Active-duty service members are full-time members of the Military, living on base or in military housing and immersed in military culture. After attending boot camp, they are typically stationed at a base either domestically or overseas for terms that typically last two to six years.
During this time, they may also explore advanced training opportunities to further build hands-on and technical skills.
If service members are deployed, the length of time away varies depending on a unit's specific mission. The Reserve was created to provide and maintain trained units at home while active-duty service members are deployed. With the exception of the Space Force, each military branch has a Reserve component under its command, which is available for active-duty deployment in times of war or national emergency. Reservists are part-time service members, allowing them time to pursue a civilian career or college education while simultaneously serving their country.
Members of the Reserve attend boot camp and are required to participate in training drills one weekend a month as well as a two-week program each year. Reservists can be deployed to serve alongside active-duty service members for special missions.
Corporal Amayah Littlewolf and her mother, Wenona Kingbird, discuss how part-time service in the Army National Guard allows her to pursue a college education, a future filled with purpose, and more. Corporal Amayah Littlewolf, U. I drill one weekend a month and then two weeks in the summer. We have classroom time and then we have times that we're out working on the trucks, making sure that they're good to go, seeing if they need any maintenance done to them.
We have to work a lot on the drill weekends but it's fun. It's so cool seeing people in my unit on their civilian side. They have all different jobs, there's police officers, nurses. There's such a variety of different people. Wenona Littlewolf : I'm really happy that she's able to keep the things that she enjoys and especially working towards a degree and then keeping her military side to, going all the same time.
It's really awesome that she's able to do well with that. Joining the military reserves or National Guard is a significant time commitment. This is true, especially at the beginning. You will get settled in your permanent unit. You will also participate in a two-week annual training each year. Joining the National Guard or military reserves can be a great way to serve your country without leaving your full-time job.
Once you decide to join, you can learn more about your new community. Military OneSource can answer your questions about military life. View calling options. Only U. Applicants must speak, write and read English fluently. The U. Regulations prohibit the forwarding of recruiting information through international mail, even to U. Use our online form to reach a recruiter electronically. Basic training, or boot camp, lasts from weeks, depending on the branch.
After you have finished boot camp, you will be sent to advanced individual training, or AIT, where you will receive in-depth training in your military occupational specialty MOS or rating. The Reserve or National Guard seeks commissioned officers through several different sources. You must 18 or older maximum age requirements vary from service to service , be of good moral character and meet academic, physical, medical and security requirements. This on-the-job training was designed to relieve a shortage of junior officers in the Army National Guard.
An SMP cadet performs the duties of a second lieutenant under the supervision of a commissioned officer. The requirements for this program are that you must be 30 years of age or younger, attend college full time usually about 12 semester hours at most colleges and be in good physical shape. If you have a four-year college degree from an accredited college and meet all age, physical and moral requirements, you may apply for OCS. Upon completion of your officer package, you will have an interview with a board of your superior officers.
The completed package will be submitted to a second board, which will select the top candidates from the packages they receive. As a professional lawyer, doctor, dentist, nurse or health-care professional, you also may qualify for a direct commission into the Reserve or National Guard. Enlisted members may compete for OCS slots if they have four years of service, obtained the rank of E-5 or above and have at least 30 college credits.
Enlisted members of the Reserve and Guard also may apply for acceptance into the warrant officer program. The definition is an officer appointed by warrant by the secretary of the Army, based on a sound level of technical and tactical competence. The warrant officer is the highly specialized expert and trainer who, by gaining progressive levels of expertise and leadership, operates, maintains, administers and manages the Army's equipment, support activities or technical systems for an entire career.
If you are applying to the warrant officer program to be a rotary wing aviator, you must not be older than 27 years, 6 months at time of application. This is further training in your MOS and makes sure that you effectively can perform the required duties in your chosen field.
Again, you will have the option of attending the active component or reserve component WOBC. In many cases, the WOBC-RC course is a correspondence phase and one or two weeks of active duty for training residence phase.
The Reserve and National Guard also is seeking qualified health professionals. For more information about medical programs, you can have someone contact you about applying your medical trade in the Reserve and National Guard by completing this form. By law, as a member of the Reserve or National Guard, you must, upon request, be granted a leave of absence to satisfy a requirement for military training. The Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act requires employers to provide Reservists with time away from their jobs to perform military duty.
However, you must notify your employer that you intend to take military leave. You must be reemployed after completion of your military duty and return to your job within a reasonable time. You must be treated as though you never had left employment, including schedule pay raises , promotions or credit for longevity or vacation.
Your employer only has to hold a job open for 60 months if you accept voluntary orders. The Air National Guard also offers flight training. Candidates first undergo the pilot candidate selection method PCSM. Any private flying time is taken into consideration. As of January , all candidates are required to have a private pilot's license. If you do not have one, the good news is that, if you qualify, the Air Force will fund flying training in your local area, with an Air Force-approved flying training instructor.
As a new second lieutenant, all pilot candidates attend specialized undergraduate pilot training SUPT for 52 weeks.
After graduation, pilots attend training for the aircraft they will be flying in their Air National Guard unit; this lasts from weeks. You can request any MOS for which you qualify.
Some of the more popular areas may have a waiting list; when speaking to a recruiter, be sure to inquire if there is a wait. Be aware that some waiting periods for certain MOSs range from a few months to more than two years.
You must have a minimum of 30 months remaining on your enlistment before you can enter any school for an additional MOS. If the school you want has a very lengthy wait, you may need to extend your enlistment a number of months to bring the total left on your enlistment to 30 months.
This is training for the specialty MOS you have chosen. It may involve work details and duty, but the main focus is on technical and professional training.
Yes, you will be paid for every day you drill or on active duty while in the Reserves or National Guard. You will receive pay according to published pay schedules for your pay grade, in addition to any Temporary Duty TDY or travel allowances. Recruiters must present an accurate picture of training in the Reserves or National Guard.
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