Can an 11B switch over to become an 11C? If so, what are the requirements?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:31:41 -0500

Just out of curiosity, Can a 11B switch over to be a 11C? If so what are the requirements? Thank you in advance.

Response by LTJG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 11 at 2018 1:28 PM

LTJG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:28:18 -0500

No idea but I'd be very curious about this and why someone would make that switch

Response by SGT Dave Matteson made Dec 11 at 2018 4:08 PM

SGT Dave Matteson — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:08:43 -0500

You should be able to but interesting question nonetheless. Which means that they no longer do cross-over training during Infantry AIT. When I was going through the Infantry School in 1980 we did one week of 81mm mortar training (11C) and one week of TOW training (11H). We had guys switch between the 3 MOS' during AIT. But as a LEG Infantry Training Company the Hotels Charlies would go their way and we would go ours.

Response by 1SG Dennis Hicks made Dec 11 at 2018 6:19 PM

1SG Dennis Hicks — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:19:12 -0500

Having served a good portion of my Career as an 11B I can say that becoming an 11C in your comp[any would be as easy as volunteering to be reclassified, When you hit SSG they used to select 11C as a secondary MOS.

Response by SPC Erich Guenther made Dec 11 at 2018 10:05 PM

SPC Erich Guenther — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:05:56 -0500

Regular Army is going to treat this differently than National Guard. My service overlapped part of 1SG Hicks. In Regular Army because each Infantry BN had 11C and both 11B and 11C are the same job family, you didn't need to attend AIT for 11C they would just flip you over to a 11C squad and you would start a course of supervised on the job training with the unit and they flipped your Primary MOS via orders at some point from 11B to 11C. They did the same 11B to 11H when there was a shortage of TOW folks. National Guard is probably different due to the geographic location of the units being more spread out and the training being less than every day. Even though I served two years in the NG........I have no clue how they do it. So when I was in all you needed to do was ask your 1SG for a transfer to a 11C squad and usually he can arrange one in the same BN. The problem your going to run into is he needs someone to fill your slot so it might be easier if you found a 11C that wanted to be an 11B about the same rank as you and in the same area you want to switch to.............thats not a requirement though as he can also work out a deal with that Company's 1SG that he gets the next new guy from Infantry OSUT.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2018 4:21 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:21:50 -0500

Why would you wana lower yourself to an 11C it’s all about kicking in doors and shooting people in the face not making background noise.

Response by SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA made Dec 12 at 2018 8:29 AM

SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:29:33 -0500

I'm sure you can. It seems like the Army is always short of 11Cs. Just don't expect to be able to reclass to anything else, ever.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2018 9:34 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:34:11 -0500

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Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 12 at 2018 9:34 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:34:39 -0500

I dunno why you would want that though

Response by LTC Jeff Shearer made Dec 12 at 2018 10:16 AM

LTC Jeff Shearer — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:16:05 -0500

Pablo I am pretty sure that would not be too hard. I have to be honest I am a big ole fan of the 11 series MOS's. I dont think it would be a bridge to far, I dont know if you could do it or not but If I was the CDR I would want to get some crossed trained guys.

Response by LTC Jeff Shearer made Dec 12 at 2018 10:20 AM

LTC Jeff Shearer — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:20:04 -0500

y'all, do they still have the real small 60mm? i know we used it, the tube and base was very small. Its size made it a good choice to carry

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 13 at 2018 4:25 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 04:25:34 -0500

No you can't, not without going to 11C AIT, anyway. Although, if you were an 11C you could switch to 11B without training.
Also, 11C is balanced E1-5 and 11B is understrength E1-5 so any Reclass request would be denied.

Response by SPC Geoffrey Kendall made Dec 13 at 2018 11:12 AM

SPC Geoffrey Kendall — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:12:57 -0500

I know a lot of people who have made it a secondary mos, as well as primary, very easily

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2018 11:27 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:27:22 -0500

WHY??? When I was an 11B we had a soldier that came in and our mortar platoon needed a soldier and guess what the 11B became an un-schools trained MOSed 11C granted that was several yrs ago but I would gather that still happens today.

Response by SPC Raymond Hanley made Dec 18 at 2018 1:36 PM

SPC Raymond Hanley — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:36:01 -0500

Not hard at all. When I was active they would ask if we wanted to switch them in the Guard I was trained as both.

Response by SSG George Holtje made Dec 24 at 2018 6:01 PM

SSG George Holtje — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 18:01:39 -0500

I did the opposite. I was C for 5 years and reclassify to B.
The math skills are the big money maker for 11C which is why 11X is assigned as 11C in OSUT. While the M23 makes us all 11C with a little training, it’s being able to pull out a plotting board and conduct a fire mission that makes a difference. Had 9/11 happened earlier, I probably would have stayed Mortar for my whole career. My main reason for reclass was the Balkan missions were constantly turning 11C into an additional dismount squad and firing 120mm was never going to happen there

Response by PFC Glendan Donald made Jan 17 at 2019 5:45 PM

PFC Glendan Donald — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:45:18 -0500

Yes but you would have to reclassify.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 28 at 2020 7:23 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:23:56 -0500

did you ever get to switch ? i dont want 11C but i volunteered for it to get my training started vs being a hold over forever