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Old 10-30-2013, 2:30 PM
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Try active first
Cons to the Guard. Only so many slots for ranks so promotions are really slow. Add the fact that guys coming in from active will have more experience than you or transfer over with rank already waiting for the slot, its pretty hard to move up.
After active you can go Guard. As of right now, after or during Guard you can't go active less they lifted the 18x only for prior thing.
Less and less chance of deploying with wars and budget winding down unless you have a specialized MOS that's needed.
You won't get 100% GI bill unless you get multiple active duty assignments or deployments. I'm Guard, try active first.
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