Which Army Military Occupational Specialties are currently in need?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 21 May 2021 11:13:08 -0400

I know what the rules are and I also know that it changes at MEPS. Anyone have knowledge that has recently gone to MEPS in the last 2 months as to what has been available? I can literally do any job in the Army, just curious as to what MOS’s are truly in need.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 21 at 2021 11:29 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 21 May 2021 11:29:12 -0400

What's available is what has unfilled class seats, and that changes every single day.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 21 at 2021 3:16 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 21 May 2021 15:16:55 -0400

As a Reservist, my best tool is the vacancies you can look up through your HRC profile
https://www.hrcapps.army.mil/Portal/
But, the ENTIRE LIST of USAR vacancies can bee seen weekly via:
https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-375787

Then it's only a matter of sorting by your area of interest
So yea, those links will get to to the information how many USAR vacancies by MOS/RANK, and where they are located by unit and state. If you are lucky, they will have contact information.

Then to take it a step further, and check up on the unit before you even speak to anyone you can pull the UIC MTOE and METL data from FMSWEB.

https://fmsweb.fms.army.mil/

From there you can deduce a lot.
1) OPTEMPO (i can tell you, any unit with a lot of equipment and soldiers is high OPTEMPO)
2) Probability of deployments (based on mission capabilities)
3) MTOE - vacancy positions = manning needs (are you stepping into a unit where you will be expected to pull more than the average SGT).
4) With the vacancy line and Position # you see where you fall in on the chain of command and how many soldiers you should have, or even if their positions are vacant as well.

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Use all this information to compile a more complete picture before you go stepping into something you can't easily get out of.

My experience in life (in general) is that jobs with many openings or high bonus incentives are the ones that are either very hard to find smart and skilled people to fill those roles, or the jobs suck and no one wants it. In the grander scheme of things the army really isn't looking for rocket scientists, and the USAR isn't trying to fill Special Forces quality vacancies.

Some low skilled HAZMAT techs can make more than Doctors. Why is that??? Follow that logic with the military and you should be OK. Just be sure you know what you are getting into.

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Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 23 at 2021 9:29 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 23 May 2021 09:29:10 -0400

I'm on recruiting duty right now and the Army has a current list of like 11 MOS's that are a must fill at this moment. I don't remember them all off the top of my head but some of them are something like 14P, 13M, 13J, 92R, PsyOps, 11X, 18X.