How long and where is 12B reclass school?

SPC Cordel St.amant — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:40:04 -0400

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 18 at 2019 12:05 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:05:07 -0400

When I was going Active Duty and reclassing to 12B, I went to FT Leonard Wood, MO for 5 weeks

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 18 at 2019 8:27 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:27:42 -0400

For the active, regular Army, there is no separate 12B reclass school. You would attend the 2nd portion (the AIT portion) of 12B OSUT. I did that back in the late 90s. It's at Fort Leonard Wood.

For Army National Guard, you would be doing MOS-Q rather than reclassing. In that case, if they do it like they did when I did MP MOS Q, then you would do your AT for 2 weeks (probably at Fort Leonard Wood) but that would be in addition (maybe as a capstone to) lots of weekend drills dedicated to the MOS Q process.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 19 at 2019 2:57 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:57:22 -0400

Mine was a two week mos q at Camp Ravenna in Ohio. It was a gentleman's course at the time, they assume you have been in the militany for a while and know how to conduct yourself. Nothing too hard. We did knot tying and demo, mine sweeping and probing, and then a culminating event with a squad movement, a manual breech on a shoot house with simunition rounds for the final training days. Which was pretty cool. That said it could've been longer, it's a lot to retain in a short amount of time.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 21 at 2019 12:53 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:53:24 -0400

September 2015 was my reclass. It was actually 16 days. But two days were essentially arrival/paperwork and leaving/paperwork.

This was MOS-Q for the National Guard and there was no extra days for MOS-Q in follow up drills. You just got told a metric ton of information, were tested on it, were checked in the box, and were sent on your way. I WISH it had been longer, 12b is way too big a MOS for two weeks. Almost immediately at drill at my unit I was going over things I hadn't learned in the reclass school.