When he enlisted, he got a guaranteed enlistment with a 5 year sign up. Now 2+ years later they told him that half of the positions with his job title are being eliminated. He is being forced to change to a different job or MOS.This is going on, apparently throughout the army, yet some of his fellow soldiers with the same MOS are getting to keep their jobs. What can he or I do to fight this?
2007-03-18 16:04:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
YOU cannot do anything. this is his fight. and yes, if the Army says they need him someplace else, they have every right to force convert him. his contract only guarenteed him the orignal school. he got that, so now they can move him where they need him if they want to.
not everybody will get to stay put in the MOS. it could be a seniority thing, it could be based on his evals.
2007-03-18 16:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This type of thing happens all the time. Jobs change. The army's needs change. Generally, an enlistment contract specifies the training one might receive. If you read the fine print, you will probably find a clause that says the job might not be the same.
My son has been in the army for 6 years now. His job has changed several times even after a year in school when he first enlisted. Get over it.
2007-03-18 23:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by John H 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I'm sorry ma'am but it's the need of the Army. It happen to a lot of my friends and it may happen to me. We call it down sizing. ( when I say we, I mean the regular joes) There not much you can do. The Army is going through a lot of changes at a high rate of speed. The best advice I can give, is for him to hope he gets a better MOS or to re-class. Good luck.
2007-03-18 23:21:03 · answer #3 · answered by Yoro 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your son should look at this as an opportunity to gain more training. My buddy was forced to re-class from ADA (Air Defense Artillery) and he ended up as a linguist in the MI. He is now fully fluent in Persian-Farsi and Mandarin Chinese and his training at the Defense Language Institute left him just 15 credits short of his BA (which he'll finish when he gets out). I can't imagine the employment opportunities he will have in his future being tri-lingual.
2007-03-19 01:00:54 · answer #4 · answered by lyndseycherise 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with a previous poster... untie the apron strings!! If he was working at a software company and was re-assigned, would you be calling his superiors within the company to find out what you could do about it? I certainly hope not.
He's an adult... he signed a contract... the needs of his employer have changed and he's to be reassigned. Chances are, they're not going to waste the monies they spent training him by putting him in a completely non-related job... and even if they do, they're in charge. That's the way it is.
Believe me... he knows MUCH better than you do how to deal with Army politics... leave him to it, Mom. If he chooses to fight this, it is his battle alone. Your job is to be his cheerleader, not his babysitter.
2007-03-19 01:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by Amy S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your son is not in college. He is in the Army and, despite what he was told, there is no such thing as a "guaranteed enlistment" or anything else. The Army will tell him what to do, when to do it, where to go and how fast. They will tell him what his job is and he will do it.
Recruiters will tell you almost anything to get your signature on the bottom line....after that, too bad if you don't like what you get. It is not some Ivy League school where you get to choose your classes or "decide" what you will or will not do.
There is nothing you can do - nothing he can do. He is in the Army, not prep school. He serves at the pleasure of the Army; the Army doesn't exist to cater to him.
2007-03-18 23:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I don't think they can force him to change MOS's. They like to try to pressure you into stuff, but you don't always have to do it. He has a contract with a guaranteed 2 1/2 years more in this job. They'll always be more than happy to use it against him, and he can use it against them. He can try to talk to a JAG officer, but I don't know if it'll help. Or he could always get a normal lawyer since he has a contract, but he'll have to pay for it.
2007-03-18 23:13:01 · answer #7 · answered by Moral Orel 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your son, a grown man, signed a contract with the government. He got the job, but like someone else said, the needs of the army change. Jobs change and become eliminated. HE needs to decide what else he would like to do to finish his contract with Uncle Sam. You are his mom, you have no power, no say over this. (Untie the apron strings)
2007-03-18 23:48:41 · answer #8 · answered by Mary Lou 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There may not be much YOU can do, but he can talk to his chain of command and see if they will allow him to keep his job if he truly likes it. Remember, there are 40,000 Air Force personnel being forced OUT of the military, so he should be happy he doesn't have to go through that.
Best of luck to him!
2007-03-18 23:14:44 · answer #9 · answered by Maria 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not much. From the army's point of view, they kept their promise. He got the job they promised him. I'll bet that nobody promised that that particular job would be around forever. His best bet is to try for a MOS that he is interested in.
And he's an adult now. You should let him run his own life.
2007-03-18 23:12:42 · answer #10 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