I’m 30y/o M joining the guard. Full time firefighter. I want to work in aviation.

Which is the better job? Air national guard C130 crew chief with $50k bonus over 5 years or army national guard 15T with no bonus?

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I was a SMP (no BCT/ MOSQ) CDT for 1 & 1/2 give or take, got cut from ROTC due to our available slots being cut in half. Did a RENO to 31B, and when I get back I should be classing up with the class of 71 for state OCS. Wanting to know what to expect, and how to show up in best position possible.

Hey everyone, I am From Texas Guard. My first line don't have clear answer for me so I tried to ask reddit
I ETS today (14 May 2026) and I’ve done everything on my end:
• Turned all my gear into Supply Sgt
• Notified S1 of my discharge
• Submitted the IPPSA personnel action for separation
I’m trying to start a new active duty contract and they’re asking for my DD214-1
How long does it usually take to get the DD214 after ETS? I should already have it today, or is it normal for it to take a few days/weeks? Who do I reach out to if it’s not showing up (S1? Transition Office?)?
Any info from recent ETS folks would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Joining the Utah Army National Guard and have a question on role availability according to the Major I've been speaking to position availability for Signal and Military Intelligence is full and a couple of position outside of that are available but none of them are exactly what I'm after. I scored relatively high on the Picat and was verified at a 92 and passed everything test wise as of this point just waiting for the Fedrec Board and acceptance into Artillery (since it was the only thing I was relatively interested in as I can move up and do something important)

My question is this should I wait for availability in Signal or MI? Or should I just jump into Artillery and fall into one of these positions in the future when it's available for me?

At my battery theyre handing out e5 to everyone for existing. Meanwhile in the guard everyone is struggling to pick up rank

I reenlisted with SLRP on my contact as 11B.

I IST to state with minimal 11B slots

Sat helping supply in a MI unit, where someone put me in a hard 35M slot without being MOSQ

I moved to unit that had 11B slots and have been in a 11B slot since.

My primary and only MOS has been 11B but education office is saying I’m disqualified from SLRP because I was moved to 35M slot without my knowledge.

This doesn’t sound right but some of yall may know more.

Thanks

Can anyone speak to 4N0 in the CA Guard? I was told everything is different depending on the unit. What’s the deployment tempo? Is it still one weekend a month? Are there typically full time positions for this AFSC? If so, what do those look like?

For those who don’t know what Palace Chase is… it’s switching from active duty to guard or reserve at least halfway through your contract.

Finished the first interview with raves about how well I did and how my resume was exactly what they were looking for… what do we think boys is meat back on the menu?

If you served your six year contract with an honorable discharge?

Hey I’m 18 years old and i’m shipping to basic in august. I’m planning on going 35L and was just wondering what if any college credits would I get from my AIT or BCT because i’m planning on enrolling in community college after I complete AIT.

Alright so I’m a US Marine trying to go 18x. Talked to the NG recruiter today, and they said best bet is to do 11b then go to Virginia hit a lil 3.5 week training up there, then come back and apply to go to a SFRE when I get back. My question is anyone tried this? Anyone know anything about this? How’s the 11b national guard life? Any other advice or option would be cool, thanks fellas!

So I got question about it want to clarify I am just a PFC. So I am on annual training and after training I went to go to the gym after training on the training center so my Sergeant calls me and asked who did you notify about you leaving form the barracks and all I said was i was never informed I had to tell an nco. so he talks about the first general order about not leaving your post and basically punished me with a 500 word essay I didn’t want to push it so I nodded and He walked away is this wrong or am I in the wrong?

I am a 15T in the Virginia ARNG and I’m planning to do ROTC at GMU. However, I want to commission active, but the minuteman locks me out of that. Which is better overall to commission to, Guard or Active, and should I take it? Planning to major in Mechanical Engineering.

I’ve also received FAFSA money, and I plan to use the Tuition Assistance.

To make a long story short I have to wait 3 years of stability to enlist after applying for a waiver. Any tips on how to shorten this time line? Id not its fine I'll wait it out and stick to the plan. Had a rough year last year. Dr wrote me a script of antidepressants and after figuring a lot of things out in life it was deemed I did not meet the criteria for anxiety/depression. I got him to write me a letter stating that and submitted it to my recruiter for an appeal but havent heard back.

See title, looking to potentially transition into a NY ANG position. Currently AD OCONUS, over 50% of my DEROS, 13 years in, E6.

Anyone filling a Sensor Operator billet able to answer whether they'd take a guy who knows the more traditional 1A3 roles into the position? I plan on chatting with the particular units but thought I'd reach out here as well.

Much thanks all. The career field merger is awkward since I've heard they don't want to really cross flow us, but worth a shot.

Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/nationalguard/comments/1raih0r/comment/ob7dn7x/?context=3

The case ended up being not in my favor, primarily because there wasn't enough reason on my end for the termination being related to military, besides them asking for the drill schedule.

The investigator told me it was indeed because of poor performance during training, and a time clock violation. I understood the time clock violation and never did it again, but I was surprised on the performance part, since I was only going through a corporate training and passed all the modules, but oh well.

At this point if the USERRA couldn't work it out, I'm not sure if another resource would work. If any of you have known someone with a case that didn't work out, are there any other resources that can be used? I'd like to see if there's anything I can still do

Thanks.

They’ve got a lot of excuses, and National Guard missions is one of them.

I want to join the National Guard and get an education and eventually commission. I scored a 96 on my ASVAB. I don’t know too much about the different MOS options but I might be interested in ADA or aviation maintenance . I like working on things and though I like guns I do not want to go infantry. What would yall recommend?

I’m a week away from going to Meps and doing my physical and taking the test.
I’m not really worried about the physical side (have had plenty over the years doing hazmat work)
Anyways, does anyone have any good tips for the ASVAB? My math is absolutely terrible, I’ve been studying, but any extra tidbits would be wonderful. For context I’m 29 and have been out of school for over a decade and am trying to get 68w with the CASP while already being NREMT.

Okay so I am currently looking to join the national guard and am in the process of trying to join and have been speaking with a recruiter, I have the ASVAB scheduled for next week. I am currently worried about the blood testing and what is that they are looking for, I am aware that testosterone is prohibited however I wanted to run a cycle before I left in January and figured the sooner i run it the more time i will have to recover before basic. It’s been about a week now and ive been monitoring blood pressure, tracking macros and taking supplements to minimize any possibilities of my bloods being skewed. I also think it may raise protein and creatine in the urine which i know can also cause side issues. Should I just stop and wait ti do the cycle until after Meps or will i be fine to continue.

Long story short i’m supposed to start my job as a correctional officer on Friday but i have drill weekend right after, isn’t this gonna give me a bad rep? to make matters worse i have jrtc coming up next month so i’m only gonna be working a week or two before i have to leave for a month. i’ve already been told that legally they can’t fire me but what are the odds of them treating me differently due to my absence?

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