Why is your MOS/career field important?

2014-06-07T13:11:17-04:00

If the Department of Defense decided (through each service) to eliminate your MOS/career field from its inventory, what would be your argument to stop the elimination?

For clarity, please begin your response by stating what MOS/career field you're defending.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 1:44 PM

2014-06-07T13:44:39-04:00

SGM, first off, congratulations on the promotion. Regarding MY MOS, I know it will never go away. Supply Specialists are part of the core of logistics. The Quartermaster Corps has existed since the creation of the country. Understanding logistics has been around since the beginning of time. Without it, everything else fails.

Just to be clear, I am not saying I am indispensable but that the logistics field is not.

Response by SFC A.M. Drake made Jun 7 at 2014 1:52 PM

2014-06-07T13:52:28-04:00

I'm a 79R-Recruiter(AMEDD) there has been a movement in years past to say that civilians can do DOD recruiting better than the soldiers that volunteer or DA select can, what a failure that was! However it could be eliminated if so desired....hmmm

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 1:59 PM

2014-06-07T13:59:18-04:00

I am a member of the ICBM Missile Maintenance career field. We are separated into 3 AFSCs: 2M0X1, Electro-Mechanical Maintenance; 2M0X2 Missile Maintenance/ Handling; 2M0X3, Facility Maintenance.

We maintain the land-based portion of the nuclear triad. Nuclear deterrence enables the U.S. to operate around the world without direct interference from adversaries. Without us the mission of deterrence would suffer. We live and work in the prairies of the northern tier states on constant alert for over 50 years. We will remain so indefinitely.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 4:28 PM

2014-06-07T16:28:26-04:00

I'm in the contracting career field, 6C0. My career field is there to help support the base and get everything it needs, and also to deploy and support the combative commanders.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 4:32 PM

2014-06-07T16:32:01-04:00

I am a 12T - Technical Engineer and our job is to conduct GPS and Line of Sight surveys for buildings, urban planning, and future improvements to sites. We also design build using Auto CAD and Terramodel or Civil 3D. Did I mention we conduct soils testing and project management as well. My MOS is very broad as far as the multitude of services we can provide a construction project. Tangoes work with almost all of the 12 series MOSs to complete the project and in my opinion are one of the most important engineers. Unfortunately the Army is slashing our MOS and does not see the need for many of us. I understand MTOEs are changing and slots are going away due to inactivation of many units but the importance of our job is still in demand and a plethora if great NCOs are getting the boot which has us dumbfounded.

Response by SSG Christopher Freeman made Jun 7 at 2014 6:10 PM

2014-06-07T18:10:25-04:00

I am a 46Q- Public Affairs Specialist. Our role is to inform the American people of the Army's mission. We photograph and write stories about unit events and training. We also serve as advisers to commanders in crisis situations. We are basically the middle man between the Army and the civilian population. We don't forget our Soldiers, though. We strive to cover all events that involve Soldiers, both on and off post.

Response by MSG(P) Michael Warrick made Jun 7 at 2014 7:18 PM

2014-06-07T19:18:29-04:00

No mission without a logistician !!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 8:10 PM

2014-06-07T20:10:43-04:00

92R - Parachute Rigger

To the Combat MOS Soldier on the battlefield, we are the single most important MOS to back them up. Bullets, Bandages, and Beans don't mean anything without our capability to deliver those important packages. Our ability to provide the advanced infiltration capabilities of the various parachute systems in our inventory, from the fighting man, the cannon, and the truck, and all of the supporting items for those weapons, give the worlds greatest Army its ability to take the fight to literally any place on the globe from the most civilized to the most austere environments. We will never run out of sky to drop things from. People want to say that there will never be another Combat Airborne operation and we are obsolete, that is absolutely not true. We are still an extremely important viable part of the logistics of war. We will continue to drop men and supplies from the sky so long as there is an Army.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jun 7 at 2014 8:41 PM

2014-06-07T20:41:02-04:00

66H-M5 - Emergency/Trauma Nurse

Because someone has to put a Band-Aid on your boo-boo...

Response by SSG Jeffrey Spencer made Jun 7 at 2014 9:03 PM

2014-06-07T21:03:38-04:00

64C - Motor Transport.

I hope you like marching everywhere. Oh and those cannons are really heavy.

Response by SPC David Beam made Jun 7 at 2014 11:10 PM

2014-06-07T23:10:12-04:00

19K - Because the next time we go up against an actual army... yall are going to want to have us around to hide behind under heavy fire ;)

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 11:11 PM

2014-06-07T23:11:31-04:00

My AFSC is 2S0X1. I am a materiel management supply guy. My argument is, you can't do anything without supply. Good luck!

