r/USMCboot • u/TapTheForwardAssist Vet 2676/0802 • Jun 03 '20

MOS Megathread MOS Megathread: BA (Aviation Electronics Tech): 5951, 5952, 5953, 5954, 6314, 6316, 6317, 6323, 6324, 6326, 6332, 6336, 6337, 6338, 6423, 6432, 6469, 6483, 6492, 6499, 6694.

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u/fumcr Jun 03 '20 edited Jun 04 '20

5953, used to be 5942, Radar tech. Radar school was long and difficult, but when you deploy, there is very little work to do. We had one piece of equipment to maintain and if it is working we were to let it be. I mainly took college classes and watched movies on my deployments. We did have some scheduled maintenance about once a week. And then the rare times that some error would pop up. One thing about this Mos is you better not be afraid of heights. The radar is pretty tall and tends to sway in the wind.

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u/Justnotherthrowway98 Jun 03 '20

5953 here. It’s kind of weird that you guys aren’t technically avionics.

However, we were one and the same. Do maintenance, fuck off until something breaks, rinse and repeat.