What is the process for Green to Gold or OCS for Army Reserve Soldiers?

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Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2016 3:10 PM

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If you talk with you local Career Counselor they will be able to get you in contact with the Officer Accession team in your area.

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Response by COL Jon Thompson made Jan 10 at 2016 3:20 PM

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You cannot do Green to Gold as a USAR Soldier. That is only for active duty Soldiers. However, you can enroll in ROTC as a USAR Soldier and contract with them to become an officer. You would need at least two years of college left to complete the program. There are also specific scholarships for USAR Soldiers that guarantee commissioning as an officer in the Reserve. You can go to http://www.army.com/rotc to see what schools have ROTC if you are not sure. If you have less than 2 years of college, you might want to look at OCS. A career counselor should be able to help out. If you have any specific questions about ROTC, let me know as that is my job now.

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Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2016 3:34 PM

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The USAR has a direction commission program. You need to talk with a career counselor.

Response by COL Charles Williams made Jan 10 at 2016 4:30 PM

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I think you need to consider SMP. Or OCS. All is at Go Army.com.

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Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2016 5:40 PM

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Career counselor has the best advice! Direct commission packets are done! They'll have a board on that! If you already have your degree! It is a process though!

Response by LTJG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2016 7:08 PM

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I don't know about green to gold, but I am putting an Ocs packet together now so I have a decent understanding of that commissioning route. It's alot of documents and requirements.. But the first step is getting with a specials retention NCO. Feel free to email me with questions about anything and I will give you every answer I'm variously of giving [login to see]

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2016 8:05 PM

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As stated elsewhere. The Reserves and Guard don't have Green to Gold. That is an Active Duty program. You can either do ROTC or OCS. That are pretty much your only options. I went to a National Guard OCS. I just put in a packet and went. It wasn't hard. I was a prior SSG so I didn't a lot of trouble.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2016 1:15 PM

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Gteen to Gold is a program for Active Duty enlisted to earn their degree and commission. What you would need to do is get accepted into a college with a Army Rotc program, get accepted into the school, then sign up for Rotc. You will still serve in your unit until you contract with rotc. At that time, you will convert to SMP. I would contact the college and seek the ROTC Recruiting and scholarship officer. Good luck!

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2016 6:23 AM

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G2G is a program for active duty (not USAR) enlisted troops to complete ROTC and become officers and transition back onto active duty or serve in the Reserve Components, but it's not for RC troops. Contact a local recruiter and tell them you want to be considered for OCS. They will interview and board you locally, if they are considering candidates (not always the case). You must be aware that as the Army is decreasing in size, it is able to sustain the officer force just with Academy and ROTC grads, thus there is less demand/need for OCS and direct commission officers. Those programs are used to plus-up the officer ranks with quality candidates in times of need such as the surge in the mid-2000's when the Army needed more LTs to fill up newly-added BCTs. Good luck.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2016 9:04 AM

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If you already have multiple degrees, then I recommend skipping OCS and applying for a direct commission. It is a boarded process similar to promotions. You will get branched based on your degree or MOS branch.
Your retention NCO should be able to assist you.
That is how I commissioned.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2016 10:16 AM

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I just finished OCS for the Reserves last year. I went to a recruiter and filled out the packet in its entirety. From that point, it was accepted and I was brought to the OCS board. A couple months later, I was told that I was accepted and then went to MEPS to do my enlistment. At OCS, you go with people who are going to AD, Reserves, and NG

Response by 2LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2016 11:46 AM

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I actually am a Green to Gold Cadet. Green to Gold is not an Army Reserve program. If you are interested in completing your degree you need to talk to an ROTC program at the University you are currently attending or are looking into attending. If you already have a degree, you need to talk to your reserve unit about putting in an OCS packet.

If active duty is something you are considering, I would recommend the ROTC option because that will give you the opportunity of competing for active duty against the rest of the Cadets nationwide. Roughly 50% of Cadets get selected for active duty based on an order of merit list.

You can be in the SMP program (Simulataneous Membership Program) that allows you to be in your current reserve unit and the ROTC program at the same time. This will allow you to continue to attend drills and receive pay and you'll also get paid a Cadet stipend.

Let me know if you have any more questions. If you are qualified and are looking for an ROTC program to join, I'd be happy to help you out at my University.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2016 1:32 PM

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Is your objective to be an AC or RC officer?