Are a 920B and 920A interchangeable? Can they do either job?

CW4 Craig Urban — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:05:36 -0400

Is a 920B and 920A interchangeable. Can they do either job? How about on the enlisted side?

Response by CW3(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 19 at 2019 8:58 PM

CW3(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:58:41 -0400

On the enlisted side they are both 92A. All the difference is is working in unit suppl as opposed to a tech supply. I am living proof of the former. I am a 920A and 920B (I have 2 1059). I was a BN PBO for about a yr and a half and now I am a Supply Systems Technician. I think both can be done. The concept is the same for both, order and distrbute

Response by SFC George Smith made Apr 19 at 2019 9:03 PM

SFC George Smith — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:03:55 -0400

Most interesting ...Thanks for the Share

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Apr 19 at 2019 10:54 PM

LTC Jason Mackay — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 22:54:46 -0400

I have seen 92A NCOs used in lieu of 92Y NCOs to be unit supply Sergeants. There have never been enough 92Ys to do the opposite (Army wide fill hovers around 75% fill).

Working in an SSA and working TAMMS/PLL were two drastically different worlds. If you were an 92A that did both you were good to go. If you worked one or the other it was a steep learning curve to work in the other. Back in the day 92As in Shop Office at DS or on a Area TMDE Support Team are yet another specialized lump of skillsans tasks. That is just inside 92A...

92Ys grown in a Supply Room, possibly starting as an Armorer and successively developed throughBN S4 would potentially be highly skilled as long as they weren't a self propelled sand bag. Purchase cards would be a Y specific area. A senior Y would be more likely to be able to handle the unit end of contracting, working with the MICC for things like portapotties, service contracts, non standard purchases, etc. having USR is another big development item that a 92A just wouldn't have. The Maintenance Control Supervisor would be running the maintenance end of USR.

I am unclear how the move to GCSS-A has impacted the MOSs and if the organizational Supply end of the system and the retail supply end have closed the gap or whether the two modules are minimally connected islands.

920B and 920A are two distinctly different fields. I think if you threw them into the other, depending on the competency of the officer, they'd figure it out. I wouldn't want to operate Indefinitely like that. The skills of running and SSA and working Materiel Management at a BDE SPO is really different than organizational Supply and Property Book Management at BDE and DIV. Materiel Disposition is fundamentally different than a requisition (or now a material reservation). The KPIs are wildly different and move at different tempos. The role of funding in retail supply at the unit end is new and painful, vastly complicating readiness.

There are many touch points where the two fields relate, but not enough to say they are interchangeable except in extremis.

Response by CW4 Harris Smith made May 7 at 2019 3:53 PM

CW4 Harris Smith — Tue, 07 May 2019 15:53:43 -0400

Having done both I would say the short answer is yes with some caveats. I was a 920A but was charged with opening a Forward Supply Point as a 920B accountable officer. I had to to a lot of self help and research. Both are accountable officer positions. As for the enlisted side, my NCOIC was a MSG Senior Supply Sergeant so he was a unit side guy also, not the wholesale or warehouse side. We both had the attitude that between the two of us we could figure it out and make it work for mission success. Hope that helps Chief.