Nasty Girls

Shameless self bump. If anyone else has any experience from the NG, I'm all ears.

Don't join the Guard. They're embarrassing chucklefucks. I would rather be with rear echelon support battalions than the fucking Guard/Reserves.

I’m in the guard. It really depends on your MOS, unit, and state. If you’re an 11B in some flyover state, then you won’t get great post OSUT training. I’m in an air defense unit in one of the top three states for it, and we’re doing AT in Europe this fiscal year. We also are slated to do a “deployment” in DC in the next couple of years. The infantry battalion in our state is deploying to the ME next month.

Does being in the guard still give you free time to pursue your personal life? With all this moving around and stuff it sounds like you must be quite busy.

Honestly, weeks with drill weekends are pretty hectic. AT is a bitch too. But I’m a full time student and I have no issues. Being a guardsman gets you extra points with chicks, and it gives you something to talk about that people can find cool. Employers can’t fire you for being on active orders, and schools have to give you the opportunity to make up tests/assignments you missed due to drill.

I read it's one weekend per month + two additional weeks. Is that accurate or do you actually spend more time than that doing stuff? Also, how likely am I to get shipped off somewhere far away from long periods of time?

Those weekends can be 3-4 days, and AT can be up to 4 weeks. But, a good unit will make up for that. For example, I had a 4 day drill this month. I won’t have drill again until October because of that. I’ll be in Europe for the whole month of June, I won’t have drill in July because of it.

fpwp.

Army is fine. Basic training is some of the best training I ever received. Don't listen to seething antifa yuropoors.

You'll be sent to Europe by them for a month or is that just a vacation?

I'm in a unit that is part of a pilot program where we are integrated into an active duty unit. We've had 4-8 days drills a month for the last 2 years. AT is 20-30 days every year. Your state may not have it. I would recommend active duty if you go at all. Any thing you want to do outside the Guard will be severely limited. You job wont like you being gone all the time and will be reluctant to promote you. Your school work could suffer and the Army won't really work with you as far as your schedule goes. I ended up getting on with active guard reserve which is like active duty except your full time job is at the armory. I recommend getting your civilian career sorted out and if you want to join the military, go active duty.