Rank Question

[Dasco00]

What Rank can i go in as if i have completed 2 years of college with an AS degree?

[choclab]

no more than a PFC i believe. I knew someone who went in with TWO degrees and they only got Specialist

[Collins]

It doesn't go by degrees, it's time and grade, how many years you signed up for, each rank up to E-5 is time and grade. After that, you test...

[ARNGISP]

with proof of I believe 60 credits ( which you should have with an associates)
you should come in at E-3 Private first class.

[andrew.tischner]

It doesn't go by degrees, it's time and grade, how many years you signed up for, each rank up to E-5 is time and grade. After that, you test...

you are incorrect on this subject, with a bachalors or 120 credit hours of college you can enlist as a E-4 A, 48 credits gets you to E-3 and 24 credit hours gets you to E-2 so its not just time in grade you are able to get up to E-3 before you enlist doing many different things and E-4 with a 4 year degree.

[AbnMtn]

In addition to be able to get rank for your college credits as mentioned in the previous posting, you also have the "Stripes for Buddies" and "Stripes for Knowledge" programs which allow you to get promoted and come in at a higher grade (up to E-3).

Collins, you were completely incorrect about promotions. Although the time in service (TIS) and time in grade (TIG) determines the maximum times you can go without being considered for promotion, performance is the most critical criteria used to grant promotions. You can get waivers for either the TIS and TIG, or a combination of both, when your performance let your chain of command know that you're ready for the next rank. Also, meeting the TIS and TIG benchmarks does not guarantee the soldier an automatic promotion, you can go way beyond those times if you're not deserving of a promotion.

Anyone else offering freelance advice, please be considerate. When it comes to information about enlistment qualification and criteria, let one of the senior members (and by this I don't mean someone who's posted enough to be labeled a senior member in the forum, but a senior member of the National Guard with sufficient time in service to know what they're talking about), moderators or recruiters on board (the forum) answer the questions. This will prevent confusion among those who have no knowledge about the National Guard. As it is, the amount of information they get from this site could be enough to confuse anyone.

Thank you for your understanding.

[andrew.tischner]

The Stripes for Knowledge is a program where you "test out" your knowledge on basic military skills and knowledge, these promotions are usualy from E-1 to E-2 and are done at your RSP ( Recruit Sustainment Program ) or RHC ( Recruit Holding Company)

The Stripes for Buddies is forwarding a person to a recruiter to enlist in the Army National Guard, when they enlist you will get promoted to E-2 for 1 person and E-3 for second person.

Sorry I did not take the time originaly to explain all the extra essentives and features of the Army National Guard has to offer you.

Remmber the military as a whole, what you put into it is what you will get out of it.

[VTguard]

I echo ABNMTN's comments on being an armchair subject matter expert. If you don't know what you're talking about, please do not just guess. If you have some valid input, then by all means go ahead. If you are unsure of the current enlistment criteria, policy or regulation, please don't put out false information. There are plenty of subject matter experts, recruiters, and National Guard authorities with a vast library of manuals that can look up the information and make sure everyone is getting the most accurate and up to date information available. I don't mean to sound like a hard ***, but we're talking about people's futures on this forum. If misinformation is put out, it can affect someone career. Thanks.

[youngatheart]

VTguard-
Is there a different term used for "stripes for knowledge"?
I brought that up to my recruiter and he was not familiar with it.
I am interested in utilizing all venues to get to E-3 and just want to communicate well with my recruiter. I believe he is fairly new to recruiting, so he may be using different terminology for the same task.

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

[andrew.tischner]

your recruiter should definatly know about it , it is known as stripes for knowledge and its in the regulations. Ill try to find the refrence and post it.