![]() The course ends with three weeks of Army Combat and Tactical Equipment, Titanium Welding, Depleted Uranium, Introduction to Battle Damage Assessment and Repair Operations, TAMMS (The Army Maintenance Management System), ETMs (Electronic Technical Manuals) and PMCS Procedures (Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services) and Department of the Army Forms. Included are 23 hours of introduction to machining, 52 hours of bench layout operations, 192 hours of lathe operations and 82 hours of milling operations. These machines are equipped with Haas Intuitive Programming System (IPS), which can create parts programs with very little effort, and allows programs to be uploaded from separate computers. They use Haas Automation, Inc., toolroom lathes (TL-1’s) and toolroom mills (TM-1’s). CNC technology allows the machinist to manufacture single or multiple parts with speed and accuracy that is not possible on any manual machine. ![]() They use Computer numerical control (CNC) machining, which is a machining process in which a computer controls the movements of the lathe or milling machine using a program made up of numerical code called “G Code”. What he would study is Machine Shop Fundamentals and Safety, Precision Measuring Tools, Metal Identification, Precision Layout, Operate Hand and Machine drills, Hand Threading Operations, Thread repair, Countersinking, Counter boring, and Reaming, Riveting Operations, Lathe Operations and Vertical Milling Machine Operations. The normal AIT (Advanced Individual Training) for that MOS is 19 weeks, 2 days long, but this person would skip the welding part of 8 weeks. That is Army MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) 91E Allied Trades Specialist. After basic training he would transfer to the Army Ordnance School at Fort Lee, Virginia (Petersburg), for training as a machinist/welder. It is tough, it is hard, it is exhilarating, and it is fun but still physically hard. Training would consist of 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training, it is not easy. Plus his family has free medical and dental care. Add half of the BAH and he will have $1,371.81 deposited in his bank account twice monthly, while he is in training. BAH for this area for an E-4 is 876.00 per month and BAH is not taxed. So with $1,097.25 per pay period and deductions of Social Security – 68.03, Medicare – 15.91, Federal tax – 43.00, MO state tax – 29.00 (claiming married – 1), and SGLI (Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance) of 200,000 instead of the max 400,000 – 7.50 equals a net pay of $933.81, but this welder is married, so having taken his marriage certificate, wife’s and children birth certificates and social security cards with him during processing into the Army, he also draws BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing). The military pays twice monthly, on the 1st and the 15th, by direct deposit. The 2019 base pay for grade E-4, with under two years of service is $2,194.50 per month. I know a couple people who fit that description, and welders are paid well so I ran some numbers. I was recently told by an Army recruiter that a person who has completed a welding school, is an AWS (American Welding Society) certified welder, and has two years’ experience, may enlist in pay grade E-4 Specialist. Truck drivers, mechanics, EMT are some that fall within the ACASP. There is the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program (ACASP), under which people may enlist at a higher rank and attend less training to become MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) qualified. People become interested in the military for a variety of reasons, patriotism, adventure, steady paycheck, security, etc. This is for the person who already has a skill and becomes interested in service. ![]() This story about the Army is from a different approach. Subscription rates are Maries, Osage, and Gasconade County = $23.55 per year, elsewhere in Missouri = $26.77, outside Missouri = $27.00, and foreign countries = $40.00. If you would like to see the current articles as they are published, you may subscribe to The Belle Banner by calling 57, or email or mail to The Belle Banner, PO Box 711, Belle, MO 65013. This was originally published in The Belle Banner, Belle Missouri January 30th 2019. ![]()
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