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My high school boyfriend and I just got back together and he is trying to get stationed in Hawaii to finish off his military contract and retire. We want to do this move together. He has a son and I have a daughter from previous relationships of ours. He is adopting my daughter from her father. He is an E5 rank in the National Guard and has 7 yrs before retirement. We are not sure if he can get us housing or not there. What I am asking is how can we get the housing we will need with his rank and not be married? We dont care about military benifits for me we just care about us being able to be together he is currently going through a divorce and neither of us is ready for marriage again. I heard it also depends on his rank if we can get housing and not be married. How does that work for him? He has custody of his son and he is full time active in the military right now. I was reading that he may be able to get us housing depending on his rank. How does the depending on his rank play into housing? Everyone wants the adoption my daughter is the one that gave us the idea in the first place. We both been married and we are not ready for marriage just yet. His soon to be ex wife is using his daughter s leverage to control his life and make him miserable. She wont let him have a girlfriend but she can have a boyfriend. I stay out of that the best I can and when he gets stationed to Hawaii he isnt going to leave us behind at all. Now the more I am finding out we are going to have to do some reconsidering the marriage thing and come up with a prenup type of agreement for the both of us. i am only trying to gather the facts and discredit useless information I found here on Yahoo about exceptions to military housing and not being married depending on their rank. Dont take this as arguing with anyone that I am not doing what so ever I am new to the military life and just trying to get the straight facts. I did see here on Yahoo Answers that you could live on base housing without being married depending on their rank and situation. Like I said I am just trying to get nothing but straight facts and discredit the exception clause I had seen. Thank you to those who have KINDLY helped in the answers I have received.

I served in the navy as a boatswains mate for 4 years made E-4, then got out went to school and learned a trade. i just want back in the military again, i've tried coast guard, air force and navy, the army is the only branch that will let me back in. family is telling me not to do it they say i wont like it. i ask them why and ask my self why i wouldn't like it. job security, retirement, medical dental, i already used my gi bill. but i all sounds better than civilian life, i've been laid off 3 times in two years since i got out. i went to school to be a HVAC/R service tech, they have that MOS. I guess i'm just ask any one for some advice whats the army like is it a good idea to stick it out for another 16 to 20 years the other branches wont let me in because of the economy, i guess to many people trying to get a steady pay check. i even tried national guard but i want full time active duty... i think. money is not really the issue my wife make 80k+ a year and i could make money if i can find an employer

I've been working jobs in the private sector where they take out social security tax. I'm also planning on staying 20 yrs. in the National Guard so I can draw that retirement. So do Guard retirees get to have 2 paychecks if they also worked a private job? I know I have to wait till 62 or 65 for Social Security, and 60 for the guard. Just want to make sure I make enough money to survive in case I'm not healthy enough to continue working. Thanks Billy!

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Investigators-A-Battle-for-Benefits-dec-23-2009 The Minnesota National Guard, specifically the command and some of the former command of the 133rd Airlift Wing, MN, have decided to unilaterally decide what benefits they want to have awarded to their injured service members and which ones to deny, even though the regulations are clear as to the criteria of those benefits. They at first say no, then make you fight for what you have earned. http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Investigators-A-Battle-for-Benefits-dec-23-2009 Personally I think this is a very dangerous precedence which means if it stands as is, (and it won't) every injured military member of every branch of every service would be subject to their local commands approval of benefits, regardless of what the regulations say the criteria is. As it now stands, if nothing changes, If any local command wishes to deny benefits to an injured service member such as paying medical bills, incapacitation pay, you name it, regardless of what the regulations are, a local command can deny benefits. First you will be labeled a trouble maker. Then your chain of command will turn against you rather than fight for you for things you should be doing. The precedence is they will drag your issues out to the end of your enlistment, try and give you a "general" discharge, refuse to medically evaluate you and at the same time declare, swear, and affirm that there was nothing wrong with you on the date of your separation. You will file multiple congressionlals only after addressing all the resources of your command and in the end will only have to lie all the way up to the Pentagon, DOD, DOD IG, Secretary of the Service involved, and eventually it will go back to the same people that denied your benefits originally and they will say no again. Unchecked, your just request will go to the highest appeals board, the Board of Corrections of Military Records. Your command that already turned on you will now withhold medical information to this board and the board will deny your just request. This is where it gets dicey. If you have $60,000 hire an attorney to take on your case you will win your case. Reference the MPLS Star/Trib Sunday paper about a Colonel who won his case against the same people I reference, but took him $60,000 to do it. When we as service memers swear to serve our country in what ever capacity we are ordered to where ever that is, when ever that is. In return, we expect to be paid, housed, clothed, fed, and properly equipped. Not some of the time, but all the time. We agree to follow applicable regulations not some of the regulations. The Minnesota National Guard command wants to set the precedence that the regulations do not apply to them or other commands that do not wish to follow the regulations, that they too can do so unchecked. If this is the new way of doing business in treating our injured service members, fine. But every member in every branch of every service should now be aware of the new rules. They would be... get injured on active duty and your local command decides what benefits, payments, what medical bills will be paid, and even if you meet the criteria to be medically retired, they can unilaterally decide not to and lie and withhold information to deny your entitled medical retirement....all unchecked, unless you have an extra $60,000 laying around. Welcome to the new military. Enter and get injured all at your own risk. http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Investigators-A-Battle-for-Benefits-dec-23-2009

