Can Cav Scouts become Rangers?

19D is the Cavalry Scout MOS (it’s what I enlisted as originally before I was told that 19Ds can’t become Rangers). Because the 75th has its own scout company (the Regimental Reconnaissance Company), it doesn’t recruit from the 19D MOS. So no, you can’t get an Opt.

Is 19D a combat MOS?

Civilian Jobs Similar to 19D Since this is a combat-oriented job, there’s no true civilian equivalent. But you will learn many skills in training that will transfer to civilian jobs, such as driving trucks, operating radio equipment, and surveying.

Are Cav Scouts Special Forces?

Cavalry Scouts are trained covert operation and direct force specialists. Scouts use their special training to obtain, distribute, and share vital combat and battlefield intelligence on the enemy and on combat circumstances and environmental conditions.

Do Cav Scouts get blue cords?

The infantry blue cord is presented to all infantry-qualified soldiers in the U.S. Army at the end of their Advanced Individual Training. Commissioned officers earn their blue cord after graduating from the U.S. Army Infantry School’s Infantry Officer Basic Course (IBOLC)….

Infantry blue cord
First awarded1952

Which is better cav scout or infantry?

The biggest difference is scouts go look for the enemy and try not to get decisively engaged. The Infantry closes with the enemy and destroys them. Both jobs are important but have very different culture. The infantry is bigger and has more options.

Do cav scouts wear cowboy hats?

Cavalry Scouts are the only authorized people to wear them. Or if you are in a Cavalry unit they might allow you to wear one. Cavalry Scouts are allowed to wear a Stetson as soon as they graduate OSUT for 19D. Cav Scouts are also allowed to wear spurs as long as they completed the spur ride.

Where do 19D get stationed?

Duty Stations

  • Benning, GA.
  • Bliss, TX.
  • Bragg, NC.
  • Campbell, KY.
  • Carson, CO.
  • Drum, NY.
  • Eustis, VA.
  • Hood, TX.

Are cav scouts POGs?

So, even POGs pick on cav scouts because cav scouts are POGs trying to act like they’re not. (Kind of like how the geeks in high school would pick on the geeks who tried to pretend they weren’t geeks.) There’s nothing wrong with being a POG.