I recently reached my 1 year mark in service. I want to reclass 25N from 25B?

Question

Can I reclass without re-enlisting? Also, I recieved a 20k bonus. It was not for my MOS, it was the "quick ship bonus" granted to everyone who left for basic training during a certain time frame. Will I have to pay this back?

Answer 1

no. typically you must re enlist before you can cross train.  they spent all that time and money training you as a 25B they will not let you go without getting their money's worth.  

one year no way will they entertain the thought..probably half of that was spent in training anyway.  

Answer 2

Normally you'd have to wait till your window comes up (about half way through). Talk to a retention NCO, they should be able to answer your quesitons about that.  

Answer 3

You generally need at least 2 years in to reclass. And if your bonus was a "quick ship" bonus then no... You would not have to pay that back for reclassing.

Answer 4

You'd have to start with the personnel folks.  I think the 25N is a new MOS and most of them will transfer from another MOS.

But as long as your MOS doesn't have a shortfall you might be able to pull it off.  But I'd bet you have to do at least 2 years before they even let you reclass.

Why don't you like the 25B?  It might just be the current assignment you are in that makes the job seem bad.