How does rank inversion work for army guard mil techs?

Thanks Ssg that's an actual answer I was looking for

SFC(P) (Join to see) - where is it said that you can't out rank your boss in the job description

Your boss during the week it's different than during drill weekend

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In the NCArNG, used to be and may still be, Techs had enlisted jobs and O jobs. Training Tech was the lowest O job. So if you were an LT and an AST (enlisted job)you would no longer have a job. USR had no tech job requirements.

I'm not sure how it all works with guard and reserve. In active duty it all depends on what your unit's MTOE is. If your only has one slot for a particular WO MOS and you decide to become one, you'd get PCS'd to a unit that needs you instead of staying where you are at and being excess.

You can be sure that if you become a commissioned officer, you will eventually stop concentrating on your current job. A commissioned officer is required to have a very diverse skill set and most of those skills do not concentrate on a single MOS, but a broader understanding of military operations.

I actually just applied to a job that the supervisor of the section is a MSG. What they did for the position was made the rating supervisor over the position I applied to a LTC. That way there wasn't a rank inversion scenario. It all depends on the leadership. Sometimes they are willing to do that, other times they aren't.

In the National Guard, a number of soldiers are what as referred to as full time technicians. They work for a shop that supports units as their full time job. They are normally full time employees as Wage Grade Technicians, wage grade supervisors, a few maybe GS employees. NG techs, wear their uniforms, I believe, and I am sure my Army reserve folks will correct me, don't wear their uniforms. So if you are an E-6 and would like to become a Warrant Officer, and the Shop Chief holds the rank of E-9. You can no longer work for that shop, and or may have to give up your technician position. Now if the Shop Chief is a CW-2, you go to WOCS and come back as a W-1, that's okay, as the Shop Chief is still senior to you, but if you go to OCS and come back as a O-1 you are now senior in grade to the Shop Foreman/Shop Chief. That is where the rank inversion comes from. In the Fed Tech program you can't have your weekend Boss work for you during the month. I know this sounds confusing, and it took me a while to grasp it myself when I transitioned from AD to NG many years ago. This is a very simple explanation, I am sure it gets more complicated than what I have described here.