All SGT's and below looking to reclass into a high tech MOS should check out 21P Prime Power Production Specialist.
Prime Power School Website

This is a good move if you are looking to move into the civilian sector. Pay starts at $60,000.

21P SSG,
Sounds like a great recommendation. I am looking at taking the BMST at Ft.Carson this week. I have been out of school for 11 years thou.
How long have the promotion points been at 798? Is that the usual for promotions.
I have a question that you might be able to answer, is there an expiration on line scores. I took my asvab when I returned from a break in service in 2003, and my line scores are 131 mech, and 131 elec.

SGT C

Sorry for not getting to this sooner. I was in ANCOC.

Points have been high for a while now. In 2004 the Army temporarily let E5P's in to the School. Many of them were promoted in their old MOS during school. This created an overstrength situation that has taken a while to correct. The points should start to drop soon as those SSG get promoted, go Officer or get out. When I came over the points for SSG were 450 than jumped to 798. They tend to fluctuate a great deal based off of graduation dates. Feb, Aug.

As far as I know your line scores are good until you re take the ASVAB. I have been in for over twelve years and have had the same scores the whole time.

Good luck with your application.
Send me a message if you are having any trouble.

I realize this is an old topic, but the MOS has caught my attention. Upon some research though it sounds like the actual MOS has quite a few different options for the schooling you go through. Which specialty did you choose? How was the training and how long was it? What are your daily operations like in garrison and while deployed? Thanks for any help.

i am trying to reclass to prime power but the link that is on this page doesn't work for me. My retention NCO is also having trouble. Is there someone i can send my packet to or another link to try

Here is the link to the correct page:

http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/249en/

Click on "Become a Black Lion" on the left.

I am currently a student at the Prime Power School, so if you need any help or have any questions, PM me. Your first step should be taking the BMST at your education center.

Good luck!

i am curently deployed in iraq was formeley an electrician on the civilian side. I'm on my 2nd term reenenlistment as an 11b looking to reclass to 21p not scheduled to return state side until march 09 what steps do i need to take to reclass i know i need to raise my gt scores to meet criteria. is there anything that can be done prior to redeploying stateside any answers would be great thanks sincelerey

Your best bet is to brush up on your math. This will help you a lot in school. Since the first 4 months math. If you have not taken the BMST you may want to get ready for that because most people are unable to get a 70 on the test. Try talking to the prime power that are down range in your area. We are all willing to help you get in the mos.

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Originally posted by tom_1635:
...but the MOS has caught my attention. Upon some research though it sounds like the actual MOS has quite a few different options for the schooling you go through. Which specialty did you choose?...

Speaking of such, I am in the middle of putting together my reclass packet. Trying to get a feeling for the 3 ASIs. My current MOS keeps me locked in a windowless building staring at a computer monitor and I have a strong dislike for it. I want to tear things apart and put them back together. I assume that this means the instrumentation ASI would not be a good fit... what about the other 2?

In this link to another thread, I am discussing assignment options, as well as giving some other info.

I know you're new to the community and adding links to links to links is fairly new for you, but do you have to do it so much? Try to stick with one thread and you'll get much better answers/feedback.

Sorry about all the links, I am used to slapping in links to interesting stuff in the various community boards I participate in. I can see how all my posts on various threads make for a disjointed conversation.
Also....
I got a system-generated message from ATRRS and I have a slot in the August class!
So that's 4 more months in a windowless building, then PCS leave for a month, then sign in at FT Belvoir!

Congratulations!

I graduated last August and I'm still at Belvoir with C Co. It's a great job, and in a short few months I've been out for two disaster relief missions as well as a few other TDY's.

If you have any questions let me know!

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Originally posted by tom_1635:
Trying to get a feeling for the 3 ASIs.

Your ASI is usually irrelevant when it comes to the actual job. I'm a mechanic, but my job on most missions is all electrical. You will be cross trained thoroughly. We all go on missions. We all go to the field. We all do command maintenance. The only time you ASI comes into to play is for a specific aspect of some special missions. Even then its not exclusively one ASI working on it. You will be an industrial jack of all trades.

Now as far as picking an ASI, I-Techs are few and far between. They've only had 2 out of the past two years of classes. I picked Mechanic because I was told the same thing I'm telling you now, and I knew electrical cross training would be plentiful at the line units. But thats just me. You'll get a better feel for it when you get to the school house.