Transistioning Army Reserve to Air National Guard. Would I be demoted?

1. This is a service transfer Army to AF- your current rank is immaterial since the ANG will slot you where they want you and in the rank they need. 2, You can hope that the deal will let you keep your current grade- but no guarantees.

You'll go to Tech School, not AIT, as an Army MP, you might not have to do Tech School. If you do, it will be in a TDY status, you'll stay at the Gateway Inn (think hotel, with maid service) for the entire time. You have to show up for class in the morning, and as soon as the training day is complete, you'll be free to do whatever you want. You may have a car and you are not restricted to base.

For promotion from SrA (E4) to SSgt (E5) you have to be a skill level 5 / journeyman (about 18 months after graduating from Tech School). You also have to have 3 years TIS and 6 months TIG, and there has to be a unit vacancy. Once you are a SSgt, you train for skill level 7 / craftsman, which involves another school at Lackland AFB. That carries you through MSgt (E7). You can also come in to the field as a SSgt, but you still have to do the training.

If you are a E-4 and below, you will not lose a stripe. I was Active duty Army, had a long break in service and then went to the Air Guard. I was told that whatever rank was in my DD-214 is the rank I will keep. My DD-214 showed I was a E-4 and I started out as a Senior Airman (E-4) with in the ANG. I was also a Army MP and I didn’t have to go to tech school (AIT) for the Air Force because I went Security Forces in the ANG.