Army Reserves or Army National Guard which take care of the Soldier better and why?

This is all a matter of funding and geography.  If you live in a state that does budget a lot for the military you will miss out on many training opportunities.  Also it depends on your MOS and facilities when I was in the MA guard they had no secure facilities available for me to train at.  When i switched to the reserves my unit was in NY and our battalion HQ was in TX we are always going to TX to train in a proper facility.  One huge advantage the NG has over the AR is most states give you free tuition to state colleges and universities, the downside is you may get state mobilized for state emergencies and they don't pay well for these days.  I don't know about NE but I know some states such as TX, UT, and MA give their guard units a lot of money to use for training.

CPT(P) Sean Polson...first thing first Sir, congratuations on your soon to be MAJ!! Well, I didn't have a good experience with the NG. This was way back in the early 90s. I just came off of active duty at the time and coming from the military intelligence field (98K) back then now its 35 series, but decided to go into the NG as a field medic! However, they never sent me to school to reclass and the only thing I did was hung out with the other medics in the field during drills. I was bored stiff!! I asked the training sergeant, "what was the delay in sending me to school?" I was told, "They did not have any money to send me to school." Besides that, a lot of the Soldiers in that particular NG unit lacked military bearing and were out of regs...I mean a lot of Soldiers were wearing beards (can't tell me everyone had a shaving profile) and even the 1SG was overweight and wearing his PC to the side. It felt like I was in a Junior ROTC or something. I wasn't used to that coming off of active duty as a Specialist at the time. Needless to say, I went to the Commander and requested to go back to active duty. And that is exactly what I did. After completing my active duty obligation I went into the Reserves. I have to say the Reserves been good to me. I went to school finally and picked up 71L now 42A as a secondary MOS and still remained in military intelligence field as my primary. I climbed up the ladder to where I am now as a MSG. I'm now waiting to see if I made the SGM list for a board that just concluded, and I am currently deployed on a CENTCOM mission as a Reservist. So, the Reserves has a lot to offer. On the otherhand, everybody circumstances are different; whether you decide to choose the National Guard or Reserves they both can be good, but they are only as good as the unit. You have some good units and you have some bad ones! If you don't like one, you can always transfer to the other like I did.

Good evening ma'am/sir, I have looked into the reserves as well as active duty and national guard. I have spoken to recruiters from the Army and Marines, but can't seem to be able to get to the point of doing the ASVAB test. I also have OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder), ADHD, and anxiety. I understand that I cannot enlist without an ASVAB score, but would my ADHD, OCD and anxiety automatically disqualify me from the service?

From what I saw during the 24 years I was in, it was about even on the care of the soldiers.

You are stirring the pot. Sir. HAHA. I have to say that from a soldier who has served in both, I enjoyed my time and was taken much better care of in the NG. Could be that we were all from the same area, or it could be that we mobilized together and we ended up just getting to know each other better by bonding. Either way, my time in the Guard was great.

I’m a recruiter for the Guard. My buddy was working on a guy who ended up joining the reserves. Got a call the other night from a USAR soldiers mother saying he needed a ride to drill. Sorry can’t help ya! Residence was 640 miles from his unit. That is not soldier care

Really impossible to answer considering there is one Army Reserve whereas each State and Territory has a separate Army National Guard that falls under the Governor of that State or Territory (unless called to Federal service).
As a rule, the Guard is primarily comprised of Combat Arms with a smaller number of service and service support. The Army Reserve is the opposite structure so assignments may be more prevalent in one over the other based on your MOS.

1LT: Great question and the I think it depends your which state & MOS?. Larger states have more units resulting in additional slots for promotion, especially if you are in a specialized MOS and the Army Reserve allows you to cross state lines to find available promotion opportunities. If you are in the combat arms, typically these MOS-Slots are located in the National Guard.

I personally would chose the Guard, Even though I have not served with the Reserves. I only now what I have heard from my Battles, and most of them have said they get very little training compared to what the Guard units get.

I am seriously contemplating the National Guard after my 4 years here at WHCA. I have looked at going back to Washington State after I am done. How are the promotion point for NG? I have been on the promotion list for quite a while now. They are making it harder us to get promoted. My unit still doesn't have the funds to send me to WLC. Thanks for some of those great points SPC Yelle.