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Investigators-A-Battle-for-Benefits-dec-23-2009 The Minnesota National Guard (withholding names) withheld medical information from the Board of Corrections of Military Records that painted a picture that I had no medical conditions present on the date of my separation. That view is not true but the Minnesota command wants to deny my medical retirement even though I meet the criteria. Is it ok for a local command to deny earned benefits that a service member has met the criteria for if the command does not want the benefit to be awarded???? New recruits pay attention to the answers as you contemplate joining the military.

If the answer to this is "yes" then the other big question is how does my retirement get affected? I'm an active duty E-8 and will hit 20 years at the end of the year. My other question is if this is possible how does my retirement work out?

Ok this is my situation and I hope someone can lend a knowldgeable comments regarding my situation. I spent 5 years active duty in the Marines, after about a years break I reuped in the National Guard. During my contract I was disagnoised with MS. I am been treated for it and have had more luck with it then others, but was not physically fit for duty. I made mistake and was misinformed of how the Armys PEB system worked so I chose the WRONG section and was put out the army without going through a medical board. The question is after 10 years military service can I get early medical retirement from MS?

For instance, if you complete 10 years in the national guard can you transfer that over to state retirement credit and work 10 years for the state to fulfill your 20 years?

I trained in Aviation Survival Equipment while in the Navy. I rigged survival gear for fighter pilots. Their survival rest in my hands, my ability to rig their gear. I am a former Police Officer of 11 years. Of which I was on the department SWAT Team as a scout and entry team. As well, I was a firearms instructor, defensive tactics, master ground defense and taser instructor. I decided to go back into the military in 2008. I am currently in the Air Force National Guard. Trained in Security Forces. Trained for 4 months in everything from weapons to personnel recovery to base security to team leader of a 13 person squad. I have a college degree in Applied Science with a Law Enforcement Technology Major. I moved to the United Kingdom with my family due to my wife's career. I've been unable to gain employment. I receive responses such as, "you are over qualified" or "we don't need someone with your qualifications." I'm very frustrated and very concerned about my retirement. I've been searching for 6 months. Who out there is willing to hire a man with my qualifications? What can I do.

Are the benefits (housing, medical, retirement, etc.) the same? What are the advantages/disadvantages to the national guard vs. the army? Do national guard members live on military bases/military housing. I need some pros/cons of army vs. national guard. Thanks Dustin - That cleared some things up. Yes I was talking about NG vs. active duty army, but now I see that NG is similiar to the Army reserves. Thanks!

