Can you apply to Green to Gold while active duty to be a Reserve or National Guard officer?

2021-04-07T18:50:10-04:00

Im an NCO active duty right now. I am not yet done my degree but will finish it in under 2 years. I’m very interested in switching over to the AG Officer Corps for either the national guard or reserves. I have 2 years left of my active duty contract. I’m wondering if it’s possible to go green to gold while Im active duty and be an officer for reserves instead of owing any more active duty time?
Hopefully there’s a way- if not I will just stay enlisted or do OCS with my reserves unit when I go there.
Thank you in advance for any insight or mentorship

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 7 at 2021 7:04 PM

2021-04-07T19:04:49-04:00

If you are asking if you can get paid full time to finish your degree to commission in the reserve the answer is no.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 7 at 2021 8:41 PM

2021-04-07T20:41:13-04:00

They would not award you an active duty scholarship to commission into the reserves. There are scholarships that do not specify if you commission AD/NG/Reseves. Also keep in mind that you could use your GI Bill to fund your G2G route, but regardless, you commitment to the army will renew upon commissioning. 4 years for active and 6 years reserve/NG.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 7 at 2021 10:15 PM

2021-04-07T22:15:40-04:00

There are three G2G Programs and two of them separate you from Active Duty to go to school full time

Response by COL Jon Thompson made Apr 8 at 2021 6:49 AM

2021-04-08T06:49:13-04:00

Yes, you can access in a reserve component if you are accepted into a Green to Gold program and complete ROTC. Green to Gold has 3 options, scholarship, non-scholarship, and Active duty option (ADO). ADO would require you to go active upon completion. With the scholarship and non-scholarship routes, you can request a reserve component as part of the accessions process at the start of your final year. Ultimately, it comes down to the needs of the Army and there is no absolute guarantee of reserve component. However, in my 7 years of being a ROO at an ROTC program, I never saw anyone get forced branch into active duty. FYI, as a minimum, you will need to do 2 years of ROTC and full time college classes to complete that. Good luck!