it to the end bud, cheers.