What are the chances my waiver for the MOS and F7 billet prereq for Pathfinder school will be approved?

The MOS' allowed to attend Pathfinder school is a mess. It needs to be redone. That is one of those schools that for some reason, gets a lot of people in it who will never, ever, ever, in their entire career, have the chance to utilize the information, yet there are a bunch of jobs that do need it, but require waivers. I once saw an Intel CPT (non-enlisted prior) with the pretty badge....uh WTF do you need that for? Meanwhile there's 11B, 19D, 37F, 38B, and 13F who need that course and are consistently conducting PFDR ops downrange. The MOS' allowed to go to certain schools is as broken as the award system.

So I ask you this, why, as a 35P, do you need to be a Pathfinder? Do you expect to set up or assess many Drop Zones, Pickup Zones, or sling equipment? Or do you want an ASI and a badge?

Such a small number of spots in that course and you want to take one with an MOS that will never actually use the skills you'll learn? Makes sense...

It's usually not too rough when it's just the BN CO. It'll mainly depend on how you are as a soldier, what the BN budget is looking like, and if your BC feels that it would be a good cost to benefit.