I recently came back in after a 14 year break in service. Currently I am at DLI, after which I will go back to school to retrain in my original MOS. My question is, am I techically still MOS qualifed from my first enlistment, as far as promotions are concerned? Do MOS's qualifications expire?? I know of people with shorter breaks in service (2-3 years), who come back in and jump right back into duty...so you don't automatically lose qualification if you get out. Is there a specific reg on this somewhere??

Thanks.

MOS's do not expire . . . but

The MOS duties and training could have changed a lot in the 14 years you have been out, so retraining may be necessary

Thanks...I definitely need to be retrained after such a long break, but if I am still considered MOS qual'd then I can get promoted to E5 without waiting another year and a half to finish school.

Don't know if this helps, but I became a 67N in 1981. Became a 54E in 84 and my final DD214 in 2004 still showed 67N as my secondary. Do I know which end of Huey is up? Probably not. Did the Army think I did? Probably so.

I was active duty from 1984-1989 and reenlisted into the same MOS in the Army Reserve after an 18-year break in service. The biggest hassle I have, in addition to trying to recreate my 201 file, is updating the HRC portal to change my MOS from 29Y (what it was back then) to 25S (what it is now).

Argg! It has been almost 4 months since I asked this question, and still fighting with my unit, S1, Personnel Section, etc. for answers.

I have a problem, I walk in with the regulation in hand, and their only response is to turf it off to somebody else, who turfs it off to someone else, who eventually gives it back to the first person I talked to.

If I ask for the regulation that explains why they won't do X or fix problem Y, the answer I am supposed to accept is "That is just the way it is..." End of discussion.

I am bumping this up...after a long break in service, shouldn't my previous PMOS still show up as my "current" PMOS on my ERB...regardless if I need to be retrained, nobody can show me any reg that states it expires, should be deleted or was withdrawn.

Any help would be appreciated!

I was out 9.5 Years after 8 years in and had to attend the same MOS training again. The real kicker was that my ASI was still active but my MOS was expired. Luckily the instructers recognized my skill set and I had lots of time off.