Posted on Mar 4, 2021
What should I consider and look for on Tour of Duty?
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I am coming off of a deployment, and while I am looking forward to seeing family again I am also looking to find my next deployment.
Units in my brigade don't appear to be on a rotation anytime soon and so tour of duty was recommended to me by other Guard and Reserve Soldiers I was serving with.
After checking it out it seems as though I can search for deployment opportunities based on rank, MOS, and MOS immaterial. What should I consider when looking for a deployment with Tour of Duty?
What permission or documentation do I need from my chain of command to pursue orders through Tour of Duty?
Units in my brigade don't appear to be on a rotation anytime soon and so tour of duty was recommended to me by other Guard and Reserve Soldiers I was serving with.
After checking it out it seems as though I can search for deployment opportunities based on rank, MOS, and MOS immaterial. What should I consider when looking for a deployment with Tour of Duty?
What permission or documentation do I need from my chain of command to pursue orders through Tour of Duty?
Deployment
NGB
Reserves
Posted 4 y ago
Responses: 8
I have used TOD and did two years on Active Duty with the National Guard Bureau. Once you get selected for a position your packet will get routed through your State and you will have to have a packet completed before that. When you unit gets you all of the required documents your G1 will release you and you will get orders. You don't have to tell your unit that you are applying. It is more of a courtesy. When you get selected you will have to have notify them. They don't have to release you even if you get selected.
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As your in the guard, sometimes units do not allow their members to seek additional tours. I had a extra deployment all set up and then we got the First Oil War. Guess what, I didn't get to go. Anyway, I'd start with your full time clerk and see what he/she has to say on this first. Then I'd start checking to see what is out there for your MOS. Also, don't forget to see if you can snag a school.
School always helps for promotion. Your tech can help on both of these. Read the other comments here, they are all great.
Lastly, you're young, so if you can get a tour, go see the world.
School always helps for promotion. Your tech can help on both of these. Read the other comments here, they are all great.
Lastly, you're young, so if you can get a tour, go see the world.
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Ive used tour of duty once but did not get selected. When i applied for the position i dint ask for permission but you need a couple documents from your COC. When you set up the profile/ apply it asks you what you need and have to upload it. What made you wanna deploy again?
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Deployment has allowed me the time to re-evaluate my goals, those goals could be accomplished with another tour I think. Additionally I didn't get everything I wanted out of my current tour due to COVID. I'm hoping a second will be less restrictive as things open up. It would also be interesting to visit a different country just to view more of the world.
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