Ok first off let me just say that we're both rather young. I'm a couple years older than her. My girlfriend, since she was very young, has always wanted to join the Army (more recently, the National Guard), saying that she feels obligated to fight for our freedom and do her part in the war. She also wants to have kids and a nice family, like everyone else. These two stories, for me, seem to completely conflict with each other. I realize there are lots of options. Enlist, go through college for free, and then do your time. Do your time and leave and live on retirement. and many more. But if you wish to have a family at the same time, then as a girl, isn't it obvious that there are better options? Have kids, stay at home with them 24/7, and then get to see your boyfriend/husband every single day. It seems like a no-brainer to me. Assuming that we're still together, I wouldn't want her to go. Staying at home and not seeing your girlfriend/wife for months at a time would be, at the very least, excruciating. I'll support her every step of the way but I think some serious thinking needs to go down before this is all set in stone. I don't want to say that I'd like to "talk her out of it", but I'm not sure how else to put it. I have a cousin that enlisted straight out of highschool. 6 months later he sent us a picture from Iraq of his helmet, with a large dent in it from a bullet shot. That scared the **** out of me so much that it would be one of the worst things I'd ever have to go through to see her leave to go overseas. LOL at all the internet-toughguys telling me to "be a real man". What are you doing posting answers to silly questions on Yahoo! Answers if you're such a badass? I swear some people really just need to get laid or something. I'm being a misogynist? Because I want my to kids to actually grow up with their parents, not grow up with daycare employees as their mom and dad? What the fuck is wrong with you? Most of you are basically saying that in today's modern world, women NEED work just as hard as men, else they're a failure and amount to nothing in life. I want my kids to develop and grow with their parents. I grew up in the above stereotype of both parents working and the kids to go daycare every day. But when one of your kids says they don't want to leave "mommy" and go home to their real mom, I see an extremely fucked up situation and I won't have it for my kids. I'm not pumping out kids so I have something to spend money on, I'm passing my knowledge and wisdom on to another generation so maybe someday America can be a better place.

trying to decide on a career in one or the other... thanks jeeper, great answer. definitely makes a lot more sense than anything else i've read online. i'm def going active duty as a career but just had a lot of people telling me to go guard. maybe after i serve my active time...

I can not decide if I am just a whiner or perfectly normal? I have been in the guards for the past 9 years and I have been deployed to Iraq for 18 months so I am veteran and know a lot about the military. The military has been great for paying for my bachelor's degree but now that I am done with school. All the military is good for is the 200 dollars or so I make a drill and if I want that retirement I have to go through another 11 years to get it when I am 65!. I do not look forward to going to drill and I hate having to always plan around it because believe it or not one weekend a month comes up faster than you think and the two weeks in the summer always interferes with other plans. I do not enjoy having to say the yes sir no ma'am lingo. I feel like I do not fit the mold of a soldier even though I have been successful at it. I hate being micromanaged. I hate all of the yearly training required as a Soldier its not just the job you have to know but you also have to know how to utilize a gas mask, weapon, pmcs, etc. I get tired of all of the paperwork involved in the army counseling statements etc. I hate not knowing if someday I will get deployed again and have to go back overseas. I often wonder what life is like without being in the guard I do not know since I have been in since high school. I want to know if this type of stuff is in the civilian world or is it just the army? Would I be happier if I got out? Good to know about the retirement I was not aware of that. I am in the public affairs our unit has only 20 people in it with 4 officers and our work consists of interviewing and being around a ton of officers that is where all of the yes sir and ma'am comes into play.

I'm going in the national guard reserves for 21r Electrician(Leave for boot camp & AIT next week). mostly because it's a critical field here and I want to finish college before I go and do something more...Exciting(So I have somewhere to go after future retirement). But back on point, What happens if you change your MOS after AIT? and is it possible to switch from Reserves NG to Active Duty Army? Thanks prior for reading and answering.

I am looking onto a Army National Guard Technician job, I would like to know how everything works. Do they have benefits and a retirement? The add says no over time, and that it will give you time off for overtime worked? Is it shift work or is it a 9-5 job? Any other info that you have will help. Thank You!

Federal military retirement. NOT the Reserve component point system.

Ok I'm going to let y'all know the scenarios that I am considering and I'm trying to find the one that will provide the best retirement for me. First off I am currently in the National Guard and going through college and I'm thinking about either going active for 20 when I graduate or stay in the Guard and join into a federal service branch, more than likely the FBI. Now those are the basics and I'm getting ready to go into detail in just a second. The first scenario is active military service for 20 years followed by at least 20 years of FBI work. Now I will more than likely retire around the grade of O-5 with those 20 years. Or I can continue on in the Guard and out of college apply to FBI. Which would be best?

