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Originally posted by McKagan13
...One more thing. For NG, I have somewhat heard of split training while in the pipeline. Does anybody know anything about this? Im assuming you would attend SFAS and upon selection would go back civi until a later Q date? Again, not really sure so please excuse my ignorance.
Thanks again,
Matt
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Unless you are prior service, which you are not, the only breaks you will get are the time between your last phase and your next. You will be on AD from the beginning of BCT or OSUT until you finish the SFQC, are injured and sent home to heal, or are dropped from the program for whatever reason.
The split training option provides a break between BCT and AIT. It finds most of its recruits, as I understand it, in high school and a few in college. HS recruits attend BCT during the summer after their junior year and then attend AIT after graduation. College recruits attend during any summer they wish as long as their AIT is not longer than their summer break in which case they are just forced to skip a semester of school for the remainder of AIT. I talked to a young man in my recruiter's office recently who is enlisting for this option and he is a sophmore in college. He is not enlisting into an 18-series job though. I believe it was a 31 or 74-series job in 1/20th SIGDET, but dont hold me to that part.
If it is the length of time in school that is a question for you maybe you should look into a SF support MOS. You could attend BCT and AIT (for whatever MOS you would like that your prospective unit has an opening for) and then return to the unit and drill for some time. Going this route would accomplish a number of things for both you and the unit. At the top of that list you will be MOS qualified and filling an immediate opening the unit has and at the same time giving you some face-to-face time with a NGSF unit so you can decide if thats what you really want. You can then attend SFAS/QC when you are ready.
Just some thoughts and a different perspective. I wish you the best of luck with your pending OCS packet and your civilian career as an engineer.
James D