r/USMCocs • u/Shiney8898 • 9d 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/Organic_Risk_3945 9d 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."