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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Ah, I think I see your confusion. Is it true that in the US a reservist must have served full time first?
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Negative. Prior service is not required. The reserve unit I was in, 1st Bn, 23rd Regiment, USMCR, from what I remember, most of the enlisted personel did not have prior service. A lot of the Staff NCO's (E-6 & up) had some prior service, and I know of at least one Captain who did, but most of the troops did not.
My Gunny at the time, the S-4, was a Vietnam veteran, and the S-4, a Capt. was in Beruit when it got bombed. I think the Capt got into some trouble over that, but I don't know the whole story, just rumors.
To keep on subject, there was a STA (Surveilance & Target Aquisition)platoon. I don't know how well trained they were, but thier primary MOS was infantry.