91B Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic Analysis

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A 91B Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic is responsible for anything that has wheels. They supervise and maintain the performance of the vehicles. A mechanic inspects, maintains, repairs, replaces, adjust, and test all the wheeled vehicles that are in the Army. They also do services on the electrical, starting, and charging systems of an automobile. A 91B will also make recovery operations. A recovery operation is a mission where a squad of mechanics will go out to a battlefield to recover a broke down vehicle so that the enemy will not go out and fix the vehicle to use the automobile against us.
Getting into the Army to be a 91B is not a very difficult thing to do the recruit just has to have his/ her mind set on accomplishing the goal of getting into
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They do real life scenarios when training with the guns and hand grenades. Week five through seven are physical test on obstacle courses where the recruit will be tested on the recruit’s performance. This is the week the recruits get prepared for week eight. Week eight is the real testing week. This is where all the recruits will be doing the physical fitness test. The recruit will be tested on a two-mile time run, two-minute push up count, and a two minute sit up count. If the recruit does not perform in the guide line the recruit will not pass boot camp. Week nine through ten is getting ready for graduation. While the soldier is at boot camp the soldier is getting paid the whole time. So all of that money is just pilling up in the soldier’s bank account that has been set up in week zero of boot camp. Now the soldier can let it build up while he or she is at AIT …show more content…
For a 91B they will go back to the base and start to fix the vehicles better so that they will have the vehicles perfect for the next time they deploy. Every MOS has a time length to the job. A 91B's time length is three years. After the three years is up the soldier has an option to keep the job, get a new job, or get out of the Army. If someone will want to be an expert at being a 91B he/her will want to make a career out of the MOS. To retire from the Army and get paid the soldier has to the in there for at least a total of ten years. Retirement pay is based on the job the soldier had and how many years they have been in the

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