Have any officers transferred from NG to USAR and what was the process like?

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:55:52 -0500

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jan 25 at 2018 5:37 PM

SSG Carlos Madden — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:37:34 -0500

LTC Yinon Weiss and/or CPT Laurie H. might be able to answer.

Response by COL Vincent Stoneking made Jan 26 at 2018 9:07 AM

COL Vincent Stoneking — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:07:36 -0500

Yes, tons of us. In my case, I resigned my NG commission (NG MSO fulfilled). This automatically placed me in the USAR IRR. From there, I found a unit and transferred into it.

Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made Jan 26 at 2018 7:37 PM

LTC Yinon Weiss — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:37:28 -0500

I have. It goes exactly like you would expect it to. A total mess. The two systems don't talk to each other at all. So the biggest factor is how good the admin support side is on the gaining and losing unit, and whether you have to chase them for everything or not.

Response by CPT Laurie H. made Jan 30 at 2018 2:11 PM

CPT Laurie H. — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:11:03 -0500

I transferred this past summer. The process took about 6 months from when I dropped my packet. It went pretty smoothly but a couple things fell between the cracks. I agree with Yinon that admin support on both sides in important to make sure everything is in place afterwards - I've been in the Reserves since August but just this past week I had an issue that required me to reach back the Guard for help.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 31 at 2018 9:43 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:43:13 -0500

Well Sir, I had to ING transfer to our USAR unit, they had to go into the IRR or something then the recruiter pulled them out and placed them in our unit, both were Captains at the time.