Posted on Apr 17, 2020
SPC 11 C Indirect Fire A Infantryman
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If my transfer to Texas national guard is approved is there any way I can get assigned to an airborne unit if there’s any and if there are any will that influence if I go to airborne school I heard that airborne u it’s encourage its soldiers to go to the school is there any true to this?
Posted in these groups: Texas ARNG3203 Airborne School
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First, you must find a unit that has an open slot for your rank and MOS. Then you need to speak with that unit and find out if they'd be willing to take you. Then you'd need to talk with your current Commander to see if they'd be willing to let you go. Now, if you do end up in a unit that is Airborne and they require you to be Airborne qualified...and you're not Airborne....guess where you'd be going.? To Airborne school.
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Roger thanks for your answer appreciate I guess I’ll start making some phone calls
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SPC (Join to see) - Bear in mind that at no time is the "gaining unit" required to accept you and at no time is the "losing unit" required to release you.
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PFC Gomez,
Great question and it seems that you have your answer based on the previous post. I want to encourage you to continue to train hard and become knowledgeable in your MOS. You ever though about going to Ranger School?
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Yes definitely it my current unit in the Puerto Rico national guard seems to avoid the subject I asked multiple times for ranger they laughed in my face and when I asked for airborne they said good luck with that’s why I’m looking for a transfer and moving to another state I want to progress and become a more knowledgeable infantryman and my current unit is getting in the way instead of helping me accomplish that
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What the process others did in your Unit to go to Ranger School or Airborne, moving is not the answer, it would be to find out how and why others got it and do that same process. You do have to prepare for the School.
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I thought the only jump units in the NG were special forces?. Learn something new every day!
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There’s the 1st infantey143d infantry regiment it was reactivated back in 2010 it’s active under 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) (173rd IBCT)
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But it's a guard unit? That's wild
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