I am re-enlisting in the National Guard after 10 years out. Should I stay in my previous MOS (11B) or reclassify?

If you want your National Guard training and experience to count for something on the civilian side, then you should definitely NOT stay 11B. There really aren't too many civilian jobs for which infantry experience is applicable. The National Guard has many, many jobs that directly correlate to a civilian counterpart; basically, infantry is the only one that doesn't (unless you want to be a security contractor).

I've never heard of a dream sheet for prior service. Normally you pick out your unit locally and go visit ..maybe do a guest BA and try out MOS' that are open. Talk with everybody and see for yourself. Many in the NG are law enforcement. Don't forget to bring doughnuts.

Guard MP companies have many members that are civilian Police Officers. Great place for networking!!

Totally your call brother. 10 years is a long time and if you're 30 or above, infantry will beat you down but then again this is from a 30 year old grunt haha. Blue cord life.

11 Bravo did me good when becoming a police officer, SWAT worked well being former 11B.
CQB fit right in, as well as knowledge with a full auto weapon, and making instance decisions under stress, round placement was always used, physical training was simple, being the Sniper on the SWAT team worked well too.

How about MP in the National Guard?

If was still in I would have been 38 years old and been retired but I was shorted by 3.5 years but on the other my son my retired from the reserves but he won't be able to get his retirement until he is 66 years old so he has still work because he doesn't have any other income so if I were I would say on active duty. SSG Mark Franzen
USA Cold War veteran

Yes, well let me tell you as a former 11 Series, a lot of people slam 11 Series saying it does not provide skills for the civilian world, your better off getting training in the Army for a usable skill, etc, etc. First, most Army training sucks and lags the civilian workplace so you need supplimental training after you leave the Army. Second Infantry, trains you in leadership and taking initiative like no other MOS in the Army MOS catalog. So it does train you for the civilian side but in intangible skills that are not easily measured or written on a resume. Up to you what you want to do or choose. If you like 11 Series then stick with it. You can obtain training on the civilian side for any job you want and really for most civilian employers that is the only training they look at. As for Infantry units having downtime with nothing to do. Absoultely correct for both NG and Regular Army, so that part is not a rumor. It is unfortunate that the units run into those dry spells of training but Infantry training is fairly monotonous and stays the same, it's more about learning repetitively then having a new subject each Guard Drill. Overall though for a given year both NG and Regular Army do a really good job of keep the troops busy and trained. The short dry spells do not last forever. I was first a NG Infantryman for 2 years then RA for three. Long time ago.

My first job after 3 years Active Duty Infantryman and after my Army College Fund was supporting the top Executives of General Motors with their IT systems as a developer for decision support applications. Went from the Foxhole to the Executive Floor of GM World HQ Building in Detroit. Wasn't hard to do, got a college education and some experience programming on the side and was hired. Its up to you, in our country you can do whatever you want after Infantry. Many people choose not to and blame the MOS but really it is not the MOS that should be blamed.

You will make rank and better opportunities in the Army Reserve. Why stay in 11B MOS? What are promotion opportunities????

10 years is a long time. You have had to learned quite a bit in this tine. If you feel you have more experiences in other fields rather than your old MOS. You might weigh your options.

Reclassify to AFRES.
I enlisted in the ANG Mech Inf after a 16 year break. My MOSs active duty were 11H and 11F40. 11F had been eliminated and I came in as 11H40. The 106RR and 90MM were now in museums and I knew nothing about a tow missile.
Then surprise surprise I was required to go to 11B school Ft ORD. Strange wearing a CIB when training for an 11B MOS. Long story short I quickly realized in combat I would be a liability and was ready to give-up getting my 20 for retirement goal when an AFRES recruiter recruited me.
Having been a rough neck for 15 years I did good in operating equipment on the ASVAP and selected AFC 605. Retired with 24 years service at the same time I found employment in Oman as IT supervisor then Afghanistan a regular ramp tramp in CATO.