18x and recruiting assistance

[John_Chrichton]

Originally Posted by Dan P

I know this thread has aged somewhat, but I have just observed 2 new 18x recruits in the end of May for 2011 in another thread. Perhaps things have changed for next year due to FY October for the Army or for some other reason.

So to those who may stumble upon this thread, it appears that there may be hope for 18x's past April 2011, or at least through May of 2011. See the ship dates for the newest "18x's and Rep63's."

- Dan P

I succesfully reno'd into an 18X contract. I have not heard anything from my recruiter or otherwise about the 18X program being discontinued.

When I initially enlisted, I was told that there were no spots for 18X. I was also told that out of 98,000 contracts that are available for FY2011, 30,000 had already been written. I did have luck however when this new year opened up, so I believe it was just a timing issue and the recruiter was trying to close the year.

[Callsign]

Originally Posted by John_Chrichton

On 10/21/2010, I succesfully reno'd into an 18X contract with ship date of 20110524. I have not heard anything from my recruiter or otherwise about the 18X program being discontinued.

When I initially enlisted in September (2010), I was told that there were no spots for 18X. I was also told that out of 98,000 contracts that are available for FY2011, 30,000 had already been written by September 2010. I did have luck however when this new year opened up, so I believe it was just a timing issue and the recruiter was trying to close the year.

Just to elaborate a bit on the above, I too have a similar ship date for basic 20110525. This morning (10-27-2010) when I was selecting the MOS, the recruiter had to call his supervisor to put the 18x into the software. It wipes out all the other other options and I was shown how many slots were available.

There was no mention of the 18x program being discontinued then again I'm not sure they would have that information.