Naval reserves

[painandpleasure42]

TweetAnyone in the Naval Reserves? I was thinking about joining, just wanted to get some imput on it. Only 2 weeks of bootcamp too I think I acn handle that lol

[ByRoN]

Tweetno but my friend is in the army res and is headed to iraq soon

[3Vandoo]

TweetThe Village people are hiring

[BIGSARGE]

Tweet2 WEEKS OF BOOTCAMP WHO IN THE HELL TOLD YOU THAT?

EVERY RESERVE COMPONENT REGARDLESS OF THE BRANCH HAS TO GO THROUGH THE SAME BASIC TRAINING(BOOT CAMP) HAS THE ACTIVE DUTY. MY BROTHER IS IN THE NAVAL RESERVE AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 11 WEEKS BUT IT COULD BE 9 I DONT REALLY REMEMBER.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE U.S. NAVY RIGHT.

[painandpleasure42]

Tweetyes It says on the website 2 weeks and I have a friend who just joined he didnt have to do basic because he just left the army but he also said it is only 2 weeks also a guy I work with was in it and it was only 2 weeks

[mick-G]

TweetAll i have to say is YMCA, lol

[painandpleasure42]

TweetWHAT KIND OF BASIC TRAINING SHOULD I EXPECT?
If you have served previously in the Navy or any other armed service, you will not be required to go through basic training again.

If you have never served, and you qualify for either the Naval Reserve Advanced Pay Grade or the Accelerated Initial Succession Program, you will only be asked to go through two weeks of recruit training. If you qualify for the Direct Commission Program, you will attend the two week Direct Commission Officer's School in Pensacola, FL.


Taken from

https://www.navalreserve.com/nps/faq/default.asp

[BIGSARGE]

TweetMAYBE YOU ARE CONFUSING THE 2 WEEKS WITH YOUR 2 WEEK ANNUAL TRAINING. BASIC IS NOT JUSTY 2 WEEKS. HELL WHEN YOU GET ON POST YOU STAY IN TRECEPTION FOR A WEEK GETTING ALL YOUR SHOTS AND YOUR RECORDS IN ORDER. TALK TO A RECRUITER. LIKE I SAID ALL RESERVE COMPONENTS ATTEND ACTIVE DUTY BASIC TRAINING.

[BIGSARGE]

TweetIf you have never served, and you qualify for either the Naval Reserve Advanced Pay Grade or the Accelerated Initial Succession Program, you will only be asked to go through two weeks of recruit training.

DO YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS?

[BIGSARGE]

TweetNaval Reserve Advanced Pay Grade Program

Program Description

The Naval Reserve Advanced Pay Grade (APG) program allows qualified civilians whose occupations and experience are comparable to Navy career fields (jobs) to enlist in the Naval Reserve. Applicants with prior military service must enlist for a minimum of three years. Non-prior-service applicants incur a minimum obligation of eight years, with six years in a participating status.

The APG program requires 2 weeks recruit training (boot camp). Reservists normally spend one weekend per month in training sessions at a Naval Reserve Center, plus 12 to 17 days per year in annual training (AT) at a site other than a Naval Reserve Center.

Qualifications

Applicants for the APG program must: be currently employed or have been employed within the past 12 months in civilian fields comparable to the ratings for which applying;

not have prior service, active or inactive, within two previous years in ratings convertible to the ratings for which applying;

include sufficient documentation of professional and supervisory experience on a resume, with employer and personal recommendations;

meet the "A" school Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test score requirements for the applicable ratings' achieve a minimum Armed Forces Qualification Test score of 31" qualify physically and meet height and weight requirements;

meet dependency requirements. Unmarried applicants with dependents are not normally eligible. Applicants who enlist in the program are assigned the permanent pay grade of E-3 and are temporarily advanced to the rates and pay grades for which they qualify (and are temporarily paid at the higher pay grades)

Age Requirements

Applicants without prior military service must be at least 21. The maximum age is 37 for applicants without prior service. For prior service applicants, computed age is determined by subtracting any prior military service from calendar age.

Permanent Rate Requirements

• Personnel approved for enlistment as an E-4 or E-5 must complete the following requirements:
• Basic Military Requirements Course Apprenticeship Course
• Military Requirements for Petty Officer 3 & 2
• Professional Course for Petty Officer 3 & 2

In addition to those listed above, personnel approved for E-6 must complete the Military Requirements for Petty Officer 1st Class (PO1) and Chief Petty Officer (CPO) and the Professional Course for PO1 and CPO.

Thirty-six months is considered to be adequate time for completing the requirements for a permanent rate, and extensions of this time are not authorized. If requirements are not met in the time allotted, personnel are automatically reverted to their permanent pay grade of E-3.

[BIGSARGE]

TweetThe Naval Reserve has an Accelerated Initial Accession (AIA) program which allows the enlistment of non-prior service personnel into the Naval Reserve to fill non-designated positions such as; FN (Fireman), SN (Seaman), and AN (Airman) requirements.

You must enlist for a minimum of eight years, with four years in a participating status. The last four years can be in the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR).

The AIA program requires 2 weeks recruit training (boot camp), followed by the standard one weekend a month and two weeks a year reservist schedule.

To be eligible for this program you must:

Have no prior service

Have a high school diploma or GED

Have an Armed Forces Qualification Test Score of 31 or above

Qualify physically and meet height and weight requirements

Meet the Naval Reserve's dependency requirements (Unmarried applicants with dependents are not normally eligible, but a waiver may be requested from the Chief of Naval Personnel).

[BIGSARGE]

TweetNO OFFENSE BUT BEFORE ARGUING YOUR POINT SO STRONGLY YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT.

[painandpleasure42]

TweetI am not trying to argue bro. Im stating what I have been able to find. I actually thank you very much for this info. I have been trying to reach a recruiter, I have emailed and left voicemails, but nobody has responded to me. I am not going to go full active but what branch would be good as far as reserves, shortest basic? Its not the fact that I think basic is going to be hard, but the fact of bills. I need to be here working to pay off alot of debts

[painandpleasure42]

Tweet"Applicants for the APG program must: be currently employeed or have been employeed withing the past 12 months in civilian fields comparable to the ratings for which applying" I am in security and want to go for intelligence wouldnt this be the civilian version of intelligance?

[BIGSARGE]

TweetNO SECURITY AND INTELLIGIENCE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. YOU COULD GO FOR SHORE PATROL. WHICH IS THEIR EQUIVALENT OF MILITARY POLICE BUT I DONT THINK THEY HAVE THAT AS A RESERVE JOB. DO YOU NOT HAVE A RECRUITING OFFICE NEARBY? OR RESERVE CENTER IF SO GO THERE. IF NOT I OULD RETHINK IT. I AS ACTIVE BUT IM IN THE RESERVES NOW AND MY RESERVE CENTER IS ABOUT 3 HOURS AWAY AND ITS THE BIGGEST PAIN IN MY ASS TO GO EVERYTIME THEY NEED YOU. AND TRUST ME 1 WEEKEND A MONTH 2 WEEKS A YEAR WENT OUT THE DOOR A LONG TIME AGO. IM NOT TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU TO NOT JOIN BUT YOU SAID MONEY IS AN ISSUE AND BELIEVE ME YOU WILL END UP LOSING MONEY.