I am kind of in a hard place with making decisions right now. I am a SPC currently deployed to Southeast Afghanistan. I have a couple questions as far as me reenlisting for the 75th. (Mainly looking for advice.) Heres my delima:
I am a 21W(CARPENTRY AND MASONRY SPECIALIST), which is an over-streangth MOS. The Army is forcing me to reclass my MOS if I stay in. I have no problem with that. So I contacted 75recruit@soc.mil and was told:
To get a guranteed slot for RASP, I would have to reclass into a low density MOS because, 11b's are a dime a dozen trying to go to the 75th. I was fine with that. Anything to get me into the 75th. So the MOS I want to choose is 25C (RADIO OPERATOR - MAINTAINER). Now here is where my delima occurs. 75recruit@soc.mil won't answer my questions. I just get the same generic email, which isn't promising as far as reenlisting downrange with no real solid retention. (The retention I do have wont promise me anything as far as RASP. Just the reclass to 25C. I can't get ahold of the Ranger Retention because the DSN doesn't work for calling his number here, we have no IP or morale phones. And my emails back and fourth with him are about 4-6 days between, if I get an email at all.)
I just get that generic message after I ask these questions:You will need to have your Retention NCO either Re-enlist you to Re-class to your desired MOS, or see if you can submit a 4187 to Re-class if you are outside your Re-enlistment window. Once you have completed everything and you have your ATTRS Paperwork, you will need to send me a copy of that paperwork so I can change your follow on assignment to RASP enroute to the Ranger Regiment.
So everything seems a little sketchy. It's not that I don't want to do this or that and I want what I want. It's just I don't want to reenlist for something and than a year from now the regiment closes its doors to the MOS I reenlisted for. Anyone kind of see what I'm saying? So what should I do? Should I just wait till I'm about done with this deployment? And reenlist than? But who knows what the fiscal year is going to bring as far as reenlisting..Is there a minumum GT requirement?
If I reenlist, my school wont be till July 2011. (Because I'm deployed they won't give me a school during the deployment most likely, and 90 days stabilization when I get back) So will the 75th still need those low density MOS's than?
I don't want to take a gamble on reenlisting for something that the 75th may or may not need in a year.
And if you change my ATTRS will I have Airborne before RASP, or does that just work it self out?
So any advice would be a great help. No one else in my batallion is trying to do what I want to do, so I don't have anyone to fight this battle with.
Meanwhile I'll just be training as if I were going to RASP when I get back. I got a half marathon in July and I am feeling good about that.
P.S. - In NO WAY am I trying to disrespect the Ranger Retention in this thread. I'm sure that he gets a SHIT load of emails and someone asking for stuff a year out probably isn't priority. I just want to get my career on path.