![]() ![]() Information for this site has been and will continue to be gathered from many different sources. This is, and will be a work in progress we apologize now for any errors and/or mistakes. This site is in no way connected to, or sanctioned by, any official Army or Government entity. ![]() We're counting on you to help us complete this list!įield Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic The following is a down and dirty partial MOS list: Please name your image with your last name, and in the email note what DMOS you were filling at the time of the photo. Images: Send a photo of yourself in a duty position as an email attachment to Site Administrator Send us a photo, a story, or both you may also send additional MOS listings for this page. These would be duties you were assigned to regardless of whether it matched your MOS. We ask that you help build the Stories and Images related to the various DMOS's the 4/12th encompassed from 1968 - 1971. Thus you could have 11E serving in a duty position of 11B, etc. Reality was much different, thus a trooper would have a PMOS (Primary MOS - the job a trooper would have received their official training in) and DMOS (Duty MOS - the job a trooper was assigned to). Ideally upon assignment to their unit a trooper would be assigned a duty that reflected their MOS. Commissioned Officer codes were numerical four digits indicated MOS and an optional one digit SQI prefix indicated a special qualification. ![]() Warrant Officer MOS Codes were also 5 digits, but the first four indicated the position, with the last available for an SQI suffix. Where the individual held a Special Qualification Identifier (SQI) for special training or skills, the last character was an alpha SQI that indicated the qualification. The first three (i.e., 11E) indicated the job while the fourth and fifth indicated the relative level. Army changed the MOS coding structure sometime in the 1980s, so the MOS codes, which we held in Viet Nam, are now part of history.ĭifferent MOS coding systems were used for enlisted, warrant officers, and officers:Įnlisted codes consisted of five digits. 11E10, Armor Crewman) to identify the MOS (job) each person was official trained in. Military Occupational Specialty is another way of saying job classification. Once AIT was completed soldiers would either be sent to their first duty station or some would go on to other training (further specialized training, NCO School, or Office Candidate School). This is when a soldier would receive their official training of their Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). Upon completion of basic, soldiers were then sent to AIT (Advanced Individual Training). A new recruit would begin with an eight-week period of BASIC, where you received training in the basics of soldiering such as customs, courtesies and basic infantry training. Army all personnel went through the same general format of training. MOS - Military Occupational Specialties MOS information provided by Sgt. A Troop 4th Squadron, 12th US Cavalry, 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) ![]()
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