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2014 11:47 PM

2014-06-07T23:47:47-04:00

I am Infantry. My MOS is the leading exporter of profanity in the Armed Forces.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 8 at 2014 12:15 AM

2014-06-08T00:15:49-04:00

13F Field Artillery! If the Army got rid of us there would be no liaisons between us and the Air Force. Officers would be constantly lost and accurate first rounds on target wouldn't happen.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 8 at 2014 11:42 AM

2014-06-08T11:42:00-04:00

But SGM, how will you share your wealth of information if you didn't have the internet? While it might not quite by my MOS that directly brings it to you, It is the field that makes it possible.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 8 at 2014 1:34 PM

2014-06-08T13:34:22-04:00

I am the Infantry--Queen of Battle! For two centuries I have kept our Nation safe, Purchasing freedom with my blood. To tyrants, I am the day of reckoning; to the oppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting is thick, there am I…I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I was there from the beginning, meeting the enemy face to face, will to will. My bleeding feet stained the snow at Valley Forge; my frozen hands pulled Washington across the Delaware. At Yorktown, the sunlight glinted from the sword and I, begrimed…Saw a Nation born. Hardship…And glory I have known. At New Orleans, I fought beyond the hostile hour, showed the fury of my long rifle…and came of age. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

Westward I pushed with wagon trains…moved an empire across the plains…extended freedom's borders and tamed the wild frontier. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I was with Scott at Vera Cruz…hunted the guerilla in the mountain passes…and scaled the high plateau. The fighting was done when I ended my march many miles from the old Alamo.

From Bull Run to Appomattox, I fought and bled. Both Blue and Gray were my colors then. Two masters I served and united them strong…proved that this nation could right a wrong…and long endure. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I led the charge up San Juan Hill…scaled the walls of old Tientsin…and stalked the Moro in the steaming jungle still…always the vanguard, I am the Infantry!

At Chateau-Thierry, first over the top, then I stood like a rock on the Marne. It was I who cracked the Hindenburg Line…in the Argonne, I broke the Kaiser's spine…and didn't come back 'till it was "over, over there." I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

A generation older at Bataan, I briefly bowed, but then I vowed to return. Assaulted the African shore…learned my lesson the hard way in the desert sands…pressed my buttons into the beach at Anzio…and bounced into Rome with determination and resolve. I am the Infantry!

The English channel, stout beach defenses and the hedgerows could not hold me…I broke out at St. Lo, unbent the Bulge…vaulted the Rhine…and swarmed the Heartland. Hitler's dream and the Third Reich were dead.

In the Pacific, from island to island…hit the beaches and chopped through swamp and jungle…I set the Rising Sun. I am the Infantry!

In Korea, I gathered my strength around Pusan…swept across the frozen Han…outflanked the Reds at Inchon…and marched to the Yalu. FOLLOW ME!

In Vietnam, while others turned aside, I fought the longest fight, from the Central Highlands to the South China Sea I patrolled the jungle, the paddies and the sky in the bitter test that belongs to the Infantry. FOLLOW ME!

Around the world, I stand…ever forward. Over Lebanon's sands, my rifle steady aimed…and calm returned. At Berlin's gates, I scorned the Wall of Shame. I spanned the Caribbean in freedom's cause, answered humanity's call. I trod the streets of Santo Domingo to protect the innocent. In Grenada, I jumped at Salinas, and proclaimed freedom for all. My arms set a Panamanian dictator to flight and once more raised democracy's flag. In the Persian Gulf, I drew the line in the desert, called the tyrant's bluff and restored right and freedom in 100 hours. Duty called, I answered. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

My bayonet…on the wings of power… keeps the peace worldwide. And despots, falsely garbed in freedom's mantle, falter…hide. My ally in the paddies and the forest…I teach, I aid, I lead. FOLLOW ME!

Where brave men fight…there fight I. In freedom's cause…I live, I die. From Concord Bridge to Heartbreak Ridge, from the Arctic to the Mekong, to the Caribbean…the Queen of Battle!

Always ready…then, now, and forever.

I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 8 at 2014 7:58 PM

2014-06-08T19:58:03-04:00

I'm going to remain Switzerland on this as it seems to be heading in the direction of male organ measurement (if you get my drift) everyone has been in a worst case situation where they have seen a small sampling of any MOS that has left them wondering why they exist. Suffice it to say when and if the military cuts MOSs there will be people with lots of stars making those decisions, not us.

