My son is getting reclassed out of 68W; his new MOS choices are horrible. Has anyone refused to reclassify?

Shelly Putzke
Helping him research his options is parenteral for sure, but I implore you, do not help him decide. It must be HIS decision. You can not help him while he is in AIT, can not help him at his new unit, can not help him when deployed, he needs to learn to make decisions on his own, and then OWN them with follow though.
Thus ends the parenting lesson you did not ask for. Not intended to be condescending, or even imply you did not know all that already... Just one parent to another having two boys (now grown men) of my own, and as a recently retired US Army Senior NCO that had to deal with child / adults from Basic training to Deployed in Iraq who well meaning parents did not help, because they helped too much.

As to his options now.....
Can he refuse to accept a re class option? Well I suppose he could, if he is willing to accept the consequences.
But my recommendation is he research all three, and decide not if, but which one he wants to spend his remaining service contract in. Then while doing that start immediately in planning what comes next after be honorably separated. If he brings the "I don't like this I quit" attitude to his next AIT or unit after that I can all but guarantee he will like his position in life a lot less then he does today... AS well as it will effect his future greatly, and not in a positive way.

You know, I have a knucklehead like that. I have a girl graduating West Point and a son that just seems to be found by trouble everywhere he goes. All you can do is help them deal with the choices they make and encourage them to not give up. I tried to dissuade my girl from going to West Point and every time she called to say how much the place sucked I offered to drive up and bring her home. She never quit. You have to let your boy make his own decisions and live with them. Otherwise they will blame you for all that goes wrong. Encourage and facilitate but let him make his choices. Good luck.

If he failed out on purpose the Army will lift 0 fingers to help him at all. The military is a big boy organization and holds people to their contracts. I would recommend not doing anything like contacting his chain of command or trying to help him. Asking a question on RP is one thing but getting directly involved is another. I would also recommend telling him that he made his bed and now he has to lie in it. It sounds harsh but it will force him to grow and in the end he will be better for it. Of the three choices you listed off I would recommend Cav Scout, but if the reasons he quit had anything to do with potentially finding himself in combat cook may suit him best. Unfortunately at this point those will be his only three options to choose from with the only possible alternative being a very long and very painful chaptering out of the military, likely with no chance to ever enlist again.