What's it like being a 15N reclass?

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I do not know any 15N reclasses. However, I absolutely love being a 15N. I am currently in my battalions S3 and it has been a great expirionce. 15N is an amazing MOS and the only thing I would trade it for is to be a pilot instead of a maintainer. The work is fun, if you like challenges. Being able to fly in the aircraft that you personally have fixed is a great feeling. Deployments, duty hrs., and workload depend on the unit. I am currently in 615th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB), 1ACB, FT. Hood and my unit just returned from Germany and we will be deploying in 2019. Most of the time, you do not want to go to an ASB, you should try your best to go to a GSAB. They are the ones that work hand and with the flight companies and usually get more work then the ASB. But my battalion is if not the best, then one of the best ASB’s in the army. The pilots and other battalions come directly to us to get the job done the right way, the first time. Being a 15N, you have a lot of people to depend on you. Inbox me if you have any questions, I’ll be glad to support!

Aviation deploys pretty heavily. Every division has an Aviation Brigade so all of the bases that have a division based there are your options plus Central America.

Since you’re a reclass, the days at school won’t be bad. Class, PT, and plenty of downtime in between.

Workload depend on how many aircraft decide to break and what breaks on them. Our avionics folks usually stay pretty busy but they’re not overloaded. Most of the job involves troubleshooting and trying to replicate what the pilots experienced in-flight on the ground.

After the Army you can get an FCC license to work on civilian aircraft that I’ve heard pays pretty well and isn’t too difficult or expensive to obtain.