Can you reclass with less than a year at duty station?

2021-08-17T13:11:25-04:00

Hello I'm a 91b specialist currently in the army with 6 and half years in. My ets is on my 7th year mark. I want to reclass to 17c, but I just pcs from Korea. I have 10 months until my ets. So I went in to reclass and the retention nco said that I need a year in current duty station in order to reclass. But rcp for a e-4 is 10 years. So if I extended another year my new ets would be my 8th year mark, and I don't think you can reclass for 2 years. So is there any waiver or something I can do to reclass with less than a year at duty station?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 17 at 2021 1:27 PM

2021-08-17T13:27:18-04:00

The AIT alone is 45 weeks. That's 10-11 months. Even if you extended for one year, you're be ETSing shortly after AIT is over. The Army isn't going to pony up all that money to train you just to lose you that soon after the course. You'd more than likely have to re-enlist for a couple of years. Which also means you better hurry up and make Sergeant.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 17 at 2021 2:58 PM

2021-08-17T14:58:10-04:00

Have you been accepted to 17C? You don't just reclass into it, you have to be accepted. If you have your acceptance letter you can take it to your Career Counselor who will send up the request and you'll get a class date that's one year at your time on station mark

Response by SFC Jake Middaugh made Aug 17 at 2021 7:22 PM

2021-08-17T19:22:13-04:00

I agree with MSG Private RallyPoint Member - You really need to FOCUS ON PROMOTION TO SGT!
Then you'll have more opportunities. Looking at your career situation, I would recommend working towards getting promoted to SSG - then focus on meeting the requirements to move up to Warrant Officer. When I was a 91 series, that's what I would do, 20/20 in hindsight...

Response by SSG Oscar Medina made Aug 19 at 2021 8:53 AM

2021-08-19T08:53:27-04:00

If you really don’t like your MOS change it but you will have to reenlist with the contact stating your new MOS but if you been in your current MOS for that long and you are good at what you do continue and become a leader of that MOS but like I said if the other MOS is better just do you and remember you will have to start all over in the new field

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2021 6:57 PM

2021-08-19T18:57:03-04:00

Unless you have a college degree relating to IT, a good amount of IT work experience, and/or a lot of certifications, I wouldn’t bet on getting accepted into 17C, as those are the only people I’ve seen get accepted.