beatupoldjock
August 10th, 2008, 02:26 PM
Greetings. My son joined the California National Guard last month. I have been reading this forum for several weeks now and have found it quite helpful in gaining an understanding of the Guard. I have done quite a few searches on the forum, but I still have a few questions with regard to timing and logistics of my son’s training. Here is some background information regarding my son:
He is 27 yrs old with a bachelor’s degree. He joined as an O9S with the intent of becoming an officer. He has no prior military experience. His ASVAB was a 99 with a GT Score of 134, I believe. He begins RSP training next week-end. His Basic training is scheduled for March 2, 09 at Fort Jackson. He is currently involved in a training program for his employer that will not end until Nov. He was told during the recruitment process that the AOCS program was not likely to be a good option for him due to his lack of prior service. He was advised that he would either go through the traditional state or federal programs for OCS.
Here are my questions:
1) Since he will not return from basic until mid to late May, and there is a requirement to do Phase 0 before OCS, will he likely miss the June Phase 1 OCS training and have to train an additional 12 months in Phase 0 weekends before starting OCS?
2) Would he be a good candidate for Federal OCS training due to the timing? If so, would he go straight from basic to OCS or would he still need to return to California for Phase 0? How likely is it that the State will pay the extra money to send him to Fort Benning?
3) Is there a chance they would move up his BCT training to Jan 09 to avoid these timing issues? How likely is it that it would happen?
4) Apparently his ASVAB and GT scores were fairly high. Will that have any bearing on the timing of his training?
Sorry for the long winded post, but I wanted to try an provide enough information to elicit a well informed answer. Thanks in advance for you help.
He is 27 yrs old with a bachelor’s degree. He joined as an O9S with the intent of becoming an officer. He has no prior military experience. His ASVAB was a 99 with a GT Score of 134, I believe. He begins RSP training next week-end. His Basic training is scheduled for March 2, 09 at Fort Jackson. He is currently involved in a training program for his employer that will not end until Nov. He was told during the recruitment process that the AOCS program was not likely to be a good option for him due to his lack of prior service. He was advised that he would either go through the traditional state or federal programs for OCS.
Here are my questions:
1) Since he will not return from basic until mid to late May, and there is a requirement to do Phase 0 before OCS, will he likely miss the June Phase 1 OCS training and have to train an additional 12 months in Phase 0 weekends before starting OCS?
2) Would he be a good candidate for Federal OCS training due to the timing? If so, would he go straight from basic to OCS or would he still need to return to California for Phase 0? How likely is it that the State will pay the extra money to send him to Fort Benning?
3) Is there a chance they would move up his BCT training to Jan 09 to avoid these timing issues? How likely is it that it would happen?
4) Apparently his ASVAB and GT scores were fairly high. Will that have any bearing on the timing of his training?
Sorry for the long winded post, but I wanted to try an provide enough information to elicit a well informed answer. Thanks in advance for you help.