Has anyone ever gone through the 25N AIT training for the National Guard?

SPC Anthony Lewis — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:35:34 -0400

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 4 at 2018 3:47 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:47:08 -0400

I have not but I could probably get you a point of contact who has.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 4 at 2018 4:17 PM

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:17:19 -0400

I just finished it. What do you need to know?

Response by SPC Shannon Holmes made Jun 10 at 2018 2:01 PM

SPC Shannon Holmes — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:01:10 -0400

I went through the training at Fort Gordon in 2007 and was the first soldier in Washington State to be MOSQ, though I have heard that with all the system changes since then the training has also changed. Before getting out I saw the job go from what I was trained for to several part of the job being done by General Dynamics and it felt like I became a equipment baby sitter rather than operator.

Response by 2LT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 1 at 2018 8:10 AM

2LT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:10:59 -0400

It’s the same as the active duty training. 29 Weeks at Ft. Gordon. The first 3.5 months are foundations of networking, electronics, and learning the fundamentals of routing and switching equipment. The middle 2 months are voice over IP, transmission resource controllers, encryption/decryption, and server programming. Last 2 months are focused on putting it all together in a functional JNN. It was a decent course and I came he and got a great job very quickly.

It’s a good MOS with lots of room for professional advancement, and the opportunity to command a nice salary if you put the work into getting certifications in the industry.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2018 11:15 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:15:34 -0400

I’m a reservist myself, but the SPCs are both right. There is no real difference in training. however they might overtrain you (assuming they still don’t have the colorless system in the school) to work with the equipment that needed to all be set up by hand. Now the equipment is run much more efficiently, with more virtual machines than physical equipment