How many 94E have actually done their jobs?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:32:27 -0400

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 24 at 2015 1:33 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:33:41 -0400

I do Echo and Fox as a 94E.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 24 at 2015 1:33 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:33:46 -0400

Alot

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 24 at 2015 1:37 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:37:21 -0400

Being in for 4 years and some change, I have done my job very little.

Response by SGT Dion Francis made Jul 24 at 2015 1:44 PM

SGT Dion Francis — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:44:49 -0400

Well I,veg been out now for 3 year but back when we were just 35L series and even well into the 94L series we always did our jobs. With the merger I am not sure how that affects current MOS work load and so on.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 24 at 2015 5:15 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:15:06 -0400

Two level maintenance and the move to COTS, killed COMSEC maintenance a long time ago... I'd be surprised to hear there is a maintenance facility other than TYAD allowed to open up a COMSEC device and actually do anything more than change a battery. There may still be some radio repair happening... however I doubt that is common.

So what kind of work do you actually get to do?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 25 at 2015 9:08 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:08:00 -0400

There is a reason why they call us 94 Everything!!! Keep your heads up, I've been in this field since it was 35E and times get hard with promotion and work but you have to keep your heads up and keep driving on. Never look back always reach for the top and you will succeed

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 12 at 2015 10:22 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:22:54 -0400

I miss being on the bench. Life seemed so simple and fun back then. Tweaking SINCGARS PAs (AM-7238s) to 50w output, rebuilding amp adapters, getting CCAs in the -1523 to marry up, etc,. Ah, those were the days. I'm jealous.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2015 8:37 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 08:37:08 -0400

At riley im apart of a platoon full of nothing but 94E/F/H. I dont job almost everyday as well as fox occasionally.

Response by SGT Gregory Carbaugh made May 17 at 2016 12:03 AM

SGT Gregory Carbaugh — Tue, 17 May 2016 00:03:16 -0400

I was a 31E Field Radio Repairer, till they combined us with the fixed station radio guys, 36H (I think), and we became 29E and on and on to 94E. Spent a lot of time fixing radios both overseas, Korea, and stateside. VRC-12, PRC-25 and 77, RATT Rigs. Transitioned to SINCGARS overseas, (Korea, Again). I read somewhere that it falls under Ordinance now, we were all Signal Corps. We were called 31 Everything (everything no one else wanted or knew what it was).

Response by SPC Maurice Tillman made Sep 8 at 2016 3:51 AM

SPC Maurice Tillman — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:51:32 -0400

Me...as a civilian! LOL

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 15 at 2016 10:19 PM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 22:19:37 -0400

It used to be in the past where we didn't have our GRM-122 we did everything else as we were a FMS shop primarily. Now that we have them, we lament the fact that we do not repair anything inside the radios themselves; we have to get them sent up, despite being qualified to do so. Common parts, such as the keypads, can be serviced by us. But, as of now we do anything that can transmit or receive signals, as well as PMCSing optics, weapons, and vehicles.

Response by SPC Maurice Tillman made Oct 2 at 2016 12:00 PM

SPC Maurice Tillman — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 12:00:37 -0400

I did it briefly, as an augmentee for a few months on FOB Hammer. Other than that I was a 25U through and through. I do it a civilian, ironically.

Response by PFC Jonathan Albano made Jan 31 at 2017 5:27 PM

PFC Jonathan Albano — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:27:01 -0500

I did for 1 week. By do my job I mean I was assigned to a maintenance shop. The only radios we got were TI's. After that, I was detached to a base security detail. My next duty station they had me doing a 25 series job. Then I got an honerable discharge. Pretty much be prepared to hurry up and wait or be crossed trained to fulfill other positions.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 11 at 2017 6:08 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 18:08:01 -0400

1 year 7 months nope.

Response by SFC Adam Mathers made Sep 14 at 2017 2:51 PM

SFC Adam Mathers — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:51:26 -0400

I just retired after 22 years. Enlisted as a 29S, became a 35E when 29S and 29E were combined into 35E, then a 94E and 94W so I've seen many interations of our MOS. In those 22 years I only spent 6 doing what could be considered the job we trained for. Most of my assignments were in slots for 94's, but the world of contracting had changed what those jobs actually did.

Response by SP6 Jason Comstock made Oct 17 at 2017 8:28 PM

SP6 Jason Comstock — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:28:33 -0400

After 10 years As a 94E I did about 2 years actually doing my job.

Response by SPC Daryl Bullis made Apr 5 at 2018 12:47 PM

SPC Daryl Bullis — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:47:37 -0400

I was trained at Ft. Gordon as 29E in '93-'94 and spent a total of 4 years in when it transitioned to 35E. I spent a total of about 2 months in a forward support battalion working on an electronics bench, but then spent the rest of my tour doing anything but bench work. You name it: company armorer, training coordinator, PF coordinator, battalion color guard, driver for the CO, golf partner for the 1SG, you name it. Anything but COMSEC repair. Basically I would have had nothing to bring to the table in my MOS should I have re-enlisted and sought promotion. I ETSed just at the right time before I would have had to retrain in a new MOS. No complaints, though. I saw a lot of behind the scenes business I otherwise would have not seen had I been stuck in an electronics repair hut. I was proud to serve.

Response by SFC Dave Whims made Oct 27 at 2018 8:37 PM

SFC Dave Whims — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 20:37:28 -0400

I started out as a 31V and in 1981 we opened up radios and replaced modules. In 1993 Iwent back to school as a 29E. Later on we merged with 29S comsec repair and became 35E. I retired as a 35W40. But I can tell you I fixed many radios from Prc-77 to To SINCGARS. And did it from NTC to Germany and a lot of places in between

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 9 at 2019 3:34 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:34:13 -0500

This 94E