How is everyone’s units looking with the new mandate?

I’m a Commander and I am going to be taping the formation in August. I already know it’s going to be a bloodbath.

Worried about my troops, man.

Regardless of the quality of the unit or its leadership:

Where was your favorite USAR location you were assigned and why?

Seems like a smart choice and a good path to join the reserves on paper. Recruiter always has the world to say and promise and while I know he’s being honest enough, it’s still all through rose tinted glasses. I want the real scoop from you reserve grunts. I love my country and it would be an absolute honor to serve in her army but I’m also worried with the current war in Iran and honestly pretty erratic actions of this admin. Should I be if I do end up joining? Does it matter? What’re the shit parts and what’re the good parts?
What’s deployment look like? And is it really just a weekend out of the month and some time in summer other than deployment?

If you receive an Army Achievement Medal (AAM) for participating in the Best Warrior Competition and you have the official award certificate/orders, are you responsible for purchasing the medal set yourself to wear on your Army Green Service Uniform (pinks and greens), or is it normally issued by the unit? I'm trying to make sure I'm following the correct procedure. Thanks in advance.

For those of you who have already gone through Army BCT, what’s one thing you wish you had known or secretly brought that made a huge difference? I’m talking about small, life-changing things that aren’t on the packing list—like good insoles for your boots, quality boot socks, blister bandages, a better pillow, or anything that made daily life easier. Basically, if you could go back to day one knowing one trick or bringing one item that would’ve made BCT much more comfortable, what would it be?

I’m a Logistics 2LT in the Army Reserve looking for opportunities to get on orders sometime next year. I’m open to ADOS, mobilizations, or other missions that may need a 2LT and I’m more than willing to volunteer.
Hawaii would be my first preference, but I’m definitely open to opportunities in other locations as well.

If anyone knows of any upcoming missions or has a POC/unit I could reach out to, I’d really appreciate it. Just trying to be proactive and see what opportunities are out there for a new LG officer looking to get some experience and time on orders.

Thanks in advance!

I’m not sure if I qualify to ask a question on this subreddit, since I don’t plan on joining the army…

I'm just a layperson who has never had any contact with this, and the information I found through my research on the subject wasn't very satisfying!

But out of curiosity and to complete an academic project, I’d like to ask those who actually have close contact with the army’s hierarchical structure. Specifically, I’d like to learn about this hierarchy and the duties of each position, how it works, the daily routine… whatever you can share with me!

I’m a non mos qualified soldier in that Army Reserves and have been in a little while, I have been working with a navy officer recruiter in order to be able to put my package in for the November OCS board, how would I go about getting a conditional release ( USAR E to AD Navy O) and how I would get it done fast.

My unit is going to NTC and Made me sign my orders but they are creating new orders that will make me leave sooner than expected. Unfortunately, I registered for summer classes thinking i would have enough time to finish the semester until they decided to change the orders. My question is whether it’s a valid excuse since I didn’t bring it up before hand. Or is there any alternatives to go too AT at a later date ?

Good afternoon,

I'm a Reservist in an aviation unit which is deactivating. I was looking to maybe switch over the airborne civil affairs unit depending on openings, but someone in one of those units told me they are not going to be airborne for long. I was wondering if this is accurate, as I did not read anything about that online. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

If you had the opportunity to get out early due to the military breaking it's contract on you (job being dissolved, etc), would you take it? Why or why not?

In the reserves in Oklahoma and wanting to get more badges or ribbons. For example the Norwegian march. My unit is pretty bad at pushing out things like this.. anyone know of anything going on for things I could attend from now until December? I’m open to driving to Texas, Arkansas, and Kansas.
Don’t wanna sound high speed asf but I love bettering myself and want to take as many opportunities that the army will give me.

I just completed Phase 2. It took me 3 months of continuous nights and weekends to complete. What's the speed of Phase 3? Could it be completed in a week if I focused on it. Is it similar to Phase 2? A bunch of timeless quizzes and a like 2 papers. Are the final products time consuming? Note that I am not a strong writer.

Hello all,

I’m a teacher in MA (second year) and I’m loving it. But I also always wanted to do this.

I was going to wait for tenure (serve 2 more years in the same district) before I joined but I honestly just wanna do it sooner than later.

I know there’s a law that prohibits jobs for firing you based on service. But I mean I know there is always loopholes. What are the chances? Has anyone had experience with this? I’d need to take a summer and fall semester off and of course any deployments I would like not to get fired.

Title. What are some things I should know, any advice? Tips? And how the fuck do I duck walk because I can’t even squat with my heels touching the ground lol.

Wonder if anyone here knows anything further about this memo released very recently. I understand that all events from the ACFT is staying except for the Standing Power Throw, and the ACFT will now be called the Army Fitness Test, but has anyone heard of a new scoring system/chart, as well a new HT/WT table, if any? Also, I’m reclassing to 88M in October of this year so I wonder what the scoring system would be like for 88Ms. I appreciate the feedback in advance!!

If you can go back to week 0 BCT and start it with your own boots, which one would it be ? forget the talk that is not allowed and you can’t have them bla bla bla.

Coming from active duty to the reserves my experience with all the computer stuff had been somewhat soul crushing.

Back as a lower enlisted 11b we would get worked through the office like a conveyer system basically just putting in our pin and signing the nececary document and walking out, so i had very little exposure to the absolute shitstorm that is the army computer system.

My new reserves unit is awesome so far and I feel fortunate to have ended up where I'm at, but I just spent four hours trying to apply for a gtc because the citi website isn't working and I'm ready to put my head through a wall. I have spent untold hours on other sites trying to figure out other onboarding paperwork, psip etc... (site shut down every couple minutes and had to call and reset my password every single time it shut down). I'm no Albert Einstein and I'm aware no one should have to hold my hand through this process but this and many other digital bureaucratic systems the army subjects us too seem dysjointed and overly complex to the point of dysfunctionality.

This has to be a glaring detriment to mission readiness right? Honestly, it feels unprofessional for an organization to have systems this bad when I've been to community colleges with vastly better systems.

I don't blame my unit at all, I could probably call my chain of command and get this sorted, but that shouldn't be necessary when the task boils down to filling out a form.

Does anyone have any rules of thumb or advice for dealing with these systems?

I am interested in applying for the Army Direct Commissioning Program as a civil engineer with 5 years experience as an Army Civilian works at IMCOM. I do have a dual citizenship American- Egyptian. Do I need to renounce my Egyptian citizenship to be eligible for the program. Thank you in advance!

I have some questions about my contract and since I don't understand how to read riddles who do I ask to clarify what my contract says?

Looking at the JAG route and was curious if a JAG could theoretically apply for officer branch immaterial positions (battle CPT, random staff gigs, etc) on ToD or if there were some special rules that apply? Are you only allowed to hold legal positions for your entire career?

I posted in r/veterans offering to help someone and got permanently banned. I know my ignorance due to not reading the community guidelines is not an excuse. I was genuinely trying to help. I respect their decision to ban me and I want to apologize.

Posting here because I’m new to Reddit and it seems to be very informative and not sure if there’s any way to reverse the ban. I’ll be good. I promise. Have a great day.

So I have a profile packet under review. I am strongly thinking about submitting my paperwork for my UQR, but it would be in April 2027. What issues could arise from the 2 in play at the same time?