SGT Private RallyPoint Member 4830136 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hello all. I&#39;m an army reservist with previous active duty experience, airborne qualified, and in a regular reserve unit. We do mostly administrative tasks during drill. I am interested in transferring to an airborne reserve unit (I know most of them tend to be psyops/civil affairs) and am curious if any of you have first-hand experience or second-hand knowledge on how the reserve airborne units operate? Are there more field activities involved?<br /><br />Separate question but related - I am considering going 350F Warrant Officer and how would that affect my role in an airborne reserve unit? <br /><br />I&#39;m a 35F intelligence analyst.<br /><br />Please &amp; thank you! 2019-07-20T09:20:59-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 4830136

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hello all. I&#39;m an army reservist with previous active duty experience, airborne qualified, and in a regular reserve unit. We do mostly administrative tasks during drill. I am interested in transferring to an airborne reserve unit (I know most of them tend to be psyops/civil affairs) and am curious if any of you have first-hand experience or second-hand knowledge on how the reserve airborne units operate? Are there more field activities involved?<br /><br />Separate question but related - I am considering going 350F Warrant Officer and how would that affect my role in an airborne reserve unit? <br /><br />I&#39;m a 35F intelligence analyst.<br /><br />Please &amp; thank you!

2019-07-20T09:20:59-04:00 2019-07-20T09:20:59-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4830149

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Civil Affairs is not a feeder MOS to WO. If you wish to become WO do it in your current MOS. I&#39;m a Warrant Officer Accessions NCO and can help you with that. I can have you speak to some Soldiers in those Airborn units and you can decide.

2019-07-20T09:40:46-04:00 2019-07-20T09:40:46-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 4830581

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not sure there are actual reserve airborne units, some units may have slots for jump status, but I would think those are few and far to find. I know the entire reserves only gets a handful of slots for airborne training a year. I would talk to your retention NCO there should be one for your area, they can look at every unit and tell you what slots and status of each slot.

2019-07-20T11:59:43-04:00 2019-07-20T11:59:43-04:00 MSG Frank Kapaun 4830641

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in a number of Guard/Reserve Airborne units, 20th SFG(A), 422nd CA BN(A) and HHC USACAPOC (A). Those units tend to have more esprit de corp and attract a better quality of individual than leg units. You will still have to do nitnoid admin stuff, BUT....every three months, there is a jump to look forward too. That normally eats up a Drill in itself. One other added plus is the opportunity for airborne ATAs and jumpmaster refresher training are numerous.

2019-07-20T12:09:24-04:00 2019-07-20T12:09:24-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 4833275

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Should’ve went guard. To be group support.

2019-07-21T10:03:08-04:00 2019-07-21T10:03:08-04:00 CW2 Private RallyPoint Member 4835952

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A little more intimate with the law of gravity.

2019-07-22T07:59:51-04:00 2019-07-22T07:59:51-04:00 SSG William Ryan 4858890

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yeah as mentioned, reserve SF units are the way to go. Similar experience to being in 1st, 5th, 7th, 10th etc ...

2019-07-28T23:23:24-04:00 2019-07-28T23:23:24-04:00 PV2 Bob Ondown 5086063

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you go to a NG SF unit the people are of a higher caliber and there is less hurry up and wait before a jump.

2019-10-03T09:39:23-04:00 2019-10-03T09:39:23-04:00 MAJ Ronnie Reams 8509949

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>oops

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