I receive 30% disability through the VA. I have 8 years of active Army service. I would like to go into the NC national guard and finish my last 12. I have spoken to a recruiter once before and he told me I would have to get pass a Physical and waive my current disability status to join the Guard. Though I would lose some money in the beginning, the retirement pay and the ability to use TRI CARE during retirement out weigh my loses. Plus I just plain miss being in the military. My main question is if I go through with this physical and waive my disability is it possible for them to disqualify me from entering the guard and i still lose my disability. If this helps at all, my disability rating are 10% for each knee, 10% tinnitus, 0% Hearing loss. Any educated help would be greatly appreciated. I am only 30 years old. I only got out in 2005. I have heard about the Reserves personal serving with VA benefits. I should talk to them, the only reason I was trying to go Guard was cause NC kicks in some money at retirement. No I was not bown up by an IED, thank god. Just was close enough to enough crap to ruin my hearing. As for the knees, doctor said some people are born to run and others are not. Basicly he said I wore them out. The doctor said they would get better eventually as long as I dont beat on them. After four years I can run 3 miles 3 times a week without severe pain or swelling. I would never make it active duty again but I can handle the part time stuff. Lol, Dude you have done your research, I will give you that. I am thankful for your input. Though it is apparent you have never served. Yes the Army requires only 2 miles, the Marines 3 and so on. Though that is just a timed assessment you do twice a year. Most Active Army units run a minimum of 4 miles three days a week. Normaly between 4-6 miles. I have ran up to 12 miles before, though that was seldom. Trust me dude, I played that game for 8 years I know what my bady can handle. I refuse to be a broke dick NCO. But thanks for your input.

my husband was in the army national guards for 6 years. he was discharged in 1971. he passed away in sept. of last year.we were married for 14 years. am i eligible for any benefits? he was receiving railroad retirement but i am only 54 and have to be 60 to draw that.

I'm 17 atm and lately have been thinking about what my future will be. I'd like to be a server technician for the Navy and my parents say no because it's basically a military branch. My father was in the marines for a while and told me to not ever join them and my brother is in the coast guard and says that it's ok, but i could do better. They wont let me join the national guard either, so i suggested the navy. My family says that the military owns you and you have to get up very early and work very late, they give you so much bullsh!t. But idc, I'm wanna work hard for a good retirement and I wanna do something important such as joining the navy with my college degree in computers. And my mother says that she wants me to be a technician in a hospital... which is kinda lame imo. How can i convince my family in me joining the navy? I know I'll have to be 18, but I'm going for college first then I'll sign up for the navy

We are also in the national guard and are eligible for the Thrift Savings Plan. I have heard that that is very good but don't want to jump into anything.

I have been thinking of joining the national guard with a non combat while in highschool to get some extra cash and experience in the military and then moving on to Marine Corps infantry mainly because i believe that the Marine Corp will have better training for infantry but if i stayed in the Natl Guard as a infantry then i would have a few years under my belt and closer to getting 20 yrs for retirement pay....so what should i do? Just wait till im old enough and go into the Marines as infantry? Do a non combat mos then go infantry in the Marines? or Just go infantry in the Natl Guard? all advice/info would be appreciated

Hello, all. I'm about to join the USAF RESERVE and would like to see if anyone can tell me from both one side or the other. any big differences? i want to serve my country but most importantly get is there any company that treats you better, by that I mean, benifits, healt care, and salary, retirement etc. whatever answers you can contribute helps, thanks in advance I know there is no free ride in the military and I'm not looking for one.I understand they don't give you something for nothing, I as well don't expect to give and to recieave poor benifits etc. I want to serve my country but in return I'm looking for the best company to work for, so far i see the USAF as having the best bells and whistles along with good training and experience for a career. any tips? Sorry what i meant by both sides, i meant USAF reserve vs AIR NATIONAL GUARD reserve

would you support every or most of my views? here we go: No Abortions No Gay Marriages No more taxes( yes it would be sad, no money comin it but its for the best) All of our programs that we rely upon will also go with the taxes unless people volunteer to pinch in their fair share of work ( im not mean but i think if we truly need these things, then well stop paying others to do it and do it ourselfs for free) Examples: Child Care Social Security 401k Retirement Roads Schools Lights Military National Guard Navy Marines Army Navy Seals Peace Corps Green Peace The decision to go to war with any country will only proceed with an attack on us FIRST. after that i show no mercy atomic bombs gallore and then send i ntanks to clean up the rest. We are our own country, so we only worry bout ourselves, not even canade. No more oil, you are on your own if you must still rely on oil. This government i create does not look after you, you must look after yourself. Weed is legalized and is a legal business to sell The drinking age is 18 and is legal for business to sell Tobacco is illegal and and will result in time any other drug beside weed beer or cigs gives oyu an automatic life sentence. If you still want healthcare, you must pay higher premiums, so that everyone has the same chance as yall. The general vote is tossed and only the electoral college exists/ is counted If im presidnet, there is no court or senators or congressmen, its just me. The government owns all public businesses to ensure stability( similiar to communism but not to the extent) the cops can only arrest you if they see you in the act of something so that means reasonable cause and suspicion go out the door. no one is guaranteed a job if you dont work im not takin pity on yall. you can burn the flag and if provocation comes from anybody but you, its legal self defense. Employers can no longer have standards for employess Busineeses do not hold private rights anymore No shirt no shoes no service policy is punished by life sentence. to get a license you pay a huge fee( this way people will truly appreciate the priviliedge, not right, of driving) ill add more as this question goes. States only have the right to keep their name, so this removes state and local laws. only federal laws apply now.

