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I will be going to MEPS to sign my contract for 18X within the month (July '11). My recruiter is telling me that the contract won't actually say "18X" on it, it will be an "11X" contract. Is this correct?
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I am out of the loop on things now, and alot has changed, but...
Many NG units used to / do NOT like to enlist you straight into the SF unit, cos the admin involved in transfering you're ass out of the unit when you wimp out and quit, or simply fail selection all together is annoying.
So they enlist you into an 11B unit or equivalent and then borrow you from that unit with what can be described as an "understanding" with that non-SF units G1.
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He has also told me that at 35 years old, I am still eligible for this program because he can do an age waiver for my prior AD service (3 years). Is this also correct?
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Yes.
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Scooterdude REP-63 is the National Guards equivalent to the 18X program, but you probably already knew that
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Again I am a little rusty on this information, but I'm note sure that's completely correct.
Some units offer a straight pipeline all the way thru option (EXACTLY like AD-18X program), others offer a program where you enlist, finish AIT, and then drill, and then SFAS, and then drill, and then the Q. Some offer both options. I think Cric cleared this 18X v Rep-63 wording somewhere around here. My point is NG may actually offer Rep-63 AND 18x contracts from a wording PoV. I could be wrong, do you're homework.
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