Posted on May 19, 2021
What are the different ways to get promoted as a 91B? What is the pay like?
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I’ve enlisted in the army as an e2 as a 91 bravo I was wondering about the different ways to get promoted and what’s the pay like.
91B: Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic
Military Pay
Promotions
Money
Finance
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Become proficient at your job and promotions will come depending on time in service and time in grade. The best thing about military pay is that food, quarters, and medical are included. Save your money!
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The single most important thing you can do now that will set you ahead of your peers a few ranks down the road is start taking college courses. Just take one at a time, you can do five a year easily like that. You need to take them in person, there are lots of great online schools these days. I recommend Coastline Community College. But there are colleges at the Education center that offer evening courses if your work schedule supports that. If it doesn't, don't let that be the reason you don't start.
Promotions after E4 are a competition for limited slots. Everyone is doing the same things to get promoted - good PT scores, weapons scores, military Ed, correspondence courses, etc - but most E4 91Bs have not started college until they realize they need jt for promotion. Four years down the road when you're competing for SGT or SSG your peers will just be starting college and you'll already have your associates
Promotions after E4 are a competition for limited slots. Everyone is doing the same things to get promoted - good PT scores, weapons scores, military Ed, correspondence courses, etc - but most E4 91Bs have not started college until they realize they need jt for promotion. Four years down the road when you're competing for SGT or SSG your peers will just be starting college and you'll already have your associates
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Wow...things have changed. When I joined the Army in 1973, the MOS 91B was a Combat Medic!
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I enlisted in 1987 and it was too. It changed in the early 2000s. I was a 91Y Optometry/Ophthalmology tech and then a 91C LPN. They are now 68 series.
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Apparently they did a change in the 90's - 2000's
My brother was a 68W Combat Medic, or Healthcare Specialist as it's referred to now. Though the line medics still prefer to be called combat medics, apparently it's some way to make the job title sound more appealing to Civilian employers. A lot of MOS titles have changed apparently.
Mine is 27D Paralegal Specialist which used to be 71D Legal Clerk.
My brother was a 68W Combat Medic, or Healthcare Specialist as it's referred to now. Though the line medics still prefer to be called combat medics, apparently it's some way to make the job title sound more appealing to Civilian employers. A lot of MOS titles have changed apparently.
Mine is 27D Paralegal Specialist which used to be 71D Legal Clerk.
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