Posted on Feb 8, 2020
If I get selected to attend OCS, will I keep my MOS that I enlisted with?
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I'm joining the Army as a E2. Once I make E4, I've been told I should look into becoming an officer. My question is once I graduate OCS will I keep my current MOS or will the Army tell me hey this is what you are doing now. While working my way to E4, I'm going to finish my degree, get air assault, and whatever else I can do to make me look better than the other person. Also, what does a an officer do in the 15T MOS?? I really dont want to be stationed at a desk or in meeting all day. That seems really boring.
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PV2 (Join to see) you really need to research what officers do. They don't do an MOS, they lead in a branch that covers all the MOSs / areas of the branch. 15T is an aviation MOS. Aviation branch officers are pilots. They use Commissioned pilots to command units and serve as staff officers in addition to fly whichever air frames they are qualified on. The warrant officers do the bulk of flying and are the standard bearers for flying experience.
You keep your MOS only as far as that your records will show you were prior service and held MOS whatever. Any schools, qualifications you get like air assault transfer over to your officer career, but otherwise you start over. Your years of service only matter for pay, but not completely for officer retirement. You need to have 10years Active Federal Commissioned service (AFCS) to retire as an officer. Once you branch, that is what you do, whether it is Aviation AV, Ordnance OD, Infantry IN, etc. you branch into one of the 16 accessions branches.
When you attend OCS or ROTC you don't get a guarantee of which branch you get. You get input into it, but the Army ultimately chooses your branch. This article is about to become dated but there are updated links to other updates and related OCS processes. https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/how-do-i-choose-an-army-branch-a-framework
You keep your MOS only as far as that your records will show you were prior service and held MOS whatever. Any schools, qualifications you get like air assault transfer over to your officer career, but otherwise you start over. Your years of service only matter for pay, but not completely for officer retirement. You need to have 10years Active Federal Commissioned service (AFCS) to retire as an officer. Once you branch, that is what you do, whether it is Aviation AV, Ordnance OD, Infantry IN, etc. you branch into one of the 16 accessions branches.
When you attend OCS or ROTC you don't get a guarantee of which branch you get. You get input into it, but the Army ultimately chooses your branch. This article is about to become dated but there are updated links to other updates and related OCS processes. https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/how-do-i-choose-an-army-branch-a-framework
How do I choose an Army Branch?: A Framework | RallyPoint
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PV2 (Join to see)
Well, I have no desire to be a pilot, and I don't want to worry about where I'm going to be placed after i complete OCS. So, enlisted is where I'll stay. Thanks for the information.
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LTC Jason Mackay
PV2 (Join to see) - if you like the idea of managing maintenance you could pursue become an aviation maintenance warrant officer or go to OCS with the aim of becoming an Ordnance officer.
Getting branches Aviation is one of the hardest branches to get picked up for. Your enlisted MOS is not a guarantee of being selected for that branch, there is not a correlation
Getting branches Aviation is one of the hardest branches to get picked up for. Your enlisted MOS is not a guarantee of being selected for that branch, there is not a correlation
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Your work will change. But, what is more important to you, your MOS or being a leader of soldiers? If you are going to be a leader, be a damned good one. Think long and hard, and commit to the decision you make, either way, because whatever you do, the Army and other soldiers need great leaders whether NCO, warrant, or commissioned. Just be the best you are capable of becoming.
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You become needs of the Army once commissioned. The only real control you have over that is to be a speciality field the Army hires you directly to such as JAG, Religion, and medical. Junior officers are out in the field with soldiers, most officers do not start pushing a desk until later. If you stay long enough, you will push a desk.
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