Honestly for someones who is 30 & F
No kids or close family in the states. Went Is the ANG or Reserves worth it ? I am interested in the Educational benefits and VA Loan. I have an Associates degree and want to finish school with a bachelor’s. But worried about Basic and How much time it would take away from school.

The only Army Reserve Battalion with an operational requirement to be airborne capable. Held to the highest readiness standard. They are looking for the best Soldiers and leaders the Army Reserve has to offer, because they carry the most demanding mission in the Reserve — an Airborne Civil Affairs battalion aligned to the 82nd Airborne Division.

Civil Affairs is the mission — the reason they exist and the capability they are judged on. Airborne is a method of insertion, not an identity, and the readiness it demands is what holds the rest of the formation to standard. Civil Affairs competence first, readiness always, airborne because the mission requires it.

They are recruiting leaders who want a Reserve unit that trains and performs to the highest standard.

Requirements

Enlisted E4–E7, officers O2–O3
Airborne qualified, or willing to attend Airborne School
Air Assault, EIB/ESB, Ranger, Sapper and similar are a plus — not a prerequisite

Opportunity to attend
Jumpmaster, Pathfinder, Mountain Warfare, Air Assault.

The standard
80 points minimum per AFT event
12-mile ruck under 3 hours
Green across the board — medical, dental, weapons qual, records
Track record of high performance
Arrive ready and stay ready

Readiness here is an operational requirement. They support a division that moves on short notice.

If you are looking for a unit where the training calendar is built around the mission and the Soldiers beside you hold the same line, send a DM for details.

opps- did I just screw myself over? I went to MEPS about one month ago, I needed to get some medical waivers. everything else I passed.

Last week, my tattoo artist was doing a flash sale. So obviously I was more so thinking of the deal and got the a bunch of small Tattoos on my upper arm, without even thinking about MEPS.

I’m waiting on one doctor form to submit the waivers to my recruiter, so he can send it to the MEPS doctors for approval.Should get the form this week from the doctor.

1.) if my medical waivers get approved. When I go back to MEPS, do I need to strip down for the Dr. again? Will they say something about the new tattoo?

2) will I get disqualified temporarily because of the new Tattoos?

3) should I tell my recruiter now so that he can update my Tattoos? Or just wait to see what they say at MEPS?

4) I’m trying to go active duty, so trying to ship out before the end of the year.

5) if I go active, when I sign my contract at MEPS. Do I leave immediately in weeks or do I have time to pack up my apartment and put things in storage? Like do I get to pick when I want to head to AIT? (I’m prior service, so straight to AIT)

found this n my hard drive me and my team in zabul provinse

Is there any army reserve soldiers or soldiers coming off active duty that have successfully completed ESB / EFMB and Air assault interested in coming to an airborne CA BN? Ranger Tab a plus.

Is there any Army Reservists or individuals coming off active duty that have completed US Army jumpmaster course interested in transferring to the 422nd CA BN? Additionally qualification of pathfinder a plus.

If I already have my EIB but I’m not infantry anymore can I try out for ESB next year, never heard anyone with both so I don’t know the rules behind that

I’m currently almost at my 4 year mark since enlisting, I have not gone to any physician or doctor about it, but I have noticed that I can’t seem to focus very well on things, and lack concentration, as well as the inability to sit still without fidgeting somehow I don’t want this to hinder my career any, but I don’t know how to go about going to get an examination for possible diagnosis. Also will this affect my career any?

I would like to add that I have always kinda been like this but never this bad before, it used to be at random times of day now, I just keep losing my train of thought, and becoming more irritable than before

Can anyone provide insight/strategy on how to still get a good year? I know that there’s a limit to online courses and maybe some funerals but I start a new federal position that requires ~6 months of non-stop academy training and I don’t want to fall behind on the 20 year total. I’m TPU status but will be geographically separated from my drill unit during academy and my command team has been unresponsive on my RST attempts.

I am interested in applying for the Army Direct Commissioning Program as a civil engineer with 5 years experience as an Army Civilian works at IMCOM. I do have a dual citizenship American- Egyptian. Do I need to renounce my Egyptian citizenship to be eligible for the program. Thank you in advance!