I've just remarried, and don't receive my retirement benefits til age 60, but want to be sure my new spouse is on record in all the right areas. I wonder if there is a checklist. thanks the congrats. Unfortunately my local unit has inexperienced staff who have been providing me with conflicting and confusing info so was hoping there was some military-wide guidelines I could count on, since the newbies don't inspire much confidence. Seems like it would be a priority for them to pass along to those of us served long enough to earn the benefits, but I am not feeling the commitment. Had to call 3 times for one form, and then it revealed the specialist hadn't listened to what I was asking about. Actually the form I got was only because by time 3, I went to specialist's supervisor. Thanks for your time Chris S. but it doesn't work that way for National Guard, only for retired from active duty military. Active duty retirement benefits start upon retirement, regardless of age, National Guard receive virtually NONE (except limited commissary access, and PX privleges). thanks anyway!

My friend has spent over 10 years in the national guard. Not long ago, he went on his 2nd deployment to Iraq. He suffered a lacerated femoral artery, a few days ago from small arms fire. No broken bones, but they don't know if there is nerve damage yet. He's still in Iraq, but may ship to Europe or USA for treatment. He doesn't know what they plan to do. He's really mad. After his first deployment, he didn't say much other than "Iraq sucks". Today he sent an e-mail saying he doesn't know why he's there. He doesn't think Iraq is worth the lives he's seen wasted. He tells me he's seen plenty of wounded soldiers, some more serious than others and it really is bugging him. His physical wound will heal, probably. Will his mental wound heal? He doesn't want to be there, but he's more than half way to retirement and doesn't want to lose what he's worked for.

Instead of Congress taking time off during the financial crisis for a religious holiday, (consider most of the time they don't give a rats a55 about religion) do you think the president should have called in the National Guard to LOCK the congressmen in, bringing in cots, food and port a johns, UNTIL they came up with a solution to our financial crisis, instead of allowing them to go on vacation for 3 days? As the value of our assets plummet in, their retirement and medical benefits are secure, it appears that the situation is of little concern to them..... Further in as much is this was a Jewish Holiday, how many of our congressmen are Jewish.......at a maximum perhaps only they should have had the time off.....then got a memo on the progress of the others

compared to the active army, are the benefits in the army national guard (as far as retirements benefits) just as good.

I've been think more and more about moving the Australia from the States, even though I'm still a teenager. I'm thinking about having a career in the U.S. military, probably Coast Guard or Navy. So I'd probably be at least 44 when I move. I did a little research and you guys don't have a National CG, just a couple volunteer ones, correct. I wouldn't mind working for the Federal gov't after my military career, but I doubt I'd be able to get a job with Aus. gov't-they'd probably think I'm CIA. So anyways I was think of becoming a counselor, or social worker. College counselor would be cool, but I'd be much better in the States for that, so I was thinking more suicide prevention, rape counseling, general school counselor, etc... I know and a lot of people try to tell me social workers don't make much money at all (In the States at least), but I don't really care, I'd like to help people. And if I serve 20 years int he U.S. military, I'd have a pension, so I'd probably get around $30-40000 a year, so it can supplement a low income career. How much do social workers make down there? Would it be hard to get a job because I'm American? I know immigration is pretty tight, so I'd be hoping to find a sponsor, but I'd have to sort things out with passports and everything (I'd like to also remain a U.S. citizen, but I might relinquish it, but I'd rather not). Some more general questions: Where is a good place to live on a probable $80,000 salary. Weather is pretty big factor, not to cold, by a beach. What's the economy down their like? Last year were you guys at a deficit or surplus? I'm a little uneasy with the U.S. being 10 trillion (and counting) in debt. I don't want to sound like a chauvinist, Ugly American, but how much does the U.S. (our foreign policy, trade, economy, etc...) affect you guys. I think the U.S. has too much power, we make a lot of enemies that way. Are the taxes high? I'd also be wondering how I would do retirement, with part of my working years in the U.S., part in Aus. Thanks, I think Australia is a pretty cool country, and, though I'm just toying with the idea now, it would be cool to live over there. So if I want to come after I'm 40, It would have to be for retirement, not planning to get a job.

