PO1 Austin Hubbard 6938304 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My sister is currently at EOD school, though fractured her ankle, and is being told she will be sent instead to cook school. Her impression is that she is eligible to be given three different options based on her ASVAB/GT scores. Is she mistaken, or is she eligible to consider different alternatives? 2021-04-29T22:30:42-04:00 PO1 Austin Hubbard 6938304

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My sister is currently at EOD school, though fractured her ankle, and is being told she will be sent instead to cook school. Her impression is that she is eligible to be given three different options based on her ASVAB/GT scores. Is she mistaken, or is she eligible to consider different alternatives?

2021-04-29T22:30:42-04:00 2021-04-29T22:30:42-04:00 PO1 Austin Hubbard 6938306

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>*In the Army

2021-04-29T22:31:32-04:00 2021-04-29T22:31:32-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 6938359

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It&#39;s called a Mandatory Reclass. She was given the benefit of training when she enlisted as EOD. EOD actually has about a 2/3rd attrition rate. If there are other MOS training seats available on short notice an IET Soldier who is dropped may sometimes be offered several options. Nothing is guaranteed and anyone who says they are entitled to any choices are just reciting urban legend

2021-04-29T22:56:42-04:00 2021-04-29T22:56:42-04:00 SFC Melvin Brandenburg 6938496

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Needs of the service. It&#39;s unfortunate, but that happens. I chose to be a cook, and it was a good choice for me. Advancements and promotions are fairly rapid for 92G if she pounds out civilian education and does her job well. I always tell people to have a positive attitude in spite of circumstances because if a person learns to do that well when times are easy, when the enemy throws the suck at us, a positive attitude is a game changer.

2021-04-30T01:14:21-04:00 2021-04-30T01:14:21-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 6938771

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I always thought high attrition rate enlistment were a shady thing the Navy did (Other than 11X where you still end up Infantry) but I haven&#39;t joined the army since the 1990s.

2021-04-30T07:22:14-04:00 2021-04-30T07:22:14-04:00 SPC Cathy Goessman 6938852

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>She is mistaken. If you get kicked from your contracted MOS you get reclassed on needs of the Army. Sometimes there&#39;s choices and sometimes not. When I was in IET Cook or 88M is what most people got tossed to. Sucks but that&#39;s the risk you take when you go for something like EOD with a high failure rate. If she&#39;s really desperate to not be a cook(wouldn&#39;t blame her!) she might be able to take it up with her command but odds are good the decision was already made based on school openings.

2021-04-30T07:58:27-04:00 2021-04-30T07:58:27-04:00 SSgt Christophe Murphy 6938853

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you sign for an MOS and can’t complete that training pipeline they can reclass as needs of the military present themselves.

2021-04-30T07:58:58-04:00 2021-04-30T07:58:58-04:00 SFC Michael Hasbun 6938949

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When you fail AIT, your next assignment is wherever the Army wants you to go.<br />That&#39;s why the Army so casually allows people to enlist for EOD, SF, etc...<br />Because they know statistically you will fail, and then they have a body they can plug anywhere.

2021-04-30T08:48:59-04:00 2021-04-30T08:48:59-04:00 CPT Richard Trione 6940162

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, unfortunately the needs of the Army to achieve its missions might require military personnel to change to another MOS.

2021-04-30T18:00:14-04:00 2021-04-30T18:00:14-04:00 MSG Terry Lingle 6942057

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Somewhere in her contract I’m sure it says that if she is unable to complete her training she will “be reassigned in accordance with the needs of the United States Army,” or words to that effect. Sometimes soldiers in this situation are offered alternatives, but not always. Full disclosure: I retired from the US Army in 1989 as a MSG personnel NCO. But...some things never change. In the end it’s always about the “Big Green Machine.”

2021-05-01T10:27:58-04:00 2021-05-01T10:27:58-04:00 Sgt Dale Briggs 6943057

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I’m certainly no expert , but they fulfilled their obligation of giving her a slot, if your hurt and there’s no room or time to recycle you, then they certainly can. Needs of the Army and such, and over taxed slots I’d guess, I imagine the sign on bonuses make it competitive. Could be worse than cook school, 0341 would be worse, I’d certainly hate to spend my life humping baseplates to a mortar.

2021-05-01T20:50:01-04:00 2021-05-01T20:50:01-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 6946827

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I find it hard to believe they would send an EOD recycle with a TS clearance to Food Services. <br /><br />When I was a Intel Analyst my class had three EOD recycles in it for 35F. <br /><br />The cadre are probably playing mind games with her. I&#39;d like to think the Army is going to try and recover it&#39;s investment on the TS clearance.

2021-05-03T12:27:18-04:00 2021-05-03T12:27:18-04:00 2021-04-29T22:30:42-04:00