What is the best method of changing my MOS?

2015-04-27T10:54:19-04:00

I was in EOD school and i loved it, however i was dropped from the school and now i have to wait a year to go back and try again. When i was reclassed i wasn't given a choice and became an 88M, Motor Transport Operator. The unit i was put in stabilizes their new soldiers with a W code and we cannot change duty stations for 3 years. Is there any way i can get out of this and go back to the job I love before I re-enlist?

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Response by SFC Stephen King made Apr 27 at 2015 10:57 AM

2015-04-27T10:57:47-04:00

I would recommend you talk to your career counselor about your desire to see if it is feesible. You can also do some initial research on the web. It is all based on your about of time in service and if your window is available for re-enlistment.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 27 at 2015 10:59 AM

2015-04-27T10:59:34-04:00

Codes can be removed. Get a 4187 authorizing reclassification and a letter of release from your CSM. Your career counselor should be your first stop.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 27 at 2015 1:47 PM

2015-04-27T13:47:06-04:00

You can go onto the army re-enlistment site and view the various MOSs available for application. Other than re-enlisting to reclass, you will have to apply for an MOS that is listed (assuming your in/out calls allow you to leave your current MOS)

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 27 at 2015 2:39 PM

2015-04-27T14:39:35-04:00

Re-enlist

Response by SGT Theron Cowan made Apr 27 at 2015 3:08 PM

2015-04-27T15:08:01-04:00

The only way is to re-enlist

Response by 1LT A. Uribe made Apr 28 at 2015 2:42 PM

2015-04-28T14:42:42-04:00

As a prior recruiter is that you were given a guarantee contract on an MOS you qualified for, and was available. Unfortunately, you did not meet the MOS standards and that's why you where dropped and re-classed to the Army's needs. The fact here is that the Army gave you a guaranteed contract, you did not fulfill your end of the agreement and therefor you have to re-enlist and see if you qualify or the MOS is available for you.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 28 at 2015 3:47 PM

2015-04-28T15:47:41-04:00

I have seen quite a few people posting that I will have to re-enlist to get another shot at the school, the problem is that I do not want to be doing the job i am right now and have heard that reaching E-5 as an 88M is a career killer. Acheiving SGT. rank is something i have to do in the army but if i re-enlist and don't make it again I will get stuck back into this MOS. I don't mean to sound ill-natured but i have done alot of research and talked to many people in this MOS about this and they have all said the same thing. I would love another shot at the school however I am worried that the political nature of the school will cause me to be in the same situation I'm in now but with another contract and an obligation to go before a board to become an NCO. I love the military and want to stay in for a career, however in my short time here i have seen some very dishonorable things. Just need advise from others who have found themselves in similar situations.

Response by SrA Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 28 at 2015 8:00 PM

2015-04-28T20:00:38-04:00

Pfc Bush... I dont know who told you that getting E-5 in 88M is a career killer as there are many opportunites for transfer within the Motor Transport specialty and I have dealt with many people who were a higher rank then E-5 within the Motor T world. Along with what everyone else in the thread, only way you can reclass is by re-enlisting and the only other way around that that i know of is to submit a packet for one of the Special Ops communities which Army does not consider EOD to be one of. Now its been a few years since I was in the Army or even an 88m but there is my two sense for what it is worth.

Response by SPC Steven Garcia made Apr 28 at 2015 9:31 PM

2015-04-28T21:31:14-04:00

I was a 13B and changed over to 88M. It was the death of my career. I feel for you. I couldn't get out of transportation. You can go to SFAS. Good luck.

Response by SFC Erich Orrick made May 1 at 2015 8:00 PM

2015-05-01T20:00:31-04:00

Reenlist. In this era of tight budgets you might not even be offered a change of MOS at reenlistment. Make the
Most of
It, go to school and be a Soldier

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2015 4:28 PM

2015-07-07T16:28:50-04:00

To get out of any duty station you must be there for at least a year.