4 Jun 2021
Some junior enlisted jobs are hot. If you are an infantryman on a 12-mile ruck in the middle of a Fort Irwin desert, or a Navy fireman on an amphibious ship in Main Machinery Room #1, or a Marine digging a defensive position on Range 400 at 29 Palms, you don’t need me to tell you are hot. You are hot every day.
When you get to the civilian job market, some Marines, soldiers, airmen, Coasties and sailors like you find out they are hotter than they thought on the job market. And some are surprised to find out they are not so hot. A few Marine or Army military occupational specialties (MOS), Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC), and Navy and Coast Guard rates fare better than others when it comes to getting a good civilian job. Does your military job qualify as hot?
Keel laid for US Navy’s 74th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer April 7, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
On April 6, 2021, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the keel laying of the future USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG 124), the US Navy’s 74th Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer.
Photo: GD Bath Iron Works
The US Navy named the ship in honor of Marine Corps Col. Harvey C. Barnum, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient who attended Tuesday’s ceremony.
Col. Barnum served in the Vietnam War and continued to serve his country afterward, eventually being named Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). The ship’s sponsor is Martha Hill, Col. Barnum’s wife.