Comments on: How to Join the National Guard

on 5/17/2007 The Air National Guard is very simular and as a recruiter for the New York Air National Guard I appreciate the differances in the Army & Air National Guard. As a prior member of the Army National Guard Im amazed at the differant positives and negatives between the 2 services. Hardcore warrior type people tend to go Army not realizing that the Air National Guard has some very specialized Units like pararescue and combat control. Find out more by calling me at 518-344-2455 or emailing me at frank.davis@nyscot.ang.af.mil AGR Jobs can be found at www.agrjob.com and military videos are always fun to watch at www.militaryvideos.tv

on 11/22/2005 Inital Training is with regular Army, whcih are active duty personnel. If you have a desire to strive for perfection and truly believe in the tasks at hand, you may want more. After I enlisted with the National Guard and rec'd training, I wanted nothing more than to stary with the active duty military. However, my contract obligation was initially to the National Guard. If you are young, high speed, fully motivated, in shape and have some smarts, then consider active duty. You will receive more training opportunities different schools and it tends to be more professional. In closing, educate yourself by spending a drill with the National Guard, and if you can, try to spend a day shadowing an active duty soldier and make your assessment from there.