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So I was told to go to the Va as soon as I left active duty later on down the road I join the guard now I’m trying to apply for a AGR job but hearing mixed things can someone help out and provide some answers or advice.

its me guys. i’m the one farting in formation. i’ll also take a double with fries please.

I’m a fourth year senior extending a year with about 23 final credits but I could try to cram those all in this fall but I feel it’d be better to extend the year. & I’ve been in contact with both recruiters and I settled with going state ocs + slrp in the arng because it worked out well with my future plans after college and I have a nice paying after school job that I feel if I miss large chunks of time with ait my job will become obsolete upon my return since there are only two employees at my school site (me included). So if my boss hires someone else for my role I feel like they’d just fire me when I get back and I can’t give up an easy $40 hour job. Plus it pairs well with my attempts of being a teacher. I told the Ang recruiter why I chose arng because of slrp and he said I could go aviation and get like $50k bonuses plus somehow he said his base (San Jose af base) gets paid second in the nation to ny so I could pay off my $17k student loan in like 3 months without the bonus which sounded crazy to me but very enticing. I’ just interviewed for a 2 year teaching fellowship that’d start fall 2025. I can’t imagine them allowing me to miss the first 4-6 months for ait if I went Ang but I can also defer since they’re pretty military friendly but don’t want to ask about that till I hear back on the 20th if I got accepted or not. What would yall choose? Deal with the suck of state ocs & only miss a minimal amount work or defer the teaching job, enlist ang, and hope for the best with my other job during ang ait? Asvab was 80 I believe and ik jobs can’t discriminate on military service but it also has to make sense for the employer which in my case, it doesn’t.

And once you're in, do you have to keep your hair short?

What benefits do you get if you serve 20 years in the guard? Do you just get a couple hundred bucks a month pension or do you get a similar pension like active duty?

I go to JRTC in the middle of my school 8 week program. I do online school so it’s 8 weeks for two classes. Should I just delay my classes for this term, or will I have some type of time to do the work. I’ve never been to JRTC, so I don’t know how busy it is or what I’m doing.

I guess I’m just making this post to get some advice. I’ve been interested in joining the guard but part of me feels like I’m too old to join now. I understand the benefits are good but the extra pay isn’t really worth it. How has the NG impacted your life and do you regret joining?

I’m an AGR SNCO and a new soldier came up to me after his IST to sign his record so I could move him to his unit. He tells me he turned all his gear in but I still see all of his gear in CIF still with no pending transactions. I ask how he turned it in and he says his uncle dropped it off with his old SNCO and no one has any written documentation or even a single text confirming this. Please don’t be this soldier

Hi all, What does discipline look like in the national guard infantry? Do turds just get to be turds?

I’m currently studying in college to become a dietitian and I don’t mind taking a semester off, but i want to serve in the National Guard and maybe officer route once i get my degree. For enlisted what is the best mos you would pick (not really wanting to so cia fbi nsa whatever as a civilian if that influences your decision). right now my top choice is 15t but want a second opinion.

my scores: AFQT: 82 All of my composite scores range 119-128

I am receiving calls from both Army Reserves and National guard, though I know I want to do either Air guard or Air Reserve after high school. I qualify for both. My main issue is that I have been warned by people I know in the military about recruiters, and my calls with the reserve recruiters always start with “what we offer that national guard doesn’t is…”. I have also done some research and almost everywhere I’ve seen has said the “days a month and 2 weekends a year” is a lie. Yet both guard and reserve are telling me that. I am leaning toward applying for Air National guard, is there anything major that sets the 2 apart?

6 years in the guard now.

I miss wildland fire- I’d like to get back in but I’m wondering what I need to ask for in order to be gone all summer.

I’m a Chaplain (O3) and what I would propose is I somehow SUTA all my summer drills but show up for AT. Is this possible? What exactly do I ask for?

I have some time to game plan. I deploy this fall, I’ll come back in a year, and then get ready for the fire season.

Hey all

For the AGR folks. I've volunteered a lot because I hate drill status. Last year was all T10 with my unit for a MOB, and this year I've been on T10 for an overseas mission outside of my unit.

Does federal time like that play a big part in helping to get into AGR positions?

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Throw away for reasons.

TLDR: Recieved 70% from VA fur PTSD. After telling the MH Capt. at PHA that my issues are worse than ever they essentially said that's nice, we'll do a waiver since you are over 30% and then sent me in my way.

Must I accept this waiver? What happens if I say no thanks?

Longer version: We'll that's pretty much it. I'll add that I'm prior AD 11B with four deployments in the 00s. Did she NG time, had a break in service and thought I would just finish out my last 5ish years to 20. After AD I was in bad shape for awhile (wouldn't admit it back then) my wife got me through it and I've been mostly good for years. Decided to pursue more VA benefits around the same time I got back in.

I wasn't ready for the VA MH C&P exam. It only lasted an hour, but it made me think about stuff that I had "gotten over" and talk about stuff I've never said aloud. I had to take 2 days off of work after. Now I'm dealing with those things, trying to get some treatment started at the VA (wife's making me and she's right), but I've noticed I get worse around drill times and it affects me for a week or so after. Its made me second guess my willingness to continue to serve. I've realized, IMHO, I've given enough already and hitting 20 doesn't really matter to me. I expected a little more from the behavioral health people at PHA, pretty much told them the above but with more detail about symptoms. They simply said, don't worry we will do a waiver for you being at 70% and signed my PHA form. I expected to at least have a conversation about my health.

So anyway, like the title says, what happens if I tell them to shove the waiver? Can you even do this?

