Army reserves question?Is the recruiter lying to my son?

Harley

Your son could enlist in the reserves and decide after boot camp/school to go active duty. It is not uncommon at all.
note: he would only go into boot camp as a reservist if he enlisted that way and that's what his contract reads. Talk to the recruiter and put your mind at ease.

told_wife_checking_mail

Reserve and active duty do go to basic together. I've seen reservists transfer to active unit more than once, but from my understanding, it's not exactly that simple.

Maybe this will help.

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/guardandreserve/a/reservetransfer.htm

My world

During time when the individual is on constant military service, such as Basic, AIT, or when they are called up, the reservist in on "Active Duty". This means that they are entitled to full military benefits. Normally, the reservists is only authorized certain privledges, and some of those can only be used "once a month, and two weeks a year".

It could also mean that your son's reserve unit is being called up to active duty.

Rather than getting this information from your son (second hand, something missing, questions not asked), call or stop by the recruiters office and ask.

LB67

I think what he meant was they all go to basic together, so if he changes his mind whether its while he is in basic or sometime in the next few years and wants to go active duty he has that option.

Bill S

I think what the recruiter was trying to say is that he can stay reserves or he can go active duty, whichever he decides.

Just be careful and listen carefully to the recruiters, some of them lie just to get people into the military.

Eric L

well in a way it is true...
if your son's intentions are to join the regular army, then he should seek another recruiter.. not a reserve recruiter
you get assigned to a unit before you go to boot camp and AIT so what he means is that he will join this reserve unit and will have the option to go active.. however, the commander will have to sign a release allowing him to do so, a lot of tricky loopholes you need to make your son aware of

SGT. D

I'm not exactly sure, but I believe he must do six months with the guard before he can transfer to the regular army.

pgnprincess1212

MOST RECRUITERS DO NOT LIE......I will admit that there are a few who do but the good ones outnumber the bad ones BY FAR. If you have any concerns about what the Recruiter is telling your son, have the Recruiter AND his boss meet you at your home(yes they CAN do that) and have a list of concerns and or questions ready before they get there. In the Marines the guy that is directly above the Recruiter is called the Staff Non-Commisioned Officer In Charge (SNCOIC for short). If you still feel uneasy after that talk to the next highest in the food chain.......and so on.....at some level you will find someone who will give you a straight answer.

Hey there

Not quite sure, either he is trying to get him to go "regular army" right off the bat, or he is telling him that he will be activated once he is trained. My friend joined the reserves (pre-911), 3 years into it, they activated his unit and I haven't heard from him sense, last check he was in Afghanistan. A man that I work with joined the reserves, this year, right after boot camp, he went to Irac.
When I was considering the army, my recruiter told me that "you can train or leave when ever you want. You can refuse assignments if you don't want to go". Recruiters are huge liars. When my husband joined the Navy, his recruiter told him that if he didn't like boot camp (or what ever they call it in the Navy) he could skip it and just move on to Officers school. Blatant lie, yet again. I wouldn't believe anything that comes out of a recruiter. They will say anything until he gets sworn it, and there is no recourse.

Mrsjvb

is it possible? yes. Will it actually happen? maybe, maybe not. the reserves Unit he is assigned to would have to agree to let him go first, and then the Active Side would have to want him as well.

Animal

We are currently fighting the War on Terrorism, he will probably deploy soon after boot camp and he learns his MOS

mrs1123

That might be true. Is your son joining up to be in the reserves? If he wants to be Regular Army he should probably enlist that way. If the Army is pretty full up they might not let him into the regular army. If the reserves needs men he might get stuck in the reserves. So many things in the military depend on their needs. So it is always best to get the straight foward deal for yourself than to count on what might be.

Is the recruiter saying your son could be called to active duty immediately after boot camp. There is a war on so anything could happen.

The military is often strange about allowing people with prior military service to re-enlist. That is what your son would be considered if he left the reserves for the regular army. If he wants to do his 30 years and retire then he should just join the regular army.

Commodevil

Yeah Iâ€™m not a fan of Recruiters and Iâ€™m Pro Army. I just donâ€™t understand why we have so many harsh regulations to set a good example in foreign countries while our representation to the public gives out half truths.

He could itâ€™s a possibility the recruiter isnâ€™t lying but itâ€™s hard you have to be released and thatâ€™s not easy with the shortages the reserves have right now. I suggest going in as active army from the get go then transferring to the reserves later. IF he does it reserves first he forgoes two important things.
Choice of duty station can be added to only active duty contracts despite what youâ€™re told. This means before basic he can request (itâ€™s not always a guarantee) places like Germany or really were ever there is an open slot.
I think Reservist can select a station in state but when he does go active he is essentially doing a second re-enlistment which is the re-enlistment in active duty that you get the best options such as bonuses and assignment choices. So if he does decide to make it a career he is then on his 3rd reenlistment which is actually his first if Iâ€™m making any sense at all.

I have seen to many people suffer from this system I implore you to not go through with it in this manner if you must go to a different recruiting station.

Showtunes

Talk to multiple recruiters always.

Im sure you have friends and family in the military, find one in his branch and discuss it with them.

With recruitment gettting difficult right now there has been a rash of lies coming from recruiters. Nothing is done about it unless it gets media attention, so its pretty much encouraged.

packinrat

The reserve boot camp simply saves the military money.

To check if the recruiter is lying first see if his mouth is moving. If sound is coming out, it is whatever will make quota. He thinks he is saving the world and will say anything to accomplish it.

makcadoo

I can only tell you this my four brothers where in the service 3 were marines and 1 air force and they all said they NEVER got what the recruiter promised! Never

John B

His unit has been called to active duty. Simple.

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