Should RallyPoint Cross-reference MOS List to Historical MOS Codes?

SP5 Andy G. — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:16:37 -0500

MOS codes are always changing. As one example, current Army 91A is Medical Corpsman, 92B is Medical NCO. However, back in the Vietnam days, 91B was Medical Specialist / Combat Medic, and 92B was Medical Lab Specialist.

Consequently, RallyPoint's current MOS listings do not allow members (old vets) to select historically correct MOS.

Yea - this cross-referencing could be insane, but ultimately more accurate.

And from RallyPoint's business perspective, that could mean more "big data", and higher value.

I'm sure there 1,000 other little changes to MOS definitions over the past 3 to 4 decades.

Just a thought.

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2015 2:46 PM

CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:46:11 -0500

Seems like that would pretty time intensive to build the right database

Response by SSG Dale London made Feb 15 at 2018 9:31 PM

SSG Dale London — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:31:13 -0500

Absolutely. When I first joined I was a 35K - Avionic Mechanic. I then moved into 98J - EW/SIGINT Interceptor and 35K became my secondary MOS. While I was still serving 35K changed to 67N and is now 15N. Meanwhile 98J has become 35S - really close to my original MOS of 35K which now doesn't exist at all. It's enough to make my head hurt!

Response by SPC Reed Jewell made May 20 at 2018 1:22 PM

SPC Reed Jewell — Sun, 20 May 2018 13:22:20 -0400

36k20

Response by LCpl Craig A. Charbonneau made Nov 14 at 2023 5:12 AM

LCpl Craig A. Charbonneau — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:12:03 -0500

I agree, cross reference MOS’s. I was 2531 Radio Operator now it’s 0621