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I am a 17C and I'm projected to go to Germany. After getting into contact with the only 17C on that base I feel as if I will not be utilized as a cyber warrior and waste all the training I have received in my 2 years of AIT. He included that I will not be getting any cyber certifications and I fear that I wont be able to progress in cyber. If anyone has any advice on me trying to get my orders changed please let me know. It's not that I'm scared to OCONUS or I don't want to go to Germany, I just want to be able to do my job. Thanks.
17C: Cyber Operations Specialist
Human Resources (HR)
Posted 3 y ago
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SFC (Join to see) will be here soon enough to explain exactly why projections cannot be changed.
While we wait, here's some free career advice:
You have had exactly zero assignments in CMF 17, and you have talked to exactly one person in a CMF 17 job and want to make career decisions based on that.
Would you base your decision to purchase a car on the opinion of one person who owns a car? Hopefully not.
Your Army career is what you make of it. Whether you want it to be 3 years or 30, or anything in between, 1 MOS or 3.
You get to decide all by yourself how well you are going to do your job, which equates to how valuable you are in that job.
And that value plays a factor in how you are utilized in that job or something else.
You don't know this guy in Germany. He might be a sharp go-getter who is just working for an uninformed commander (and CMF 17 is the newest thing in the Army), or he may be the kind of guy that phones his job in, doesn't care about effort, has shown no aptitude to convince his leadership that he should get certifications, and was rightly marginalized where he can do the least damage with his lack of effort.
Either way, you just don't know. What I can tell you is that, regardless of CMF, you see a helluva lot more of the latter than you do of the former when it comes to Soldiers getting shelved.
I can assure you that in the Army, just like in any career field, the better you do at your job, the better the chances are that good things will happen in your job and career.
While we wait, here's some free career advice:
You have had exactly zero assignments in CMF 17, and you have talked to exactly one person in a CMF 17 job and want to make career decisions based on that.
Would you base your decision to purchase a car on the opinion of one person who owns a car? Hopefully not.
Your Army career is what you make of it. Whether you want it to be 3 years or 30, or anything in between, 1 MOS or 3.
You get to decide all by yourself how well you are going to do your job, which equates to how valuable you are in that job.
And that value plays a factor in how you are utilized in that job or something else.
You don't know this guy in Germany. He might be a sharp go-getter who is just working for an uninformed commander (and CMF 17 is the newest thing in the Army), or he may be the kind of guy that phones his job in, doesn't care about effort, has shown no aptitude to convince his leadership that he should get certifications, and was rightly marginalized where he can do the least damage with his lack of effort.
Either way, you just don't know. What I can tell you is that, regardless of CMF, you see a helluva lot more of the latter than you do of the former when it comes to Soldiers getting shelved.
I can assure you that in the Army, just like in any career field, the better you do at your job, the better the chances are that good things will happen in your job and career.
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I really couldn't have said it any better. The only thing I can add is that the only time the projected assignment gets changed is if the Service member can't go or their family isn't able to get command sponsorship
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Thank you for the reply, Sergeant Major. This was really helpful and I'm grateful to have received your advice. If they don't plan on using me for cyber I planned on trying to find ways to incorporate cyber however I can. I was also wondering how I would/could go about that considering I'm a PFC trying to propose cyber in their unit to higher enlisted personnel. No matter where I get stationed I will still try and be the best soldier I can be and stay motivated because being a soldier always comes first. Thank you again Sergeant Major.
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If I was a young PFC who was offered a chance to go to Germany I would be happy to do ANYTHING for the opportunity. I would be happy scrubbing toilets and emptying trash cans for three years for the opportunity to live and party in Germany at that age. You can always pursue your education on your own time as well.
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Dude....it's Germany. GERMANY!!!!! You have one person...ONE....telling you how it is. Each assignment is what you make it. I bet if you take the passion and enthusiasm you have for your MOS, you can sell your worth to the Command.
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