Can you currently reclassify from an active duty 11B to a 68C in the Army Reserves?

2022-06-15T22:03:57-04:00

I am 6 months from ETS and am trying to reclass to nursing. I wanted to do it in the guard but they don’t offer the 68C MOS. Is 68C an open MOS in the reserves at the moment. Thank you in advance.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2022 10:22 PM

2022-06-15T22:22:09-04:00

More often than not, 68C is open in the Reserves. As for asking if you can reclass into it, as long as you qualify, it shouldn't be a problem. The biggest issue you'll face is finding a unit near your HOR that has slots. Hit up your Career Counselor for in depth details

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2022 12:42 AM

2022-06-16T00:42:15-04:00

The same exact reserve component career counselor who is telling you what NG MOS's are available based on your post ETS zip code, is also telling you what MOS's are available at the USAR units near your new location. If you aren't working with your RCCC and you're talking to some recruiter, well then, you messed up A-A-Ron.

Reclass in the RC isn't like it is in the Regular Army, there are no strengths. You drill at a unit, it has a slot for an MOS, you can reclass into it. So, it's not that the guard doesn't offer it, it's that the units near you don't offer it, the guard does have 68C.

I will point out for 68C that it's faster to get your LPN as a civilian than through the MOS AIT. You are not going to leave Active Duty and immediately go back onto Active duty for a year for school. You will be waiting around for at least a year or two for a class seat at almost any unit. Plus, the course is a year long, as mentioned. You could use your GI Bill or TA in the RC to walk straight into an LPN program as soon as you ETS

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 17 at 2022 9:20 PM

2022-06-17T21:20:40-04:00

You will need to talk to the Army Reserve recruiter to see if there is a Army Reserve unit near you that needs a 68C. Then you need to see if recruiter can get you a contract for the USAR to send you to school for reclass as 68C "IF" the gaining unit is willing to take you. The other option is if the gaining unit will take you and they pay for you to get reclass.

I say option two is going to be mostly impossible, as any USAR medical unit that would need to fill a 68C slot will just take any of their 68W and send them to school instead. But in the great words of Jim Carrey. "So You're Telling Me There's A Chance"