Yes, it's called the ASVAB test.
The motto of Ohio Army National Guard is 'Ohio Will Take Care of Itself'.
yes
The Air National Guard is tasked with defending the homeland of one's country and never usually leave the homeland for active duty else, the reserves are a force that's tasked to back up active units, say if half a squadron's personal were incapcitated from a raid or something, the reserves would replace those incapcitated, simply put the ANG protects the homeland from any invasion and the reserve is basicly reserve personal that an be sent on active duty if need be
There is no such thing called National Guard insurance. If you are hurt while on duty with the National Guard, medical care can be provided at a dispensery, or at a local V.A. hospital. The National Guard does not provide medical insurance.
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Active Duty sends you after a short while of time to a certain place after training. While Reserves sends you after a certain time depending on how long you signed up. [ex. My brother signed up for 4 years, hes had training and after the 3rd year he goes to Iraq for the last year then he is free.]
If you are interested in working for the National Guard the best thing to is graduate high school then type up a good resume. Take your resume to the National Guard recruitment center in your area and enlist.
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How long your training in the National Guard depends on what your MOS (your job) is. The least technical jobs are shorter in length, while the more technical jobs are generally greater in length. If you want an estimate, you can expect training to be a minimum of 13 weeks, with some of the longer training to be over a year. Again, it all depends on how technical your MOS is.
The US Department of Defense has a concept known as "Total Force," with includes all of the branches of the military including reserves and national guard and interestingly enough, civilian contractors like Blackwater USA. The US Army has bases across the world and can, theoretically move an entire brigade to a combat zone within 48 to 72 hours. However, mobilizing the reserves and the National Guard takes longer and thus activating the US Army's Total Force takes several months.
When a National Guard unit is mobilized, they for all intents and purposes become active duty and indistinguishable from the regular Army. That being said, every service member in the US Army is infantry. They may have an MOS, a specific job they perform such as food service, health care technician, supply, or any other support role such as a chaplain's assistant. However, in the thick of it, and at the whim of command and the US Army, that person can be deplyed into a combat situation. Also, at any time in transit that a service member take fire from an enemy combatant, that service member is infantry.
42 is the current cutoff for enlistment in the Army as an entry level trainee, IIRC. Take 42, add the number of years prior service you have, and that should indicate the max age you'd be eligible for reentry.