Finally making the commitment to join

[newdumdum9825]

Right now my local recruiter is working on my waiver to join the National Guard

The MOS choices I'm thinking of right now is

13B- Cannon Crewmember
31B- Military Police
19D- Cav Scout
21M- Firefighter
91F- Small Arms/Artillery Repairer


I'm dead set on 13B right now and hopefully I get that MOS

 

[mkgr22]

Thank you for serving. (In advance)

Good luck and God bless.

 

[Mackey]

I think you're making a good choice. 91F sounds interesting, but I bet it blows as a job. There's so many areas you can get into as an MP (K-9 comes to mind). Plus you get to crack some heads (or so by brother told me). Best to you and let us know!!

 

[newdumdum9825]

91F would help in the civie world since I could possibly become a gunsmith and probably be able to build an AR from the ground up in no time..
Of course 31B and 21M I could possibly get on at my local PD/FD, so be a MP and LEO at the same time in both worlds

 

[Trigger Time]

Why did you need a waiver? If you dont want to answer i respect that. Your choice.

 

[devil07]

MP =/= LEO. Being an MP will not assist you getting hired as a LEO anymore/less than being any other MOS. Being an Army Firefighter should help you become a civilian FF.
MP is more gate-guard/Prisoner control(Corrections officer), very unrelated to actual Policing, especially as National Guard. This is coming from my personal interactions with MPs and speaking with a friend who is an INANG MP Captain(and a full-time LEO).

 

[CitiusFortius]

Thank you for serving. (In advance)

Good luck and God bless.

 

[CPT Nervous]

Join the Reserves. Nothing good will come of joining the NG.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I'd pass on being a NG cannon cocker. The active army has plenty of artillery units who are better equipped and better trained. Every deployed NG artillery unit I ran across had been given a "recert" crash course and was deployed as MPs or doing logisitics. Of course, I've been away from the game since '05, maybe things have changed.

 

[CPT Nervous]

Don't join the Guard...


Every person I've met that went Guard SEVERELY regretted it, and either went active or reserve instead.


Don't join the Guard...

 

[newdumdum9825]

Well I mentioned I had ADD when I was going through MEPS for active duty Army, so I'm getting a waiver sayin I'm clear of ADD.

I have my GED and the NG is the only branch that doesn't require 15 college credits but when I'm in ill use the GI Bill to my advantage and gain some sort of degree

plus I plan on serving the guard till I can go Active but with cutbacks it might not happen soon

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I have my GED and the NG is the only branch that doesn't require 15 college credits

That sounded hokey to me, so I tried my Google-Fu:

Applicants in Tier I have a high school diploma, or at least 15 college credits. This means a high school diploma, not a GED. Depending on state law, completion of high school by home study may or may not be considered equivelant to a high school diploma.

So, yeah, if you aren't a high school grad apparently they want some college.

 

[Trigger Time]

Advice for any other person who reads this and wants to join up. When you go to meps, if its not an issue that you believe will cause you problems if you join then DONT mention it! If you think it will cause a problem then you shouldnt be joining anyways.

I know some people who join need pictures and to have things spelled out, so: even if you have a cold (sniffing, coughing, sore throat) DO NOT mention it when you go to meps or it the becomes an issue.

as far as ADD is concerned, dont worry, they will PT that right out of you

 

[CPT Nervous]

Have I already said not to join the NG? If I haven't, don't join the National Guard.

 

[newdumdum9825]

Advice for any other person who reads this and wants to join up. When you go to meps, if its not an issue that you believe will cause you problems if you join then DONT mention it! If you think it will cause a problem then you shouldnt be joining anyways.

I know some people who join need pictures and to have things spelled out, so: even if you have a cold (sniffing, coughing, sore throat) DO NOT mention it when you go to meps or it the becomes an issue.

as far as ADD is concerned, dont worry, they will PT that right out of you

i agree with this since I am someone who knows the consequences, but it doesn't help when my first recruiter was in a hurry to get me sworn in so he can get his numbers, so this guy didn't work with me much and didn't warn me to much to what would happen if I did.

but I did have a recruiter tell me once it was a good thing I didn't lie an possibly get a fraudulent enlistment thrown at me

 

[the1kidd03]

MP =/= LEO. Being an MP will not assist you getting hired as a LEO anymore/less than being any other MOS. Being an Army Firefighter should help you become a civilian FF.
MP is more gate-guard/Prisoner control(Corrections officer), very unrelated to actual Policing, especially as National Guard. This is coming from my personal interactions with MPs and speaking with a friend who is an INANG MP Captain(and a full-time LEO).

I'll second this and I'd also caution against small arms repair. You'll do a lot of monotonous parts swaps mostly. You won't learn much in the way of valuable skills for actual gunsmithing such as machining.