If you don't want to read all this then check out the Fact at the bottom. Thanks! Lets start this off by informing everyone of the benifits of actually serving their country. 1. Pride 2. Service 3. Teamwork 4. Leadership skills 5. Resume builder 6. Money 7. College Benefits 8. Discounts 9. Travel (voluntary and involuntary) 10. Opportunity 11. Career choices 12. Opportunity for advancement 13. No glass ceiling 14. It is what you make it 15. $20,000 sign on bonus 16. $10,000 commissioning bonuses 17. $15,000 reenlistment bonuses 18. Lifelong friendships 19. Retirement plan (nearly unbeatable) 20. Total Health, Dental, Life Insurance 21. Pay is actually comparable if not better in Military Life once you add in the Housing Allowance (BAH) Subsistance Allowance, Clothing Allowance, Hazard Duty Pay (while deployed), Family Seperation (while deployed), and more. A 1LT (officer) with approximately 4 years in the service can expect to make roughly $60,000 + $10,000 worth of insurances = $70,000. And about $40,000 + $10,000 (insurance) for enlisted with approximately the same time in. 22. Another big benefit that many overlook is the health care. If you have 1 dependent, you have 12. Meaning you get the same coverage for all 12 children as you would if you only have 1. There is no additional charges, they are just simply covered. If anyone has any questions about joining the military or would like further information feel free to email me at bryansrebates@yahoo.com. I'd be more than happy to talk about the opportunities that the Military has to offer more specifically the Army National Guard - where you can have your civilian career and drill one weekend a month 2 weeks a year as a Citizen/Soldier. And to all you Women out there who don't think you've got what it takes to join the military - you are dead wrong. Getting through basic training isn't easy, but its certainly possible. We have over 600,000 Soldiers in the Army National Guard and Reserves and over 500,000 in the Army. All of these people made it, and so can you. Just another quick fact. Our active duty and reserve forces are dwarfed by that of China's who has an Active Duty force of more than 10 million.

I was recently Honorably and Medically Discharged from the National Guard due to disability (degenerative eye disease). I was "told" that I do not qualify for a medical retirement with 12 years of service because I need 15 years. How accurate is this and does it sound right?

I am a single mom of 2 and I am struggling financially. I have my children approximately 25 days a month, my ex maybe 4-6 days a month. I get $356.00 a month. I believe that averages out to $44 a week for each child. I pay for pretty much everything for my kids, clothes, school lunches, field trips, etc. Their father does pay the medical premiums each month and half of all medical bills. He does not pay for anything else. He makes alot more than I do. He is a govt employee 15+ years under his belt. He works full time with the Air National Guard and also part time one weekend a month. He has great retirement, benefits, etc. He bought part of a duplex and is thinking about buying a house also. He started dating a lady with 3 young children . They are thinking about getting married when she gets divorced. Really scared about taking him back to court. I don't want to fight with him anymore. Is it really fair that he is making out so well and I am struggling? What should I do?

I was in the army for just shy of 2 years, stationed with the 82d airborne. I got hemmed up while in Iraq. I have always wanted to have the honor of serving my country and making a career of it. The only way I ever wanted to get out was forced retirement due to age or KIA as is still the case. Unfourtunately, I recieved a general under honorable conditions discharge for misconduct, sep code JKQ RE code 3. I have a 2 year wait to reenlist active duty. I am joining the national guard in hopes to transfer from there back to active duty, as i only have to wait 6 months to join the guard. I want to know the process and length of time that i have to wait before i can shbmit my dd 368 and also how long roughly the process takes. Only serious answers/help please. Thank you

i serves 14 yeasrs in the national guards and not 20 in the reserves i was medically discharges would i be eligable

