r/nationalguard

Hello,

I'm currently at 13 years of service, and receiving 100% disability and still have 3 years left on my contract. Is there any point in staying in longer? If I med board out now do I get tricare for life? I've heard that I should wait till 15 years.

Full quote: "We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that: No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors. Just tough, ready, committed troops."

Takes a lot to get me to say stuff like this... But I'm tired boss.

Most of the best PSYOP Soldiers I ever served with were/are "fat". (I'd go so far as to say don't trust a thin PSYOP'er with a mission of any importance).

>Edited ot add: Because people are getting hung up on my use of "fat" and not understanding the difference between fat (morbidly obse and gets tired climbing a flight of stairs) and "fat" here goes. In this context these PSYOP soldiers (all but one) were absolutely crushing their APFT/ACFT/AFT. But were getting tapped. Of the one not crushing his APFT, he was a competitive strong man, who still passed the run, but was eventually given a bar to re-enlistment because he busted tape and had zero desire to impact his strongman/powerlifting performance for the army. One of the other dudes eventually got chaptered for failing tape, Samoan dude, maxed pushups and the two mile run, scored in the high 70's/low 80's on the situps. Spoke four languages (though his French was more Creole than European), there was a MSG at the schoolhouse, wrote most of the training material we still use today. Forced to retire for "being fat". Got rehired for a while as a contractor.

One of the best mechanics I ever saw is FtM.

I closed, engaged, and destroyed enemies of this nation while wearing a beard.

99% of the top 20% of MI are weirdos.

Two of the best cyber guys I know (both NG warrants) can barely do a pushup.

>Edited to add: Again because people are more focused on what I said that the quote from Sec. Hesgeth...Dudes have deadman profiles, ie so old, broken, battered, the army has said "yeah you're good". Both absolutely fucking brilliant when it comes to offensive cybersecurity operations. But sure, lets lose all their institutional knowledge, experience, and skill because they can't do push-ups. Both make a soul crushing amount of money in the private sector so, yeah, lose them, they aren't coming fucking back as a contractor.

I mean seriously, can we focus on competency? Please?

6ft 225-230lbs

Im planning on joining either the USMCR as an 0311 or ANG as an 11B. I do firearms competitions and backpacking and feel like I would love the training and learning about Tactics as well as just to serve in general.

Ive heard NG that guys get more access to follow on schools but besides that which has better initial and follow on training? Which would give me more hands on experience and quality training?

I’m scared as fuck. I’m supposed to enlist on Monday at 10am. It’s been 9 months of battling with MEPS about med DQ’s. It’s finally done. Now that the time is here, I don’t know if I can do it. I scored an 85 on the ASVAB. I’ve already hit 3/5 AFT tests (my 2 mile sucks). I qualified for every job in my state. I chose 12Y(most transferable civ job in my state) , but I’m not solid with computers but it sure as fuck beats landscaping with felons. I’m in tribal college. I’m 22, 5’11”, 145 and I held my own in a fight with a football guy earlier tonight, but I still got my ass handed to me. I’ve always been kind of in and out of trouble between drinking, disorderly conduct, and terroristic threats.

Mom and Dad are supposed to watch me enlist on Monday. I’m having second thoughts. Idk if I can truly do this. Honestly, I don’t want to be one the assholes that can’t do basic. It will hang over my head FOREVER if I quit.

Anyway, I’m hammered. I’m not doing much good, just going to the bars, and getting in a fight or two, and working too much. I want to do the right thing, got college paid for, got off my parents’ healthcare, and wear a sick ass Army uniform.

I know RSP will have a field day with me, but is this shit for me?

EDIT:

The terroristic threat charge is a long story. The short story is when I was freshly 21, I went out with my boys to go watch a hockey game. Mind you, I live in an almost all white midwestern town and I’m Native. There was a robbery (?) and I matched the description or something idk. Anyway, OF COURSE, I got detained in front of all my friends. This has happened more than once so I was disgruntled. When the cop patted me down he asked if I had anything on me (obviously I didn’t), I said “yeah I have a suicide vest on me you f-ingidiot” so they hit me with that. But anyway, they let me go. But the prosecutor dropped the charge or something and I only got hit with the disorderly.

does air national guard get deployed to the upstate prison missions and/or transit missions

hi, so i (23f) am interested in the national guard (lots of emails to my uni abt it ofc and ive had it recommended to me) but according to the quiz thing on the website i don’t weigh enough. im 5’8.5 and 104 lbs. i am super poor tbh* *and interested in benefits and such.

im naturally underweight so gaining would be hard enough already, but i dont think i could literally afford the amount of food that would take lol bc of the um poor thing ahaha. im very active and in shape though. i walked 8+ miles everyday the whole summer. if i gain a bit and find a way to meet the fitness requirements could it work?

there are admin/supply/logistics and other roles id b interested in, but ik i have to get through basic for everything. im an extremely disciplined person but ik its likely i should forget the idea. if anyone has any advice on the weight/fitness thing let me know :) ty, i hope its not a dumb question

Hello All, been wanting to join the military since I was in college and did army rotc, but now I’m getting up in age so have been looking into national guard and air national guard. I mostly completed a comp sci degree except one class and ended up working full time and not graduating. have been working in data and AI companies since and have a TS clearance and sec+ cert and wondering if this civilian experience would allow me to drop a warrant packet shortly after finishing 25b AIT. I checked with my state WOSM for direct appointment 170a but he said he has never seen that done and they only have 1 slot. I would like to get 17c but as expected seems there are no units with slots in my state only 25b so wondering if it’s a difficult process to essentially drop a packet asap for National Guard? Or if I should just look at enlisted side for air national guard instead.

My recruiter let me know my suitability was approved and so he submitted my medical waiver request for metal hardware in my ankle from a Jiu Jitsu injury which required surgery. I know waivers are case by case, and no one can say what my outcome will be or give an exact timeframe for the decision, but I’m wondering if anyone can provide me with a current approximate timeline for medical waivers?

Thank you.

Hi I'm applying for ta and need help with this section

You are required to provide an evaluated degree plan from the school not later than after completing two courses. Ensure all your Civilian/Military transcripts, to include test credits have been sent to your school in order to receive the evaluated degree plan. Please forward the evaluated degree plan reflecting the transfer credits to your servicing Education Center in a single PDF file.

May sound dumb but I have no clue what the education center is and what the degree plan is.

Secondary question is

The va top up? I have ch1606 but online it says I've used all the funds but in order to get the ta I need top up?