Posted on Apr 4, 2019
Am I required to attend Annual Training in the same year as my AIT?
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I just finished AIT training last month and found out annual trialing is coming up about a month and a half from now. I was told by my RSP prior to my ship date that I wouldn’t have to go for the reason that I did AIT the same year. Is this true or false?
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It will be up to your unit. Annual training and military education come from different funding sources and are not technically interchangeable, but in practice, most units recognize that it can be a hardship for employers to have their citizen soldiers conduct much more then 14-21 days of duty. Typically, you will be afforded the opportunity to attend if you want to and your leadership should ask you about it. There are many reasons to want you to go, despite already having training time. The most important reason is this will be your first opportunity to see how your role with your newly minted MOS will work within your unit's mission. I suggest, generally, that these types of questions are better off asked of your first line leader. Even on military themed social media, the best we can do is provide general educated guesses
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Nope.
Your unit can make you go to AT. It is a unit training event like any other.
You will be expected to attend all of them, unless specifically excluded for some reason.
Your unit can make you go to AT. It is a unit training event like any other.
You will be expected to attend all of them, unless specifically excluded for some reason.
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Your Company Commander can excuse you from AT for having just finished a long school in the same year, or any other reason. He can excuse you, but does not have to.
The authority to excuse a Soldier from drill or AT does not go below Company Commander level.
The authority to excuse a Soldier from drill or AT does not go below Company Commander level.
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Totally up to the commander, but is coming home from AIT really a valid excuse? I personally do not think so, you are a private, that means you need to be given many opportunities to learn. I do not see why you wouldn’t want to go to AT. It all boils down to the mission and the metrics, if your commander doesn’t need you to go per se he or she may excuse you, I personally would not though.
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Considering how long some AIT courses are, yes it's a valid excuse. Some employers aren't as military friendly as mine, and being gone *all* the time will have an effect. USERRA is only useful up to a point.....
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Here is the gist. You don't HAVE to go....however....if the Commander NEEDS you to go based on the mission and the Metrics of DMOSQ Soldiers needed to go, get your bags packed. It's up to the Commander to excuse you or not. IMHO, I would recommend you go so as you do not miss out on a training opportunity to employ your newly found/trained skills. Plus....if you perform well above standard and knock the socks off your Leaders with your abilities and knowledge, you could very well walk out of AT with your first earned award and add a ribbon to your chest.
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Commander's discretion on whether or not you go to AT. I would suggest 2 things: largely forget what your RSP told you. Their job was to get you ready for BCT and AIT. What they say now has little to no influence how your unit will run things. And strongly consider going to AT. AT will put everything into perspective of what you learned at AIT, use it as a chance to learn.
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The more training, knowledge and experience that you can get from the leaders in your unit, the better off you’ll be when it’s time to use them.
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I don’t see any reason you would be excluded. Although, it’s will depend on your unit and as said before, your leadership would have the best answer for you.
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