What is the best and most efficient way to get into Jump School as an Officer in the Army Guard/Reserve (non-infantry)?

Then there is still hope for me.

Just stay on it, determination to go will get you there.

Yes this is true just DTS has to be approved.

SGT Christopher Kirkpatrick - That's messed up, lol - if a slot opened up for a specialty school, I'd jump on it. I wonder what state has a bunch of soldiers that don't want to attend specialty schools?

Yeah, that's what I figured would be the ultimate requirement but when you leave OCS they stick you in a branch slot that is needed by the Army; I'm honestly not too sure how easy it is to transfer specialty branches as a 2LT.

CPT(P) (Join to see) - it is easier to branch transfer in a Guard Unit than Regular Army. Just check the state AG to see if the are short officers. I was enlisted 11B and commissioned 11B, but branch transfered to a 21J when I moved to Kentucky since the were Engineer heavy and needed officers. You would be required to do a branch school, Basic if you haven't completed one, or an Advanced Course if you are already branch qualified. The Guard and Reserve used to have an Advanced Course that wasn't completely resident, it had an active phase followed by a correspondence course and then completed with another active phase. Oh, and the Kentucky Engineers do not have airborne slots.

2LT (P) - since you would be in Federal status in jump school, and since this is potentially hazardous training, the chances of getting anyone to approve your covering a portion of the training with your own funds is pretty much non existent. It really comes down to liability of the Federal Government for your life and limb. If you really want to go to jump school, you should look into an active duty assignment in an airborne unit. Suggest you talk to your local US Army Recruiting station and see if they can get you in contact with someone in officer acquisitions at USAREC. BTW - I am assuming that you have completed your officer basic branch qualification course. It would make things a lot easier for you if you have.

You wouldn't happen to know who the unit administrator is for HHC, 38th SB Kokomo?

Good break down, of the process and you were much kinder then I was.

Go to Joint Communications Unit (JCU) or Joint Communication Support Element (JCSE). Everyone I have meet assigned to these commands has had their jump wings.

I believe only your operators attend jump school.

I remember one navy guy in jump school. He didn't make it,past the first day, only because he talked smack about being scuba qualified or some such thing and that jump school was a cakewalk (way to ingratiate yourself to the black hats, knucklehead.) he froze in the 30ft tower, begged black hats to just toss him out - they declined and said he had to go on his own. 1st washout. I went through jumpschool with a stick of force recon marines. That was an experience, let me tell you. Great group of marines though, I learned a lot being fresh out of infantry ait.