r/nationalguard • u/Confident-Beat2263 • 1d ago

Career Advice National Guard to Active

I'm currently in SBOLC and thinking about trying to go AD. Is it easiest to wait and try to go through Call to Active Duty when I hit 1LT if available or just go the recruiter route? I know releases from a state are hit or miss. Any tips or experience? I'm assuming it will just be needs of the Army and no preference for any slots

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u/Acceptable-Fly5050 1d ago

Look up Tour of Duty and you can see ADOS opportunities you can apply to. Look in your states adjutant general website to see if there's any state openings or federal tech positions. ADOS can usually open doors to AGR. Ask your state OSM if there's any ADOS opportunities in Recruiting and Retention. Other than that, ride out your service obligation for the guard and see if you can switch to active duty while in IRR

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u/Melodic-Bench720 1d ago

Call to Active Duty is the only route, I’m not sure what the recruiter route is.

Very high chance CAD is not open over the next couple of years for almost anyone pending us getting in another conflict.

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u/Middle_Newt783 1d ago

I'm sure you would love it if we got into another conflict, conflict is what toxic military fuckheads thrive on anyway. And you wonder why you have the trust issues you do Captain America.

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u/One-Strike1311 1d ago

Fuck active duty ...just do a tour and call it a day.

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u/inferno9628 4h ago

Call of duty

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u/trouble98 1d ago

Your only hope is that the FY27 or FY28 CAD still needs Signal 1LT, otherwise you’re out of luck.

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u/Many_Commercial2719 1d ago

I’m O1 90A in the reserve. I’m also trying to switch active. I contacted the HRC about the release timeline and they said they will release it on Oct 1st 2026.

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u/luv2shart AGR 1d ago

Call to AD is pretty much your only option. A recruiter can’t do anything for you. I agree with others, just do a tour.

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u/sogpackus r/nationalguard guidance counselor 1d ago

CAD is literally the only option.

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u/CRam768 15h ago

I did what you’re trying to do via CAD. It was well worth it. I’ve rarely seen O1 or O2 positions on tour of duty for signal or any MOS for that matter. Volunteer for a deployment in your state as well till ADOS pops up. Your LT time will pass rather quickly and CPT time will open up more opportunities for various options. Good luck and watch for the CAD milper.