Army Reserve

2009-10-04 17:08:27

#1

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

Has anyone here been in the Army Reserve (not the IRR)? What's it like? Is it just one weekend of training per month? How does that work, do you start Friday night or Saturday morning...? How's the pay per month? Do you get the benefits that active duty soldiers receive?

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2009-10-04 17:54:20

#2

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
Has anyone here been in the Army Reserve (not the IRR)? What's it like? Is it just one weekend of training per month? How does that work, do you start Friday night or Saturday morning...? How's the pay per month? Do you get the benefits that active duty soldiers receive?

One weekend a month and two weeks during the summer.
I'm sure muster times depend on the unit.
You get paid for the time you work, so two days of pay a month and two weeks of pay during the summer at your current pay grade.
You can shop at the PX either once a week or once a month, I can't remember which. You do get medical and dental but the time period you can use it is also limited (I think). GI Bill is a lot lower.
You WILL deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Some MOS's are restricted to active duty. Your MOS may also indirectly be picked for you based on what units are close to you. If you're willing to travel further for drill you'll have more options.
Any other questions, direct them to a recruiter

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-04 18:00:34

#3

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

JohnG@lt wrote:
You WILL deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan.

o lawds

So you probably can't live off of just drill pay right?

2009-10-04 18:02:22

#4

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
You WILL deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan.
o lawds

So you probably can't live off of just drill pay right?

Sure, if you can live off of ~$300 a month

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-04 18:35:00

#5

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

heh, ok. I was looking up "Army reserve drill pay" and I saw the pay charts and I thought that was what you got monthly. Blah.

Is it the same for the National Guard?

2009-10-04 18:49:36

#6

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
heh, ok. I was looking up "Army reserve drill pay" and I saw the pay charts and I thought that was what you got monthly. Blah.

Is it the same for the National Guard?

Yes.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-04 19:29:58

#7

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6855|Mountains of NC

go active

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2009-10-04 19:46:09

#8

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

SEREMAKER wrote:
go active

I was filling out the application form online and there were only like 6 job options on there. I think it's cos I'm a permanent resident.

2009-10-04 19:47:33

#9

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6855|Mountains of NC

what MOS are looking at

2009-10-04 19:59:56

#10

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

SEREMAKER wrote:
what MOS are looking at

Some of the ones that interest me are (this is for the Army):

36B Financial Management Technician (useful if I wanna become an accountant)
13M MLRS Crewmember
89D EOD Specialist
37F PSYOP Specialist (Wouldn't surprise me at all if this requires you to be a citizen though)
31B Military Police
21M Firefighter

Do these all require you to be a citizen or something? The only things I saw on the job search that applied to me were 11B and 13B.

edit: According to the Army Career Explorer, it predicts I'd get around an 85 on my AFQT. So it's not like I'm too stupid to be an MLRS Crewmember or a Firefighter.

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2009-10-04 20:05:56

#11

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6855|Mountains of NC

as long as you don't have to apply for clearance then citizenship doesn't matter

PSYOPS and MPs you've got to have clearance

36B is a good career move and so is 21M ..................... espically if you get your degree while in

2009-10-04 20:08:35

#12

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

Hmm... I'll assume the Army Career Explorer just sucks or something. I guess it'd be better to talk to a recruiter?

2009-10-04 20:09:14

#13

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6855|Mountains of NC

yeah .............. but take it with a grain of salt

2009-10-04 20:12:44

#14

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

If you were only offered 12B as an MOS it's probably because you were looking for a contract of 2 years.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-04 21:26:31

#15

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

I don't think it was that. There was never an option to select your contract. And aren't all contracts four years now, or am I carazy?

And they also offered some stuff like 92G.

2009-10-04 21:31:35

#16

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
I don't think it was that. There was never an option to select your contract. And aren't all contracts four years now, or am I carazy?

And they also offered some stuff like 92G.

I dunno man. You're better off talking to a recruiter. Just tell him that you'll walk if he lies to you at all. My recruiter was 100% honest with me (aside from having no idea what my job description was and faking it ).

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-04 21:52:43

#17

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5988|College Park, MD

What about if he tells me to lie about something on my papers? Is it true that only you are held accountable for that and not the recruiter?

2009-10-04 22:19:35

#18

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
What about if he tells me to lie about something on my papers? Is it true that only you are held accountable for that and not the recruiter?

What would you have to lie about? And yes, it is completely on you. He's just trying to fill a quota while you would have to live with the consequences for a long time if found out.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-04 22:24:22