Posted on Feb 21, 2022
What's the vacation policy for reservists like? Can we go outside the US or do we need permission to travel?
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Even as a Reservist, we need to follow the proper procedure when traveling outside CONUS for vacation. Get with your CoC. Oh, and it's not permission, per se, but more for accountability and threat assessment
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Default answer: check with your unit's chain of command...
A lot depends on their drilling schedule and type of duties that it performs. If it is a non-deployable or administrative unit, it will not be a big deal. If it is involved with classified information or special operations support, they may have concerns. Many units also encourage, but do not require taking online anti-terrorism training depending on your area of travel.
A lot depends on their drilling schedule and type of duties that it performs. If it is a non-deployable or administrative unit, it will not be a big deal. If it is involved with classified information or special operations support, they may have concerns. Many units also encourage, but do not require taking online anti-terrorism training depending on your area of travel.
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Yes anti-terrorist level 1 training. I remember how funny it was that my unit that was going to train an exercise in Canada had to all take and I terrorist level 1 training even though the crying in Tacoma Washington, the Brigade headquarters the time, was higher than Canada but we had to take that silly course which is required yearly. I don't know if the rule is still the same about some parts in Mexico require a one-star general to sign off because it is so Lawless no. I know I went yearly to Honduras and El Salvador before covid and I had to do all this plus register with the embassy because crime is higher than New York City with a defunded police. The Intel officer at the Battalion or Brigade would write a memo and have me off the hook for the time that I was gone. I did had to debrief him or her on what I encounter. No big deal.
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Your S2 will help you with the science of stupid. I live in Canada but my unit in Washington state had to go to a large military exercise 2 hours East of where I live in Edmonton Alberta. They had to go through a security warnings about crime in Canada which it's probably a lot less than the crime in Tacoma, Washington especially with George Soros District Attorneys who don't prosecute people. This was before the George Floyd Summer of Love and destruction. I had to do this yearly when I went to visit my mother in Honduras because I had to fly into Honduras and El Salvador and there is serious crime wave worse than even defunded cities like New York and Chicago. That was justified that we had to do the Intel worrying about kidnapping and registering with the embassy to make sure you got all the latest updates and you had your itinerary registered with the Department of State. You do all this before you go and then you check in when with your S2 and chain of command after you get back. They'll worry if you have been approached by other seeking information on US military etc etc. I don't think you're going to donbas Ukraine or 2 dangerous parts of the world. I remember as well that you had to have a one-star general sign off if you were going to certain parts of Mexico because it is pretty Lawless.
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