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SSG Steven Seidenstein, NYNG, MP (:50)
CPT Tara Dawe, NYNG, MP (1:18)
PVT Andrew Winchell, NYNG, Military Police (:41)
PVT Kevin Harper - Testimonial (:53)
PVT Chris Nichols - Testimonial (:55)
PVT Angel Castaneda - Testimonial (1:19)
PVT James Cox - Testimonial (1:08)
PVT Derekk Rast - Testimonial (1:00)
PVT Michelle Viscusi - Testimonial (:46)
PV2 Roderick Taylor - Tennessee National Guard (:49)
Success Story: 1LT Geoffrey Whitaker, TN National Guard (1:20)
Success Story: SGT Katie Cash (:55)
Success Story: PFC Jessica Duplantis (:39)
Success Story: CDT Steven Ho (:37)
PFC Raycine Jones (:55)
Success Story: PVT Bobby Whatley (:46)
Success Story: SSG Annie Adam (00:59)
Success Story: CDT Christopher Colletta (:42)
Success Story: SPC Michael Bradley (:44)
Guard Medic, SSG Lee Sanders (3:05)
Success Story: PFC Michelle Bunting (:33)
Success Story: PVT Lucas Davis (:50)
Success Story: 1SG Todd Barber (:49)
Success Story: SGT Kristina Johnson and her mother (1:03)
Success Story: SPC Cody Spaulding (:36)
Success Story: SSG William Harrington and SGT Brittney Harrington (:51)
Success Story: Guard Family (:49)
SPC Jarvis Curry - Tennessee National Guard (:32)
SPC Nicholas D'Acquisto - Tennessee National Guard (:48)
SSG Jeffrey Litton - Tennessee National Guard (:51)
Success Story: CDT Jonathan Wood (:41)
Success Story: MAJ James Lake (:32)
Success Story: 2LT Chad Seal (:34)
Success Story: 2LT Meredith Davenport (:44)
Success Story: 1LT Danny Crosby (:43)
Success Story: SPC Timothy Bailey - from college star to Guard Soldier (:56)
Success Story: SPC Matthew Bunch (:47)
SPC Vincent Cruz, National Guard Combatives Champion (:26)
Success Story: PVT Sean Harmon (1:19)
Success Story: 1LT Kelly LaPierre (1:04)
Success Story: SPC Jessica Pellerin (1:12)
Success Story: SPC Chad Cleaves (:39)
PVT Jeffery Flabella (:48)
PFC Lee Wilson (1:09)
Succes Story: Amanda Cobb, Guard Wife, Greenville, SC (1:01)
Success Story: CPT Christopher Elgee (1:04)
Success Story: SPC Joshua Creel, CW2 Jefferson Creel (:58)
Success Story: SPC Amanda Martin, SSG Lance Wilkerson (:51)
Success Story: PFC Daniel Laboe (:43)
Success Story: SSG Robert Gambie (:56)
Success Story: SGT Walter Mullins (:59)
Success Story: SPC Courtney Groves (:28)
Success Story: PFC Zachary Davis (:28)
CW3 Nancy Christiano, Human Resources Technician (1:26)
Patriot Academy: PVT Jacob Anderson (1:05)
Patriot Academy: PVT Ricardo Aristizabal (:55)
Patriot Academy: PVT Wesley Beck (1:29)
CW3 Donald Harlan and CW3 Dwight Harlan, Kentucky National Guard (2:00)
CW3 Robert Pena, Property Accounting Technician, Kentucky National Guard (:57)
Success Story: CDT Robert Stubbs, Vanderbilt University ROTC (:40)
Patriot Academy: PVT David Eaton (:59)
Patriot Academy: PFC Devon Pollard (1:03)
Patriot Academy: PVT Brandon Deal (1:01)
Warrant Officer Candidate Mark Metcalf, Kentucky National Guard (:45)
PVT Melvyn Manibusan, National Guard Combatives Champion (:28)
SSG Nikosi Campbell, National Guard Combatives Champion (:45)
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The Guard is a military branch that serves both state and federal governments, at home and overseas.
Your total enlistment period will be eight years, but you can serve as little as three or six years, and spend the remainder in IRR (Individual Ready Reserve).
Absolutely. Your Guard service is only part time—just one weekend per month, and one two-week period each year.
Recruits need to meet certain standards of height, weight, age, fitness and education in order to enlist.
Yes. Guard members can be mobilized to protect and defend America in battle domestically or overseas.
MEPS stands for Military Entrance Processing Station, METS stands for Military Entrance Testing Site.
Guard pay is based on your rank and the number of years you've served, along with incentives like hazardous-duty pay.
Your pay depends on a few different factors, but you won't make less than $179 for every weekend you drill.
At this time, the Guard is not paying Officer Accession bonuses.
Yes, you will be paid for every day you work.
There are different ways to become an officer. If you’re heading to college, the ROTC program is the way to go.
The training period varies for each job.
For certain career specialties, particularly medical professions, the Guard will reimburse up to $65,000 in student loans.
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Please understand that these calculations are only estimates and that a recruiter will have the most up-to-date information about my benefits.
Because of the broad range of pay options, the Pay Calculator does not apply to Medical Professional Officers.
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