A new Army pilot could change the way you get your next assignment

If it works good, it will bring a wealth of knowledge to the table. While in Kuwait, I was passing behind the mess tent and heard a couple guys talking in front of a refrigerated trailer. I heard them talking it was not cooling down and no one knew what to do. I stopped and asked a couple questions. I looked up and saw it was a Thermo-King unit. I ask if they had a ladder. I got up on the side, opened the side door. I asked if they had a small hammer which one of them got for me. I tapped the three way valve and heard it "click". A typical problem for this type of unit. I was deployed as a 11B, but in "real" life I had been trained as as Thermo-King mechanic. Saved a load of frozen food.

Just an example of how the system could really pay off. When up in Baghdad I saw other Reserve/Guard soldiers put to work doing other jobs than their MOS. If it works, makes good sense.

Yup... now they can screw us with a computer.

I agree CSM, sometimes dealing with Branch Managers can be challenging because they slot Soldiers based on priority assignment fills and not their talents. This can be frustrating because Soldiers who have spent significant time in FORSCOM units get sent there repeatedly simply because they are deployable and therefore lack versatility of assignments which doesn't allow their operational knowledge to fuel the generating force or strategic level assignments.