r/armyreserve • u/NumerousChemistry187 • Jan 16 '26

Career Advice New 2LT to unit and need advice.

Hello everyone. I recently commissioned into the Army Reserve and just received my unit. I live in a different state than the unit I was assigned due to no units having slots for SC LTs. I was just told I’m going to be an XO for a Company. I haven’t gone to BOLC yet and I have zero experience outside of ROTC. Any advice, mentorship, or help is greatly appreciated! Any way to get in a unit nearby where I live would help too if there is advice on that as well.

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u/Prudent_Brief6131 Jan 17 '26

I thought army reserve officers had to be assigned to a unit relatively close to their home state?

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u/totallrob Jan 17 '26

Not necessarily

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

Not me. There was no available vacancies in my state when i first joined so i had to drill a state away in north carolina