Maggie’s Asking about a marine MOS

[Gerald in Ga 2]

Howdy,
First off is that I have never served in the Military. I respect and I am thankful for all military branches. I have two sons in different branches who have served two tours and a daughter who served in Iraq. I mean no disrespect to anyone for asking this question .
I have a question about an MOS that I have recently came across and the owner of this MOS is indicating that they were a door gunner in Iraq and suffered problems from holding on to the door gun in their arms and hands. This person talks about kills and action that they were a part of. The MOS is 6046. Does this sound right.

Thank Ya'll.

 

[ArmaHeavy]

Go here...

https://www.google.com/search?q=Marine+6046&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS440US440&oq=Marine+6046&aqs=chrome..69i57.5702j0j1&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

From there, i found this...

Marine Corps Enlisted Job Descriptions -- 6046 -- Aircraft Maintenance Administration Specialist

 

[Gerald in Ga 2]

Thank you . I have looked it up. That is why I asked the question. I do not know what that means.

 

[ArmaHeavy]

I'd take it as a double edged sword, so to speak. He could have ridden in a helicopter a couple of times, as his job is aviation related, but from my military experience(Army wise) the crew chiefs usually do the door gun duties, and I have heard of Infantrymen in the Army, in certain places, being assigned door gunner duties, but never actual jobs, even though I have heard of other service branches having something that resembled a a specific job as door gunner, I haven't heard anything about the Marine Corps having a door gunner MOS(I'm not saying there is or isn't).

It's a different story everywhere you go, and it varies from posting to posting, unit to unit, deployment to deployment, on what your job will be, and if it actually mirrors what you were taught in your MOS training.


***Update***
Apparently the Marine Corp has MOS 6199-Ariel Gunner

 

[Pinecone]

From the description, 6046 is a paper pusher.

May do door gunner at times, but main job is behind a desk.

 

[Gerald in Ga 2]

Thank Ya'll very much for the replies. I tend to think this person is overstating their role in Iraq. But I guess I'll never know for sure.

 

[Tracker1833]

Admin specialist denotes a desk job. I am a 1833 Assault Amphibian Tractor Crewman. Ask him what unit he served with then google that unit their official page should turn up then check for their unit history. every unit in the Corps keeps one. it should be able to cross reference his claims of time in country.
As an educated guess. he is way overstating his duties. Most of those guys never left the wire in-country. If they did go on ride alongs its possible to see action but still fishy.
I hate calling out other Marines but honesty is important.
Good luck.

 

[Graham]

Asking about a marine MOS

'...problems from holding on to the door gun with your arms and hands.'?!!

Marines: Tech to door gunner, once or twice in Somalia I would believe.

Admin to door gunner in Iraq, not so much. Did he ride in a helicopter, windows open, with his gun? Very likely, as that happens all the time.

That said, these days you never really know.

 

[Flying Goose]

Problems from holding on to the gun with arms and hands?... If my memory serves correct there was a mount that slung in place on all the birds I was on so he would have never "held" the gun only aimed and maybe supported it. I would look more into this if your looking to pin him against the wall.

 

[Slapchop]