Posted on Feb 11, 2022
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With the news recently it seems war with the Russian Federation is a possibility. Hypothetically if that happened would I be able to get a reclassification to 11B without being in my reenlistment window? I figure we’d need to ramp up the combat arms to match a mobilized Russia and it would be cheaper to retrain personnel already in rather than recruiting for it.
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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Everyone wants to do infantry until it's time to do infantry shit.
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SGM Bill Frazer
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Amen Brother, when you up to your knees in mud. Blood and shit with a100+ lb ruck, and LT says "We're going on patrol"!
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SSgt Dan Montague
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Infantry is no joke even in peace time. But when you are on the 2 way rifle range, shit gets real, quick.
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A war breaking out won't cause the Army to suddenly need less cooks. The US military positions itself to be capable of fighting two wars at the same time. If one breaks out right now, we have the correct number of cooks and infantry to fight it.

You can reclass any time that your MOS at your grade is listed as Overstrength on the In/Out calls and the one you want is listed as Understrength. Infantry is often Understrength but 92G is rarely Overstrength.

The easiest, fastest way to reclass to 11B is to go to Ranger School. Once you have your tab it's a quick 4187 to HRC and you're an 11B
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CPT Lawrence Cable
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That's the first time I think I've ever seen Ranger School listed as the easiest way to do anything :^).
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SFC William Linnell
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Way to work in that SFC. LOL
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It's possible only your career counselor will know for sure, but needs of the Army says you're a rifleman when the Army needs you to be regardless of MOS. I get that you want to be in the fight, but you need to ask if you would also be ok with being Infantry in a time of peace as well as war or is this just because of the chance to fight Russians?

Either way, your decision is yours and you should pursue it or not because of what your convictions say not what we say.
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If war breaks out, would I be able to get a reclassification to 11B without being in my reenlistment window?
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There’s no chance Biden puts boots on the ground in The Ukraine, he’ll follow Obama’s lead with Crimea , and let them take it. . If he was serious he’d be imbedding troops as would other NATO countries. I’m assume killing NATO troops might hinder Putin, that would be a serious escalation, but they’ll put troops into Poland and just watch and it’ll be a half assed proxy thing. With Biden’s anti fossil fuel agenda he stuffed Russia’s coffers with cash basically funding this crap, oil goes up Russia makes money, where Trump had them on their knees with low per barrel prices,
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SFC Ralph E Kelley
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You will be be put at the 'Needs of the Army'. In Iraq tankers did dismounted patrols.
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You would think, if you’re a 92G, this usually means you’re ASVAB score was so low you barely qualified for the service. There is a process, but seeing as 92G is under strength and 11B is at strength, it wouldn’t work. You would need to be in an over strength MOS to voluntarily reclass
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SFC William Linnell
SFC William Linnell
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Correction SSG, it's his GT score wasn't high enough to become an artilleryman. LOL. We all got fun jokes.
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PFC Food Service Specialist
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I initially joined for EOD, I qualified for every MOS. I get it was my fault for failing, but I feel like I have more to offer than omelets.
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I’m sure you make a great omelet and us Intel folks rely on y’all to keep us fed so we don’t get people killed. You’re gonna have to wait until your window opensPFC (Join to see)
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SSgt CASS Test Station IMA Advanced Maintenance Technician, IMA
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I'll leave this little bit of advise for you and you can share it with your young counterparts. Do your training and be prepared; but don't go seeking the nightmare you haven't experienced. If called upon to do your job, do it, do it with vigor, do it to the best of your ability, nothing will be as you expect it and afterwards nothing will be the same.
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can depend on a few things, your current MOS, is it a critical MOS, are they overstrength, is the MOS you want also critical and understrength, you may need a waiver from your current field
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Probably not
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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You may not realize it, but you have a critically important MOS. People have a hard time doing prolonged missions with empty bellies
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