How is the life of a 35F as a junior enlisted? Where would one be sent to as a first duty station?

SPC Matt Titus — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 19:43:29 -0400

Workload, op tempo etc.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2020 8:09 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 20:09:47 -0400

Just as almost any MOS you can literally be sent anywhere as a first duty assignment

Response by PFC Gerald Dudley made Jun 12 at 2020 8:28 PM

PFC Gerald Dudley — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 20:28:10 -0400

Life as a 35F depends on where you go (duty station) wise. If that location you’re sent to is strategical or tactical. And you’re command in general.

From my experience: (tactical mission set in Alaska) it was very rough. We barely did our jobs and instead did details and cleaned. The only time we did our jobs was when we went out to the field.

On the other hand, my AIT buds who went to strategical bases did their jobs , never went to the field , and worked shift work. (Like a normal job).

Depending on where you get sent will either be great or not so great depending on your personality.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2020 10:23 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:23:15 -0400

Depends where you go. I’m doing the job now with a pretty high op tempo but a lot of people from my ait class are in A S shop

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2020 10:43 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:43:43 -0400

You can go literally anywhere. My first unit as a 35F (well 96B before they changed it) straight out of AIT was to a combat EN BN in the S2. I spent 4 1/2 years there in S2 and deployed twice with them.

Then I went to Cyber Command when it stood up after I reenlisted for Ft Meade. Then to Ft Riley to an infantry bde and was in the BSTB - first the MICO then BDE S2. Then STRATCOM on a compassionate. Back at JBLM but not the same unit I started in.

Most of the time - you're going to be in an S2 shop. BN or BDE. You might go to a MICO. But most of the time it's going to be S2 for your first unit.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 13 at 2020 12:31 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:31:32 -0400

I was a reclass and my very first assignment (as a promotable SPC) was as the S2 NCOIC for the largest BN with in 2CAB 2ID. Then was sent to AFRICOM asa Joint Operations Center Watch Chief, then Central/Southern African Analyst, then to a MICO, then to the NCO Academy as an DLC Instructor. It is literally up in the air what you could be doing once you switch over.

Response by Cadet 2LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 13 at 2020 2:33 AM

Cadet 2LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 02:33:35 -0400

Depends on where you go. In an AIBCT, at least 3/82 the STB was always busy from what it appeared. But you were always slotted on some manifest though..

Response by Cadet 2LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 13 at 2020 2:35 AM

Cadet 2LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 02:35:07 -0400

when I worked in a liason unit, it was basically gather information on objectives, IPB

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 14 at 2020 3:19 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 03:19:09 -0400

Was 35F for 4 years. While in the SCIF you are less likely to get picked out for details. But make no mistake you are no CIA intel analyst. Everything is going to be over classified because no one has ever been criminally charged for putting TS/SCI on everything.