Posted on May 10, 2018
Does being a 91b in the national guard instead of the active army mean you will not get to do as much as regular army when deployed?
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I heard that mostly active army gets the main jobs and national guard is kind of in the background when deployed. Is this true or does the army national guard do just as much or the same job as active when deployed? Netherwards if I'm in the national guard and get deployed will they let active do more of the outside the wire or more of the main jobs and just have me in the background or will I get to the same jobs as active. If deployed I really want to be making a difference and going on convoys or fixing trucks or whatever. I really don't want to be in the background.
Posted 7 y ago
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Good Grief PVT! That was true before GF1- today 75% of the Army's logistics are in the NG/Reserve. There is a NG BN's rotating with AD BN's for MFO duty in the Sinai and the Balkans. NG and USAR troops are constantly being deployed around the world in small group up to BN's.
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All depends on your mission. Most of,the time you don't really work with other units, unless you need parts
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Short answer is that there’s no way to know until the mission comes down. I was part of a forward support company in a BSB when I deployed with the National Guard in 2010/2011. The unit had a distro section, mostly 88Ms and 92Fs. We also had a maintenance platoon and an HQ platoon, with supply and cooks, etc. we attached to a Guard Armor (scout) battalion and we were tasked with convoy escort. The gun truck crews on the escort teams were mostly the distro guys, but we had some mechanics and others to fill spots. Most of the maintenance platoon were assigned to battalion maintenance, making us mostly self-sufficient. I’ve been called up twice and never done my MOS, 13B or 92F. I don’t know if this is a Guard trait for deployments, but you’ll be utilized as needed. If your deployment involves the use of vehicles, you’re likely to actually do your job, as mechanics are in high demand overseas, but my experience is only one example. But to address your main concern, Guard units are not background players on deployment. Over there, we all wear green, just different patches. Some troops have jobs inside the wire and some don’t.
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