question about marine corps jobs..most dangerous?

[Jim P]

okay, i know this is a very stupid question, and yes i know ALL jobs in the military can be life threatening..but

which job do you think would be the most life threatening?

0311 infantry, or 0331 heavy gunner?

[249gunner]

0311 Rifleman..you do all sortsa sh*t. Its a bigger MOS, the MOS that actually goes through room clearing.
75% of the casualties happen in CQB and house to house fighting.
Its the most accepted when applying for recon or sniper school.

0331...is a pretty motivating MOS that annoys snipers.
Theyre at the center of attention in a firefight, pretty much, while the 0311s go in for the kill.

oh and 31s are just called machine gunners, they do use 50 cals and Mk19s.

[Olan Black]

as a rule of thumb, when you are fighting the enemy the first thing you want to target is the heavy weapons or automatic weapons. with that being said it would seem like the machine gunner, but most of the time the machine gun is placed in a position where it is hard to get enemy fires on it. there is no stat to say which job if any has a higher chance of being killed or injured. right now one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq is driving a truck (roadside bombs)

[crazy]

infantry is a job, heavy gunner is a position. Join the Army and get a real job (over 150)