Posted on Oct 23, 2018
Easier to re-enlist and go AGR or get out and try to go Regular Army?
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Just recently took my AFQT to gain higher line scores and now have a 115 GT score as well as all line scores above 115. I’m less than a year away from my reserve ETS date and am wondering if it would be easier to re-enlist and try to go AGR or get out and use higher line scores to go to a recruiter and come back in Regular Army..... Can you guys share your experiences/ knowledge on this subject? Thank you.
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Posted 7 y ago
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It's a lot easier to enlist into the active army than AGR. I can't tell you how many people I've had ETS from AD with the promise of an AGR job from the reserves that didn't work out. Plus, you can get a conditional release and go now.
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Agreed, just wondering what the likelihood of me going back in AD would be if I ETS. I don’t wanna get out and be stuck on the outside. I’ll contact a recruiter of course.
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SGT (Join to see) they're accepting prior service right now because of growing the force. I'd say your chances are good.
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Do you have an AGR position promised to you, not that easy to go AGR, fewer slots than active.
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Go Active Duty. AGR might be a long shot depending on your MOS and vacancies. If you are medically, morally, and mentally qualified and meet age and dependent limits you should have no trouble going Active Army. Best of luck!
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Good morning,
It all depends on what you trying to do or what direction you want to go in your career. Either way you still serving your country and continuing your service to include moving up the food chain and more skills. If you are a single person with no kids. Go active for a while and then come back to the reserves and go agr.
It all depends on what you trying to do or what direction you want to go in your career. Either way you still serving your country and continuing your service to include moving up the food chain and more skills. If you are a single person with no kids. Go active for a while and then come back to the reserves and go agr.
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Active = easy. AGR = no promises/who you know. You must love this stuff to be considering either. Which would lead me to believe active may be the better choice. If you are cursing it left and right (most do), stay guard, try to work into an AGR slot/start politicking now.
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Appreciate the feed back! Word on the street is that the Army is in short supply for AGR with certain MOS’s. Don’t know how true that is but It’ll take a leap of faith no matter which way I go.
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The problem with AGR jobs is that there are few of them. Individuals with the same goal of getting an AGR slot like yourself are all competing to get those slots. I'd recommended looking into the active component if you're serious about full time.
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