Joining a Military Reserve Unit it Phase 2
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:46 pm
Hey everyone,
I am curious to know if anyone here has joined a military reserve unit or knows anyone who joined a military reserve unit during Phase 2 of the SMART program. Over the past few months, I have been seriously considering applying to Navy Officer Candidate School (OCS) and joining the Navy Reserves, but I am only about 6 months in to my 3.5 year service commitment.
After reading over the 2022 handbook, the only information I found is that SMART requires the scholar to report any non-pay status at your SF to the SMART Program. My interpretation of this is that as long as my SF is on board with me going to OCS and I tell SMART about it, they can't say no, as long as I eventually complete my 3.5 year commitment once I return from training. Is this assumption correct?
I cannot find any literature about this, other than a very old post on this forum from 2012 that has only 1 comment and no pertinent information. Does anyone have any thoughts/insights/experiences with this situation? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
I am curious to know if anyone here has joined a military reserve unit or knows anyone who joined a military reserve unit during Phase 2 of the SMART program. Over the past few months, I have been seriously considering applying to Navy Officer Candidate School (OCS) and joining the Navy Reserves, but I am only about 6 months in to my 3.5 year service commitment.
After reading over the 2022 handbook, the only information I found is that SMART requires the scholar to report any non-pay status at your SF to the SMART Program. My interpretation of this is that as long as my SF is on board with me going to OCS and I tell SMART about it, they can't say no, as long as I eventually complete my 3.5 year commitment once I return from training. Is this assumption correct?
I cannot find any literature about this, other than a very old post on this forum from 2012 that has only 1 comment and no pertinent information. Does anyone have any thoughts/insights/experiences with this situation? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!