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Follow your training and career path as a Soldier.

Enlisted Soldiers are the strength of the National Guard. While officers create the plans, enlisted Soldiers provide the muscle and manpower to see them through.

The Guard takes average men and women and molds them into something special. As a Soldier, you’ll learn about structure, discipline, service and commitment. You’ll become stronger—both physically and mentally—and be better equipped to take care of yourself and others in just about any situation.

Over the course of several weeks, you’ll make the transition from citizen to Citizen-Soldier, and your life will never be quite the same.

It all starts here.

There are a few steps you’ll take prior to actually becoming a Soldier. Before any fitness tests and long before you meet your first drill instructor, you’ll need to contact a recruiter.

By filling out a simple form, you’ll be letting your local recruiter know that you have some questions. No obligation, no guarantees—it’s just a way of letting the recruiter know that you want to find out more.

If you and your recruiter agree that you’re a good fit for the Guard, you’ll schedule tests to determine your physical fitness level and assess which career field is right for you.

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

Before you can join the Army National Guard, you’ll take a test called the ASVAB. Don’t let this exam intimidate you. It’s designed to find out what you’re good at, so we can find the best place in the Guard for you—the one where you’ll fit best and be most likely to succeed.

Basic Training

Your ship date—the day you leave for Basic Combat Training Basic Combat Training:
(BCT) Nine-week course of intense physical and mental training, during which recruits develop essential Soldier skills and values. (BCT)—will depend on the job you choose. You’ll probably ship within just a few weeks, but it’s possible to delay for up to several months. Until you ship, you’ll attend Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP) Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP):
If a recruit can't ship to Basic Training sooner than 30 days after enlisting, they are required to attend a weekend-long Recruit Sustainment Program once each month until Basic Training. one weekend a month, to learn Guard rules and structure, and start fitness and classroom training.

Once you get to Basic Training, you’ll see it’s anything but basic. It's nine weeks of hard-core mental and physical drills that will prepare you to protect America.

You’ll learn to listen to your Drill Sergeant. You’ll grow physically strong. You’ll learn discipline, honor and integrity, develop personal courage, and learn to think and act like a Warrior. You'll become a Soldier.

Advanced Individual Training (AIT)

After you complete basic combat training, the next step is Advanced Individual Training (AIT), where you’ll learn your Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Military Occupational Specialty (MOS):
Guard speak for “your job.” Every job title in the Guard has a code, using a number and letter. For example, a Cavalry Scout is MOS 19D (19 Delta).—your Army National Guard job. During the next 2-12 months, you’ll get intensive field instruction and hands-on experience at your job, and learn the skills that will transform you into a great Soldier and teammate. AIT takes place at different Army military training sites across the U.S., and your location will depend on your MOS. You’ll be able to choose from jobs within the following career fields:


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