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Regular Joe
 
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Hi all...
I am trying like hell to get 91W and BAC in a ARMY-NG contract in Southern California....So far no go... The 160th LRS said they would be happy to take me PROVIDED another unit assigned me to them...This means LRS doesn't pay for my training and I or my recruiter needs to find a parent unit that is going to pay for my training and then willing to let me go to attach me to LRS....FAT CHANCE!!!
So right now the only way to get BAC on contract is to go in as a rigger....
Now how hard would it be to later change MOS to 91W, incase I really don't like being a rigger?????
Be then I would be EMT-B, which is the same as 91W...
Also...if I do get deployed, which is 99.99% LIKELY, what would a daily life of a rigger be like in Iraq????
I really don't won't in the Guard unless I get to jump....
Regards
Chris
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Merrec: I can't speak authoritatively on the specific 91W MOS, but I can tell you that MOS switches in the NG happen all the time. Most often, NG soldiers switch MOSs so they can get promoted. In fact, that's what I'm doing: I'm going from being a 96B (Intel Analyst) in an SF battalion to being a Forward Observer (13F) in an Artillery Brigade Headquarters. Most of the MOS training is done in 2-week blocks, which is good because you can do it during your annual training (AT), but also bad because it often takes 2 years or more to get fully MOS qualified (13F, for example, has two 2-week "phases".)
I have seen units that get activated send their troops through "accelerated" MOS schools, too. Back in 97, when my AR MP company was being mobilized for Bosnia, we sent a bunch of folks through a 2-week accelerated 95B course at Ft. McLellan.
As for life as a rigger on deployment, our riggers in Afghanistan used to party their a$$es off, but I can't say for sure if that will be your experience in Iraq.
Martin
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from what i have been told you can do a split option training session, you can do like basic first and AIT second, and it has been said here that riggers go to BAC before AIT, so what if you were to accept a rigger position to get in and get trained, then before your split option you change MOS to 91w and do 91w AIT??? probably a long shot but might work??
Then again i could be talking outta my ass
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Regular Joe
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Can someone elaborate on what exactly is a "split option"???? Is it available in the Guard....???
The last thing I want to do is burn bridges and piss someone off by doing a switch MOS in the middle of training...the rigger unit then has to pay the bill for the BASIC and BAC and the looses me to another unit as a 91W...I would assume that I may be considered or labled as a "dirty" tactics person...and may not be trusted to be sent for further training...Not really sure...?
Regards
Chris
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merrec,
Sign as a rigger and tell them you can go to BAC, but you will have to come back and wait a while to go to rigger school. Then change units to the 91W slot in the unit you want to go to. The unit will normally receive you without being MOSQ provided you get qualified within a reasonable time. I am not sure how the NG is run in CA. Indiana is not allowed to stop you from transfering units. We have had several soldiers on the split option who went to boot camp and switched units to another MOS afterwards while waiting for MOS school. Good luck.
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Just found this out this last weekend at Drill.
MOSQ school for 91W is 18 months with two summer AT's thrown
in.
That's a long time to remember all the stuff you will need
to get yourself prepared for EMT-B National Registry Test.
The NR is a tough test. The written is ok but the skills
stations are what's the kicker. I know some cracker jack
paramedics in Texas, who barely pased the NR EMT-P.
Have you shopped around for Airborne units in neighboring states?
Good buddy of mine lived in Houston with his unit being in Colorado
Springs. If you live close to another state, check to see what
they have. Arizona has an Airborne NG unit. Don't know how close
that would be for you.
Why not go 11B and just go directly into the LRS unit? Then do
an MOS change once you get into the unit.
    
hooahmedic
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Regular Joe
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Thanks for all the advice...
Yea...11B is something I have to hold off from doing...since my family situation has been rough and I am now the last one left to carry the name...My mom's health is not good and she went through hell back when I was in USMC in infantry...Don't need to stress her anymore...
So, I am 36 now and figure a rigger or a medic is more my role in this time in my life...may get shot at a hell of a lot less than an 11B...My hats off to all the 11B's as well as my prayers..
An 18D slot would be the only exception for me to push the limits and just go for it...
As for signing as a rigger than after comming back from BASIC and Jump School and then signing into another unit as a 91W....thats just gotta piss someone off in the rigger unit that I just slipped out from....Or suppose I go to riger school and do it for a year or so and decide it's not for me...Is it now harder to find another unit to get 91W??? Is there a aceptable time limit to stay in that rigger MOS out of courtesy to that unit before leaving??? Also..if deide to leave rigger unit...do they have any say in the matter????
Regards
Chris
"... First, were we truly men of courage.... Second, were we truly men of judgment. Third, were we truly men of integrity.... And finally were we truly men of dedication."
President John F. Kennedy
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