Posted on Jun 17, 2016
I am considering joining the Army Reserves if I cannot get promoted to Staff Sergeant in the near future. How are things in the Reserves ?
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It all depends what you are wanting to get out of it. I'm am currently AGR and have been in the reserves for 12 years. Came from active duty in 04. There are a lot of training opportunities in the reserves for schools and missions if you are green across the board and wiling to go. It is a different mind set in some units but in the end the Soldiers need good leadership and want to train, just gets hard when the culture of a unit is to sit back and collect the check. Not all reserve units are like this but it's those that are that give reserves a bad rep. If you have any other questions about the reserves let me know
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SSG (Join to see)
Thanks for the advice. I'm a 92A SGTP and might be thinking about changing over in a two years. Are you allowed to go AGR from active duty?
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SSG (Join to see)
So you are saying that I must transition to the reserves first and then apply for AGR?
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SSG (Join to see)
Yes. We are all technically reservists on active duty orders. My advice is if you can't make E6 then go reserves, make E6 and get all your NCOES out of the way as well as any other schools while you are a reservists then apply for AGR. But don't bank on AGR as the program is starting to get smaller and us 92A positions are getting smaller and smaller
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It depends on what type of unit you go to but I can assure you it won't be like the regular Army.
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Depends on what you are looking for. Reserve and Guard are both the same thing in essence..you just report for different time requirements. The big difference is reserves can make you move if needed where guard is state hence you don't get pcsd without your say...unless mobilized or active guard.
The big difference active sees when they switch is the dynamics of the reserve or guard scenario. In civilian mode you could be the supervisor of your commander once you show up for formation in military mode and vice versa. The other? Prepare for a huge difference in speed of asignments. Remember active is 24/7....guard and reserves are weekend. You will be expected to do what you would normally take a week to accomplish in less than 48 hours.
The big difference active sees when they switch is the dynamics of the reserve or guard scenario. In civilian mode you could be the supervisor of your commander once you show up for formation in military mode and vice versa. The other? Prepare for a huge difference in speed of asignments. Remember active is 24/7....guard and reserves are weekend. You will be expected to do what you would normally take a week to accomplish in less than 48 hours.
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I did that for the same reason. I have been reserves for about 4 months now and I already have a schoolmate for ALC and then I'm putting in my promotion packet.
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I have been in the Army Reserve for 15 years. Been in 7 units. I have been on ADOS for three years been deployed once. I was a unit administrator for 7 years in two of the units. It has its up and downs depending on the units and its personnel but overall i love it. But you get out of it what you put into it. If you have any questions just hit me up.
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SSG (Join to see)
How does the retirement work if you serve 13 years and finish the final seven in the reserves?
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CAPT Kevin B.
SSG (Join to see) - Easy one there. You would get around 38% of base pay at whatever pay grade it is when you turn 60. Make sure you transfer to the retired reserve (fleet reserve equivalent). DO NOT resign. The difference is resignation freezes your base pay number to that date vs. what it will be when you turn 60. Lots of retirement calculators out there. Also consider Fed work and some state/local careers that allow you to purchase retirement credit based on your AD time. Worked out big time for me.
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