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Old 02-06-2019, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ChalkLine View Post
In what way does it affect how you do your job?
Say, if you're needed elsewhere for a day or two in one of your other capacities. Is it different in any meaningful way?
When I was in you would not be sent off to work in the old MOS for a day or two. Having said that based on the other MOS's you had may influence some assignments that you would get. For example I started as a 19K (M1 Tank Crewman) and finished as 89D (EOD) I was much more likely to be sent to work with the tankers than one of our other teams that did not have a background in tanks, but it was not a deal breaker. If I was busy they would send out another team with out a second thought. There are also some MOS's that even if they are not your active are kind of active. In between being a tanker and EOD I spent a short bit of time as a 91B (Combat Medic), when I went to EOD everyone of us was a combat lifesaver, however as a former medic I was kind of a super combat lifesaver. Officially I was the same as everyone else, but because I had more training I was able to do more.

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