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    ANG to AFRES Questions

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

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    Herkbum,

    Thanks for responding, but I was referring to the traditional side of the house. Can you switch to a Guard unit and retire 3 years later after hitting 20. Do states mandate so many years in the unit before you can retire or is the Guard Bureau/AF paying the retirement? 

     

    I don’t see why not, but as all things ANG, it depends on the unit. I have not personally seen a mandate on how long you stay in a unit. If you’ve earned an AD retirement, then I don’t think anyone would get worked up over it.

     

    For example, I just PCS’d to a new instate ANG unit. I have 20.5 yrs AD time, so I could retire tomorrow. But I came from an RPA unit, so currency is an issue. Going to a new FTU in December and will regain currency then, but I would also like to get some proficiency. Call me the oddball, but I still enjoy putting the uniform on every morning. I’m likely to hang around for a while, whether that’s as a full-timer or a DSG. When it’s no longer fun, I’m gone.

     

     

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    ANG to AFRES Questions

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    Quick question about going the other way, AFRES to ANG. Does the state pay retirement or the AF? If I went to a guard unit and did at least 3 years for the aircraft transition, could I retire or would I have to do a lot more? If you retire from the guard as a traditional, are you basically an AFRES retiree? 


    As far as I know, 20 yrs of AD time is 20 yrs of AD time, regardless of where it’s accrued.


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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    What herkbum said.  PV and ROPMA are how we get promoted.  We have to have up to date OPRs but no PRFs (maybe for ROPMA).  Our base has recently started requiring interviews for O-5, but not for O-4 or below.  Herk may have better insight into what happens next   All I know is it's sent up to state or NGB then it's usually 6-9 months before federal recognition happens which means you can pin on.  


    Promos up to Maj (since all rated positions are Maj positions)-individual is recommended for promo and signed/submitted by SQ/CC to FSS. Promo then usually goes to JFHQ for state approval. JFHQ then sends to NGB for Fed Rec. Once Fed Rec approved, NGB sends promo order back down thru JFHQ to FSS and SQ/CC. This usually occurs monthly.


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    Anyone used Turo on a TDY and gotten reimbursed?

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    Wow, and you were paid without issue?  Our finance would have denied my voucher a few times, threatened to not pay for not using my GTC.   I'm still trying to get a voucher through from a TDY over 3 months ago.  Our FM once tried to force me (a part-timer) into paying by saying I wouldn't "be able" to go TDY because my card will be shutoff.  I don't think me laughing uncontrollably and letting him know that is perfectly fine with me, was the reaction the FM was looking for.  
    This is one of the few downsides to Guard units.  Sometimes someone gets dug in and builds an empire...then his proteges take over and continue it.  Their biggest concern is the dreaded "audit," which drives their overly cautious nature.  There is hope that the next in line for WG/CC will fix this.  LOTS of people on base have started saying no to TDYs simple because it's such an ass pain to get paid anymore.  Next voucher, I'm thinking of attaching a MFR with a narrative of events for the TDY, with "READ ME FIRST."  I've already started attaching my cell number with a note to call me before rejection. 
    I wish they'd just bring back 1351-2s...paper vouchers!


    That needs to be squashed ASAP. Offer to take the FM on a TDY and see if the perspective changes. This is not how an ANG unit should function. Full timers forget their job is to SUPPORT the part timer.


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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    I was a DO of an OSS, then asked to be a SQ/CC of a non flying GSU. Boss asked what I wanted to do after CC stint and I told him I wanted to fly again. Leave for new a/c qual in the fall. Helps me get current again and then I’ll make a decision on retirement then airline or go DSG and airline. Kinda nice to be able to have a little control over my future.

     

     

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