Sweetfeet, just to try to give you a better understanding from what has been posted here.....
Military mechanics are broken down into levels, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and depot.
1st is operator stuff. Vehicle checks/inspection, replace simple stuff, like mising bolts and nuts, maybe a fender.
2nd level are trained mechanics at the lowest unit level like company mechanic. A company level mechanic is still based on vehicle type. Light wheel, heavy wheel, tank hull, tank turret and so on. These guys check on fault found by the operator trouble shoot and replace small parts, starters, alternators ect.
3rd level is support maint. Here you will have people that are maybe a diesel tech or hudraulics mechanic. They don't do rebuilds, they replace parts and major componants.
Depot level has very few militarty folks working there. Most of government civilian workers. They do the rebuilds on almost everything. It's really something to see a tank completely disassembled! Most of the active duty folks at depot are NOT mechanics. They are clerks who keep trackof the paper works and of course the commanding officer.
Now most civilian outfits know how militarry mechanics are trained and are not going to hire a guy who was a diesel mechanic in service as a mechanic. They know he didn't rebuild engines. They may hire him as a mechanics helper. I know a guy who was a heavy construction equipment mechanic in the Army for 4 years. After he got out he had to use his GI bill to go back to school to get a job.
I darn sure am not going to tell you he shouldn't join. I am going to tell you to make sure he knows that the recruiter may not have told him everything or may have lied.
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