Real Talk of NY
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damn b. On another note my boy was working with the kid who leaked all those documents to Wikileaks. Said dude was mentally unstable and had no business working.
SNCO had to choke him out one day.
damn b. On another note my boy was working with the kid who leaked all those documents to Wikileaks. Said dude was mentally unstable and had no business working.
SNCO had to choke him out one day.
I scored just short of a category IV language(like arabic, chinese, korean). my problem was that I am color blind. color blindness prevents entry into any of the military intelligence occupations. I am still upset about that to this day. they were offering a $40,000 reenlistment bonus for people willing to learn korean at the time.
im 4Y and this career is for the birds
shyt will net u 15$ hour job on the outside
go with Intel/Contracting breh
Been thinkin bout goin back in the reserves breh
I was active Army..25B down at Gordon
what do you do civilian side?
my first MOS was 31C back in the day which would now be 25C as a reservist. I went active later and switched to 27D
Work in a wireless repair facility. Basically on site tech support and a few other things.
so do you want to join the reserves for money or for God and country?
Money breh. Trying to hop into a new MOS if possible so I can get a better civilian job
Money breh. Trying to hop into a new MOS if possible so I can get a better civilian job
I dont know what research you have already done but I will give you the benefit of my experience...
first you need to determine how far you are willing to travel for weekend drill. typically when you go to MEPS they will only pull up positions in units that are within approx 50-60 miles of you. the primary reason being that the army reserves doesn't pay you(or at least didnt when I was in) for travel costs to and from drill. you can choose to go beyond that radius if you want but again the costs are on you. the farther away you have to go for drill the more likely you wont want to go home on saturday nights which means spending money for a hotel which isnt too bad if you split a room with someone else which is what I used to do. I was able to get rooms with a military discount and no tax.
once you determine units in your travel radius then you need to find out what MOSs they have. since you mentioned switching you need to consider length of the corresponding AIT. while you can go through a regular recruiter it is probably better to contact the unit directly. Most units have retention NCOs who in some cases can help you get into a unit that may not currently have an official opening.
army national guard gets the exact same training active army and army reserve gets. you go to the same basic training and get the same MOS training. the main difference between the national guard and the reserves has to do with educational benefits. in the past NG would get tuition payments and special grants in some cases where as the reserves got loan repayment. you would have to look into what distinctions there are now. I guess I should add that by definition NG are state troops whereas reserves are federal troops.
for a lot of people besides the school money the actual drill pay could cover a car payment or even rent.
why do you think you cant get a job with a security clearance? presuming you dont have a criminal past it isnt that difficult.
Glassomilk
Rookie
From what I've read it's really competitive. They say
The realistic time span for getting in is 6-18 months. I guess it depends a lot on the location of your recruiting office. I'm taking my ASVAB and MEPS Physical next week for it. If all goes well lik my recruiter is talkin about goin to bootcamp in November. If all goes well then will only be 4 months from the time I first talked to a recruiter to the time I leave for bootcamp.
Glassomilk
Rookie
I feel u on this one
I have a marijuana possession charge so I can't get a clearance
I would've tried to join the regular Army but I can't cuz of the charge too. So I'm not sure if it's really worth joining since I wouldn't be able to get any good jobs or jobs I'm interested in. Plus I dunno National Guard just seems kinda quasi-military to me.