Do ARNG Infantry Officers Get Ranger School Slots?

Thank you for the transparency sir. What do I need to do exactly in order to get a ranger slot once I'm in a guard unit?

You’ll have to talk to:
-Company commander
-Company training NCO
-Battalion Training NCO
-Battalion S-1 NCO
-Battalion S-3
-Battalion S-3 NCO/Ops SGM
-Battalion XO
-Battalion commander

Frequently. Don’t waste your breath talking to squad leaders or platoon sergeant (maybe just mention once to your PSG that you’re trying, but then don’t mention it again). Hit up the people on that list in person, text, and email. They will let you know who has the pull to make it happen and who doesn’t. In some battalions, the training NCO might be able to sign you up. In most, he won’t unless the BN XO (or someone else on that list) calls someone at brigade, who knows how to get you signed up for Pre-Ranger (required before NG go to Ranger). Once the person (BC, XO, Ops SGM, whoever in your unit has the connection) gives the go-ahead, the training NCO will do put you in. But you won’t know who knows whom and who can get you approved until you hit up everyone. Also, they don’t care about you, so you will have to follow up to get it done. Good luck

Thank you sir. So once I contact everyone on that list to see who can sign me up, am I competing with every other 11A officer in the unit in order to get a slot based on how I perform in the guard (OER, PT score, etc)? Or do they just sign me up without factoring those things?

All those things factor in. It costs the Guard money to send you, and so every failure they have means they wasted the money and that next year, that money may be cut from the training budget. They should believe that you will succeed , that you’ll improve the unit as a whole, and that the $60k+ they spend will be a good investment. Cadet SGT (Join to see)