Ok after I got out of the Air Force in 2005 I joined the Air National Guard and found a pretty good Civilian job, I make about 1,000 bucks a week after taxes, I own my own car, I have my own place, and I have had investments since I was 21, and I am currently 28 living in Western Washington. So my life is squared away and moving forward with a retirement in my later years. I also am not a bad looking guy I still work out and I have been told many times I am "cute" or "handsome" even "hot" before by younger and older women. I'm not Brad Pitt but I am also not Gary Busey lol. The only women I have met up here are the trashy "flirty" bar hopper women, the women who have kids and the dead beat dad is hanging around constantly, the insecure women the ones with the "28 guy friends" or the women hear me roar you will marry me and use my last name and break all tradition. So where are some good places as in social events to meet descent women single or divorced?

I spoke to a recruiter yesterday and i found out about active first and college first. on college first, he said you go to school full time and guaranteed not getting deployed for up to 2 years? ok so after that lets just say ur lucky and not get deployed and continue going to school he said they keep giving you ur yearly 7800 or whatever, and do that for 6 yrs. something about that just does not seem right, i mean there has to be something i have to give back, but he said you do that ur drill and ur fine for 6 yrs. after that you go into the IRR, anyone know whats up with this program if this is true? because why wouldnt people end up doing this instead of active? as well as he said 20 yrs of service on guard gets you the same retirement as an active would? let me know what you guys think he said to write the questions down for our next meeting so i want to make sure i dont regret it.

prevent it from happening? In 11 Feb 08 Army times an article titled "An end of retirement as you know it?" (W. McMichael, p.18-19) states that Arnold Punaro, the chairman of the Commission on the National Guard & Reserve is trying to push a giant policy change that will essentially make it easier for the guard and reserve to transition to active duty which is important. However, ultimately & most importantly, Punaro wants to ruin all hopes of an active duty SM retirement plans. We currently have it set up to allow a SM to retire after 20yr, Punaro wants to make it so that we dont collect benefits until we are age 56 irregardless of what age we retire at. I KNOW that active SM sacrifice a great deal more than res. or NG. even during peace time. Dont we deserve our retirement after 20 years of dedicated service? Do you have any ideas how to prevent a change like that? Italienne, thank you for your answer. Sometimes I am not sure something like that would work. I also do hate to add this but according to Merriam-Webster irregardless is a word. One of those words added to the english language due to its common use. Apparently it is not used so much in print, just verbally. I just write what i am thinking at the moment. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless As an army vet and army wife I feel it is safe to say that active duty spend a lot more time away from home for one thing. The NG and reserves dont have to put up with the day to day B.S., unit "punishment" in case one stupid thing goes wrong, details, duty, training (sgt's time, field time, tdy...all at the drop of a hat), deployment after another after another....you literally will miss half of your kids life possibly from birth to high school or college even. Active duty soldiers do not have another income or likely even time to go to college in order to get a degree in order to have something to fall back on. I understand that the reserves or NG did not sign up to be screwed by this ignorant administration we seem to have but why does it help the NG or Reserves to have the active duty soldiers have to post-pone their retirement? I really think that the Nat. Guard and the Reserves are being taken advantage of and is one thing to consider regarding our homeland security for one thing. I am absolutely NOT stating that they do not make sacrifices but not as much as active duty do. I stress that point because if the current retirement system goes toward that of the National Guard and Reserve then maybe the National Guard and Reserve should just be activated for 6 months of each year irregardless of deployments. That sounds irrational doesnt it? Well so does screwing over the soldiers who have put their life into the army only to find out 20 years later what they signed up for AGAIN changed and now if they want any hope for maintaining some sort of stability in their income and lifestyle they are stuck in the army till they are 60. (I say stuck in the army for that long cause i am basing it off the current economic situation we are in now)

