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

There are a few reserve Civil Affairs units that are on jump status.

As an AF guy I tried to sneak in between an AFSOC assignment and a conventional... made it two days before I got booted for lack of AO’s. Four years later I showed up legal like and got thru. If you want it, and I get all of your reasons for wanting it, make it happen! Just remember that’s just how you get to work, not how good you are when you get there.

To answer your question, look for the unit that has the slot and I believe it was mention at some comments. To others; instead of discouraging the person let it be. He probably has done his research and knows the pros and cons. Others may have suffered some injuries but it doesn't mean it will happen to him. Lt, just imagine if everyone is easily discourage by someone says negative....we won't have doctors,special forces, entrepreneurs, etc...find the slot and go for it

The easiest way is to get it in your contract at Basic or add it at BOLC, but after that, I would try to either go AGR or active and get into Ranger School. You'd have to be Airborne qualified first but that opens up another can of worms. It is a perishable skill and thus why to stay on status you need to jump once a quarter. This is not possible in USAR or USARNG. Imagine adding a jump into all the other PT tests and admin stuff 1 weekend per month and two weeks per year- Not possible. Go active or AGR

Reading and following posts...very interesting but haven't had luck in going. Not even going to benning and hoping to go on walk on status. No such things because someone has to pay for the school. Good luck on the reserve but for active duty must be going to ABN unit to go.

In the Guard and Reserve your unit has to have an airborne mission to get slots to Airborne School. When my artillery unit was towed we had Air Assault School slots each year because that was part of our mission. When we converted to Paladins we lost those slots. Your best bet is to find inused slots in units that have them or check with ROTC units in your area to see if they have any unused slots

first have you jumped if not take a class local air port should know where try it if you like it good.if your mos is needed its easy if not find a friendly clerk and enlist their help mostly paperwork.










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I've read all the posts and I'm really interested in how this turns out. My first cousin joined the Army in '65 and became a "Screaming Eagle" (enlisted). I got drafted the next year, actually did my basic training at Ft. Campbell & hung around with him and his buddies, after I was allowed post privileges. Did I want to jump like him, heck yes ! I was also 19, smart, strong, AND angry for losing out on going to Cornell because of a family illness. So, during basic training I did the absolute best I could on each and every test they offered. Ended up enlisting for "X" years to be the best darn soldier I could. Those schools included Jump, Ranger, AND OCS. They sent me to a specialized AIT for OCS "prep" in Ft. Lewis. Three platoons of us, one NGs. I attended and graduated from Armor OCS at Fort Knox (all branches had their own schools then). The Colonel in charge of our Regiment took me aside after graduation and said: "LT Voss, you won't be going to Airborne nor Ranger school, as tankers don't jump from planes !" And that, young LT, was the end of that ! Good luck !

I'm sorry for this, I know it is an honest question, but having been around aviators and artillery most of my life my first thought was get a psychiatrist to validate your type of insanity and some other insane person to concur and you're a shoe in.
My more personnel side says to make sure you max your most recent PT, show an aptitude for map reading, survival, leadership, handling stress, endurance, and watch Band of Brothers. There's more to it than jumping out of perfectly good aircraft.

The first and best way to get into jump school is to apply, and let the system decide, because the system will choose based on needs. Many officers wish to go to jump school but if it serves no need then that officer is taking the spot for a soldier (usually a non officer) that needs to go to jump school. So the answer to your question is apply and wait, do expect nor look for ways around the system because as an officer you must lead, that starts by making decisions that are best for the whole ARMY. This is the law of I want vs I Need.