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When I was in, we were required to cross train and do admin stuff - so that the team / company could run efficiently and everyone was ready to 'move up' into more senior positions.
I thought the greatest honor I received was (as an E-4p, E5) I was asked by my CO to be the acting XO for the company, and my CSM backed it fully. I was an 18B ath the time, and as recognition for a job well done (all you Companty XOs out there, I feel your pain and frustration, a thankless job) I was given the chance to reclass into 18D (yup, the chance to go back through Phase II, TDY). But we got chances to do real life demo/engineer training - as the state of MA needed some buildings removed, and our 18Cs really used it as an in depth exercise, IEDs, clearing UXO, and a lot more, we rotated through commo courses too in the same exercise. I was always kind of disappointed that I didn't get 18C originally.
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