I ship out to basic pretty soon ( May 14th). I’m just looking for any tips or anything really to just be prepared.

Also, is anyone a 25H? I want to know how was AIT and your drill weekends, and what it consist of.

I’m currently live in Cali right now , but I want to go to an airborne unit and I know California doesn’t have any . I also want to do 11b . If I want to go to another state is it possible to talk to another recruiter like Nebraska , for example ? Can they still recruit me if I’m not living in that state ? Anybody that knows the answer will greatly help .. thanks . If it doesn’t work out I’ll try active for option 4 contract

Why do Sergeants Major and First Sergeants feel the need to make the packing lists? That's at best a SSG level task, and really it should be pushed down to a SPC. Add to that that their packing lists are always terrible since they're so disconnected from what working soldiers do and need. I've got my soldiers making good packing lists only to have it removed and replaced in the drill letter with some nonsense list that's probably been rehashed from an NTC rotation in 2010.

For context, I’m an E5 medic transferring to Texas. My entire first contract has been with field artillery and combat engineers and I’ve loved it so far. Civilian side I work in the ED as a medic and plan on applying to PA school in the next 2-3 years. I’ll be moving to Texas after coming home from Kuwait next year. I’m re-enlisting and ISTing.

Any medics in the TX guard with advice or units to absolutely avoid? lol

I scored pretty good on the asvab and am looking at 19k or 14s. The issue is, I don't know if these are available in Wi and I asked my recruiter about it to no response. Where do you see what jobs are availible in each state? What's your opinions for better mos options in Wi?

Currently have a pretty good civilian job, but I also tend to get on orders a lot or volunteer for missions and I’m genuinely wondering if secretly my civilian job kind of resents that, so I kind of wonder if it would be better just to get an easier civilian job. I thought about just going back to driving delivery trucks for a FedEx contractor. I used to work for this contractor seasonally but they offered a full time job. (I have a CDL and currently use it on my civilian job but this position is non CDL) I guess the pretty big issue can sometimes be after being gone for longer than a month or two I find myself having to relearn the routine at work. Does anybody else face this issue at times? If so, how did you fix it or what do you think?

It’s there deployment or not ?

I have never been AGR, however, I’ve heard very two opposite sides of the spectrum.

I understand it can be component dependent, state dependent, unit dependent, position dependent, etc etc.

One side says it’s easy and practically just a side job and you start your day at 0900 and leave by 1400.

One side says there’s a lot of burn out and it is long hours with no down-time and high opt-tempo.

So AGRs, what are your experiences? What would make the program better? Which side of spectrum are you on? Does the Army Reserve have a better AGR program?

Personally, after speaking with AGRs it doesn’t sound like it’s all cracked up to be. I think the nepotism is truly vile and AGRs should PCS all over the country like all the other components. I also think applying and attempting to get all the documents to build for the packet sucks compared to how the Army Reserves does it. If you aren’t familiar it’s an online paper you fill out and then you click submit. Finally… if you suck at your job, you should absolutely get fired but for some reason in most cases AGRs are invincible.

Howdy there friends,

Prior service Marine and might be retarded so hang with me.

I was in for 5 years, got out, got a 10% tinnitus rating. It’s been that way for a couple years now but I finally went into the VA and some things were kind of diagnosed.

Specifically migraine, depression, and general anxiety. I saw mental health once with the VA for something that happened when I was Active Duty. The only thing I’ve ever been given medication for is for the migraine but I didn’t keep up with that because I stopped getting them.

Anyways, are my National Guard dreams over? Should I get a job at Wendy’s?

Any help appreciated

So I know where I'm going, not saying for OPSEC reasons but I have been hearing it's 45 days, 6 months then 45 days, so time wise I figure it's not bad, but after being in this new unit I don't feel I want to reenlist. I'm attached to a different mos I know some of the actual basic training stuff, but for the job training parts make it obvious we learned completely different things, making me feel dumb and out of place. Mind you I didn't volunteer for this. The people that did volunteer aren't going, not yet. The people aren't bad, but idk I'm just thinking about my future and I feel like I just need something else. I am still excited to go somewhere but as for everything else idk I feel a lack of motivation.

Honestly I've felt the lack of motivation and just emptiness in life. I made some friends and have some excitement for the deployment, but other than that it feels like a bunch of bs just getting ready and trying to get everything done. Idk home life feels shitty and my guard side feels just as shitty only difference is I have some people to talk to and I get to go somewhere new. I have some other underlying issues but I'm afraid that if I talk to someone I'll be disqualified for going, or being disqualified and just looking like a b*tch. Feel free to dm me if any of you feel like talking

Is there awards for re-enlisting in the National Guard after 3 years of service or would that be unit dependent?

I know it’s not the biggest accomplishment in the world but FUCK YEAH we made it. I’m proud of myself for getting through and I’m ready for the next 12 weeks of OSUT. Anyone who’s going through basic right now just keep your head up and keep pushing, hobbling across the field after the forge was one of the most rewarding feelings ever.

Good afternoon all,

Just want to see if anyone here has gone from national guard to AD. What is the ADSO like for that? I was enlisted in the guard while going to school and would have only had to do 3 years ADSO if I went active after commissioning.

Hi im leaving for fort Jackson on may 6th, ive always been an involved political activist ehh not really activist i just repost stuff and like to get into debates with friends and family, i understand i lose some freedoms in the guard from what my recruiter told me the loss of freedom is less restrictive in the national guard. Im also going to school for journalism and history so im sure ill run into a lot of political discussion. Just wondering what are my limitations and what should i be worried about so i dont get in trouble im in Ohio national guard if it helps