Is US Air Force Reserve AGR worth it?

I went AGR from active duty and here is my experience. AD really is big moving machine, if you get crushed by it, nobody really cares. I found the guard/reserves is a little closer to home. You don't move around (PCS) a whole lot (you'd have to secure another AGR slot elsewhere) and the people you work with become true friends and more like the family AD likes to portray. On the other hand, if your co-workers aren't so agreeable, your going to have to deal with it, or move on. My thoughts, your move. Good luck, you'll be fine either way. Talk to your family about it.

Is an AGR worth it, that depends on a number of things: is it something you like doing, is it in an area that you want to live, can you make more money as a Capt then your civilian job, and most important, what is the top out grade for the position. If answer to these questions is yes then, it may be worth it. If the position is maxed out as a Capt, then I would say probably not worth doing. The good thing about an AGR is that you are active duty at a given base, which means you don't have to PCS, and if the position is a Maj/LtCol grade max out then I would say yes it is worth doing. The promotion cycle is not difficult, even if the unit uses ROMPA as a personnel management tool. That is still nothing outrageous, just means that you just might be hitting max time in each rank for promotions. If you take the AGR, I would advise that you remember to do a couple things. First learn to write a good OPR because the guard and reserves are notorious for writing poor OPRs, and if you have to meet a ROPMA board then an average/vanilla OPR will get you passed over - the great thing about the guard and reserves is that you have a great deal of input to your OPR, that is your way to manage your career. The second thing is be a team player, a draw back to being at one place for more than 3 years is that mistakes and disputes can come back to haunt you, just because you are not moving on and neither are the people at that base. Which is both a blessing and a curse, a blessing because you make connections and extend the family, and like all families when there is conflict even tho you work through it, it has the strong potential to resurface and cause issues when it time for position moves or position/promotion selection. All in all if you can get an AGR with growth potential it is worth it, because once you make your twenty years your retirement starts when your done where as if you are a traditional you must wait for your retirement till your are 60. - Good Luck

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