Reclassing to 25s. Can anyone give guidance, re: coursework, what to expect as MOS-T, living conditions, wknds, etc?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 13:04:32 -0500

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 6 at 2016 1:06 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 13:06:53 -0500

Tag the 25S MOS.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Feb 6 at 2016 5:22 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:22:18 -0500

25s - Linen folder?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 6 at 2016 6:00 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:00:40 -0500

The school is not hard. You'll do common core first (death by PowerPoint and open book tests, and old equipment that will most likely not work), and then your career tract (tac or strat, which depends on your next assignment). You will be mixed with IET Soldiers during class and if your the only MOS-T you will be class leader. Most of the MOS-I's (mosey's) will be true geeks. I lived off post with my family, but I know the barracks were pretty bad. Augusta is what you make of it, I lived over in South Carolina which is north Augusta. The river walk is nice. Just do your best to stay out of trouble, have a lot of self discipline. Dont mess with mosi's. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Response by PFC Charles Beason made Feb 16 at 2016 3:08 PM

PFC Charles Beason — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:08:13 -0500

bear in mind during coursework NOTHING you see in the training will EVER be used in active job performance. I trained on Phoenix terminals, the 85 and 95 terminals, never saw one. used the JNN system ONLY during the remainder of my time, which when I went into AIT it was tacked on last minute for my class and the classes that followed us. We were set to PCS and got told on moving day to unpack they were adding the JNN classes in.

Response by SP6 Rick Gallaher made Feb 17 at 2016 9:48 AM

SP6 Rick Gallaher — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:48:43 -0500

I was a 26Y. Satcom can be from great living conditions to battlefield conditions. Reading any good SATCOM book to understand the theory behind the systems. Great publications by INTELSAT and COMSAT. These are the first people to work SATCOM. I was 10 years SATCOM, and I worked for INTELSAT
Fee free to contact me

Response by CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 25 at 2016 2:51 PM

CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:51:25 -0500

Hey SPC, I just enlisted as 25S. My recruiter also happens to be 25S. He said when in school, be in the top and try and get Strategic, not Tactical. No matter how cool "tactical" sounds, you will learn more at a strategic location. You also are at bigger better bases with better location. Good luck and hooah! - PVT MR

Response by CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 25 at 2016 2:51 PM

CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:51:26 -0500

Response by CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 25 at 2016 2:51 PM

CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:51:26 -0500

Response by SSG Jason Cherry made Mar 21 at 2016 1:40 PM

SSG Jason Cherry — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:40:32 -0400

SSG Private RallyPoint Member , I am a 25S, 13 and a half years under my belt. Also, I am currently stationed at Fort Gordon. If you want to contact me directly I will give you my contact info and I will tell you all about the school, classes, responsibilities, and what you are most likely to be doing once you graduate. Happy to help, just let me know.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 26 at 2016 10:10 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:10:00 -0400

Over a year long vacation. It's pretty great

Response by SGT Taylor Adair made Jul 12 at 2016 8:43 AM

SGT Taylor Adair — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:43:08 -0400

Expect to be pissed. School is easy but you along with instructors will be baby sitting the joes. Try to go strategic over tactical. Its much better training and you can still go to a line unit. You should be in some nice B's.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 22 at 2016 8:20 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:20:19 -0500

I know I'm late to the discussion. But I'm reclassing to 25s as well. My report date is feb 3 with the class start date of feb 6. Will I need to report early and in process prior to my report date?

Response by SP6 Rick Gallaher made Dec 29 at 2016 3:15 PM

SP6 Rick Gallaher — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:15:56 -0500

Are you to report to school or you duty station. The duty is as different as the army is different you can have a fixed station job and work shifts or you could be embedded with a tactical team. You can have a good life or a wild ride. If you are going to Ft Gordon you would be going to school. You need basis electronics, radio transmission theory and practice, Micro wave, basis and advanced math skills, you need to know basis logic to microprocessors. You will need to read and follow procedures, and SOPs.

Do well in class and you have a chance to choose your duty station (Hawaii, Germany, New Jersey) fixed station. Do poorly and get stuck in a tactical unit.

I was a 26Y for over 10 years they changed the number but not the functions

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 22 at 2018 11:07 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:07:43 -0500

Being here in FT Gordon as an MOS-I I can tell you about classes. Alpha Annex packs alot of information in about basic theory of transistors, caps and other detailed information that you will most likely not use. From my battles in Delta Annex, they say it goes by really slow due to the fact that only a certain amount of people can do labs at once. In class as an MOS-T it seems you are treated with just about the same respect as us, being quite alot. I'm being taught by an ET1(Navy) so be prepared to learn about the Navy as well. Overall the attitude of those in this MOS is either extra hooah or bored out of your mind. If you enjoy learning via power point 80% and hands on 20%, you will like it here.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 22 at 2020 10:57 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:57:20 -0400

Where are you going? Tobyhanna was pretty relaxed. Single rooms with a shared bath, just you and one neighbor. No dfac, you'll eat out alot, no organized pt, no drinking, weekends off, small px, decent commissary. Classes were 7 am to 4pm. They issued a laptop, tests were open book, but the equipment was old 85s, 93s, Phoenix, and very little STT.