Posted on Nov 11, 2016
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Posted in these groups: 090710 a 3251c 006 ReclassExpertsights e1324327272686 MOS53e46e2f 11B: Infantryman
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SPC Brian Ward
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Yes. I had to reclassify from 11B to 77F due to a service connected injury. The support platoon I was attached to as a 77F was a joke, compared to my old Infantry unit. No motivation, PT was pointless, as it was 15 to 30 minutes. And it seemed there was little cohesion in the platoon (and Company).
I'm not bashing on the 77F MOS just because I was Infantry, I'm simply stating my experience with one unit.
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SFC Pete Kain
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I went 11C to 13F, never looked back. I did miss the pretty blue cord thou.
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SGT Dave Tracy
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For me, it wasn't so much reclassified itself that was somewhat strange as it was going from active duty infantry to the reserves.
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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Nope. For me it was an easy trans....................wait a tick.........I was never Infantry. I was Combat Engineers.........oh well the answer is still the same. It was an easy transition physically.....mentally was a different matter.
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CPL Odin Allen
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Probably. But I was opposite. I was welder reclass to 11bang bang 2008 2009. And it should be easier accept you will have to realize your new in a skill set Like I had problems making rank with other soldiers because they new all the combat drills for years and they was learned at welding
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CPL Odin Allen
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I mean I was skilled in welding. And they were already skilled at combat drills so I caught hell for a while. But infantry never die. So see. We go to hell to regroup
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SSG George Holtje
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I only reclassed from 11c to 11b(yes that required re-enlisting, no they are not almost the same thing) I found myself working in supply for a few months in Afghanistan, that made me want back on the line.
I was a Bradley commander for a while(same MOS, completely different job) that was extremely frustrating being that I never saw the inside of a Bradley until then(no 11C do not operate Bradley’s, I was 11B at that time)
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SSG Ken Steinhoff
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I went from 11b in the 82nd to 74f (computer programmer). It was a different way of life. I had more time with my family and a lot more relaxing
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SSG Ken Steinhoff
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And I found myself a step above the rest. When I was told to do something I did it not like the other asking why or had an Attitude. I also saw them putting me in more important spots for they saw I had better Disciplined than the others
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SSG Harry Outcalt
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My Plt Sgt. Made it very simple for me , he told me the reason I so very good at my job was because I loved my job . But our job wasn't just to take life but to save life,so the answer for me was the medical field.So I became a medic ,and then an o r tech , lol closest I could get to being the S F Medic....
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SSG Johnnie Vaughn
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I had been infantry on active duty, and later reclassified to 19D in the National Guard. I wasn't very impressed with the reclassification training at the time but we saw some major improvements in the program before I finally retired.

All-in-all, the MOSs were so similar there wasn't any difficulty. It might have been a different story if I had been reclassing into a support MOS.
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SFC Michael Hanke
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Why would anyone reclass?
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SGT David T.
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I had a very hard time with that transition. But eventually, I adapted and it worked out.
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SPC Dennis Biesma
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Not really. It only cost me another two and three quarters years. Then had to leave because my new MOS (92D) didn't have any combat mission, and they deleted it.
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SGT Scott Lee III
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Nope. I went 15t after 4 years. You may need to give up rank in order to do it if your an nco at the time. That was my case. But it can be done they just don't want an e5 with no experience working on aircraft to be lead to people with way more knowledge and experience.
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