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mtnbkrpnk
12-23-2006, 02:54 PM
The title is my question. Should I join the Guard or Reserves? If anyone can give me the pros and cons of each it would be much appreciated!!
1080me
12-27-2006, 09:33 AM
The title is my question. Should I join the Guard or Reserves? If anyone can give me the pros and cons of each it would be much appreciated!!



Personaly I would go guard. Well I did go guard. IMHO there's more benifits to the Guard but sometimes you don't have an option b/c of how far or close one or the other may be.
mtnbkrpnk
02-14-2007, 11:12 PM
Cool. I will be starting school full time this year and probably doing the guard along with Army ROTC. I'll keep everyone posted on how things go.
blackbimmer
02-15-2007, 08:57 PM
Cool. I will be starting school full time this year and probably doing the guard along with Army ROTC. I'll keep everyone posted on how things go.


I am currently SMP. Where are you going to school?
Medicanic0582
02-16-2007, 01:55 AM
Cool. I will be starting school full time this year and probably doing the guard along with Army ROTC. I'll keep everyone posted on how things go.


I am currently SMP. Where are you going to school?



this is the single most important reason for going guard. you can SMP and basically guarantee yourself a flight school slot. the trick is finding an aviation unit. but beyond that, go guard. because i can tell from experience (2 guard AVN RGT's under my belt) aviation has little to do with WHAT you know. it's all about WHO you know. any dickhead that passes flight school is called the same thing: army aviatior. (or pain in the ass, if you're in the flight surgeon's office like me). the rest is all about networking. also, since you really want to branch aviation, there's more opportunities, i.e. full-time employment, in the guard then in the reserves. what you need to figure out is, do you wanna go warrant and fly all the time for 20+ years, or do you want to command eventually?
mtnbkrpnk
02-23-2007, 08:42 PM
Cool. I will be starting school full time this year and probably doing the guard along with Army ROTC. I'll keep everyone posted on how things go.


I am currently SMP. Where are you going to school?
I'll be attending the University of South Alabama starting this summer.
StreetHazard
03-22-2007, 03:21 PM
What most people don't understand is that the NG and USAR are, for the most part, identical. One weekend a month and two weeks out of the summer, college benefits, being able to have a 'real' job outside of the military. Whats different about them, NG is state controlled until federally activated and the USAR is controlled totally by the feds. The USAR also offers more job opportunities then does the NG.

so I would recommend you go USAR. You can still do ROTC and all that good stuff!
l3it3r
03-22-2007, 03:24 PM
Call a career counselor!
medic4
03-23-2007, 10:47 AM
man, def go guard .. (yes im partial) if you really care that much about being able to do other things and still be military go guard not reserve i have friends in the reserve that have to travel a hella long way to drill when i go 5 miles down the road to do mine ... dont get me wrong tho, there are ppl in the guard that do the same thing . however it is usually b/c they want to stay with the same unit if they move away or b/c they are waiting on an interstate transfer or just a transfer to another unit (have some medics in my section that did both)
1080me
03-23-2007, 12:38 PM
What most people don't understand is that the NG and USAR are, for the most part, identical. One weekend a month and two weeks out of the summer, college benefits, being able to have a 'real' job outside of the military. Whats different about them, NG is state controlled until federally activated and the USAR is controlled totally by the feds. The USAR also offers more job opportunities then does the NG.

so I would recommend you go USAR. You can still do ROTC and all that good stuff!



There's a lot of kickers to joining the guard though. You mention school ... the guard can draw from two pots of money, where as the fed's only give you fed tution assit. and that's it. In the guard I can use all my guard money which in DE is 100%, plus I can pull from the fed pot if I deceide to go out of state. Plus the GI bill and all that non sense. And one of the big things for me is, there is NO Signal units in MD, except the 311th and there battalions and most of them just moved to Hawaii.
Medicanic0582
03-23-2007, 12:39 PM
Medic4, when did you get here? have you posted in the FNG forum yet? go post, you!!!
1080me
03-23-2007, 12:40 PM
when did you get here? have you posted in the FNG forum yet? got post, you!!!



