Anyone in the military reserves?
 

Well I got out of active duty Navy a few months back and the Navy reserves contacted me. I spoke to one of their recruiters and he spun his web of bullshit about how it's the greatest thing since the d16. Is there anyone here in the reserves (any branch) and is it worth your time?

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i spent 4yrs in the reserves after my active duty commitment, i did it volenteer basis and did not sign a contract to get into the reserves, therefor when i was ready to "get out" of the reserves, i informed my chain of command that i would not be returning the next month and to process me and issue a new dd214 with the updated info.

that process may have changed since then, that was back in 2004. i spent a total of 7yrs and change (3 active, 4+ in the reserves). i chose this method for the simple fact that i didnt want to be locked into a certain time period and waived the shitty sign up bonus they offered just so i could have the option to get out when i wanted.

HOWEVER, the key to this process is that when you go back into the reserves or guard, your chances of getting deployed right now are VERY high, so you may be involenterally "re-enlisted" to active duty for 2 yrs or more.


if you dont mind deployements, go for it.

if you dont want to get deployed, i wouldnt recomend it.

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I joined the Army Reserves. Im currently deployed to iraq after being in service for a year (6 months in AIT). I joined it so I could still go to school. I managed to get 1 semester in, barely. Honestly, if you want to do it for school. Its not worth it.

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chances on enlistment also depends on your MOS rank etc. i got a buddy who's in the reserves right now and hes got almost no chace of being deployed.. best thing you can do is talk to somebody thats in you specallity and see if the pay/benifits are worth the risk

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thats bullshit by the way, EVERY MOS has a chance to go. yes, some other MOS's are a higher chance such as combart arms, ie infantry, artillery, etc..., however, the way the gov't see's it, EVERY soldier is trained to shot a gun and EVERY soldier can pull security.

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I was in the reserves for 5yrs and didn't deploy once. I was always looking over my shoulder though, and they were always yelling that it was not if but when. Anyway my advice is if you want to goto school stay out of the reserves right now. Since you came off AD you should have the MGIBILL, only thing you get from the reserves is a crappy paycheck and tuition assistance. If you are ok with deployment and just want something to do I guess stay with it. Don't do it for money, depending on your job you would probably make more then you would get for your two drill days.

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IRR depends on your MOS, IRR is not Army Reserves. IRR is the buffer period after your contracted "active duty" is over. For instance in Reserves you have 6yrs "active" and 2 yrs IRR. All this means is that during IRR you dont have to go to Drill if you dont want, personally I'd re-up for 3 years at your 6yr period and collect a bonus and stay with your unit. Then its, if they do get deployed vs deploying with a unit where you dont know anyone. However in some circumstances rank and mos do have a factor. We have a WO2 that got pulled from his home unit to deploy with us because we had an empty slot and no one organic to fill it. More often than not deployment while in Reserves depends on your Unit. I'm in a Combat Support Hospital. So my unit goes often but don't usually see combat. Check your area options and see they frequency at which they are deploying.

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I can't do the MOS that I had while I was on active duty. I was a Nuke ET and they don't have any need for a reactor operator in the reserves so I'd probably end up being a conventional ET (even though I don't know ---- about radios or radar). It is guaranteed that I can't be deployed until 2 years after my EAOS from active duty (October 09). If I sign up for 6 years I can get a 10k signing bonus and if I decide to opt out I would have to pay a pro rated amount of that back. There is no TA in the reserves anymore so I would have to use my GI bill to go to school which is what I was planning to do anyway.

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no TA?? since when? what branch? I'm in the army reserves and i used my TA last year.

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I did my 4 years of active duty in the Marines, got out without going reserves. Been out 2 years now, and they still called me back. I got recall orders for May of 08.

either way you choose, they'll getcha

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hold up they can activate you after a discharge?

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Well, in the original enlistment contract, a person is abligated for a total of 8 years of service. I could have served all 8 years as active, join the reserves after my 4 years, or just get out all together and hope they dont call you for the remainder of your 4 years.

Long story short, I chose to get out which put me in the Inactive reserves. Which means I dont have to do anything. No monthly meetings or crap like that. Just live like normal and hope you dont get recalled. I was almost positive that there wouldnt be a recall , but who knew.

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the recruiter told me the navy reserves don't have ta... but i still have my gi bill from active duty. if i join within 6 months of the end of my active duty they can't activate me and send me anywhere until oct 09.

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------- pogues.

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lol... what ya got against personnel other than grunt :P

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If you aren't Infantry you can't begin to understand.

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i was being sarcastic anyways.

i couple guys i went to school with are always bitch ass pogues this and bitch ass pogues that.

pretty funny because the guy they were yammerin at was a radio man :P

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Haha, I had to go through a class a couple weeks ago to get certified to be our company's armorer. It was scary how little the pogues know about the weapons, the crew served ---- I can understand they -might- have seen them once in basic training but there were some who were stuggling with an M4. I can't understand how anyone in the Army isn't proficient with the most basic issued weapon.

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have you seen the picture of al gore adjusting his sling with the barrel pointing straight at his face?

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No I haven't, got a link? Been seeing a lot of that lately, just got a new bunch of cherries in. Our training just picked back up this week with the first of our ranges since we redeployed.

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no but you might be able to google image search it, notice... there is no magazine lol

http://bureaucrash.com/system/files/....thumbnail.jpg

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was about to jack that for a new avatar but no magazine kinda fucks it up... link up the al gore pic if anybody got it

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Oh man that's good.

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yeah, I may have been a pog through m.o.s. only. I served my 4 years in a Infantry Blt and there was little difference between my company, and a line company. I was a driver and asigned to a CAAT team for one deployment ,and Fox co. on another.