I am an E-5 19D and will be able to re-enlist in a few weeks. I am interested in reclassing into one of the following MOS's: 35L, 35M, or 35P. After looking at all the latest messages on this page I have a few questions about each and hoping I can get some help. 35L: There is an application process. Where do I obtain the application or checklist so that I can get to work on it? I'm also trying to find out what the quals are and what exactly the process is? 35M: Currently on the BEAR program the only option is for SPC and below. But according to the In/Out calls there are openings for E-5. Does this mean that the only option I have for that reclass is to switch with no bonus? And would I have to do this via 4187 or my Career Counselor? And where do I obtain the quals? 35P: According to the message the BEAR only applies to specific languages. How do I find out what languages these codes are? How do I obtain the quals info and find out what the process is in order to reclass to this MOS? Finally, where can I look in order to find out the training cycles for all of these jobs?

I am going to talk to my career counselor this week but I want to know what I'm talking about when I go in there. I just left USAREC as a recruiter so even though there are huge differences, I know how the recruiting/accessions/retention framework is set up. The more information I have going into it, the easier it will be for me and my career counselor.

Any help you can provide would be helped and appreciated. Thanks.

The first step in the 35L re-class process is to locate and get in touch with a CI agent stationed on your post. They will explain the application process to you as well as conduct your interview and the submission of your packet. The following were the qualifications that were posted on this site last year. I believe they were pulled from the HRC website but they might have changed since then:

CI agents must possess the following qualifications:
(1) A physical demands rating of medium.
(2) A physical profile of 222221.
(3) Normal color vision.
(4) Qualifying scores.
(a) A minimum score of 105 in aptitude area ST on Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) tests administered prior to 2 January 2002.
(b) A minimum score of 102 in aptitude area ST on ASVAB tests administered on and after 2 January 2002.
(c) A minimum score of 101 in aptitude area ST (TECH) on ASVAB tests administered on and after 1 July 2004.
(5) The Soldier must meet TOP SECRET (TS) Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access eligibility requirements to be awarded this MOS. For training (if required) an interim TS with SCI access granted from the Central Clearance Facility (CCF) meets this requirement.
(6) A high school graduate or equivalent.
(7) Demonstrates clear enunciation and comprehension of English and good Standard English grammar skills.
(8) Never been a member of the U.S. Peace Corps, except as specified in AR 614-200, (para 3-2).
(9) MOS closed for reclassification at SFC, MSG and SGM, except for those Soldiers within CMF 35.
(10) No information in military personnel, Provost Marshal, intelligence, or medical records which would prevent the granting of a security eligibility under AR 380-67 (para 3.401.a).
(11) No record of conviction by court-martial.
(12) No record of conviction by a civil court for any offense other than minor traffic violations.
(13) Be interviewed per DA Pam 600-8, procedure 3-33, as applicable.
(14) The Soldier must be a U.S. citizen. Members of immediate family (see 15b) must also be U.S. citizens. Soldier and immediate family can be naturalized citizens. If naturalized, there is no minimum residency requirement.
(15) Soldier and spouse must not have immediate family members who reside in a country within whose boundaries physical or mental coercion is known to be common practice, either against--
(a) Persons accused of or acting in the interest of the U.S. or
(b) The relatives of such persons to whom they may reasonably be considered to be bound by ties of affection, kinship, or obligation. Immediate family for both Soldier and spouse will include both blood and step-: parents, spouse, children, sisters, brothers, any other living blood relative, or a person in loco parentis per AR 600-8-10.
(16) Have neither commercial nor vested interest in a country within whose boundaries physical or mental coercion is known to be a common practice against persons acting in the interest of the U.S. This requirement applies to the Soldier's spouse as well.
(17) A minimum age of 21 and a SGT or above for accreditation as CI agent.
(18) Meet selection criteria and classification and assignment restrictions contained in AR 601-210 and AR 614-200.
(19) Meet career management and development criteria contained in AR 614-200 and DA Pam 352-4.
(20) Formal training (completion of CI Special Agents Course conducted under the auspices of U.S. Army Intelligence Center) mandatory.
(21) Satisfactorily complete a one-year probation period after CI training.
(22) Be advised that due to the nature of training and assignments, temporary restrictions may be placed on foreign travel both during and after the term of service.
(23) MOS closed for reclassification to Soldiers who have been deemed permanently non-deployable in accordance with AR 614-30, AR 40-501, AR 220-1 and AR 600-8-101. Soldiers must meet the minimum criteria for retainability stated in AR 600-60, paragraph 4-2(b)and be fully deployable to all locations and echelons.

Again though, for 35L, the best place to begin is with a local CI agent.