I was the corpsman so I spent most of the time sleeping and getting a tan. Believe it or not I could sleep through fire control missions - w/o earplugs.
I did get to drop rounds a few times and even FO. I enjoyed it a lot. I have great respect for the marines, especially those that have to hump a mortar equipment long distance.
Thank you for your service. It's amazing how one can be conditioned to almost anything (sleeping through FC missions). I laugh cause I have fallen asleep standing up on at least 3 occasions during that time of my life. Amazing how soldiers can almost always fall asleep for a short period when they need it.
I didn't mean to brag so much, but it was fun then as well as also getting to play with a lot of the 'big toys'. Being a corpsman, well that's probably the toughest job of all in that sometimes, they are the first to see the horrors while making themselves easy targets.