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Eric ErnstU.S.
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I can answer questions regarding Coast Guard life, small boat station life, and air crew station life. I also have a certain degree in expertise in Army National Guard life as I was prior enlisted in the Army. | |
James BellU.S.
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I am a retired MSgt (2004) with 24 years experience in the aircrew career field, both as a loadmaster (AFSC 1A2x1) and flight engineer (AFSC 1A1x1). I have been to every continent at one time or another, and regularly flew 300 to 500 hours a year. I have been involved in the operations in Grenada, Panama, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. I can answer most questions you may have about enlisted Air Force life in general, assignments, benefits, and enlisted aircrew operations. NOTE: If you have specific recruiting and/or medical questions about how to get into this career field as a ..... | |
Aaron ShifferlyU.S.
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I am currently an active duty Army Captain in the Military Police Field. I have been enlisted (Military Intelligence) and attended The United States Military Academy at West Point. I can answer questions related to the Army, posting, jobs, lifestyle, workings... pretty much anything you can throw at me with the exception of very specific recruting or medical questions. I have no expertise in what it takes to get in the military other than the fact that I, myself, joined at one point in time. | |
Cynthia BedellU.S.
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I am the Commander of the Surface Communications and Support Systems, contract management office. I am currently an active duty Colonel. | |
John LewisU.S.
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I am a National Guard recruiter and localmarketer, been doing it for five years and am a subject matter expert on qualifications for National Guard and I keep up to date on Regular Army regs and programs. I was in the Navy for 4 years and have 11 years in the Guard. I will not sugar coat my answers to you. They are usually short and to the point. If you need more in depth, ask me. Because each situation is differnt, alot of times you need to actually talk to a recruiter and let them evaluate your situation in ..... | |
MARK A. HOWELLU.S.
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All military questions. 30 years experience & two Ph.D.'s. 4 times Base Commander. Worked with Army, Navy, USMC, USCG and several foreign military units. Veteran of Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and 10 civil wars in Africa. | |
Jason GrabillU.S.
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Questions relating to US Marine Corps; rank, awards, uniforms, career choices. I can also help people spot and expose fakes (people pretending to be Marines or have awards they didn`t earn). | |
Rod PowersU.S.
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series. | |
Stan McElyaU.S.
On Vacation
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I can answer most questions about naval special operations and most questions about modern special weapons and tactics. I won't be able to answer all questions about special operations in the 1960s or earlier. |
Hello Again Lauren, I'm glad that you are getting tutored at your college for Math, I've never been any good at math seems when they start mixing letters with numbers I tend to get confused ;). But
Getting released from USAR is hard and takes time, but not mpossible. Go thru your unit admin and request to meet with your commander. Usually a brigade commander is the lowest allowed to approve it, but
Every once in a while, they will put a call out looking for certain Jobs. I take it you were Guard or reserves. You could contact your state HQ for the Guard and offer it up, they may have use for someone
You should be ok, though Active Guard reserve as an MP is not going to happen. You can come in as a reserve soldier or guardsman, but you have to apply for active Guard/Reserve when there are slots,
Hi Bradely, I assume you mean the ARMY Reserves (each of the branches have different standards for age). For the ARMY Reserves (and active duty ARMY), you must ship to basic training prior to your
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