Any of you guys in the Army Reserve?
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I'd recommend going AF Reserve or Guard if you want to be able to finish up school and still be military. I'm currently active duty AF. In the AF if there's anything I've noticed its that their people get treated very well, you can do school, and the deployments aren't long like the Army's 12-16months. Oh and the rotation is apparently alot better from what I hear since its not as frequent as the Army or other branches.
ps - and you can do online school through whichever college you choose or the CCAF (community college of the air force) pretty easily if you got deployed since you'd have alot of time on your hands as long as you're not security forces, eod, transportation or something of that nature.
ps - and you can do online school through whichever college you choose or the CCAF (community college of the air force) pretty easily if you got deployed since you'd have alot of time on your hands as long as you're not security forces, eod, transportation or something of that nature.
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I processed 4 Army AWOLs in the last month because they hated it so much. If you want to concentrate in School join the USAF.
Benefits:
-Active duty Retirement: As soon as u get out, for my self I'll get my retirement when i turn 38. In the outside you have to wait till ur 65 or sumthin.
-Free school
-Easiest lifestyle if you like being a civilian from time to time. You will only got to the middle east if you are in a critical job. Maintenace/cops/Medics. . . everyone else is every two years for 4 months, while cops go out for 8 months because we started taking over army and marine missions
- USAF: no roomate
- everyone else 2-4 roomates unless ur a NCO
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Benifits of the Armyright now
40 k bonus active duty
20 k reserve
both are taxed a whole lot. . . .
you get to deploy for 12 to 15 months and make hella bank. . . and ur never home
Benefits:
-Active duty Retirement: As soon as u get out, for my self I'll get my retirement when i turn 38. In the outside you have to wait till ur 65 or sumthin.
-Free school
-Easiest lifestyle if you like being a civilian from time to time. You will only got to the middle east if you are in a critical job. Maintenace/cops/Medics. . . everyone else is every two years for 4 months, while cops go out for 8 months because we started taking over army and marine missions
- USAF: no roomate
- everyone else 2-4 roomates unless ur a NCO
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Benifits of the Armyright now
40 k bonus active duty
20 k reserve
both are taxed a whole lot. . . .
you get to deploy for 12 to 15 months and make hella bank. . . and ur never home
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Exactly what Mark said. I figured I'd let the more experienced guys go into detail about it. I'm still going through tech school and only know what instructors and my good friends like mark and a few others have told me from their experience
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I processed 4 Army AWOLs in the last month because they hated it so much. If you want to concentrate in School join the USAF.
Benefits:
-Active duty Retirement: As soon as u get out, for my self I'll get my retirement when i turn 38. In the outside you have to wait till ur 65 or sumthin.
-Free school
-Easiest lifestyle if you like being a civilian from time to time. You will only got to the middle east if you are in a critical job. Maintenace/cops/Medics. . . everyone else is every two years for 4 months, while cops go out for 8 months because we started taking over army and marine missions
- USAF: no roomate
- everyone else 2-4 roomates unless ur a NCO
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Benifits of the Armyright now
40 k bonus active duty
20 k reserve
both are taxed a whole lot. . . .
you get to deploy for 12 to 15 months and make hella bank. . . and ur never home
Benefits:
-Active duty Retirement: As soon as u get out, for my self I'll get my retirement when i turn 38. In the outside you have to wait till ur 65 or sumthin.
-Free school
-Easiest lifestyle if you like being a civilian from time to time. You will only got to the middle east if you are in a critical job. Maintenace/cops/Medics. . . everyone else is every two years for 4 months, while cops go out for 8 months because we started taking over army and marine missions
- USAF: no roomate
- everyone else 2-4 roomates unless ur a NCO
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Benifits of the Armyright now
40 k bonus active duty
20 k reserve
both are taxed a whole lot. . . .
you get to deploy for 12 to 15 months and make hella bank. . . and ur never home
If you dont want to deploy join the medical corps. DONT become a medic just pick a hospital job
? How long before you finish school? You may want to consider graduating and become an officer. Your recruiter wont tell you shizzz about that. I can be a really good resource for you. PM me if you are serious and I can give you some good insight about the reserves and which way to go.
