How many 94E have actually done their jobs?

SFC (Join to see) - We also need to remember it's not just about rank, but the difference we are able to make. I would have liked to have picked up another rocker or two, however I believe I was able to make a difference in the lives of many of my soldiers and that is far more important.

Well gonna show my age here but I was a 29S COMSEC repairer before the merge with 29E Radio repair. All of the Echos were promoted and then the merge happened. Talk about embrace the suck. Then they threw the Old Echoes into the division level COMSEC shops and , all hell broke loose. Then the Radio Repair went from the Signal Corps to the Ordnance Corps, but they promoted all of the Wrench turners and not many of the Electronic techs. Then President Clinton Cut the size of the Army, but only removed lower level troop quantities and left all of the seniors (E-7 to E-9) still hovering in position with high rank. Difficult to move up the chain all in all, LOL (i.e. the 90's sucked). I retired as an E-6 (P) but my troops seemed to have more respect for me than many of the higher ranking guys that were given their ranks. Hell some called me up after I retired with questions they couldn't find answers to from their NCO leadership. Made me pretty proud to field those calls.

SSG Michael McCollum - Oh yeah Then we all moved to 94 E and I end up as an instructor in Allison Hall on Fort Gordon for the last 2 years. It was a weird transition going from the desert to a nice clean building. I worked in DCU's for the first month until my house hold goods caught up. I loved giving my knowledge to the new troops, and it was not all just about how to repair equipment I fielded all kinda of "war" questions too.

SSG Michael McCollum - I was in the Army from 93-97. Trained as 29E at Ft Gordon, then stationed with 325 FSB (25th ID) in Hawaii. While there the transition from 29E Signal to 35E Ordnance happened and just like that all the E-5 NCO training slots were gone for guys like me. It was really bad. If I wanted to stay in I would have had to reclass, which in and of itself might not have been a bad thing. The whole time I was with 25thID I don't think I spent more than 3 months total doing 35E work: I was Unit Armorer, Training Coordinator, and everything else for my 1stSGT and Company CO.

I would usually be a detail soldier. I was put in a MI IEW shop. I was told to sign for radios needing to be fixed but never got any parts to fix them...

Perhaps you could open up a line of communication with another maintenance shop. Set up a test bench and at least screen radio's before evacing them, also reviewing the 5504's or 2407's whatever your using these days, when the equipment returns could give you some idea what parts your likely to need most.