Are any of the branches taking prior service for active duty?

I like the sound of that. Unfortunately for me, UH Hilo doesn't have an rotc program. I am considering doing reserves while I complete my bachelor's degree. I am working but I have found myself with a job that doesn't offer retirement. I have spent hours looking into the reserve retirement and just can't see how that would be enough to actually retire. I have to admit that something is better than nothing. I know every branch has some kind of active reserves program that would allow me to gain the years on active time that I would need to retire with full active benifits.

Well, if you can coordinate a reserves contract and the balance of time needed to complete the degree that would be better. Once weekend a month and 2 weeks/year plus post 9/11 stipend should tide you over (In Philadelphia, I was clearing $1900+ each month). Afterward, you got a degree amd continued service - they will probably be begging you to take a commission then.
How much time until you graduate? AD may mean a hasty deployment; only guys I ever heard of being able to knock out full college courses were on shore duty and usually had an unconventional sea-shore rotation. Overseas you may or may not have reliable internet service in some areas to complete distance-learning courses.

So I'm still an active duty Marine right now and kind of just stumbled upon the prior service business rules one day. Waiting to hit terminal in a couple of months. These rules pretty much lay out what's available for prior service members to join or rejoin the army. So if your MOS from the Corps doesn't translate to an army mos you would have to choose one of the retraining MOS's on the list. The other thing your recruiter will do while working your package is send up a grade determination for myself I had to provide my promotion Warrant and proof that I completed at least Sgt's or Career Course to keep my rank. So if you picked up Sgt before you got out and attended Sgt's Course not sure about Cpls Course you might actually be eligible to come back in as a Sgt, but I think there might also be some type of stipulation with how long you been out. Best bet is to hit up a recruiter and find out and if your trying to go active familiarize yourself with the most recent prior service business rules so the recruiter doesn't feed you bum scoop

Sgt Darrin Momsen Were you ever able to get back in AD? Just a question, what rank were you at when you came off AD? I’m dealing with the same thing with my fiancé but he’s a O-3, cleared for re-entry and he also wants to go back AD.