My Recruiter steered me away from a combat MOS. What should I do?

Do what you want. Flight school will teach you what you need it doesn't matter your MOS

Dude... seriously? If you have the scores to be a throttle jockey do you *REALLY* want to go into Combat Arms?

Firstly... most combat arms stuff is mostly boredom. And mindless repetition. Rinse & repeat.

There *ARE* aspects that require intelligence & creativity... but you mostly don’t get there on a first hitch... or even a second.

Then, to get there you have to bust your ass... and then *JUST* when you can see the end of the rainbow, you wash out of a school, or get a career-ending injury, or flunk a board because you didn’t answer a stupid question ‘correctly’ or didn’t perform an idiotic task ‘right’.

In a word, most *DON’T* get to be the Golden Boys. And why those who do get the respect they get from everybody else.

The recruiter can see & talk to you... i can’t. Maybe he sees something you don’t.

I maxxed my ASVAB. The recruiter made me take the battery twice (the second time while he sat & watched me to make sure i wasn’t cheating). When i told him i wanted Combat Arms, Infantry i swear he went in his office & cried.

I got what i wanted. ALL of it. I’ve been extremely lucky. You might not be.

Listen to your recruiter.

Maybe he just has a quota. But maybe he sees something you don’t.

How lucky have you been in your life so far? Win any lotteries?

My thoughts are , listen to the Recruiter he is doing his job based on the information you have given him i.e. You want to fly,believe me ,I had the honor some few years ago to meet some chopper pilots and crews who made my journey home from Vietnam in one piece ( more or less) a very enjoyable fact,that's the advice of an old grunt ,for what it's worth.

He's trying to take care of you in the long term. Listen to him.

William Hay if you want excitement get your passport ready and head to South Africa. Fly in to Joberg and then catch a flight to Polkowana. Drive up to Limpopo and get ready for the South African Civil War to begin.

It is harder to transfer out of a combat MOS than a repair MOS as the combat MOSs are usually more shorthanded If you want to fly and be in the action why not go for a flight crew MOS right off the bat. That way you get both. What do you plan on doing after you get out? The Army is good place to get training and experience for later in life. We would joke that the civilian equivalent of infantry was Mafia hit man. The support jobs are just as important as the combat jobs and not always boring. I've had guys in combat MOSs that they didn't get to see much of Germany because they were training so much while as a communications support soldier I got to see and enjoy a lot more than a tourist does. I even got to see some of it in an Army Dodge van on Army gas. Same way in Korea. Also you are more able to take advantage of the many off-duty college courses available at most places. I got my EMT training in Korea.

My recruiter told me the only MOS the Army would offer me, is the Infantry. After nine years, I re-classed to what I actually wanted to do. The nine years were great, but had to move on to bigger and better things for my family.

For every gung ho guy enlisting seeking the action like this there are another 10 who were the same way when they enlisted that are screaming "let me out of this its not what I signed up for", It makes far more sense for the recruiter to steer you toward your long term goal of flying than it does to respond to your "Call of Duty video game" view of the world.

Even if you have a "combat" MOS there's no guarantee you will be stationed with a unit that gets deployed.
I took a job in "computer repair" and was deployed during Desert Storm with an artillery unit on the line.
You want action, play a video game.

I appreciate the fact that you feel the urge to fight. But in all honesty your recruiter had probably done you a tremendous favor and you should thank him. 15 series was 67 series when I was in, and I went Combat arms first and was a 19k. Well we all is said and done when you get out. All that a 19k MOS is going to get you is a seat in a tractor trailer or heavy equipment operator. You now have the luxury of learning a skill set that will equip you for a better place in society when you do get out. If you cannot be thankful for that, then maybe you shouldn't have joined the military. That recruiter saw some potential in you besides being a DICK! Dedicated Individual Combat Killer!