Thinking about going Reserves, but have to re-class. My re-class options are 35F and 35M, what is the work environment like?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 05:41:51 -0400

Response by TSgt Joe C. made Jul 10 at 2016 5:44 AM

TSgt Joe C. — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 05:44:43 -0400

Good luck to you and your future endeavors!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 10 at 2016 6:21 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 06:21:34 -0400

Both are excellent options. If you are an outgoing person with tons of initiative I would suggest 35M. If you are more reserved or have a type B personality you might be happier as a 35F. Have you considered dropping a packet for 35L? That job requires lots of writing and you must be a people person.

Response by LTC John Shaw made Jul 10 at 2016 8:04 AM

LTC John Shaw — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:04:26 -0400

Know that in these MOS you will be prime for deployment. You have a degree, you can pursue warrant or officer commissioning route with MI as preference. Good luck in your pursuits.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 10 at 2016 8:12 AM

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:12:00 -0400

I am a 35f and its ok. The work enviroment depends on where you are stationed. In a tactial unit be ready for alot of physical security inspections and processing security clearance packets. At the stragetic level I do alot of reading and building powerpoints for briefings. But the clearance that you get is awesome for jobs in the civilian sector.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 10 at 2016 11:00 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 11:00:49 -0400

I can't speak for the MOS. However, your Reserve career will be what you make of it. Reach high and make it a good one.

Response by SSG Rob Cline made Jul 10 at 2016 11:01 AM

SSG Rob Cline — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 11:01:36 -0400

Both are excellent options and will definitely boost your resume.

Response by PVT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 10 at 2016 2:24 PM

PVT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:24:46 -0400

It honestly depends what you like to do 35F can be anything from serious security work personnel or physical wise to anti terror, the other side is true intelligence operations but that depends on who your with.

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 10 at 2016 5:28 PM

SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 17:28:11 -0400

35F all depends on mission and where you are located. You can work at the company level, or all the way up to Corps. Tactical you will be doing lots of field analog training, Strategic you will be doing a lot of research and writing.

Response by SrA Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 18 at 2016 11:22 AM

SrA Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:22:03 -0400

I work at HHC & am a 35F. I help a lot with my OIC's full time position during drill for whatever briefings he needs to prepare. I'll be 100% honest in saying that your skills you gain during AIT will become rusty, you'll (I hate to say never) barely if at all use them. I think I have a pretty cool MOS but it sucks that I don't get to actually do what I was trained to do, at all.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2016 5:21 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:21:23 -0400

35 Fox is the jack-of-all-trades and has a broad applications in the civilian sector. I'm a counter-terrorist with Homeland Security and reclassified in the 35 series as a career enhancer for federal law enforcement ....it's served me very well!

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2016 1:49 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 13:49:25 -0400

I'm a 35F active. I can tell you that mainly we do paperwork and security clearances. It's all desk work, when deployed we actually do our job of IPB. It's the process used to find predictability of the enemy and make suggestions to the unit commander of which course/routes/targeted individuals to take and what the enemies next move will be. 35F is a all source analyst. We take information from every Intel based job and press it into a big picture like a puzzle.

35M is the humint. They deal with people and collect Intel based on personal communication with people. It's real time Intel, but you'll be required to learn a foreign language. They are kind of like public relations for the army with populations, but their primary focus is to collect information about enemy targets and report it back to the 35Fs.