Response by SPC Brendan Kearns made Jun 9 at 2014 12:18 AM

2014-06-09T00:18:30-04:00

91B- we fix things

Response by CPT Brandon Christensen made Jun 9 at 2014 12:21 PM

2014-06-09T12:21:53-04:00

88A (transportation), soon to be 90A (multi-fuctional logistician). Nothing happens in the service without a logistician! Have fun coordinating and transporting all your "beans and bullets" while in combat without us :)

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Jun 9 at 2014 12:30 PM

2014-06-09T12:30:04-04:00

SGM Quick, First congrats on getting promoted. Now on the business. The MP Corps is important because we are the law and enforcement among other functions of the Army. In garrison, we police up SMs, and civilians. In the combat zone, we also can do the same. We regulate and enforce Army, federal, state and local traffic codes which are important for a stable and safe environment for to travel whether by vehicle or on foot. Sure, give a monkey a badge and a few tools of the trade and he could probably enforce some rules to but MPs are also required to be aware of constitutional rights of the accused. We just can't violate someone's rights because we're in the Army. Military police soldiers are educated and trained up on existing and newly updated laws and regulations to stay ahead of the game so they we can preserve the rights of all people within out jurisdiction and enforce rules.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 9 at 2014 9:55 PM

2014-06-09T21:55:44-04:00

No Army without the 79R (Recruiter), providing the strength. Enough said.....

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Jun 10 at 2014 12:30 AM

2014-06-10T00:30:27-04:00

What good is Intelligence/Information unless it is shared. My job was sharing that information with our fellow units and higher authority. Radioman for the Intelligence Community. Now it was always confusing who I worked for. Worked for a Civilian Agency in the DOD wore a Navy Uniform. Carried a DIA Courier Card. 4 years as a Guest of the British Government. Sometimes in State Dept offices. I needed a Damn Scorecard.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 11 at 2014 7:30 AM

2014-06-11T07:30:26-04:00

All MOS contribute to the fight in their own way. Our Combat MOS Soldiers are physically and mentally doing the most.... KUDOS!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 11 at 2014 12:53 PM

2014-06-11T12:53:22-04:00

SGM, in the Signal Corps, "You can talk about us, but not without us".

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2014 1:22 PM

2014-06-12T13:22:12-04:00

Congratulations in your promotion, SGM.
15R- Attack Helicopter Repairer.
Apaches have lots of missiles, rockets, and bullets to protect guys on the ground.
They can't fly if they are broken. That's where we come in. We ensure that our birds are fully mission capable at all times to meet and support the needs of the ground force commander.

Response by SSG Chris Cherry made Jun 12 at 2014 2:34 PM

2014-06-12T14:34:45-04:00

37F, Psychological Operations Specialist

Because we are the only MOS that is allowed to do what we do and there's about 60 different directives allowing us to do so. There are other, better, reasons but I don't want to get on a soapbox and have an argument ensue but just take a look at where the focus is for irregular warfare.

Response by Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2014 2:49 PM

2014-06-12T14:49:17-04:00

My MOS is 68W. Who else is going to ensure that the Infantry have a steady supply of Water and Ibuprofen?

Response by SSG Robert Blum made Jun 12 at 2014 3:05 PM

2014-06-12T15:05:09-04:00

31B- (MP) Everyone hates us and the phrase "Blue Falcon" is thrown around alot. But who else are you going to call when your neighbors dog is barking to loudly..

Response by SSG Gary Decker made Jun 12 at 2014 3:21 PM

2014-06-12T15:21:24-04:00

31E - Internment/Resettlement (Corrections)

Who else is going to do it?

"Others" have tried.

The "Others" failed and were given a home at the USDB.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2014 5:32 PM

2014-06-12T17:32:36-04:00

42A / Adjutant General Corps, second oldest branch in the US Army (16 June 1775)! I would argue that you cannot eliminate the AG Corps, but you could reduce the size. We have seen civilians replace us at the Installation level, but you'll never get a civilian to deploy into a combat zone to do the admin work that needs to be done. And while there are many great DA Civilian employees out there that I have worked with, there are also some that only do what their PD states and only work M-F 8-4, so how are you gonna process that emergency leave on Saturday night in Afghanistan? Your gonna call in your S1 NCOIC who is gonna make sure everything is good to go! I can go on forever but I think that makes a good enough point for now.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2014 10:04 PM

2014-06-15T22:04:47-04:00

The 68X, Behavioral Health Specialist, is an important member of the Army health care team. The primarily responsible of behavioral health specialist is to assist with the management and treatment of inpatient and outpatient mental health activities. The Behavioral Health Specialist is primarily responsible, under the supervision of an Army psychiatrist, social worker, psychiatric nurse or psychologist, for providing mental health treatment to patients.

In layman's terms, we help support and take care of our troops with unseen wounds.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 21 at 2015 5:07 AM

2015-04-21T05:07:28-04:00

74D - CBRN (Can't Be Really Necessary), formally NBC (No Body Cares).

While yes, I know our MOS is not the most utilized during combat, I for one take my job seriously, as the threat of a CBRN strike is ever present and I refuse to ever have a Soldier not fully aware of what the equipment is, does and how to use it.

Also, being CBRN, I often find myself working in other capacities outside my job field. I like to think of myself as Multi-Purpose.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 11 at 2016 4:12 PM

2016-10-11T16:12:01-04:00

Because without supply you cant preform you mission