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

If you love being 11B then stay and enjoy life (if you can keep up) my sone just got out after 13 years and pick up a contract marking over $200k down range if you do change your MOS like most of us that had ..... so miss it and want to go back. But if you can’t keep up then change before you become an dud. Change and hold your head high

11B is the road to rank for enlisted men. Learn every aspect of your field. Study and train hard. Go shooting on your off time become an expert at map reading, understand terrain. Study tactics of war. Go to advanced schools like Ranger School and sniper school and you will advance quickly in rank. When you get to E-7 or 8 you will gain skills that will help you in future /post service careers. Infantry is hard on the body and twenty years of heavy infantry rucks, road marches and runs can really break down the joints. You will know if you need to change and do it on your own terms not because others say you should. Charlie Mike...

Doing 20 years as an 11B is not that feasible. You also don't say how many years you currently have in and what other job fields might be on the table being offered to you? What job field you might be offered to reclass into is critical in this decision really as some have a higher retention rate than others. Your medical job fields for instance and also your technical job fields have a higher retention rate and are you single currently? Being an 11B and being single is different than if you are married. Many get worn down by trying to balance that with their job and so they get out or reclass to something that is easier on their home and family life. It's good you are thinking about this though and soliciting input rather than waiting till the last minute to do that or not given these things any thought or consideration at all. Talk to some of those who are enlisted and senior to you who are 11B as well as some in those other job fields. I am willing to bet you will find among them some who at one time were 11Bs or something else also but made the change for the purpose of staying in and making it to 20 good years and a pension.

Up to YOU, however being qualified in more than one MOS adds points for promotion!

Reclass to something that will benefit you post Army. Try MI, get a clearance, believe me other MOS’s have plenty of opportunities for schools and classes. Do you want to work your mind or your body more. You might say body now because you get to be more hooah. When your 40 and can’t hardly walk because you did all the so called hooah stuff your whole career what will the correct choice have been. 11B is a young mans game. It breaks your body down. Also think about your career options post service. A lot of opportunities for people with clearances.

Get the hell out there! Unless you plan on being a lifer (doing 20). Do 15 series or 35 series. Something that gets you ahead in life should you leave the Armed Forces.

If you love being a grunt, by all means, remain so. But look to the future. In civilian life what does a grunt do? In my case I was a 13B, cannoneer. When I enlisted a second time, I decided on Aviation. As an aircraft mechanic or pilot, a civilian has great potential. A decision I don't regret. Good luck.

do you like walking?

I can't make your decision for you but I can tell you that after twenty years I was discharged medical under honorable condition, trying to find a job after was hard. No one needed or wanted a long range specialist. I look back now and think if I would have changed most could have prepared for a better life and living for my family and me. I was a grunt and loved it. I only wish I knew then what I know now. Other than that I warn men and women to get all their medical.records and make sure everything that ever happens to you is listed in those records. Save everything

Reclass. Take on a civilian compatible MOS.
Even after retiring from the military you may want to do something to take up time.