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Old 03-23-2013, 11:12 AM  
sarettah
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
Recently someone a new friend has entered my social group who claims he is a former US Marine. He tells us he's served three tours of combat duty, and was in Recon. However, when I asked him what his MOS was he couldn't give me a number.... Seems like half of the former Marines I know claim they were in Recon. So I started to question him further he didn't seem to understand the difference between a PI Marine and a Hollywood Marine....

Am I right to be suspicious here? I mean, every Marine knows their MOS (0352, 8513) and every Marine knows the difference between PI and Hollywood, right?

What other questions can I ask him about the Marines that would verify my guess?
Depends on when he was in the service. In the Navy (so I assume about the same time as the Marines) theyd did not start using MOS heavily until the 80's. I got out in 1982, I had heard some stuff about MOS and they started throwing around numbers but I never really knew what my MOS was. I was an Ocean Systems Technician and that is what I knew.

So, if he is saying he is recently a Marine but does not know shit about MOS then he is probably bullshit. If he was a Marine back in the 70's then he might not know shit aabout what an MOS is.

just my

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