I completed 10 good years in the Army/Nat. Guard. I was one of the downsizing casualties under the Clinton Administration. Now that you have until your 42nd birthday, I feel as though I have an opportunity to get back in, spend my upcoming 40s in the Guard, and have the retirement to go along with my civilian job's pension. My regular job is fine, so I don't want to go active unless it's an Iraq deployment, and I don't mind doing that. I can pass the PT test for 17-21 year olds. Questions: 1. I left as a 1st Lieutenant, what are my chances of getting it back at day 1? 2. If I get busted down to enlisted, I know I can still retire as an O1. If I can't become an officer again, should I just cruise, knowing I will get my bars back at my retirement? 3. I have to be an NCO with positive ratings for two years before I'm eligible for warrant officer. Once a warrant officer, can I apply for a direct commission? 4. Once I'm safely back enlisted, could I THEN apply for my commission back? I'd rather hear from recruiters, guys in the same boat, or a relative of someone who did it. I was told I don't have to go to basic again. I said it didn't matter. Boot Camp doesn't scare someone who went to Jump School, and OCS. I'm not trying to get back in for the money. My regular job has gotten too predictable, and I need some exitement. I've spoken with a recruiter. I never did resign my commission. I do believe this war will continue for the rest of our lives, and that will open some more doors as time goes on. My old enlisted mos and officer mos were both 13 (Field Artillery) series. If I enlist as a different 13, then I may apply for it again if I graduate impressively.

Hi. My husband was married to a woman from Thailand while he was in the military. He was married to her for 18 years. He served 6 years active navy and the rest in the national guard. He says that he qualifies for military retirement benefits when he turns 60, however, since he put his ex-wife as his beneficiary that she will receive all of his benefits. He is now married to me and we have been married for about 2 years. He works hard and is a wonderful husband and father. I don't understand much about military benefits but it just doesn't seem right that she will get everything since he put her as beneficiary, and he says he can't change what was put and that there isn't anything he can do about it. Is this true? He says that if anything ever happens to him that I will get retirement benefits on him but she will get everything else. I love him very much but want some assurance that my kids and I would be okay if anything ever happened to him. Please advise me. She lives here now, he brought her with him back to the states. She has a lot more money than we do. When they divorced he left her everything except for one broken down car that he was driving. He took most of the bills as well. She is doing very well and we are doing very poorly. He won't let me work to help him make ends meet he is very old fashioned and believes in the wife being at home taking care of him, the kids, and the house. I would love to work because then I wouldn't be so worried. However, he won't hear of it. Since she divorced him because he put on weight and because of a medical condition he couldn't work three jobs at once anymore and had to drop down to one, I don't feel that she is entitled to it. I do feel that she has a special place in his heart, she is the mother of his children. My children are not his. She now wants him back and makes it very plain. He says he will never go back, but who knows. I just worry because I am not allowed to work.

I have over 19 yrs service with the National Guard. Am receiving 50% VA disability compensation now. I know how stories spread during drill, but one E7 told me that I can apply and receive Medical Disability Retirement and VA Disability Compensation now. Does anyone know anything about this? In other words, can I get my National Guard retirement before turning age 60 if I am discharged for Disability Medical Retirement? Please help me on this as I am very close to retiring and want to know something before I have to retire. Thanks for all responses!

details. I retired 3 years ago and I am wanting to know if there is anything I can do now.

So here is the deal--I have 4 years active duty and 2 "good" years in the National Guard. I have been working for 2 years at the VA as a part-time (paid) GS-9 and I am going back on active duty in about a year. Do I get some type of half-credit toward retirement added to my RPAS? I guess I didn't make it clear. Its not double dipping if you get out of the military, do something else, and go back to the military. I am not both in the military and at the VA right now. Like this: Military--break--VA--break--military.

After the retirement of the P-51/P-47/A-26 generation of aircraft, when did the ANG get its first jet aircraft ... which likely would have been the F-80/F-84G generation?

I am trying to retire from the Navy Reserves but they are missing my time that I spent in the Army National Guard. If I can get this time then I will have the number of years necessary to retire. Does anyone know how to get these "retirement points" and yes I contacted an Army recruiter and he had me send some paper work to St. Louis but the Navy Reserves said that they could not accept that paperwork.

My husband will have 7 years of active duty service in July 2009. He is thinking of getting out after this next deployment, and going to school full-time to try and get his bachelor's degree. He plans to stay in either national guard or reserves during the 2 years it will probably take to complete the degree.He then plans to go to OCS and go back in as an officer in Army. He was 17 when he joined.Instead of age 37, around what age would it be with about 2 years reserves/NG?(in other words, how is retirement computed as a reservist/combined with active duty?). Thanks.

How does the point system work? My dad tried to explain it to me at one time and it just sounded like a bunch of mumbo jumbo. I know it has a lot to do with points but how do you get these points?