Posted on Sep 11, 2023
How can I get back my Primary MOS so that I can stabilize at my current duty station?
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My back story is I have been a 11B my whole career and a year ago I was looking to reenlist to reclass so I would be home more for my sons senior year of high school and my daughter who would be going into her senior year the following school year. I was told by my career counselor that I could not reclass and file for high school stabilization at the same time so I said ok that’s fine hopefully I will still be at home more with a new mos because it was only for 2 years then I would go back to 11B and finish my career out. I got a date for AIT and was just waiting on my assignment to come down. My assignment came out and my wife is a school teacher so she started applying for jobs where we was going but couldn’t get one because she’s not bilingual. I went back to my career counselor to ask him want I could do about my assignment because it would put us in a financial bind and to see if I could go somewhere else. It was a new guy this time and he told me I could have reclassed and filed for high school stabilization at the same time but now all I could do is file the high school stabilization but I would have to stay 11B so that’s what I did. This was before IPPS-A came out and we was in that brown out. But anyway my orders got revoked and I was staying at my current unit as a 11B with my new ETS date. This came out a week before AIT started so I reached out to everyone and they said I had to go to the school because I had a ATTRS slot and I would be FTR to a school and it would hurt my career but not to worry. I went to AIT graduated and came back to my unit. I am not ALC complete so I reached out to HRC 11B branch to get a date and they told me I was a 91E to reach out to them, I told them no that was suppose to be fixed I was a 11B. Well a few days after that I came down on orders for ALC TDY in route to Alaska with a report date of January 10 2024 which would have my son 4 months away from graduation. I reached out to HRC again and they told me to resubmit the high school stabilization on IPPS-A since it’s out now and to file a voluntary reclass waiver with 11B proponent which I did both. My waiver just came back and it was denied with no reason why and I’m still waiting on my high school stabilization to go through. But I have a month left before I’m suppose to report to ALC and I can’t move my son with that little time left in his senior year. I also only have 19 months left on my contract and the Army will probably make me sign a 36 month obligation because it’s Alaska and I don’t have much time left. I did all I was supposed to do as a soldier and the Army is telling me to suck it up, but it’s not just me it’s my family to. I don’t know why the waiver was denied because I have not had any UCMJ, I made E6 in 5 years and my NCOERs are all MQs with me being ranked 1 of all the NCOs being rated with me. I need some answers on what to do next?
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A complex situation for sure, but since you're asking for other's informal thoughts here, I'll provide a few opinions that come to mind.
Speak with your immediate chain of command to ensure they are up to speed and have a common understanding of the impact of a potential 36-month obligation on your family, especially your son who is in his senior year of high school. They may be able to provide guidance, but my thinking is that this may have to go to the Brigade Commander level to advocate on your behalf. FYI, the Bde Cdr and Bde CSM may also want to hear from the Career Counselor before they take any action.
Request a reassignment or deferment. While it may be challenging, you can formally request a reassignment or deferment due to personal or family circumstances. Ensure that your request is well-documented and includes all relevant information regarding your family situation. If you've done this already then I may have over-looked this in the post you wrote.
Sometimes I referred SMs to Family Support Services just to help them get additional counseling or assistance for families facing unique challenges like relocation during a student's senior year of high school.
Have you appealed the waiver decision? If your waiver request was denied, you could appeal the decision, and very importantly--ensure that all supporting documentation and arguments are prepared and included in the the appeal.
You should re-engage your Career Counselor, certainly keeping him/her informed. Why? Ultimately, you are making career-related decisions involving assignments and contract obligations and if you need them again you don't want them to play catch-up or be in the dark.
Speak with your immediate chain of command to ensure they are up to speed and have a common understanding of the impact of a potential 36-month obligation on your family, especially your son who is in his senior year of high school. They may be able to provide guidance, but my thinking is that this may have to go to the Brigade Commander level to advocate on your behalf. FYI, the Bde Cdr and Bde CSM may also want to hear from the Career Counselor before they take any action.
Request a reassignment or deferment. While it may be challenging, you can formally request a reassignment or deferment due to personal or family circumstances. Ensure that your request is well-documented and includes all relevant information regarding your family situation. If you've done this already then I may have over-looked this in the post you wrote.
Sometimes I referred SMs to Family Support Services just to help them get additional counseling or assistance for families facing unique challenges like relocation during a student's senior year of high school.
Have you appealed the waiver decision? If your waiver request was denied, you could appeal the decision, and very importantly--ensure that all supporting documentation and arguments are prepared and included in the the appeal.
You should re-engage your Career Counselor, certainly keeping him/her informed. Why? Ultimately, you are making career-related decisions involving assignments and contract obligations and if you need them again you don't want them to play catch-up or be in the dark.
What exactly is your primary question? "I need help quickly" is a statement. What is your main question?
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SSG (Join to see)
With getting my PMOS back to 11B so I can stay where I’m at cause that’s what was suppose to happen all along and it didn’t.
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LTC Kevin B.
SSG (Join to see) - You're still not clarifying your question (so that I can adjust your title to draw in members who can assist). Are you asking "How can I get back my PMOS so that I can stabilize at my current duty station?"
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SSG (Join to see)
Rgr sir because if I get my PMOS switched back over I would stabilize where I am. Sorry for the time lapse I’m out of the country right now.
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LTC Kevin B.
SSG (Join to see) - No problem. I adjusted the question title for you. Good luck finding a way to make this happen.
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This is a hard read. I know you are emotional as it comes out in your writing. What you need is guidance and Command support. Based on how you lay things out tgey don't seem to have been involved.
If you have been misguided or have come up against ignorance or laziness itbis the Commands duty,responsibility to guide and support you as I am sure they will. Take this to the 1SG and Co.
Your COC should be able to gain a waiver or two to one topic or another. Going to Alaska as a 91 or an 11? The solution lies in this mix of possibilities which seem to be bleeding together in slight of policy. See the COC.
If you have been misguided or have come up against ignorance or laziness itbis the Commands duty,responsibility to guide and support you as I am sure they will. Take this to the 1SG and Co.
Your COC should be able to gain a waiver or two to one topic or another. Going to Alaska as a 91 or an 11? The solution lies in this mix of possibilities which seem to be bleeding together in slight of policy. See the COC.
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