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Cross Training and/or Branch of Service Realignment
Most soldiers spend their entire career in their starting MOS’s. Bouncing around from MOS to MOS is inefficient, and is highly discouraged for most soldiers; however, some soldiers are not satisfied with their initial choice of PMOS or SMOS. As well, cross training ensures that a unit commander will always have soldiers available to perform, or assist with, critical tasks. The priority of a cross training is determined by how important that the task is to the unit or Branch of Service (BOS). To that end, all of the branches of service have cross-training programs within their service.
Should a character wish to take on the duties of another PMOS that is not in the same BOS as he is currently enlisted, he will have to re-enlist with the new Branch of Service. This is a bureaucratic nightmare. The MD and the player will have to work through all of the requirements before this can take place (why, when, how, etc.). It is unlikely that a character will really get an opportunity to realign is service of enlistment.
Consequently, a cross training or service realignment could be more of a hindrance than a help. However, for those of you who still desire to split a career, here are the rules and conditions.

1. The character must earn 1000 experience points before he can begin accumulating experience again after the change. This means that he will not be able to improve until he has met the 1000 point prerequisite. Once this has been achieved the 1000 points are lost and the character can begin to accumulate experience normally once again.
2. The character will begin the new PMOS or SMOS at “Training Level,” which means the usual PMOS or SMOS skills are selected, but NO BONUSES APPLY.
3. The previous/original PMOS or SMOS skill knowledge and proficiency are permanently frozen at the point when the new PMOS or SMOS was selected. This means that, while the character retains his previous PMOS or SMOS skill knowledge and abilities, those skills are not increasing because he spends the bulk of the time in perfecting the new skills. (If any of the old skills are trained by the new MOS, the character can still advance those skills as they are still being used.)