Why did the Army change some of the MOS identifiers, IE 95B changed to 31B?

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 01:37:36 -0500

Does anyone have an idea of why some MOS numbers have changed? When I started as an MP I was a 95B and now it’s 31B. Not sure if any other MOS’s have changed numbers or not. If you know of any let me know, just curious

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 8 at 2018 4:16 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 04:16:57 -0500

I think most of the non-combat arms did. I know 67 series (aviation) became 15 series. 21 series (engineers) all got rolled into 12 series.

Response by SSG Robert Perrotto made Nov 8 at 2018 5:38 PM

SSG Robert Perrotto — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:38:43 -0500

every few years the Army takes a look at their MOS rosters and does a overhaul, combining some, re numerating others, phase out a couple. just par for the course. When I enlisted there were 4 different Infantry specialties - 11B, 11C, 11H, 11M - they did away with the Hotels and Mikes, change Medics to 68W, and a whole bunch of others - don't sweat it mate.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 8 at 2018 10:21 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:21:45 -0500

I think you mean the MOS structure. They changed some identifiers into MOS's as well.
The Army did a restructure around the time of the surge. The idea was to eliminate some redundancies and align branches. This aligned some of the enlisted MOS's to the officer MOS's as well. Now the overall structure is that the closer to 11, the closer to a combat MOS. That's an over simplication, of course. For instance, 94's became 67's which became 15's which are aviation. 11M & H were all combined into 11B. 91B, C and W all combined to become 68W combat medics. 68W ASIs like M6 and N9 became their own MOS's as well.

Response by SGT Herbert Bollum made Apr 16 at 2020 1:30 PM

SGT Herbert Bollum — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:30:19 -0400

I know my MOS was 26B20 ASI K1 for weapon support radar repair with additional school to do the new (at that time) radars AN/TPQ36 / 37. That was signal corps while I was in.
Now, it lists as ordinance MOS 94M.