dlab? and something else

[Anonymous]

whats a DLAB? and does anyone know what psyops is like. i'm interested in this MOS and how is it different from Mental Health MOS? Does anyone know where the AIT is conducted for these MOS 's and how long each training is as well as the differences like what you would be doing in each job? I'd really appreciate any information. Can I also do Airborne school or is that an MOS as well? thank you, Marie

marienunez@excite.com

[Anonymous]

Hi, i don't know that much...but i can tell ya what i know. the DLAB is Defense Langauge Aptitude Battery, i think. it's the test you'll need to pass to get into DLI the Defense Langauge Institute. I'm not sure if that's where you'd bwe going or not though. When I go in, I'll be getting in intel job, and since mine actually has to do with langauges, that's my plan. I also got jumping school in my contract. If by Airborne School you mean yuo wanna pilot and stuff, I guess that would be a job in itself, but if you just want wings, it can be included in your training. Hope I helped at least a little bit, I'll let the rest to the pros! Good Luck, Nina

[Anonymous]

: Hi, i don't know that much...but i can tell ya what i know. the DLAB is
: Defense Langauge Aptitude Battery, i think. it's the test you'll need to
: pass to get into DLI the Defense Langauge Institute. I'm not sure if
: that's where you'd bwe going or not though. When I go in, I'll be getting
: in intel job, and since mine actually has to do with langauges, that's my
: plan. I also got jumping school in my contract. If by Airborne School you
: mean yuo wanna pilot and stuff, I guess that would be a job in itself, but
: if you just want wings, it can be included in your training. Hope I helped
: at least a little bit, I'll let the rest to the pros! Good Luck, Nina


thanx nina :)

marienunez@excite.com

[Anonymous]

The other young lady is right about the DLAB. Psoyps deals with psychological warfare. Best way to put it is how to undermine the enemy without firing a shot. A Mental Health MOS is a medical MOS that deals with people with personal and psychological problems. The first is used against the enemy, the second it to help the troops. Can't tell you how long their AIT's are, but mental health is done at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas and if I remember right psyops is done at Ft. Benning, Alabama. Also if I remember right psyops falls under either the MP's or CID, I think CID.

Airborne is a special skill identifier on your MOS. You can request to go to the school, but usually it is reserved for those personnel being assigned to the 82nd Airborne. Other divisions have slots, but they're hard to come by. If you want to go airborne, I would enlist for the 82nd otherwise the slots are usually allocated for men, sometimes women.

[Anonymous]

: The other young lady is right about the DLAB. Psoyps deals with psychological
: warfare. Best way to put it is how to undermine the enemy without firing a
: shot. A Mental Health MOS is a medical MOS that deals with people with
: personal and psychological problems. The first is used against the enemy,
: the second it to help the troops. Can't tell you how long their AIT's are,
: but mental health is done at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas and if I remember
: right psyops is done at Ft. Benning, Alabama. Also if I remember right
: psyops falls under either the MP's or CID, I think CID.
:
: Airborne is a special skill identifier on your MOS. You can request to go to
: the school, but usually it is reserved for those personnel being assigned
: to the 82nd Airborne. Other divisions have slots, but they're hard to come
: by. If you want to go airborne, I would enlist for the 82nd otherwise the
: slots are usually allocated for men, sometimes women.


Paula, thanx for your response. I have a couple more questions 1) what is CID?

2) What would a psyops specialist do during peacetime? Thanx again,

marie

marienunez@excite.com

[Anonymous]

CID is Central Intelligence Division. The best way I can think to equate to the civilian sector would be like the FBI is to a police department. They are special agents that deal with things like black marketeering, drug running, murder investigations, etc. They are the military police but with a lot more punch and a lot more specialities.

It would be hard to tell you what psyops does during peace because most of their work is classified, but I do know that they input for setting up for counter intelligence, help develope the curriculum for the POW training schools, develope counter propoganda, research syrums, things along that line.

Remember that although we are at "peace" we are not at "peace". We still have much "secret" work that is going on. Although the "cold war" is supposedly over there are still threats all around us and I guess you could say at the least psyops contributes to undermining those threats.

[Anonymous]

: Paula, thanx for your response. I have a couple more questions 1) what is
: CID?
:
: 2) What would a psyops specialist do during peacetime? Thanx again,
:
: marie


Here's a link: http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/PSYOP/default.html a good page to check out about psyop.

keeva6@hotmail.com

[Anonymous]

: whats a DLAB? and does anyone know what psyops is like. i'm interested in
: this MOS and how is it different from Mental Health MOS? Does anyone know
: where the AIT is conducted for these MOS 's and how long each training is
: as well as the differences like what you would be doing in each job? I'd
: really appreciate any information. Can I also do Airborne school or is
: that an MOS as well? thank you, Marie


Thank you Paula and Keeva for that helpful information. :). If i have childrend do you think psyops is for me? I'm really intrested in this MOS but i'm wondering what impact it'll have on my family in terms of my absence and being moved around alot. Thank you very much once again for all your answers!!! marie

marienunez@excite.com

[Anonymous]

: Thank you Paula and Keeva for that helpful information. :). If i have
: childrend do you think psyops is for me? I'm really intrested in this MOS
: but i'm wondering what impact it'll have on my family in terms of my
: absence and being moved around alot. Thank you very much once again for
: all your answers!!! marie


In PSYOP a lot of the missions are classified, I believe your family can’t know where you are on missions like those. That’s definitely a negative side of it. PSYOP, you get to play games with people’s minds...... a rewarding experience.

Here is another page to check out, I meant to post it last time but I had forgotten what I titled it and couldn’t find it in my browser.

http://www-cgsc.army.mil/cal/LETDD/600-25/chap14.htm#14-1

keeva6@hotmail.com

[Anonymous]

The best thing I can tell you that it's like any other MOS. You are subject to the whims of the military as far as moving around. TDY's are a fact of life, they occur. Field problems, depending where you are at, occur quarterly or more.

It will make a difference if you join as an officer or enlisted. It will make a difference if you are put into field work or administrative work.

These are all factors that drive your absences from home.

The best I can tell you about children is if you don't have a problem, they won't have a problem. With psyops it can get confusing because most of your work you will not be able to talk about. If you can't keep a secret, this isn't the job for you. But I learned with my child early on to ingrain into him that there were times I had to do a job simply because the Army said I had to. That kept me from having to reveal classified information as well as indotrinating him early that the Army drove my life, not me.