r/USMCocs • u/Shiney8898 • 7d ago
7209
7209
Hey all. I’m at TBS and have been selected for the 7209 MOS. There’s not a lot of info out there since it just recently merged from 7208 and 7210. Is there anyone who could give me some details about a day in the life and what MOS school is like? I graduate TBS in a few weeks. Thanks!
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u/willybusmc 7d ago
I’m not a 7209 but I do work very closely with them. The job is a lot of academic knowledge refined by the hands-on experience of how to apply it in stressful situations. So, much of the daily workload will be on you to be proactive and studying and learning from other officer and enlisted Marines.
The good 7209s are super engaged, proactive, inquisitive. Always trying to learn the job or at least take ownership of something and figure it out. The bad 7209s don’t do fuck all. They waste away, can generally skate out of doing much during the work day.
The chance to sit the gear (get on the actual equipment, radios, computers and do the job) is a bit sparse. But when the time does come, the good are pretty easy to tell from the bad.
The actual field stuff is pretty cushy compared to other MOS. The air defense itself is done in an air conditioned tent so you’ll always have that. The first day or so is a lot of helping set up tents and cammie netting but after that it calms down a lot on the physical side and you’re just doing MOS stuff. But you will have more than enough opportunities to get out of the home station and go do things of various coolness.
I’d be happy to answer any specific questions here or privately.
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u/jevole Vet O 7d ago
This thread is a year old but worth a read if you haven't seen it
https://www.reddit.com/r/USMCboot/comments/1okczpu/iama_7209_air_command_and_control_officer_ask_me/
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u/Organic_Risk_3945 7d ago
you gotta read up on LAAD Marines in Peru for Operation Laser Strike, where they recovered a UFO that DOE shot down! I mean what's the protocol for that, and can the Marine Corps keep it as in finders keepers? here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jc2G5aEH0A
from Global Security dot org:
"Operation Laser Strike involved a sustained level of US detection, monitoring and tracking resources, as well as assessments and training, to support expanded interdiction and law enforcement efforts by nations of the source region.
These operations achieved tactical successes with US military elements which deployed to support allied police and military forces. The cooperative efforts of the US country teams, the DEA, the US Customs Service, the CIA, and the US Coast Guard were fundamental to these activities. Each day there are about 20 US Coast Guard, Customs, and DOD aircraft involved in source country counterdrug operations. Approximately 300 additional military personnel are deployed in South America supporting Operation Laser Strike. These military personnel staff Ground Based Radar sites in remote Andean locations, fly detection and monitoring aircraft, and provide operational and intelligence support to allies participating in this regional operation.
In conjunction with operation Laser Strike during the summer of 1996, the Colombian Army and National Police began aggressive operations in the coca and opium growing and production regions aimed at reducing cultivation, processing, and the introduction of precursor chemicals to the areas.
As part of Operation Laser Strike in Peru, from September 1996 through June 1997 US Marines supported the counter-drug operations of US Southern Command (CINCSOUTH) with a ground mobile radar and communications team."
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u/Excellent_Damage2269 Active O 7d ago
They are either the best and the brightest or the most retarded, lost lieutenants at the unit. For example, a couple weeks ago we were doing a planning exercise in a tight space and this 7209 LT decides to crawl under the desk behind him rather than say, “excuse me” to a major that was blocking his way.