Know what the fuck you're talking about first.
I'm not talking about legit stolen valor detectives like BMC Shipley
Talking about the run-of-the-mill dude who confronts someone wearing some innocuous mil clothing in public like a Navy ballcap with a ship's name or something dumb like that.
One of their favorite questions is "what was your MOS". Well...……...if you served in the Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard the correct answer would be "none" or "I don't know". Why? Because those services do not use Military Occupation Specialty codes. The Navy and CG use Ratings (two or three letter alphabetical codes) to designate an enlisted man's occupational specialty and Designators (four digit numerical codes) for their officers' warfare or technical specialty. The Air Force uses AFSC (Air Force Specialty Codes) but I don't know much about those.
I'm not talking about legit stolen valor detectives like BMC Shipley
Talking about the run-of-the-mill dude who confronts someone wearing some innocuous mil clothing in public like a Navy ballcap with a ship's name or something dumb like that.
One of their favorite questions is "what was your MOS". Well...……...if you served in the Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard the correct answer would be "none" or "I don't know". Why? Because those services do not use Military Occupation Specialty codes. The Navy and CG use Ratings (two or three letter alphabetical codes) to designate an enlisted man's occupational specialty and Designators (four digit numerical codes) for their officers' warfare or technical specialty. The Air Force uses AFSC (Air Force Specialty Codes) but I don't know much about those.