
Soldiers that need additional training ship to Fort Benning, Georgia for AIT to earn 19K as their primary MOS and continue as an 11B for their secondary occupational skill sets. As part of the Army training program, CTC rotations offer brigade-level training exercises for armored, infantry, and stryker brigade combat teams. The other is by completing a Combat Training Center rotation. One is by qualifying as a loader during a live-fire exercise (commonly referred to in the Army as “gunnery”). Two unique options available for an 11B to become a 19K.

Army, but the division’s solution allowed Dogface Soldiers from Fort Stewart to broaden their careers and learn new skills while leveraging a innovative way to transition to a new job field that is more efficient because it doesn’t require Soldiers to attend Advanced Individual Training (AIT).

This coordinated effort began with a resources synchronization conference within the 18th Airborne Corps. The 3rd Infantry Division is leveraging the flexibility of its Soldiers by cross-training infantrymen (11B) to solve a shortage of M1 armor crewmen (19K) in the division, an issue the U.S.
