What’s the army reserve like for a 91B?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:50:56 -0500

Just curious transition wise

Response by SSG Steven Borders made Mar 10 at 2021 2:21 PM

SSG Steven Borders — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:21:41 -0500

Depends on the unit. We have 91B's at the Field Hospital and they don't do a whole lot. I can't speak for other units though.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2021 2:24 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:24:05 -0500

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What is it like being a 91B in the National Guard? | RallyPoint

So, I was originally training to be a 11b, but I was injured, I'm reenlisting soon, but as a different MOS. I was curious what 91b drill weekend was like.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2021 2:30 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:30:23 -0500

In my experience as a Quartermaster Company Commander I had an entire platoon (among 4) of mechanics to support our equipment. These were Refrigeration techs, Generator techs, Vehicle mechanics and their Platoon SGT.

When not at home Battle Assembly and in the field they generally would be used to keep things going the best they could. You might be pulled out during a battle assembly to make sure things are ready for a big exercise because the last thing you want to find out is something doesn't work when you try and roll out.

Now............ what is likely to happen is if equipment is straight up broken and out of your capacity it repair on the spot with on hand parts then that's that. A work order for an AMSA shop to fix it will have to be done.

There is a possible chance you could be put on orders to fix a bunch of stuff over the course of several days. However, that takes a VERY proactive motor SGT to line up all the parts, get them ordered and in the hands of the unit, and create a work flow where orders can be justified with an end goal of equipment readiness improving.

The ONLY reason my unit was able to have such orders issued for mechanics to come on to fix things was we were co-located with an AMSA shop. So they had our parts. Otherwise we would have to convince battalion to NOT put in a work order at AMSA and send up the parts instead and TRUST it would get done.

Basically, a work order would be put in, and AMSA would never get to it, we'd say, well don't you have the parts? They say yes, and we could convince Battalion to issue orders then and we'd go across the lot and get the parts already allocated to our vehicles.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2021 1:11 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 01:11:15 -0500

Literally, like most MOS, depends on the unit to be honest. My last unit, our 91Bs did their job, worked hard, and earned respect. Especially on deployment.

Response by SSG Harry Outcalt made Mar 11 at 2021 5:48 AM

SSG Harry Outcalt — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 05:48:04 -0500

Yeap depends on the type of reserve unit, one is assigned to... 91B's are usually assigned anywhere 91c's are. since they 91A Mos handle most of 91b's combat as well as hospital duty's not really much for 91b's besides fill-in and supervise 91A's so could be assigned to replacement hospital, there job is be the replacement personnel for a standing U.S. Army Base Hospital. so those personnel can be sent as replacements for Field Hospital Personnel. This actually took place during Desert Storm ..

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Mar 11 at 2021 10:48 AM

CW3 Kevin Storm — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:48:27 -0500

Depends on the unit you go to. Generally the Reserves is not made up of combat power, so you get a lot of support units, units, that IMHO, don't kill themselves on maintenance. "We got mechanics, we can let them do all of that stuff." You will be slaving off vehicles, oil sampling, airing up tires, changing tires because operators are dumb a$$es and don't bring their BII. Real mechanic related stuff occurs on Annual Training.