yeah you gain more experience, get money for school if you feel like expanding your knowledge or getting more degrees/certificates, benefits are nice. Your employer can't legally fire you either if you were to miss work because of the guard as long as your provide the paperwork, but I haven't seen anyone have a problem from that yet. As far as deployments, a unit deploys on average every six years. Once a unit deploys they can't be deployed for another 6 years. But there has been units who haven't been deployed for longer . If you never want to be deployed their is always ways around it.

if you're doing purely for extra money i wouldnt do it unless planning on retiring in the guard or reaping the benefits.

yes

@@privateruski7018 I’m assuming it’s the same as Meps 140/90 being the limit ? How many chances do you get before you’re sent home DQ’d I get quite nervous and always test high

@@ArmandoLopez-yl9qq i honestly wouldnt know i didnt have a big problem. Im sure its the same with meps. I usually have high blood pressure results when i do it even though if i ever do it myself its normal. So they always pull out the manual blood pressure out for me and im good to go.

@@privateruski7018 thank you !

@@ArmandoLopez-yl9qq you're welcome

congrats

I know its about 6 weeks long, and stay with the rest of us in the barracks. They have hands on learning with actual circuits, wiring, conduit bending, also classwork and tests. Don't think they do anything outside for class besides the FTX if they still do those. I plan on reclassing to it soon hopefully in the following months plan to make a video on it when I can.

yes, overflow was a problem, idk how it is now, from what i heard they got new barracks so might not be much of a problem now

Yes, the farthest you can go without a pass was to the px near by to get a haircut or supplies, it was earned and im pretty sure they are back to the star board method where you have to earn it. They were bringing it back when i was leaving. The pool was revoked cuz of covid should be back now, but the gym they didnt let us go because their was supposed to be a drill sargent or instructor present there to watch. Idk why that was their reasoning, could of changed by now. And if you mean do you have to have a battle buddy after graduating ait then no. Unless youre still staying at company after you graduate till you leave, then yes. Battle buddy system after that doesnt really exist besides like riding in vehicles or deployment when you leave post.

Did you deploy in this MOS and how often were you in the field with this MOS?

@@GaryStewart-pq8cc Yes we deployed, and you can expect to go to the field once a quarter.

In all honestly just might be boring for auto cad because they only teach the bare minimum/basics 😂

@@privateruski7018 definitely going to be bored 🙈 I work in autocad doing design for navy ships.. was it hard to find things to do during down time? I’m not good and siting still and relaxing, to ADD for that🙈

It’s pretty spot on.

218th Regiment Leadership in Columbia, South Carolina, McCrady training center to be exact

yes, got plenty of friends who got a job after ait for surveying, some even get jobs through people in the guard/reserve because thats what they do on the civilian side. In terms of experience, depends on your unit, my unit doesn't do much cuz we don't have any equipment while other units do stuff every month because they have equipment.

You’re welcome, glad I could help. If you have any questions feel free to ask, I also have a basic training video for what it’s like in basic

Enjoy, and make the best of it, definitely will feel long in the moment, but looking back, it flew it by

Totally worth it if you’re planning to do in the civilian world. Had a couple friends get a job easily because of it. Though you aren’t like actually licensed like in the civilian world and just like a basic surveyor, you could easily get licensed and the army would cover it. Just gotta talk to the right people. In active duty you’ll actually be doing your job compared to guard or reserve so you’ll get more experience.

Yeah they only had to show up to formation the same time as us but they did pt among themselves. We only ever saw them in class. Otherwise they had all the freedom

But I believe that’s only for active. I think for guard it’s different if you reclass because I have people in my unit reclass to something like 12B and they only have to attend a 3 week school at a base near me instead of going to Fort Leonard wood where 12B ait is really at. Though it might just be my states thing and not all of guard. So Im not 100% sure

@@privateruski7018 ahhh ok, yh im active and looking for a more civilian applicable job

Germany, Korea, hood/cavsos, Polk/Johndon, Lewis, Ft Leonardwood.

This transfers to civilian world really well and you could get a job cuz of it. There’s also a lot of higher ups who do thsi for a living so they could always take you in into their companies.

@@privateruski7018 Dope. This was actually my alternative choice. Just signed my contract yesterday for my first choice which was 12W. But thanks again. Going to Fort Leonard wood for basic March 20. Nervous as hell lol.

@@ricardoz1137 nice, it will be easy dont let it get to you

To me it was easy cuz I’ve shot before basic. But I mean it’s easy, not much recoil and they teach you how to use them. I only had one person fail qualifications in my company

Also did you get the peanut butter shot?

no you get drug tested in meps and during basic once

@@AliasGoon yes, you dont get it if youre allergic to it

Thank you and @@privateruski7018 is the peanut butter shot as bad as they say?

@@AliasGoon its not the needle itself thats bad. Its the fact you can feel it going in and its thick like peanut butter. Then it feels weird and sore for like a couple days.

no but you can get it through the army's program after ait. They'll pay for it. It's called army ignited

Not really

i got home and was told to contact my RSP within 72 hours i believe. Then i called and they told me when to come in and what to bring. After that they process me in and tell me when to come by again to do a "battle hand off" to my unit which was the month after. so my first drill with my unit wasnt until 2 months after i came back

@@privateruski7018 Thanks Bro

Were you paid during the waiting period? Before you start your work? @privateruski7018

I believe 18 max but it’s whatever the college takes as well

@@privateruski7018 Thank you so much.

Me personally I slept or watched movies. And get a haircut when I needed one. But no there’s no PT but you can go outside and down your own PT. You do have to go to breakfast with the company cuz pass is after breakfast and ends before dinner chow so you’ll eat dinner chow with the company as well. Lunch if you stay, you have to go with the company to the dfac. Though you don’t have to eat. If you’re out on pass you can go get your own lunch and don’t have to come back for lunch

@@privateruski7018 Were you Bravo Company 169th?

@@GailStrom yeah

took a break for a while might soon again

appreciate it, goodluck

no 12B, 12N, 12T, 12D (for the 2 week qualification part), 12Y, 12R, 88M, and a few more. If you're talking about AIT. For basic you can be sent to any of the 4 basic training bases, its just wherever they send you. They try and send you to the base closest if not the actually place, for your ait.

if youre talking about doing the 2 mile in general, yeah you dont have to run the whole thing, its as long as you finish within the time frame