If you now serve in your state militia, are you adding your state promotions to your RP Profile?

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter The rule for being on RP is one must be vetted for membership. Active or veteran. Active can see more than veteran accounts. I do not believe that neither ROTC nor Service Academy are granted access to RP unless they are dual enrolled in ROTC or are veterans in their own right. (Service Academy Cadets are not yet members of the military as we were informed during one of my daughter's visits ... she is an official candidate!)

1LT (Join to see) - IAW US Code, 101 (b) (21) Service Academy Cadets are considered to be on active duty and Subject to the UCMJ and be on Tri-care. Their time however does not count towards Retirement or years of service or allowances and if they don't remain in the service after being a Cadet or graduating all that would cease. Sort of a strange category an ROTC Cadet on the other hand is a civilian and NOT subject to the UCMJ service would start for them only when they actually enter Active duty, Reserve or Guard service. From a practical standpoint then it seems Members of the regular active duty Force, Reserves or National Guard are Veteran's, Cadets or former Cadets are not until such time as they actually enter the regular Military service. Until this was mentioned here I had never given it a lot of though. Thank You for Your response to My question.

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter - Thank you for your kind reply and I am humbled that I have been able to spark interest and research!

1LT (Join to see) - Well it gets Me thinking and I don't want to presume anything without checking. I figure either ask or look it up or both. I had always figured that RP mostly was for Veterans that had served on active duty, Reserves or guard and any others were civilians. It seems even parents of Cadets weren't always sure what their status was that pretty much answers their questions also. I appreciate Your response also, guess it did get My interest and once again thank You.

SPC Ron Creech - Kind of. Most state-controlled militia/reserve forces I am aware of are under the command of the State Adjutant General (TAG), who also commands the National Guard Forces in the state when they are on state (Title 32) status. Important to note: the TAGs are actually Army and Air Force Officers of the National Guard. However, the state militias are only able to be commanded by TAGs because of their dual status state/federal.

CPT Jim Schwebach - I've heard that the parties at Churchill Downs can be epic. I'm going to try to visit Louisville next year during Derby week. One of my buddies lives there and we have that on our near-term "to do" list.

SPC Ron Creech - The United States National Guard which is also a component of the United States Air Force and United States Army respectively holds the same Ranks and wears the same uniforms. A Sergeant in the Army National Guard that goes Active will be a Sergeant on the Active side as well (circumstances may apply, could be demoted to a Specialist).

The United States National Guard should not be confused with individual State Defense Forces. The difference being the National Guard is part of the Reserve Component and can be Federalized where as the State Defense Force or State Militia can not be Federalized and is only part of their respective State. Some State Defense Forces recognize your military rank and let you hold an equivalent rank in their organization such if you were a Sergeant in the Army the SDF will let you be a Sergeant in their organization.

Don't misunderstand I have a respect for the State Defense Forces, they go out and assist local law enforcement and the National Guard in State of Emergency type events. Some even do training alongside the National Guard and the Reserves or so I've heard. My State doesn't have one, but if your State does good on them. Hope they do well.