Posted on Dec 5, 2018
Is it possible to enlist in National Guard 11B and obtain Airborne in the contract?
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Or is it reserved for already enlisted/seniority?
I’m in contact with a recruiter from back in 2015 who out of the blue emailed me yesterday and repeaked my interest in the Guard.
Here’s part of a reply he sent me to that question...
“...11B is easy to enlist into. Airborne school is very rare for an Enlistment contract, but I’ll look into it. Those slots are very competitive and usually awarded to those who’ve already enlisted.
You’d have to be in peak physical condition to be considered for Airborne school. For your height I believe the weight limit is 189 lbs (or <24% body fat). Also, do you know the Army Physical Fitness Test standards and would you pass if given the test today?
Yes, 11B is the pathway to Airborne school, Air Assault, Ranger, and Special Forces among others. My office parter is infantry and my boss is a former Ranger. Both love it...”
Should I just keep in contact with him and see what comes out of it? Anyone out there in the Guard 11B went Airborne? I want to achieve Airborne to push myself and also have the doors open to greater and very much more demanding positions, i.e; Ranger school.
Thanks for reading and reaching out.
I’m in contact with a recruiter from back in 2015 who out of the blue emailed me yesterday and repeaked my interest in the Guard.
Here’s part of a reply he sent me to that question...
“...11B is easy to enlist into. Airborne school is very rare for an Enlistment contract, but I’ll look into it. Those slots are very competitive and usually awarded to those who’ve already enlisted.
You’d have to be in peak physical condition to be considered for Airborne school. For your height I believe the weight limit is 189 lbs (or <24% body fat). Also, do you know the Army Physical Fitness Test standards and would you pass if given the test today?
Yes, 11B is the pathway to Airborne school, Air Assault, Ranger, and Special Forces among others. My office parter is infantry and my boss is a former Ranger. Both love it...”
Should I just keep in contact with him and see what comes out of it? Anyone out there in the Guard 11B went Airborne? I want to achieve Airborne to push myself and also have the doors open to greater and very much more demanding positions, i.e; Ranger school.
Thanks for reading and reaching out.
Ranger
Airborne Student
11B: Infantryman
Recruiter
Posted 6 y ago
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Or skip all the bull and go active 18x from the get go, make it through the pipeline, grow a beard and do cool guy stuff.
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Matthew Ferrara
I have to wait until my credit is fixed for security clearance, so the beard will have to be postponed. Thanks again.
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I went to Airborne and Ranger (and many other schools) while in the Guard. If you want to go to airborne school as a Guardsman, then you need to be in an airborne unit. I believe all LRS companies have now been inactivated, however there are companies on jump status in Texas (and I believe still in Rhode Island, Indiana, and Georgia).
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Try to get in a LRS unit and you MIGHT! Highly doubtful though. I was a 290-300 PT and I was still denied.
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SFC Harry H.
SGT Christopher Hayden - Being I am freshly retired, I still have Army buddies still in and all around the State. I talked with one of my 151 buddies who use to be in that LRS unit and he said, yes it was decided that all LRS units were to be disbanded and are being reorganized into the recently introduced battlefield surveillance brigades. D Co our Indiana LSR Co is actually doing a reorg ceremony this weekend. Being this is the last month of the year.
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