Felix Schmieder
Verified Military
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- Dec 21, 2010
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Hi a friend of mine took his ASVAB and is in great shape. He was talking to the recruiters and he said he can get a bud/s contract with the navy or force recon contract with the Marines. Is this true or is the recruiter stretching the truth a bit?
In practical terms, will there be any difference in his day to day life if he goes either direction? He really wants to get into the spec ops world, so I believe he is leaning towards BUD/s because it's a shorter route, so to speak.
Is it still true that in FR, you go to Batt Recon first then are eventually "promoted" to FR? I think that might be a bit of a turn off for him cuz he wants to to do the oo-rah stuff asap, but I don't know if that has changed since marsoc. I know essentially that FR and seals are similar in most regards, but what about the difference between Batt Recon and FR; what is the real and practical difference there? I know Batt does recon within 10 miles and FR does stuff beyond that, but what does that really mean? Does Batt do cool oo-rah stuff there too?
Any help would be appreciated, I'm trying to give him the right info but I feel like I'm a bit uninformed now. My suggestion was that I would hedge my bet and go the FR route and eventually into MARSOC as I'd rather be a Marine rather than a seaman if I washed out for whatever reason
Thanks for your time
In practical terms, will there be any difference in his day to day life if he goes either direction? He really wants to get into the spec ops world, so I believe he is leaning towards BUD/s because it's a shorter route, so to speak.
Is it still true that in FR, you go to Batt Recon first then are eventually "promoted" to FR? I think that might be a bit of a turn off for him cuz he wants to to do the oo-rah stuff asap, but I don't know if that has changed since marsoc. I know essentially that FR and seals are similar in most regards, but what about the difference between Batt Recon and FR; what is the real and practical difference there? I know Batt does recon within 10 miles and FR does stuff beyond that, but what does that really mean? Does Batt do cool oo-rah stuff there too?
Any help would be appreciated, I'm trying to give him the right info but I feel like I'm a bit uninformed now. My suggestion was that I would hedge my bet and go the FR route and eventually into MARSOC as I'd rather be a Marine rather than a seaman if I washed out for whatever reason
Thanks for your time
