Is it possible to apply for Federal OCS when you're already slated to go through State OCS? If so, how would you go about that process?

Honestly there are assignments in big army that are appealing to me; I don't want to be limited in what I can do because of my commissioning source.

SPC (Join to see) if you go NG State OCS, you are limiting yourself to NG in that state. If you go federal and go active duty for a few years, you can transfer back to NG or Reserves if you want to. I would talk to a Active Duty recruiter, if I were you. He can at least get the paperwork started for you to apply to Fed ocs

LTC (Join to see) - I'll check into it, there's alot to consider though. I just bought my home here in my hometown, but I could always rent it out for a couple of years. My biggest thing is my daughter; being a single dad, I'm terrified at the prospect of not being able to be in her life due to the needs of the army.

SPC (Join to see) You won’t be limited from transitioning into the Active component just because you went through State OCS. Every state OCS candidates packet goes through the Dept of the Army and gets signed off on before they commission you. Same thing happens when you get a promotion, it’s called a federal recognition board. It ensures that the Army recognizes your proposition because technically it is the state promoting you, not the Dept of the Army. So if you commission in the Guard, you can transition into Active duty. But remember that it’s all needs of the Army and depending on what branch you get through your state you may be stuck with that in active service as well.

I'm prior service; that was another reason I was hoping I could slide in there