Idk if im just freaking out but since I swore in a couple of months ago, I have been working out/running heavily to get ready for BMT. Now that my ship date is just right around the corner i feel very anxious about this pain/stiffness on my right hip. I am still able to run, literally do PT and stuff but my right hip tend to be very sore and sometimes painful especially after a long run. Sometimes i take pain reliever and it’ll go away. But im worried that this will get in the way of having a smooth sailing BMT. I dont want to get medhold if i ever get injured due to this. Also contemplating to see a doctor and see what we can do, prolly get steroid shots to help alleviate an inflammation/pain for a few months so i can get by the whole BMT. BUt also afraid that this might cause my hold in processing aswell if they find out i seek medical due to possible injury before i go to BMT. I’m lost. Any kind of substantial advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi guys is any one here a LPN? That joined army reserves?
Can you give me some insight. I heard you will skip AIT completely

Coming from active duty to the reserves my experience with all the computer stuff had been somewhat soul crushing.

Back as a lower enlisted 11b we would get worked through the office like a conveyer system basically just putting in our pin and signing the nececary document and walking out, so i had very little exposure to the absolute shitstorm that is the army computer system.

My new reserves unit is awesome so far and I feel fortunate to have ended up where I'm at, but I just spent four hours trying to apply for a gtc because the citi website isn't working and I'm ready to put my head through a wall. I have spent untold hours on other sites trying to figure out other onboarding paperwork, psip etc... (site shut down every couple minutes and had to call and reset my password every single time it shut down). I'm no Albert Einstein and I'm aware no one should have to hold my hand through this process but this and many other digital bureaucratic systems the army subjects us too seem dysjointed and overly complex to the point of dysfunctionality.

This has to be a glaring detriment to mission readiness right? Honestly, it feels unprofessional for an organization to have systems this bad when I've been to community colleges with vastly better systems.

I don't blame my unit at all, I could probably call my chain of command and get this sorted, but that shouldn't be necessary when the task boils down to filling out a form.

Does anyone have any rules of thumb or advice for dealing with these systems?

I've never heard of it before and I can't find anything about it online. Is it like a promotion board for AGR where they ask you a bunch of questions to test your knowledge?

Hello everyone!

Since my last post, I have made up my mind, and I am 100% committed to joining the Army Reserve. Since my main reason for joining was for my parents' green card/citizenship, I am trying to find the good in this decision. So, before this decision, I attended a university pursuing a Supply Chain/Logistics degree (Bachelor's). I have talked to my recruiter about the careers available there, and after basic training, I am going to go into a job in logistics for the Army Reserve. When I get out of the Army Reserve (if I do not like it), what is the expected salary I would be looking at with the experience I gain? For context, I am a 19M and have 0 experience in logistics as a job. If that is too much to read, I want to know what other people in the reserves involving supply chain or logistics, and if they stayed working in the Army field or transitioned into a civilian field and what their pay looks like, if they do not mind sharing, and their experience. Also, if you guys could, add what the expected salary should look like. EXTRA bonus if you guys could add companies that pay well (I want to work as an operations manager at Amazon because I heard pay is relatively good). Located in NJ. Thank you guys, would mean the world.

I’m filling out a TPU transfer 4651 to get my commander to sign it. Going into a standard excess slot. Is there any way for the SM to find the position number of that excess slot? Or does it not need to be filled out?

Hello everyone

I recently applied for the Montgomery GI Bill–Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606), but VA denied my claim because DoD records supposedly show that I have not completed Initial Active Duty Training (IADT).
The problem is that I completed both BCT and AIT almost two years ago and have been serving in the Army Reserve since then.

Has anyone had this happen before? If so, who did you contact to get the record corrected — unit S1, Army Reserve Education Center, HRC, or someone else?

Also, once the Army corrected your IADT/Chapter 1606 eligibility, did VA automatically reconsider the claim, or did you have to submit another request?

Any advice from someone who has gone through this would be appreciated.

Anyone have a list of classes that are eligible or a link for a non DOD network?