May 17, 201312 yr I got dates about a week after I was selected in dec 2012. My recruiter sent me a excel spreadsheet with OTS and UPT dates. OTS July and UPT October at Columbus. Does anyone know if reserve guys get a OTS class letter like active duty does?
June 4, 201312 yr Author Any updates? Anybody who has not attended AMS yet received dates? This Thursday will be (roughly) 14 weeks since my package was submitted, so just seeing where everybody else stands. Thanks -Chem Edited June 4, 201312 yr by chem_teacher_flies85
June 5, 201312 yr Author Port Dog, how were you notified? Phone call? E-mail? My package was sent out the first week in May March (shortly after yours), so I'm hopeful my dates will arrive soon. I'm curious how your unit notified you (and I'm sure every unit varies). Thanks Edited June 10, 201312 yr by chem_teacher_flies85
June 5, 201312 yr The Guard Bureau emailed Base Training, Training emailed the recruiter who handled my package (sts), the recruiter then emailed me.
June 27, 201312 yr Got my dates about a month ago. Hired: November 2012 AMS: 12 JAN 14 UPT: 25 APR 14 Sheppard Party on Wayne.
June 29, 201312 yr Just wondering if anyone has any insight/experience as to whether being a current enlisted member of the unit that hired you will have any impact on the speed you receive your training dates?
June 29, 201312 yr Unfortunately, don't think it matters one bit PDXCC. Seems to be a "first in, first out" deal with pilot packages sent to the NGB.
July 1, 201312 yr Unfortunately, don't think it matters one bit PDXCC. Seems to be a "first in, first out" deal with pilot packages sent to the NGB. Agreed. I'm currently enlisted in the unit that hired me, and I waited longer to get dates once submitted than a friend of mine who was not prior enlisted in his hiring unit.
July 2, 201312 yr Just wondering if anyone has any insight/experience as to whether being a current enlisted member of the unit that hired you will have any impact on the speed you receive your training dates? In my personal experience no. I am the only prior enlisted out of (4) that got hired last Nov, and I’m the only one who has no dates... Does anyone have any clue as to how NGB processes these packets?
July 7, 201312 yr Hired Sep '12 Palace Front from Active Duty May '13 Got orders sometime that week AUG 14 at Sheppard My unit told Chip I'd leave tomorrow, given the opportunity. They couldn't get me a spot in line for UPT until I was officially no longer on AD. I'll be under the age limit, but I'll be a Captain with 5 years of service next May... Is this an issue? I'm just happy to be here, but definitely hoping for quicker dates.
July 22, 201312 yr FWIW, here's my experience so far. Unit CC told me to expect about a year from hire to training, but given the sequestration cuts, it looks like it will be a little more than that. I'm a non-prior service hire to an ANG unit. Interview: August 2012 You're Hired Call: November 2012 MEPS: Jan 2013 Assorted paperwork/security clearance: April/May 2013 Swear-In: July 2013 FC1/AMS/UPT dates: TBD Not sure how that squares with other non-priors that got hired. I'll be 29 soon so I have a feeling that once I get dates they're going to have to mash it all together next year to get in me in by the cut-off.
August 12, 201312 yr Interviewed OCT 12Hired NOV 12Enlisted FEB 13FC1 May 13AMS March 14UPT July 14 Prior serivce Army...
August 13, 201312 yr Has anyone sworn in to their unit yet that lives across the country from them? Did you just fly out there for the weekend? Once you swear in, did you get an ID card to help facilitate the FC1 at WPAFB? Thanks
August 13, 201312 yr Author rancormac, I live 6 hours from my unit, so I'm not in your location situation but I swore in to my unit last October and went to Wright-Pat in December for FC1. I didn't have an ID card yet and didn't have any issues at WP, my drivers license was enough. Also, I would highly recommend swearing in as soon as you can or else you'll be footing the bill for travel to WP, lodging, food, ect. I met a few other reserve/guard guys who had not enlisted before and they were from across the country and it was an expensive trip for them. Just my $0.02 -Chem
August 13, 201312 yr Im definitely going to enlist before the trip to WP. That way I should have orders, which will be way easier for me to leave my day job for a few days without having to use my non-existent PTO. Good to know no issues at WP w/ just a drivers license. Thanks
August 19, 201312 yr Interviewed: Nov 12 Selected: Dec 12 FC1: Apr 13 AMS: Aug 13 UPT (Vance): Dec 13
August 19, 201312 yr Extreme, when did you get your dates? I received mine about 3 weeks ago and my timeline is exactly the same as yours, minus the UPT. I was told UPT classes are booked through FY14 so I probably won't be going until FY15.
August 20, 201312 yr I got them the first week of June. My packet was temporarily approved by the NGB prior to the FC1 so once that was completed the dates came pretty quick.
August 28, 201312 yr MEPS question -- have you guys gone to the closest MEPS near you, or to the one your unit is in jurisdiction of? I've been coordinating with a local recruiter to get me in to my closest MEPS, and I've been getting pushed back for months now, apparently due to another recruiting squadron needing to fill their quotas -- thus hogging the spots. Utter BS.
October 26, 201312 yr I still haven't been officially enlisted in the unit. Hired May 2013, completed MEPS Sep 2013. Apparently the recruiter doesn't know what job or code to enlist me under. I most certainly can't be the first person...
October 31, 201312 yr Has anyone actually received a UPT date recently? I've been waiting around a year and have been told that it could still be awhile to even get a date.
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