Posted on Oct 22, 2020
What pointers would you give to a prior service guy, who wants to join SF National Guard, before talking to a recruiter?
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I joined in 2011 and was selected. Got dropped for sleeping through my alarm in the early ages of the q-school. I didn’t go back then and it’s always been a regret of mine. Was wondering if there was any prior service guys who joined SF national guard? and if you could give me some pointers before I go talk to a recruiter? Thank you
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Go and speak directly with a NG recruiter and a Giard SF recruiter as well for guidance. Unless changes, section was good for up to 2 years. But who knows.
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Thank you for your reply Sir. That’s what I’m gonna do. 2yrs is what I’ve been told as well so most likely will have to go to SFAS again which is fine with me. Thanks again!
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Before you talk to a recruiter, my advice to you is to make damn sure that your family situation and your civilian career can both survive you being gone 18 months for the Q, then being gone 60-75 days a year and a 9 month deployment every 3 years.
And then you'll have to decide if all that is worth it just to take a second shot at something you already tried once. NG SF is a significantly greater strain on family and civilian career than anything else in the reserve components.
The recruiter will likely have to put you in a company of 1-148 IN with an attachment to B/2-19 for your SF physical and SFAS, and transfer you to B/2-19 for the Q.
And then you'll have to decide if all that is worth it just to take a second shot at something you already tried once. NG SF is a significantly greater strain on family and civilian career than anything else in the reserve components.
The recruiter will likely have to put you in a company of 1-148 IN with an attachment to B/2-19 for your SF physical and SFAS, and transfer you to B/2-19 for the Q.
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In the National Guard you can't just join to be SF. You will have to join the Guard as another MOS and then try out. They had to many issues with Soldiers doing this in the past. SF is a challenge. I thought about a long time ago but I ended up commissioning instead. Keep in mind that not every state has SF. But you should talk to your local NG recruiter to see your options.
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