Can you go from Army Enlisted Reserves to Officer? Or are there any additional routes to become an Officer?

Chris White — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:56:26 -0400

I have my bachelors degree with a GPA of 2.7. Im the age of 29 and have taken the ASVAB and scored an 108 GT. I’m aware I was 2 points shy of an 110 GT score. I just would like to know my odds. I really want to go active duty but not as an enlisted soldier because I dnt want to live on base.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2021 1:17 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:17:08 -0400

Living off post is your reason for wanting a commission? Not even sure how to address this one.

Response by SSG Laurie Mullen made Jul 26 at 2021 1:31 AM

SSG Laurie Mullen — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:31:25 -0400

You do realize that under some circumstances officers live on post too, right? If that is your reason and you somehow become commissioned, I hope your soldiers have some very smart NCOs because they're going to need them.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2021 1:36 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:36:33 -0400

It’s generally hard to go from reserve anything to active anything. You would belong to the reserves, and they don’t often let anyone go. They would be more than happy to give you a reserve commission. It would also not be impossible to get a full time reserve job in uniform as an officer. But none of that is going to happen right out of the gate.

Your best chance of active anything is starting out as active. If you want officer your window is now or never, but with a limited possibility as a reserve officer and maybe active reserve as an officer, but that’s kind a 5 year time line at best.

Being 29 you are up against the clock to get commissioned, and at minimum enlisting that would eat up all that time you currently have.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2021 2:22 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:22:40 -0400

That has to be the DUMBEST reason I've ever seen for wanting to get commissioned

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2021 4:49 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:49:15 -0400

110 GT is a non-waiverable requirement. There is no way around it other than to commission through ROTC which does not have a GT requirement.

There are OCS accession programs but with your GPA you probably would not be competitive for that.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2021 8:48 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:48:03 -0400

....I hope there is more to it than that...
In any case: Yes you can go officer from USAR. Now the hitch is that the Army apparently picks for you as to if you are going to be an Active Duty Officer or Reserves.

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Jul 26 at 2021 9:43 AM

SSG Edward Tilton — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:43:57 -0400

You want to be a soldier but you don't want to do soldier stuff. You are wasting everyones time.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2021 11:06 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:06:30 -0400

In short; yes you can become an officer from an enlisted Soldier. You'll do OCS, ROTC, or in some limited circumstances Direct Commission. In any of these cases, there is no guarantee you'll be on active duty, and that you will live off post.

I would also say, as a junior officer you SHOULD live on post initially. LTs have a lot of learning and work to do, plus Soldiers need you more often than you will think. If you live off post you're going to be driving back and forth a fair amount. Just my 2 cents.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Jul 26 at 2021 12:41 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:41:32 -0400

Please do us a favor- stay home. And no the GT is not waiver able

Response by SPC C Moli made Jul 26 at 2021 1:31 PM

SPC C Moli — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:31:30 -0400

Soooo, where are you going to live if/when you get deployed?

Response by PO1 Donald Vinson made Jul 26 at 2021 7:06 PM

PO1 Donald Vinson — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 19:06:44 -0400

I hate to sound negative but if you want a 9-5 job and live off base then the military isn't for you. You seem to be a motivated person but not for the military. Good luck and I hope you have some great NCO's to take care of you if you do get commissioned.

Response by SGT Charles Bartell made Sep 20 at 2021 9:49 PM

SGT Charles Bartell — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:49:48 -0400

Study the parts that where short. Take the sample test. See where that goes.
As far as the green to gold goes if I recall correctly the program does not make a difference .

Response by SSG Shawn Mcfadden made Sep 23 at 2021 9:05 AM

SSG Shawn Mcfadden — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:05:52 -0400

Yes you can go from enlisted to officer. However for the reason you specified, I wouldn't make the attempt.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 24 at 2021 7:41 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:41:43 -0500

If that’s your sole motivation to become an officer, just don’t join. You are going to be leading soldiers. The best way to lead them is to know them. You wanting to live off post shows that you just want the title and not the responsibility.