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"New York Army National Guard Recruiter"
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Location: New York, LI
Registered: 04 June 2007
Posts: 9
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SUBJECT: Active First Program (AFP)

1. Purpose. The Active First Program (AFP) is a pilot initiative that was proposed to allow members that enlist in the reserve component - ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, and serve a period of service on active duty first. The ARNG was authorized to establish the AFP as a pilot initiative. The period of the pilot is from August 2007 to August 2013.

2. Concept of the Program. The program is designed to offer select ARNG recruits an opportunity to serve a tour in the Active Army after they complete their initial entry training (IET). In concept, the AFP has three phases and these phases are set forth below:

(The above info is part of a draft, that will allow the Army National Guard to enlist Active Army recruits).

On Aug 28, 2007, the Associated Press wrote about this topic, "Army looks to Guard for recruiting help"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_recruiting
Registered: 19 February 2006
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People have always been able to go from guard to active they are just offering money now becasue the military is barely meeting its active duty numbers. If they can make it work more power to them but the reason for difficult recruiting has nothing to do with guard vs active it has to do with being in iraq for 24 month deployments being away from family friends and there life and the militay is sweeping it under the rug well I have news for you the citezenry isent. Anyways this is a sad little ploy to try to sucker people.
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Location: On the Beach.
Registered: 08 March 2005
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quote:
National Guard Leadership:

'Commander' - Whoever starts the unit.

'Second in Command' - His best friend or closest relative.

'Auxiliary Commander' - His wife or mom.

'Intelligence Chief' - The guy with a police scanner and his mom's email account.

'Informant' - the first one of us who gets caught doing anything illegal.

National Guard Rank Structure:

'General' - National Guard Commander (Number of stars on hat reflect size of head.)

'Colonel' - His best friend.

'Major' - Wives, moms, friends and whoever lets you use their property to 'train.'

'Captain' - New guy.

'Officer' - Guy who pulls you over for having no tags on your truck.

'Private' - Highest rank actually attained by commander before being kicked out of the real military.

National Guard Command sizes:

'Battalion' - A National Guard Unit with 3-5 guys who show up for every meeting.

'Brigade' - Unit with more than 6 guys.

'Division' - Harder than subtraction but easier than algebra.

'Company' - Place where we order our National Guard stuff.

'Platoon' - Movie about Vietnam which gives us 'flashbacks,' (even though we were in high school at the time.)

'Squad' - Guys in the ambulance who come out when one of us falls or accidentally shoots someone during training.

National Guard Unit Specialties and Capabilities:

'Internet National Guard' - Number unknown. Source for secret information the government does not want anyone to know. Capable of sending mean faxes, SPAM and flaming email when provoked. (USCMike, PMIL, EAGLEFLT, etc.)

'Mail Order National Guard' (MONG) - Numbering in the dozens. Most often seen on television news wearing home made uniforms with awards and patches for wars we never fought in. Capable of newsletter creation, mean faxes, SPAM and creation of tons of 'documentation' when provoked.

'Shortwave Radio National Guard' - About a half dozen active. Specialize in selling books, videos, gold, silver and canned food while begging for donations so we can 'keep getting the truth out.' Capable of basically embarrassing themselves when provoked.

'State National Guard' - Sometimes as many as 20 guys per state. Capable of enhancing careers of federal agents and infighting like schoolgirls when provoked.

National Guard Terminology:

'National Guard Headquarters' - Mom's basement, garage or the trailer of whoever has the fax machine.

'Enemy' - NWO, UN and other National Guard leaders who lie about me.

'Full auto' - Three in front seat, four in back, National Guard stuff in trunk.

'Operation' - Stuff the doctor does after the squad takes you to the hospital for hurting yourself.

'New World Order' - Bar codes on beer cans, warnings on cigarette packs, cameras in K-mart and anything else we don't like or understand.

'Common Law Grand Jury' - Ten or more old people practicing law without a clue.

'Federal Agent' - Any National Guard commander who says anything bad about me.

'Global Conspiracy' - Why tornados target our trailers, why our sisters/wives have facial hair and why we only manage to make minimum wage (even though many of us have a GED or
PE Cert.)

'U.N. Troops' - Foreign soldiers hidden everywhere, sent in by NWO to spy on the National Guard. Anyone wearing anything light blue in color.

'Leaderless Resistance' - Where we do something really stupid without any pre-planning or supervision.

'Training' - Cleaning guns while eating MRE's and watching the movie 'Red Dawn.'

'God, Guns and Guts' - Well, we've got guns.



Hafa Adai!
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Location: Arizona
Registered: 08 May 2005
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All right Weatherman. Way to keep the thread live.....?
"New York Army National Guard Recruiter"
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Location: New York, LI
Registered: 04 June 2007
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Its Official...

The Army National Guard has a New Enlistment Option called Active First.

When you join the Army National Guard under Active First, you begin your service with a period of Active Duty — aka, full-time military service. That not only means full-time Soldier's pay, but a bonus of up $65,000, depending on your length of commitment.

You'll train in one or more of 50 exciting careers that prepare you for lucrative civilian positions. You'll travel across the U.S. or overseas. You'll have life-changing experiences and adventures. You'll become more confident than you ever thought possible.

When your Active Duty commitment is over, you'll return to standard part-time Guard service with your local unit. At that point, you'll be free to pursue a college education with the Guard's extensive education benefits.

http://1800goguard.com/activefirst

or in NYC goto:

http://www.armyguardrecruiting.com

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