LOL who?
Medicanic0582
03-23-2007, 12:47 PM
***Post above edited to reflect more intelligent thought***
1080me
03-23-2007, 04:47 PM
***Post above edited to reflect more intelligent thought***



It's all good man. I knew I was gone for a hot minute but I was like damn.
Medicanic0582
03-23-2007, 06:34 PM
lol...... no, I was talking about that other medic. for the longest time, I was the only medic here. and now there's another, and I wasn't notified. I DIDN'T GET THE FUCKING MEMO!!!!! lol.
StreetHazard
03-26-2007, 04:28 PM
What most people don't understand is that the NG and USAR are, for the most part, identical. One weekend a month and two weeks out of the summer, college benefits, being able to have a 'real' job outside of the military. Whats different about them, NG is state controlled until federally activated and the USAR is controlled totally by the feds. The USAR also offers more job opportunities then does the NG.

so I would recommend you go USAR. You can still do ROTC and all that good stuff!



There's a lot of kickers to joining the guard though. You mention school ... the guard can draw from two pots of money, where as the fed's only give you fed tution assit. and that's it. In the guard I can use all my guard money which in DE is 100%, plus I can pull from the fed pot if I deceide to go out of state. Plus the GI bill and all that non sense. And one of the big things for me is, there is NO Signal units in MD, except the 311th and there battalions and most of them just moved to Hawaii.


actually in USAR you have the Tuition Assistance and the GI Bill. As far as the units...Chances are you will have a better shot at getting a job in the USAR then in the NG. I know here in KY the majority of the units are all combat arms units, most people are wanting the supporter rolls so the USAR is the better match for them. If really just depends on YOUR preference.
1080me
03-26-2007, 04:55 PM
What most people don't understand is that the NG and USAR are, for the most part, identical. One weekend a month and two weeks out of the summer, college benefits, being able to have a 'real' job outside of the military. Whats different about them, NG is state controlled until federally activated and the USAR is controlled totally by the feds. The USAR also offers more job opportunities then does the NG.

so I would recommend you go USAR. You can still do ROTC and all that good stuff!



There's a lot of kickers to joining the guard though. You mention school ... the guard can draw from two pots of money, where as the fed's only give you fed tution assit. and that's it. In the guard I can use all my guard money which in DE is 100%, plus I can pull from the fed pot if I deceide to go out of state. Plus the GI bill and all that non sense. And one of the big things for me is, there is NO Signal units in MD, except the 311th and there battalions and most of them just moved to Hawaii.


actually in USAR you have the Tuition Assistance and the GI Bill. As far as the units...Chances are you will have a better shot at getting a job in the USAR then in the NG. I know here in KY the majority of the units are all combat arms units, most people are wanting the supporter rolls so the USAR is the better match for them. If really just depends on YOUR preference.


The guard get's to the GI Bill as well. Like you where saying I think it depends on your state though when it comes to jobs. In DE, MD, and PA most of the state jobs are all NG.
StreetHazard
03-26-2007, 08:10 PM
but it really just comes down to what the preferences of a person are. each service has a specific purpose; but yet we are all doing the same thing....defending this great nation of ours!! :)
1080me
03-26-2007, 08:16 PM
but it really just comes down to what the preferences of a person are. each service has a specific purpose; but yet we are all doing the same thing....defending this great nation of ours!! :)



Pretty much ... know of any full time slots available out your way in KY?
mtnbkrpnk
03-27-2007, 06:52 AM
I'm about 99% sure I'm going into the Guard after I move to Alabama in May. Thanks for all your input!
StreetHazard
03-27-2007, 04:53 PM
but it really just comes down to what the preferences of a person are. each service has a specific purpose; but yet we are all doing the same thing....defending this great nation of ours!! :)



Pretty much ... know of any full time slots available out your way in KY?


hard to say, I am an active duty recruiter.