Posted on Jul 22, 2016
I have a buddy who recently joined AD and wants to switch to reserves. Is this possible?
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He's OCONUS and has mentioned he will purposely fail a PT test, and I talked him out of it. He wants to move to the Reserves, but from the looks of it, he CANNOT. He heard what he needed to hear and the consequences of Malingering. I appreciate the responses, but any answer after this edit, will not be read by myself.
He's OCONUS and has mentioned he will purposely fail a PT test, and I talked him out of it. He wants to move to the Reserves, but from the looks of it, he CANNOT. He heard what he needed to hear and the consequences of Malingering. I appreciate the responses, but any answer after this edit, will not be read by myself.
Edited 9 y ago
Posted 9 y ago
Responses: 104
Plus, the Reserves don't just take anyone. Even if he tells them why he wanted out, what does it tell them about his commitment issues? I wouldn't accept him. He probably wouldn't show up for Drill or AT.
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I certainly hope not!! One trouble with society today is that people sign and then no longer want to honor their obligations-I've found that in my military career those that fail in the military general y fail in life!!
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It's very easy to go from Active to Reserve you just have to have patience and wait for his term to be up then reenlist as reserve.
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This is a huge problem throughout the army and its the NCOs who no longer want to put in the effort to try and motivate these soldiers he obviously wanted to be in at some point he just needs some guidance and discipline to regain that drive again no to be kicked out and let to essentially get screwed by big army I don't know the whole situation and I understand there are some lost causes out there but it's still worth a shot to atleast try to motivate him
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It is entirely possible if his 1st Sergeant will sign off on it. If he's a shit bag though, which I assume he could be, it's not gonna happen.
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There are always openings in the DB for those who don't want to Soldier! You can check the book, 'From Here To Eternity' for examples!
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Let him flunk and get booted. An OTH or General will get you far in life. Maybe Assistant manager of a 7-11.
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Sure, he can fail his PT. And get bounced out completely, without chance of Reserve time. Or, he can do his Active tour and enlist in the Reserves. There's a reason it's called a contract.
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He should do like one of my NCOIC's did. He got Fat Boyed out of the Army went right to the USAF recruiter and was in like Flynn. Hell they gave him a stripe to E-5. Sent him to Travis for a month of medical refreshers. Then up to Elmendorf AFB, where he became our NCOIC. He was replaced 3 months later much to our relief. Then 6 months later he was Fat Boyed out of the USAF.
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