National Guard?

Question

So, Can some one give me any information about the national guard? Im just curious about it? and how it works!

Answer 1

National Guard trains generally one weekend a month, and two weeks a year. Your first step is to go to a Nat. Guard Recruiter and explore your options. Ask him/her to put you into contact with various units so that you can perhaps make a visit to them so you can talk to people from those units and see if what they do is in your interest. Then you will have to decide on an MOS (Military Occupational Specialty). This is Military Police, Quartermaster, etc. Then you will got to MEPS and get your physical done and all of your paperwork finalized and then within one year, you will go to basic training (you usually get to pick the date you go). Basic training is about 10 weeks and your AIT (Advanced Individual Training will vary depending on the job you are being trained for). You can do what is called "Split Option" where you go to basic, come home and go to school or whatever and then go to your AIT later withing 1 year of completing basic.

After Basic Training and AIT you report to your unit.Your weekend is called "drill" where you show up Saturday and do Physical Training for about an hour and then general mission training the rest of the day until 4 or 5. Sunday is usually the same. Your 2 weeks is called AT (Annual Training) where you head out to an Army post or someplace and conduct intensive readiness training. You have to qualify on your weapon once a year (maybe more depending on your command), and you have to pass a Physical Training (PT) Test twice a year. Look up "Army APFT Satndards" in yahoo and you should find a chart to tell you what you need to do.

The Benefits: You will more than likely get a bonus of up to $20,000. You get 100% tuition Assistance for in-state schools and if you already have a scholarship, they will match it and cut you a check that goes into your pocket. Also, you are eligible for the GI Bill and Kicker which gives you up to $509.00 a month while you attend school in addition to tuition assistance. You get paid for basic training (between 2,000 and 3,000 depending on your rank). You also get paid for drills and AT. You get $400,000 life insurance for $29/month if you want it and it covers you wheather you are on or off duty.

The best benefit is knowing that you are serving your community, State, and Country and that you are in a position that less that 1% of all Americans are willing to commit to. It is the American Soldier NOT the Constitution who gives the American People their freedom. As a National Guard Soldier, you are a guardian of freedom and the American Way of Life. You are a servant to the people of this great Nation and as such YOU have an active role in securing the blessings of liberty for not only your family, your children and their children, but to the children of strangers who are not willing or physically able to sacrafice what you are willing to give.

Answer 2

Well first you either enlist or commission. Commissioning requires a college degree. Enlisted go to basic training, hopeful lieutenants go to Officer Candidate School (OCS). Then you go to Advanced Individual Training or AIT, or Officer's Basic Course or OBC if a commissioned officer.
Then the peacetime routine is usually 1 weekend a month, two weeks in the summer. If your unit deploys for active duty, it can be a couple of months to a year and then you could be extended indefinitely. This will also depend on your Military Occupational Specialty or MOS. If you have a rare or important job, you will deploy more often. And there are over 300 jobs in the NG, you just need a higher ASVAB score to qualify for those. For more info just check out the National Guard's website.

Answer 3

Typically a national guard unit once you complete basic training you have a weekend drill once a month, and then in the summer you have a 2 week anual training event where your out in the field for 2 weeks training using your MOS skills you learned in basic training and the MOS school you attended after basic training. Its a lot of fun, and to me its a vacation away from my normal everyday routine.

In order to qualify for the Montgomery GI bill, and to receive a bonus you have to enlist for a minimum of 6 years. Although you can initially enlist for less than 6 years and then at the end of say you initally enlist for 3 years, you can reinlist for another 3 years and then become eligible to receive the bonus and GI bill.

You may join the national guard at age 17, and upon graduation from high school you will be sent to basic training and also to the MOS school that you choose.

Answer 4

You can enlist into the Guard when you are a junior in high school with your parents consent. You must have reached your 17th birthday. Between you junior and senior yr during the summer you go to your basic training. You will be back in time to begin you senior year.During your senior year you will attend drills one weekend a month until you graduate high school. After graduation you will go to your advance individual training in the military occupation you chose when you enlisted. You earn money for you basic training and the drills you attended while in school. Also you will have about 2 yrs of your enlistment finished. Good luck in your enlistment if you decide to join.
Retired Military,,,, Active duty and national guard soldier

Answer 5

You go to basic training and your job training with other active army and army reserve. You do one weekend a month and two weeks during the summer after that.

You can become activated in the states to address riots, natural disasters, or sometimes even parades.

You can also become active to go over seas to Iraq and such but usually for shorter trips.

P.S. If you hook-up with a Marine, expect him to make fun of you for being National Guard :) but love him none the less!

Answer 6

For some reason, I really liked Casey Mears' cameo scheme. The yellow "National Guard" really pops out at you, and it's a clean, simple design. Next in line is Dale Jr.'s "Citizen Soldier" scheme. It literally blends in with the track.

Answer 7

TJ gave ya some good advice, except for hooking up with a Marine. Don't do that part.

Answer 8

Yeah they train you on how to become a killer and use you to do there dirty work and they could care less if you die.