Federal ribbons and medals will, such as the Army Service Ribbon, National Defence Service Medal, etc. State level awards, however, will not.
It is actually not very hard, you need to fill out a Form 1288
Someone currently in the National Guard.
The National Guard and Reserves are branches of the active duty military.
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.
To change from Army National Guard to Active Army simply speak to your Commanding Officer about transfering.
You're thinking of ribbons such as the Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon? Yes, you can, as long as they are DA authorised awards. However, states also have their own ribbons which they award to National Guard personnel - those cannotbe worn on the uniform of anyone in a (fully) federal component, such as the Regular Army or Army Reserve, nor do Guard members wear them when they're under federal activation.
Most National Guard officers are on reserve duty status.
The minimum is 180 days of active service duty.
Over 1,000,000 soldiers serve collectively in the Active Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard.
State ribbons can be difficult to locate. Try E-Bay. PX only sells federal ribbons. You may want to also contact your states H.Q. and see if they can replace or re-issue them.
You will need to see a recruiter to join active duty.
No. If you want to go from Regular Army to National Guard, you must first finish your active duty enlistment, then reenlist into the Guard - you cannot opt out of active duty during the time specified in your contract.