How important is being MOSQ in your enlisted record once you transition to WO?

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:27:59 -0400

BLUF: Should I keep pushing for my MOSQ or drop it? Are there any factors that I'm not considering?

I joined the National Guard last year, prior service USMC, currently not MOSQ. It took me awhile to hunt down my MOSQ waiver from the 35F proponent schoolhouse stating that my USMC 0231 MOS converts to Army 35F MOS and that I do not need to attend the schoolhouse.

It took me about 7 months to figure out how to obtain the waiver,which I gave to my readiness NCO in February for processing to become MOSQ. Whenever I asked my readiness NCO for an update on my MOSQ submission, she always told me she's still looking into the process. I recently found out the readiness NCO has been giving me false updates and has no intention of processing my MOSQ waiver. Readiness NCO's reasoning is because I have a warrant package, there's no point in processing my MOSQ. She is saying that because my record will be moving from an ERB to an ORB, I don't need my 35F MOSQ.

My dilemma is I'm not sure if I should leave it alone, or continue pushing for my MOSQ. Her reasoning makes a little sense, since my 350F WO package is FEDRECd, if I eventually become a WO I won't really need the 35F MOSQ on my record.
But at the same time, it seems to me that since I have the waiver, and I rate the MOSQ, I should push to get it. It's just a matter of the readiness NCO processing a PAR with the waiver letter. It's no telling how long until I become a WO, and even once I am, I would imagine there must be some benefit to having my enlisted MOSQ in my record.

Should I keep pushing for my MOSQ or drop it? Are there any factors that I'm not considering?

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 16 at 2020 12:35 PM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:35:59 -0400

If you have the waiver for the MOS, I would push the paperwork through now. You will lose your enlisted MOS after completing WOCS, but it is always better to have all your paperwork in order covering your complete military service. Also, having done this process yourself, you will be better prepared to help out fellow soldiers in the future if needed.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 16 at 2020 12:44 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:44:11 -0400

I was enlisted 19 years before I got commissioned. Nothing from my enlisted time (other than time in service and pay entry date) is on my ORB. I held 1 USAF AFSC and 3 Army MOSs and none of them are on my ORB. I have the 1059s from the schools in iPERMS and that's it.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Apr 16 at 2020 12:52 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:52:00 -0400

How can you possible be a Subject Matter Expert in an MOS you aren't even minimally qualified in?

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 16 at 2020 12:53 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:53:42 -0400

I would get it just in case you do. Theres no reason to not get it sergeant.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 16 at 2020 1:31 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:31:12 -0400

So let me get this straight, you are applying for 350F and you don’t even possess the minimum skills a 10 level fox should have? Have you looked at the packet requirements? What WO is writing you an LOR?

Response by COL R. Bruce Chisholm made Apr 16 at 2020 4:16 PM

COL R. Bruce Chisholm — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:16:33 -0400

Not all that long ago, as a USAR brigade commander, I stayed very interested in my non DMOSQ Soldiers. I could recite their names and status from memory, probably because it was a Battle Focused Readiness Review entry on the unit’s first slide to the CG. I would get MOSQ especially since it sounds like a paper drill.

“Every personnel action moves forward to the approval/disapproval authority.”

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Apr 16 at 2020 4:30 PM

CSM Darieus ZaGara — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:30:15 -0400

There are some what ifs, what if something happens at the WOC course that sends you back to being an NCO, what if your packet gets rejected, what if something occurs, hard and fast like a total stop move. I would ensure my records were straight, ALWAYS.

Response by SPC Chas Carr made Apr 18 at 2020 1:35 PM

SPC Chas Carr — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 13:35:43 -0400

If you don’t get it in your record then it never existed.