My Army NT guard recruiter tells me that they cannot switch my MOS once I sign up for it. Is this true?

Question

I am thinking about joining the Army National Guard.My recruiter is telling me that once I sign up for my MOS it is guarenteed that I get it when I return home from boot camp. Is this true? Can they stick me with a job I dont want? I know this happens to other branches of the service who are active but he says it works differently for the guard. Is this true?

ok , No anti-war propoganda please, I know I am going to Iraq, Futhermore, I dont care and I want to go. I just want to know about the MOS please...

Answer 1

The army has a new reservation system. They actually reserve your job on the spot. Once they do that it is yours. By the way, they are the only branch of service that can do that. This applies fro active duty, guard, and reserve. Good luck to you!

Answer 2

Like some of the other posters noted, they can change your postiing if they want or need to.

Back in my day what they guarenteed was training, not an actual posting. So in theory, you could get trained as a mechanic, but still end up as a cook. I don't think that happened a lot since it was not a good use of training resources. However if you are going into the Guard or Reserve I would think your chances are pretty good that you will get the job you signed up for. These local units are usually pretty specialized, e.g Artillery or Moter Transport, and there probably isn't much room for them to move you outside of your field.

Answer 3

i was on active duty before but before you go to basic training (boot camp) you go to MEPS and you should be able to change it then. I know that I had the option to change mine and the only real difference between active duty and National Guard is that you don't do it on a daily basis and you're not going live on a military base. But you will do your initial training with others who are active duty. But you could always call the MEPS station in your area and ask them about changing it once you get there cause your recruiter won't let you change it now. Besides if he was a good recruiter he would let you change it (as long as you qualify for the other MOS in mind), otherwise what good would the Army be good for if they didn't let you pick what you wanted.

Answer 4

My son is an Officer & Ranger in Army. 2/3 of his class
got different assignments than they were told. They did not even tell them until class picnic. The Officer's class had 8 cadets out of Military Intelligence, only 2 got to keep them - the rest went to female cadets. Recruiter can say anything but headquarters decide where they need people. Good luck!

Answer 5

your ARNG recuriter is BSing you, you can totally change you MOS, I know guys who have 3. You typically get your primary MOS training than sit on it until you make NCO, than you could ask to transfer to another ARNG unit with defencies and ask to be reclassified to another MOS. Or if the unit you are in gets changed to a different type of unit, than they bring in a whole training team and transition everyone over to their new MOS.

I know a bunch of guys who got 2 MOS s when they were enlisted than got their 3rd when they got commissioned as an officer.

if you dont want to get stuck with a sucky job you dont like, ask your recuirter to do the Delay Entry Program, than make friends with the 1st SGT, the S1, CO or whoever at that unit makes the decision on assignments, and establish relationships with the NCOs in the section you want so they will be willing to fight for you if you get screwed. But nothing guarantees you from having to be assigned to details that you don't like

Answer 6

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Answer 7

They will promise you many things, but they always have the option to change their mind. Once they have you signed up, you are bound to do what they tell you. The guard is really no different than the regular army that way.

Answer 8

Work with half a dozen people whose kids MOS were changed, a few of them have had multiple changes to their MOS. Once you join they own you for a period of time. You will go where they say and when they say.

Answer 9

First of all,thank you for wanting to do the honorable thing,and serve your country.Yes you can change your Military Occupational Service.When i first joined the army,i selected infantry as my MOS,after that i went to tank commander school,then army scout and on to Ranger school.Now i am a honorably discharged,retired drunk!Good luck,my fellow patriot.

Answer 10

no but from what i know it may take a while to do that. Ecspecially since there may be some short fall in some of the jobs in the army.