Should I reclass or stay an 11B for another contract?

Everyone says how they couldn't be 11B a whole career. These are the same people who don't realize that 11B feed HALF of the Force Generating assignments. That means the Recruiter, Drill, ROTC Instructor, Ranger Instructor, Airborne Instructor, Defense Attaché, IG, EO, etc. That means that once you hit SSG you will start looking at broadening positions off the line. An ideal career path has you moving back and forth between the line and other positions. You will move off and do recruiting or drill, then you bring the knowledge you learned back to the line as a platoon Sergeant. Then you move over to an instructor position and bring that line experience to a school house to teach, then you go back to the line to bring that institutional knowledge back to the line....and so on...
Infantry has the best promotion rate, even better than SF. When you leave the Army you'll be more qualified for positions because you held higher levels of responsibility than other MOS's.
You should get your airborne physical and go to Airborne School when you reenlist. You can go to Alaska, 82nd, or Italy after. All three have great opportunities. Airborne - and later, Jumpmaster - will set you far ahead of your peers. Also, go to Ranger School at your first opportunity.
While you're in those units you will also get opportunities for:Sniper section, Sniper school, RSLC, Ranger, Pathfinder, Air Assault, foreign jump wings, Master Fitness, and a few others down the road. You just have to get over that initial hump and become an NCO.

Don't reclassify to a Pog

I was given a dream sheet with, with three blank lines... career field choices. When we were given a half pencil with no eraser, I thought that was odd. Our papers came back with all three choices erased and had Infantry typed in. I loved the Infantry. Keep in mind, your body will be pushed to the limit and older age will remind you daily you were an 11b. But, you got Infantry and those that want to be.

Best place to PCS to as an 11B is Fort Campbell, KY. Now you will run into folks that say there is nothing to do around that post and that is pretty true if you do not have a car. With a car though, your driving distance from Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville,KY (Kentucky Derby - Thunder over Louisville), Nashville, TN, Memphis, TN Land between the Lakes recreational area, Loretta Lynns Ranch (yeah she is old but can still sing), National Corvette Museum, Burbon Trail and Bardstown, KY, Mammoth Cave, etc, etc. Add to all that and once a year Ft Campbell has their one week Week of Eagles celebration (Air show, Airport Equipment display, AAS demos, etc). I was never bored when I was stationed there.

They also have a Special Forces Group there and the NightStalkers which is an aviation unit that flies for SOCOM units.

If your looking at college courses, here are three I took that were Infantry compatible that dove tailed with what you already know and were really easy to score a high grade in. Geography (2 courses - 1 semester each, 5 Natural Science credits each.........one is concentrated on topo map reading, and the other is focused on rocks.......your outdoors most of your life as 11 Series and you encountered a lot of the subject matter). 3rd course, Meterology 101, 3 college credits based also in part on topo map reading but in this case it is in the atmosphere and the terrain lines are isobars of atmosphreic pressure. Awesome course and once again, if you've been in all kinds of weather outdoors and know a topo map you should do fine in this course.

If you plan to stay on for 20 an 11B is a great place to be. So many options will be available for you. Once you hit E5 they are really endless as an 11B. I was 19D when I left active and when I decided to come back in I went National Guard due to my civilian career. My first choice was 11B but at 36, I was talked out of it, I went 12B instead, pretty sure I got hit by the big green one. I carry more shit around than I thought was possible! However, I am in a Sapper unit and we work side by side with 11B's all the time, best group of professionals in the Army. I say stay 11B and take advantage of the low promotion points scale and all those badass courses!

If you enjoy being a grunt so much then why change? Sounds like you know what you want so go for it. There are so many options for 11B that you wont find anywhere else. Plus, we are the entire reason all the other MOSs exist!
Here's my advice though- continue in infantry if that's what you like. You can do 20 years, just take care of yourself along the way. Also along the way, set yourself up for future success. Get some college so you have something to do when you retire.

I was a 19D, Cavalry Scout, through most of my first term. Personally, I was bored of doing the same stuff over and over again. I looked into reclassifying. The QM branch had lots of options for me. Even though the job remained virtually the same daily, it changed because of the customer interaction and changes in priorities. I reclassed; learned my job and became very successful. Rank isn't always the biggest factor to move or stay. Overall job satisfaction and happiness are big decision makers for my change.

Hey buddy, stay 11bang bang if you're a Gong-Ho type of individual because you get to fire the latest weapons and equipments. You don't get bored because you're always constanly training. I can remember when the combat arms guys got the first BDUs, Humvees, M16-A2 rifles, Barrettas, etc. You can go to Airborne School, Air Assault School, Sniper School, Ranger School (RIPS) or try out for Special Forces or the lesser known school like Jungle Expert training, etc.

MHO? You answered your own question in the next to last sentence. If you like what you're doing and are good at it, case closed.

Do what you like to do. You are the one who has to live daily with the job you have. Not everyone is suited to be a 11B but some are. 20 years of doing what you like means more than doing 10 years of something you dont.