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Best Army MOS

Posted on 10/16/21 at 10:31 pm
Posted by Miznoz
St. Louis
Member since Dec 2018
2216 posts
Posted on 10/16/21 at 10:31 pm
I have my pick of ARMY MOS, which one should I take.

I'd like to work for a defense contractor afterwards. Maybe a 3 letter agency but I'm already old so probably not going to use time doing that and go straight for the big money.
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25258 posts
Posted on 10/17/21 at 7:43 am to
Its been too long for me to chime in but do not make the mistake I made. I crushed the ADSVAB and had my choice of what MOS I wanted... and my recruiter talked me into going infantry.

At your age I'd suggest something in the computers field. They always need IT guys and if you have a high security clearance (which you should if you can finagle a Pentagon type job) they'll be fighting to sign you at a Federal agency.
Posted by trickydick12
college station
Member since Sep 2012
1672 posts
Posted on 10/18/21 at 5:20 pm to
Whatever gets you to army future command in Austin.
Posted by MeTarzanYouInsane
Lower Bucks
Member since Sep 2013
567 posts
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:01 pm to
Your life ambitions and goals will most likely change a few times as you see the world and it changes around you.

Honestly, pick the MOS which you are most interested in and everything else will work out. You can always reclass after a few years.
Posted by stinkdawg
Savannah, smoking by the gas cans
Member since Aug 2014
4072 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:39 am to
Now days, Non Binary Political Officer.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
9724 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:39 pm to
Take the DLAB and learn Arabic or Farsi or something. That would be a huge step towards an agency job.
Posted by RightHook
Member since Dec 2013
5560 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:38 pm to
35m with a shot at rip or w/e it's called now.
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57002 posts
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:40 pm to
Cyber Warfare
Posted by Godawgs1114
Member since Dec 2015
220 posts
Posted on 10/29/21 at 7:27 pm to
18b
Posted by KajunGator
Lake Arthur, LA
Member since May 2011
7286 posts
Posted on 11/3/21 at 12:50 pm to
I was a 13E Fire Direction Specialist in a Field Artillery unit. (used computers to tell the guns how to put a 100lb round in a 1 meter box 17 miles away)

During my time in service the designation changed from 13E to 13D and became more computerized and digital...less manual computations.
Posted by TheSwineAssault
The Delta
Member since Apr 2010
1623 posts
Posted on 11/4/21 at 10:49 am to
I was tricked into 54B (NBC) it’s not 54B anymore but anyway. …Nerve Agent, Tear Gas, Bio Weapons, Decon, Recon……
Don’t do this one. I did get paid extra on my GI bill(they call it a kicker) for doing this MOS tho.
Posted by AgsNguyening
USA
Member since Jul 2014
2798 posts
Posted on 11/4/21 at 3:55 pm to
Can you be more specific? There are a lot of possibilities if you want to be recruited for an agency position.
Posted by TexanTiger68
Houston, TX
Member since Oct 2021
4339 posts
Posted on 12/10/21 at 9:48 pm to
Go IT. Unless you just feel like it's your calling, don't even consider infantry. It's not what it used to be. You'll be stuck with a bunch of fricking idiots. You'll have senior enlisted leadership who never graduated high school. It's not the field shite or any of that that is so bad. It's the garrison bullshite where you will play frick-frick games your entire enlistment.
This post was edited on 12/10/21 at 9:50 pm
Posted by CauleyHog
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Member since Nov 2012
4618 posts
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:01 pm to
Something that will give you a security clearance and translate to civilian sector . Like MI, Civil affairs, supply, signal, etc.
Posted by Sneakerhead42
North Pole, Alaska
Member since Dec 2014
2166 posts
Posted on 12/18/21 at 12:41 am to
Easy answer join the Air Force instead

But honestly it just depends what you wanna do. I work in the Laboratory with some Army folk and they seem to like it. They always tell me they wish they went AF though.

Good luck
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
75242 posts
Posted on 12/18/21 at 1:18 pm to
Not Army but I’d pick something that transitions to a high paying civilian job.
Posted by Lutcher Lad
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Member since Sep 2009
5867 posts
Posted on 12/20/21 at 3:37 pm to
Not saying it was the best, but 52B-30 was Power Generation Equipment Repairman. Had my AIT at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia for about 4 months, 18 miles south of Washington DC.

Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6674 posts
Posted on 12/20/21 at 5:03 pm to
quote:

Best Army MOS


None of them. The Army isn't worth serving in anymore.
Posted by First Sergeant1
Enterprise, Alabama
Member since Dec 2018
324 posts
Posted on 12/22/21 at 6:42 pm to
I was a 15Q- Air Traffic Controller….good opportunities after you get out.
Posted by chew4219
Member since Sep 2009
2724 posts
Posted on 12/26/21 at 4:37 pm to
frick that man…skip the Army and go Air Force.

This is coming from a guy who is on year 23 in the army. 10 as 11M and now 13 as a 153M.

Or if you’re dead set on the Army a Boat Warrant wouldn’t be a bad choice.
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