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Originally Posted by Keenan
Hello gentleman,
Recent graduate of class 05-12 assigned 18E and Russian. I'm currently a 68W assigned to Fort Campbell and a native speaker of Arabic. I'm looking to switch to 18D and Arabic OR any related Semitic language. I spent 4 semesters of college studying MSA+, lived in Damascus for approximately 2 years and have distinct middle eastern features (I would certainly not pass for Eastern European or Slavic). I scored a 91 on my DLAB, 131 GT, 12.9 mat/read TABE and 118 GAMMA and I did verify with cadre those satisfied usual criterion for 18D.
My principle concern is that although there are MTOE requirements shouldn't there be some weight given to prior experience and existing knowledge base? I did a forum search before posting however no recent activity or POCs are listed. Any assistance or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
-Keenan
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Keenan:
You are at Ft. Campbell.
Home of the 5th SFG(A).
An industrious individual would establish a contact with the 5th SFG(A), preferably a SGM or CSM, demonstrate his value, and attempt to use that connection to leverage the assignment personnel to put you in 5th SFG(A) with Arabic instead. If a Group CSM called, the swap should be easy.
The 18D change would be a bit more difficult, but for a 68W, should not be impossible.
Take this as a demonstration that the Army has a sense of humor, allbeit frequently unintentional and not necessarily to your benefit. There is probably a Commo MOS holding Slav who speaks native 3/3 Russian and who hammers out 18/18 on his ham set that they are going to train to a 1/1 standard in MSA, and try to teach him to be a medic.
Do your best.
TR
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