I did find one thread that could help and wanted to ask my question there by the thread was locked. So they take the opportunity when they can to reduce some of the fluff.First and for most I have have searched for hours on this site for a better answer to me question. And HRC can't evaluate a person's background when they are just joining off the street (like that can reclassing soldiers). I mean, they are allowing a person to take up a training slot for nearly a year that could have gone to someone else who might have had a better chance. They have been burned a number of times in the past with selecting people on faith/hope when they don't have a strong IT background and not passing the training. On-the-job training is where a lot of the hard technical skills are really enforced. it is to get the soldier familiar with concepts and processes so that they can understand the on-the-job training they'll get. I believe the education still has merit, but just like any other schooling the Army has. There are reasons behind his - primarily the lack of slots that are available to soldiers due to 5 branches fighting over slots a year in advance. JCAC isn't gone exactly, but the Army is doing their own schooling, whereas all the other branches are going through JCAC. That was in 2016 (I think technically I started the PCS process to the school in Dec 2015). I legitimately showed up at the schoolhouse and they were still trying to figure out what to do with us. I was in the very first class of 17Cs that went through JCAC via the packet reclass process. Source: Me, reclassed 17C who has ETS'd to civ life You need education, more than just sec+ and documented work experience in some form of IT to be considered competitive. You just aren't a strong enough candidate. I'm going to be blunt and tell you right now, there is a 99% chance that at E-4 or E-5, that with your current background, you won't be selected. Junior Enlisted up to E-4 SPC, CPL, SGT, SSG, etc. The cyber school house which publishes the packet will regularly update which ranks they are currently looking to fill. But they will gladly leave slots unfilled than pick subpar individuals to try and fill the slots. It means they are in need of qualified candidates. An in-demand MOS doesn't mean they will just take anyone. I went through JCAC with E-5s and E-6s who had no formal IT knowledge and were picked for their leadership background. In the very very beginning of 17C packet applications, they were looking for diverse backgrounds across all ranks with less stringent requirements on current experience, education, or experience. The primary reason is unless HRC makes an exception due to extenuating circumstances, they don't/won't pay for more than one PCS in a 12 month period. In order to submit a packet for the 17C MOS you need to be at your current duty station for over 1 year. If i dont get picked up, I plan to go back to college and finish my degree or go into one of those programming boot camps that army offers. I'm also hearing that now 17c is having abundant amount of applications and trainees, so I would like to hear from you guys with experience about my chance, and also the tips to raise my chance of getting picked up. I think I can hold off on going to the board if it's more beneficial to stay as e-4 to be selected. I know 17c is a packet MOS, but does that mean they will select individuals in any ranks? I'm most likely to be promoted to e-5 so I'm afraid I won't get selected bc of my NCO status. My major in college (didn't graduate) was computer science, without any certs, but i'm planning to get at least sec+ before sending up the packet. Currently e-4 promotable, likely to be promoted to e-5 within a year. so Im hitting 5 years of TIS in 5 months. reclassed to 68c, about to finish the course within 1 month. enlisted in 2017 as 11b, served till april 2020 So I'm planning to pursue my original passion, which is cyber security. Hi, I'm about to finish my 68C training but I'm realizing that medical field (esp.
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