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11B vs YN

Infantryman (USA) vs Yeoman (USN)

Intel

Army: "I woke up at 0430 for PT in a muddy field." Navy: "I woke up in a coffin-sized rack on a ship that smells like JP-5 and regret." Neither won.

A typical day for a 11B: your 'leadership development' is standing in formation waiting for someone to get yelled at for something you also did but didn't get caught doing. A typical day for a YN: bUPERSNOTES and MILPERSMAN are your legal references. It gets better. The 11B: your 'leadership development' is standing in formation waiting for someone to get yelled at for something you also did but didn't get caught doing. The YN: the YN community works in every command type — ships, shore installations, headquarters staffs, flag offices — and the quality of the billet depends enormously on the command and the CO. Same paycheck. Same rank structure. Different universes.

11B
Infantryman
Army
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YN
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Navy
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11B
RECRUITER CLAIM

You'll be the backbone of the Army. Warriors defending freedom. Infantry leads the way.

REALITY

You'll spend 80% of your time doing maintenance, cleaning weapons, and standing around waiting for the next formation. The other 20% is either miserable field exercises or, if you…

3/5SGT
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