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<blockquote data-quote="WhoSayWho?" data-source="post: 2612055" data-attributes="member: 568804">If you are not going active duty you need to be talking to a National Guard recruiter as well the Reserve recruiter.IMO&nbsp; National Guard &amp;gt; ReservesIn the Guard, you will get all of the Federal benefits plus state benefits.&nbsp; What this means is that you will most likely get greater college benefits through the Guard.You say that you want to be in the Reserve components and you want to be a firefighter.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there a position for a firefighter in a local unit?&nbsp; If not, this is just not going to be possible.&nbsp; Talk to Reserve/Guard recruiters about what MOS positions are actually available if you are going to go that route.What college are you planning on attending?&nbsp;&nbsp; Do they have an ROTC program?&nbsp; If so, go talk to them as well.&nbsp; Ask them, as well as the Guard / Reserves about the SMP program.&nbsp; That is where you are a member of a Guard or Reserve unit and the ROTC program at the same time.There are a couple of ways to go through the SMP program.&nbsp; One way is to wait until you have some college under your belt and then you could go to Basic Training one summer and then you would go to ROTC Advanced Camp the following summer.&nbsp;&nbsp; You would never go to AIT.Get all the info you can and don&#039;t rush this.&nbsp;&nbsp; Have a plan.&nbsp; If you qualify for ROTC, there is absolutely no reason not to incorporate that in your long range plans. The Army will be there when you are ready.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WhoSayWho?, post: 2612055, member: 568804"] If you are not going active duty you need to be talking to a National Guard recruiter as well the Reserve recruiter. IMO National Guard > Reserves In the Guard, you will get all of the Federal benefits plus state benefits. What this means is that you will most likely get greater college benefits through the Guard. You say that you want to be in the Reserve components and you want to be a firefighter. Is there a position for a firefighter in a local unit? If not, this is just not going to be possible. Talk to Reserve/Guard recruiters about what MOS positions are actually available if you are going to go that route. What college are you planning on attending? Do they have an ROTC program? If so, go talk to them as well. Ask them, as well as the Guard / Reserves about the SMP program. That is where you are a member of a Guard or Reserve unit and the ROTC program at the same time. There are a couple of ways to go through the SMP program. One way is to wait until you have some college under your belt and then you could go to Basic Training one summer and then you would go to ROTC Advanced Camp the following summer. You would never go to AIT. Get all the info you can and don't rush this. Have a plan. If you qualify for ROTC, there is absolutely no reason not to incorporate that in your long range plans. The Army will be there when you are ready. [/QUOTE]

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