I have never once been to an Annual Training. Is the unit I'm attached to required to have an AT?

SSG(P) (Join to see) AR 140-1 para 3-17 defines AT requirements. The command can establish you as an exception under 3-20. If you have a dual status job, I have seen this happen quite often, but you need to remind your command that you must maintain your MOS skill. Use your chain of command and if getting nowhere, go to IG. Just remember to be respectful and asking an honest question. I am sure if you take this up the chain they will want to support your AT requirement.

To augments SFC's comment, the individual drilling reservist is not required to perform annual training to get a sat year. He/she can get a sat year by executing the 48 IDT periods. However, the unit will likely have to answer some questions if you have never used your allotted 14 days of AT orders. You, as a member of the select/active reserve, rate the chance to execute those 14 days and be paid for them. It's not your fault if the unit never scheduled them. If you haven't gone to some formal school or mobilization or some other periods of active duty in each of the past fiscal years, I recommend sending that up the chain.

You're asking two separate questions.
- Units have training dollars, and yes, in the Army Reserve, there is always an Annual Training "event."
- Whether you, personally, attend that AT is an entirely separate question.

During the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) cycle, the first year is about individual skill training -- unit personnel maximize opportunities to go to schools (basic, AIT, NCOES, special skills like HAZMAT certification, etc.). The second year has some of that, but more small team training. The year following, platoon/company level training, Year 4 company training/certification for deployment, Year 5 available for deployment/utilization.

During years when people aren't going to schools, there's usually a home station training where administrative and other training requirements get knocked out without going to a formal training site.

All RC units are given a budget for a certain percentage (this year 64% for USAR) to go to 14 days AT. The reason that it is not 100% is that Soldiers who go to schools, special training (ADT/ADOS), or are mobilized are doing their two weeks in that manner. The unit is required to offer you AT and budget cannot be an excuse not to allow you to do AT. Note that if you have not been to AIT, you are not consider fully qualified to go to the field and may not get an AT that way as it is considered a safety hazard to have you functioning out there without full training. If you are doing split training and it has taken you several years just doing BCT/ AIT, I can see why you haven't been to AT yet, but that should be coming soon.

On the air side of the guard - it is dependant upon your AFSC (MOS). For the legal office, we do our AT days in one and two days here and there in support of troops deploying from our Wing. Our Wing has a week of training in August and we provide legal briefings and legal assistance, as well as, getting our training done. With the budget cuts - there is you don't usually get 14 days - in Ohio - we have had them cut down to 9 days. But, depending on your AFSC, you might get more days to meet your requirements.

In the Marine Corps you are required to attend AT once a year unless you deploy for that year.

There is a requirement to afford a SM opportunity to do at least 12 days of AT each year. AR 140-1 gives some insight but it is a FORSCOM requirement. You are being cheated out of retirement points each year you don't do an AT. Go see your congressman and complain. Our current situation is getting worse and requires congressional investigation to determine why money is not being spent on maintaining MOS skills and readiness by allowing SM's to do Annual Training.

they should do monthly drill and 2 weeks at if this unit is not how are the unit members getting their point toward retirement

All Reserve Forces units should have their Unit Members doing an A.T. event. A typical "MTOE line unit" will normall have a scheduled A.T. period all members are required to attend, but not all units will have a unit wide event. I'm currently assigned (as an M-Day Soldier) to a TDA unit as part of a Training Site Managment Team -- our unit does not schedule a typical A.T., but each Unit Member does 15 days of A.T. orders each year, scattered throughout the year. This allows the M-Day Soldiers to augment the full time staff during busy periods.

It is possible that your unit has a similar situation and nobody has taken time to sit you down and explain what you need to do. You should sit down with your Unit Readiness NCO and ask him to explain how A.T. is handled at your unit, and what you need to do to schedule and perform A.T.

Wow really? I was in my unit a year and we had our AT in Germany you really are getting screwed