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Depends on what you want from your experience.
If you're a ***** and just wanna get some "benefits", don't join the Army or the Marines.
Now, if you want to test yourself and see if you have what it takes, go infantry, airborne, ranger, force recon, etc. There's a reserve SF group in Redwood city, IIRC.
You will hate every minute of your service, but the abilities & skills you take away will last you a lifetime.
If you're a ***** and just wanna get some "benefits", don't join the Army or the Marines.
Now, if you want to test yourself and see if you have what it takes, go infantry, airborne, ranger, force recon, etc. There's a reserve SF group in Redwood city, IIRC.
You will hate every minute of your service, but the abilities & skills you take away will last you a lifetime.
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Depends on what you want from your experience.
If you're a ***** and just wanna get some "benefits", don't join the Army or the Marines.
Now, if you want to test yourself and see if you have what it takes, go infantry, airborne, ranger, force recon, etc. There's a reserve SF group in Redwood city, IIRC.
You will hate every minute of your service, but the abilities & skills you take away will last you a lifetime.
If you're a ***** and just wanna get some "benefits", don't join the Army or the Marines.
Now, if you want to test yourself and see if you have what it takes, go infantry, airborne, ranger, force recon, etc. There's a reserve SF group in Redwood city, IIRC.
You will hate every minute of your service, but the abilities & skills you take away will last you a lifetime.
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Think about it first...
I always get a kick out of these threads. Just reading half of them I'd say that most of the poeple posting shouldn't join if they haven't already. There is absolutely only one reason that should be your deciding factor:
Do you love your country so much that you feel obligated to serve it and possibly make the ultimate sacrafice?
Don't do it because you're bored, need money for school, would be a criminal if you stayed at home and partied with your deadbeat friends...blah blah blah. Do it because you love this country, feel the need to give a little back, and are prepared to die for that cause.
An air force wing wiper reservist can still be given the chance to make the ultimate sacrafice. Especially with things the way they are today. So don't join thinking it's a cake duty that pays well and you'll never have to do any real work.
Don't join the Marine reserves. Active duty Marines HATE reservist Marines. You'll never live that down and hate yourself for half assing it. If it's school you're worried about, serve first and then go to school. Don't do both at once because when you get deployed you can kiss it goodbye anyway. All that hard studying for noth'n.
Do you love your country so much that you feel obligated to serve it and possibly make the ultimate sacrafice?
Don't do it because you're bored, need money for school, would be a criminal if you stayed at home and partied with your deadbeat friends...blah blah blah. Do it because you love this country, feel the need to give a little back, and are prepared to die for that cause.
An air force wing wiper reservist can still be given the chance to make the ultimate sacrafice. Especially with things the way they are today. So don't join thinking it's a cake duty that pays well and you'll never have to do any real work.
Don't join the Marine reserves. Active duty Marines HATE reservist Marines. You'll never live that down and hate yourself for half assing it. If it's school you're worried about, serve first and then go to school. Don't do both at once because when you get deployed you can kiss it goodbye anyway. All that hard studying for noth'n.
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i have never heard of any 18+ month deployments as a common thing.... although i have been deployed for 15. but deployments are 12 months these days for army. reserves getting called up first? i dont know why some people say that, its not that simple/true. it just depends on the unit you are with. some reserves never get deployed, some active never get deployed. when i was active, my unit deployed every single year! 12 months on and 12 months off. depends on your unit!
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i have never heard of any 18+ month deployments as a common thing.... although i have been deployed for 15. but deployments are 12 months these days for army. reserves getting called up first? i dont know why some people say that, its not that simple/true. it just depends on the unit you are with. some reserves never get deployed, some active never get deployed. when i was active, my unit deployed every single year! 12 months on and 12 months off. depends on your unit!
What unit are you in?
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i was in 2nd infantry division, and 4th infantry division