MOS 88L Water Craft Engineer

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[@greenthousands]

2004-12, I was a contractor who worked on tech pubs for LT, LSV 1-6, LSV 7-8, LCM-8, BD. I think we did some PMCS stuff for ST, too. The Army watercraft community was a great group to work with. We had retired 88K and 88L as well as a couple of Army Reserve who functioned as SMEs, tech writers. The process was not perfect, we had to work under the direction of NAVSEA Carderock, but it was a rewarding experience.

[@matthewmiller5530]

I retired as one of only 54 active E-7s in the field in 2018. I was looking at the 7 list and knew 51 of the names. loved the mos. started out on the LCU 2015 in the 329th in 1997.

[@jerseyalcoholicdrunkenadve9058]

How hard is it to get into?

[@nudel6750]

329 has since been reactivated and is the largest at fort Eustis.

[@nudel6750]

@@jerseyalcoholicdrunkenadve9058 the MOS has a fairly difficult starting course of 10 weeks besides that it’s not that bad.

[@workermannamrekrow2768]

Didn't know the army had its own navy.

[@pervertricojoe8970]

Homeboy got an ESWS pin in the Army. Wish I knew about this job before I went into the Navy.

[@lioncelica5170]

Why, would it have been better in some way than the Navy?

[@Savage22223]

@@lioncelica5170wouldn’t have to sleep in them shxtttttyyyyy Bunks In the navy duhhhhhh

[@lioncelica5170]

@@Savage22223 A shitty bunk in the Navy sounds like a dream. Sleeping in a foxhole up to your knees in water when it's below freezing is horrible. A roof over your head every night sounds like a cakewalk

[@junterkang2797]

I know half the people in this video. It’s a small field.

[@Zaga_Zow]

This is a great job

[@caveman__27]

*joins army for the navy like a boss*

[@johnrodriguez3870]

WHAAAAAT.......?! The Army has Watercraft Operators and Engineers? And I thought, as a Marine and Soldier, Myself, that, solely the Navy and Coast Guard had Boatswain's Mate Rates.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

The army has its own brownwater navy.

[@jackdaniels2657]

The army has divers too and the airforce believe it or not the army has more helicopters and planes and more opportunity to fly then the airforce. The army has far more jobs then the navy or marines. The army also has its one space force

[@Patriot46426]

​@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 been to Alaska and Korea on the boat not brown water

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

🤨 ...Do you know what brown water means, @@Patriot46426 ?

[@gregw849]

Great MOS. WATERBORNE

[@jasonrogers3408]

i just signed my contract for this job

[@majorjones4669]

What did you score on the ASVAB ? And was it any bonuses ?

[@thestonedsailor6072]

Looks like you can get out and take those great skills into the private sector, and make big money.

[@blkhemi3925]

This has to be the Army's best kept secret.

[@davidbogovich243]

MOS 88U Check this out.

[@user-xz1wy4to4o]

why not just join the navy?

[@blkhemi3925]

@@user-xz1wy4to4o you don't have to wear that stupid hat lol.

[@nudel6750]

@@user-xz1wy4to4o I’m an 88L, we have a way smaller crew and almost exclusively go to Japan, a lot of our x navy guys say its a lot more fun.

[@nudel6750]

@@jadenspires1891 both jobs have very profitable civilian career paths, as a Lima I’ll tell you the initial schooling can be hard to grasp, but I never studied in high school and even I was able to pass. Kilo school is shorter and easier but gets a lot harder with your later schooling. Both are a lot of working with your hands and there’s a lot of thinking and brain work involved. Personally it’s one of the best jobs to get if your thinking of your civilian career, it’ll teach you a lot.

[@patedinger8797]

Ha - the places I've seen and stories I could tell!!!

[@matthewvoiland1076]

i can say the same. been on the 2,4 and 5

[@FBI-ck4yh]

Would you be able to tell me the places you’ve been to as a 88L

[@patedinger8797]

Hawaii, Alaska, Korea, Japan, canal zone, Spain, England, marshall islands, Solomon islands, Johnston Atoll, up and down the east coast, Porto Rico, Bahamas, and everywhere in between

[@johnsimms818]

Harbor craft operator 61b20 Ft Eustis 66/67 612th heavy boat 612th !

[@dezikistler1596]

Hehe my brother looks so cool here 👁👄👁

[@Silver-vh7wu]

kek

[@Stickmanvan2]

If i wanted to be a ship engineer and work in the engine room of a large vessel what reasons would i have for joining this Army MOS over a Navy or coast Guard rate doing the same thing? What benefits does this Army job have over doing it in the seagoing services?

[@ryan215553]

Bonuses and cool guy schools

[@kirkules391]

Different uniforms

[@wongtimefunguy]

Ask to jump out of an airplane at ft benning?

[@matthewvoiland1076]

you won't have to bunk with 90 MFr's

[@MWDJR173]

Short Answer: ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED “MOS TITLE: ARMY SAILOR”!

[@kid_vicious26]

Do you live on the boat

[@Patriot46426]

On the LSV and LCU you have state rooms. LCU is smaller than the LSV.

[@ghosterides9039]

93-96 LSV-2 Aloha! 🌈

[@Patriot46426]

2000 to 2007

[@whifu3219]

Is this a rare MOS

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

yes