I am interested in reclassing to a 79S, any advice?

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:08:11 -0400

I am a SSG with 12 years TIS 6 months TIG, and advice or insight would be appreciated such as experiences, promotion potiential, and the process of reclassification. I know I meet all of the qualifications.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 22 at 2014 9:54 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:54:15 -0400

Why not look into applying for recruiting duty then apply for conversion to MOS 79R? Recruiting can be very fulfilling and has better prospects after the Army than Retention does. Just my opinion.

Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made Mar 22 at 2014 10:36 PM

LTC Yinon Weiss — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 22:36:26 -0400

Check out the 79R and the 79S pages on RallyPoint:

https://www.rallypoint.com/specialty/1637

https://www.rallypoint.com/specialty/6096

If you click on the "Primary" tab -- you'll see all those who have 79R/79S as their Primary MOS and are currently in that field. If you click on the "Secondary" tab, you'll see all those who have it as a Secondary MOS, and have gone back to more line unit type of role (which sounds like it's what you may want). You can learn best about career opportunities by looking through what other people have done... and you can try to connect with those that you find most interesting and ask to learn how they went about getting there.

I hope that's helpful. Let us know how it goes.

79S: Career Counselor | RallyPoint

Members of 79S: Career Counselor

79R: Recruiter | RallyPoint

Members of 79R: Recruiter

Response by MSG Brad Sand made May 2 at 2014 9:51 AM

MSG Brad Sand — Fri, 02 May 2014 09:51:26 -0400

SSG,

My first question is why you are looking to becoming Career Counselor? With all the changes moving forward, you may want to consider 79R as well. Career Counseling could beome pretty rough very quickly.