Reply With QuoteDischarge from one service, try to enlist in another service, probably no chance of getting an option 40 contract, have to beg your way into the Regiment. All in all, pretty unlikely.
Under no circumstance would that be possible. I knew guys that tried but they were killed in the transition phase.Originally Posted by necrofear
Discharge from one service, try to enlist in another service, probably no chance of getting an option 40 contract, have to beg your way into the Regiment. All in all, pretty unlikely.
wow, thanks for the info
maybe in Australia....
Alot of US Service Members make the transition from one service to the next, either for better quality of life or "more action" than the previous enlistment. In Answer to the question, it is possible...a friend of mine EAS'ed earlier this year and is already enlisted in the Army with a chance at attending RIP if he makes it through Jump School. Moreover Marines attend Ranger School and earn a tab every year as part of Recon/MARSOC (though because of uniform requirements cannot display the tab on there uniform)
Any branch can be discharged and reenlist into another branch as others have stated if they meet certain criteria/willing to take a hit in rank. I knew of a couple former Marines in 1/75. With MARSOC around now, I can't really see a good reason to do this anymore other than maybe a better quality of life, in which if that's your main criteria I'd highly recommend AFSOC.
so for what i know MARSOC is under USSOCOM but does not fall into JSOC, so the USMC does not have a team under JSOC???
no. why do you want to know anyway? these are some odd questions. You plan on joining the Marines then moving into Rangers?
No though select Marines are and have been in JSOC, but they aren't exactly raiding embassies or anything. I suppose that could be reason to jump ship to the Army if that's what you're getting at. Though being a Marine Joe and banking on JSOC is kind of like playing High School football and already talking about the pros. I guess you got to have you're long-term goals. I went through RIP with a guy who plainly stated that was his goal even before graduating. He did exactly what he said he was going to do.
The moving services bit wasn't the bit I was indicating was hard. From what I've seen on various sites, getting into RIP without an option 40 appears to be challenging and from what I've seen it's been hard for prior service types to get option 40's. Maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick, but that is how I've seen it.
I'm currently deployed with the MD Army National Guard 1-175th infantry to the Sinai, Egypt. I chose the National Guard so I could get my 4 year college degree. I have no intention of becoming and officer, but I was wondering what are the odds of me being able to get into the 75th Ranger Reg. after college. I heard its a big fight to enlist active army when your prior service, and from there I can't go directly into the Regiment. What would I need to do and what are the odds? I signed for only a 3 year contract with the National Guard 3 days after i turned 18 and im barely over a year in and went from E1-E-3 with talks of being wavered to E-4 at age of 19. I'm doing a pre-ranger assessment when we are done being QRF at our base, but from what I'm told I won't get selected for RIP anyway no matter how well I do in the assessment because I'm to low of rank. Any help would be fine, but I would prefer to hear it from someone in the Regiment.
Make sure you do all through "read and search" in this forum for your FAQ.
BrianT is either in a Battalion or Regiment, not sure. He is in this thread.
Otherwise, it may be best to directly contact a AD Recruiter for the exactness of the regulation.
Really ?I'm told I won't get selected for RIP anyway no matter how well I do in the assessment because I'm to low of rank.
Good Luck.
yeah I have been reading this thread for a few days actually in my spare time haha im on page 33, unless something changed I noticed hes in the 1st-75th.Make sure you do all through "read and search" in this forum for your FAQ.
And yeah lower ranks don't get anything they want in the National Guard. It seemed like a great choice at the time to do what i still wanted to do on the civ side, but militarily training wise I see it was a bad choice.. lol..
I'm formerly 1/75 ETSed. It is a big fight trying to go active. You don't want to have any waivers as it makes the battle harder. With that said it's not impossible. It just takes time. I plan on going back active after school, so it's a fight I'm willing to make and if you want it bad enough, you'll be able to do it. I assume you're an 11B and correct me if I'm wrong, but if you can get Ranger School(RIP= Your unit's Pre-Ranger I assume), which I imagine as a Private is pretty damn hard, do it. When it comes time to go active, I'd recommend talking to a recruiter who'll probably tell you you can't get a Option 40 contract. You then need to call the 75th and talk to their recruiter and get them to work with your active recruiter. I can guarantee if I made some phone calls I could get RASP in my contract if I desired. But you need to make yourself desirable. A tab would be nice, but as a E-4 or below, which is all you'll get in the guard after 3, I'd just worry about being able to PT a 300.
If you can find something like a LRS unit nearby to transfer to, airborne and Ranger School will come much easier.
Last edited by BrianT; 10-30-2011 at 12:51 PM.
I have heard alot of good things about LRS units, I'll keep that in mind for sure.
My PT score right now is 270I have a hard time improving push ups but I think I could do it.
Also, our pre-ranger assessment is what one of our tabbed LT's is conducting. It's not official nor on record. Its just a bunch of guys in our unit who would like to go to ranger school, so out LT is having a 16 mile ruck, 10 mile run, 5 mile battle buddy run, and a RPFT. And the top person, maybe top 2 people will get sent to some national guard Pre-Ranger thing then get sent to Ranger School. I would love to go to Ranger School just so I could have a better chance of getting in the 75th. So has RASP replaced RIP? Also back on like page 20 or something you mentioned rangers getting NSW weapons. I tried to look that up (like I do most things I don't know) but I couldn't find a single thing on it. Whats a NSW weapon? And how does a promotion waiver make it harder to get into the 75th? I thought it would be looked up upon. I'm sorry for all the annoying questions lol.
NSW weapons are weapons produced by Crane-NSW. They usually have a naval mk designation such as the Mk46/48.
270 is not bad, but not great. Pushups: do 2 minute drills like a PT test for 4 sets. Guarantee you'll be maxing+ them if you do that regularly.
Yes RASP replaced RIP, it's a 8 wk course now. The first phase is like RIP, the second phase I've never been through and just been told about, but it compromises some of the basic skills you'll need in the 75th, such as breaching, driving and such.
Promotion waiver won't hurt or help you. I meant enlistment waivers such as medical or moral. I might actually need a moral waiver as I've accumulated a decent amount of speeding tickets. Four is your limit. The older you get the harder it gets. Keep that in mind when you're driving around town or up and down 95.
The NG WTC Pre-Ranger course at Benning is probably what you're talking about. I actually shoveled a dump truck worth of mulch their. Good times.
I don't mind answering questions, I love helping people, but keep in mind some of the things I'm telling you someone didn't tell me, but I researched on my own. armyranger.com and SOCNET are good sources for enlistment related material.
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