Also, (His son lives with us THurs-Mon and his mom Mon-Thurs). My husband is very interested in joining the Army Reserves or the National Guard. We are aware that single parents can not enlist in active duty of any military branch and have heard the reserves are also closing entrance to single parents. This may sound like a stupid question but is he still considered a 'single' parent by their standards even though he is married? If he is still allowed to enlist in the reserves/guard what would have to happen for Basic Training and AIT? Would his son be allowed to continue the normal arrangement? We would obviously prefer this as his son and I have become very close and it is important to his father and I that our relationship continue to grow! Any advice/help would be much appreciated!
The National Guard and Reserves are branches of the active duty military.
The same as the active duty army and reserves do.
50 states and it's possessions and territories are opportunities to serve in the Guard/Reserves; land or air. There's no Navy National Guard.
There is an acronym AGR which stands for active guard reserve. This is for members that are on active duty with the Guard or Reseves.
About 550,000 active duty personnel and another 550,000 reserves and National Guard members.
Yes. They are separate components, with their own recruiting.
If you are referring to the U.S. Army and Air Force reserves, yes, they are known as the "National Guard." Actually U.S. Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve are federal reserve forces. Air and Army National Guard are state forces that can be federalized by the President.
As a National Guardsman deployed to a combat zone, you perform the same duties as Active Duty forces, thus the risk level is the same.
well, there's the National Guard, the Navy, the Marines, the Air Force, and the reserves.
Both entities fall under the same pay scale. There is no difference in pay.
The N.G. is larger than the reserves so naturally it is the N.G.
Only retired, reserve or national guard soldiers have ID cards.SSG C. HernandezUS ArmyIf you are not in the reserves, active, national guard or retired, you can not obtain an ID card.