I understand this is a rephrase to the question, but where else would one with 25U Creds be good in an ODA?Īnd if so, how often do QPs outside of 18E perform both their duties, and the duties of an 18E? How would this benefit an ODA? And how SF Teams do a great deal of cross training. I've read for quite some time now, (going on years) on how SF Commanders want Soldiers to be well rounded, and universal, but yet I've read several threads/posts over the past few years on how there aren't enough 18Es.

With 25U AIT completely bypassed, which is why this relates to 25U going SF) (so most likely it'll be the MOS I'll be Enlisting as, way I was told it works, is I submit my school transcripts, and copies of my certifications, then I get a BCT date, BAC date, and RASP if Option 40 is open or I take Option 4. If so, provided I'm able to finish my school pipeline, and all is good to go, other than 18E, (reading this thread in particular regarding 25U feeding into 18E) what other MOS would be good? If what I've been told is correct, 25U is the MOS AIT I can have waived and automatically awarded once finished. I've been reading a great deal about what MOSs go into what, and how much 'better' it is to be in something different than the SF MOS related to the career field.

Whether or not this is true, I'll find out once I'm finished with schooling. (According to the Recruiter)Īlso, he had stated by doing ACASP, my med DQ would be automatically waived because of being 'overqualified for the MOS' (saving the Army $$$) same Recruiter even stated I could even go straight from civilian side into a Network Technician Warrant Officer. 25B I'd be fast tracked to the last three weeks, and 25U I'd have AIT completely waived. Per a Recruiters recommendations, he stated me following this pipeline, will allow me to ACASP into 25B, and 25U. I'll also be able to challenge the CCENT, and LCIP-1, CompTIA Server+, MCDBA, MCSA, and CompTIA A+.īy end of the two year program, I'll have CCNA, CCSP, CompTIA Security+, CETa, and a few other certs because of the course of instruction. So I've enrolled into a local CC, and I'll be taking Electronics Technology, and Secondary Major towards Certificate of Computer Information Systems-Network Technician.īy the end of this school year if I keep following the pipeline outlined, by end of Summer Quarter (2011) I should have obtained, and take the ComptTIA Network+ test. For the current moment in time, I'm Med DQ from the Army, (at least according to several diff Recruiters) let alone the other branches. I've been going over a lot of the information regarding this thread, and many others. If you are really high speed then being a Ranger tabbed 25U is the perfect path for becoming an 18E. In my experience, I think having a commo background prior to the 18E course is a lot more valuable than having the infantry background only. However during the Q, my commo background helped out tremendously and allowed me to focus and learn other things that I did not know of before or that I was weaker on, while the rest of the guys had to learn everything for the first time. I was still young at the time, 20 years old, and I didn't know what I was capable of accomplishing or my personal level of strength of will. I remember thinking what was I doing right or wrong that was still keeping me here, or what were they doing causing them to quit or be dropped. It was very surprising to see seasoned infantrymen and Rangers from around the Army not being able to cut it through selection and the rest of the Q, which caused a lot of confusion for me.

I never had an experience or exposure to the infantry way of life in the Army so that was all new to me. I did the best I could at my job which turned me into one of the best signal guys in the battalion. Being a signal guy in the regular Army allowed me to learn what Army life was all about, and it shaped me into a stellar soldier which prepped me for greater challenges, something that 18Xs don't but should get to experience. It exposed me to the radio/tactical side of the Army that I had no background in. I was an airborne 31U/25U when I had enlisted into the Army, then stationed at Bragg.

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