Hi!
Couldn't find an answer to this one. Usually there are enlsitment contracts for 4-8 years. What about the reserve? If i join CG reserve, how long am i obligated to serve?

It would be 6 years of IDT (Inactive Duty for Training) and 2 years in the IRR (Inactive Ready Reserve).

So there would be no other ways for honorable discharge?
For instance, if i were serving in CG reserve and wanted to go to Air Force OTS (officer training school), there would be no way for doing that?

Posted By est_mil on 28 Sep 2010 10:00 AM
So there would be no other ways for honorable discharge?
For instance, if i were serving in CG reserve and wanted to go to Air Force OTS (officer training school), there would be no way for doing that?

I'm not in the Coast Guard I'm trying to get in myself, but why not join the Air Force Reserve/Guard if you want to be an Officer with them? If you're in one branch of the service, you can fill out a DD 368 which is a conditional release and is used for interservice transfer, and try to have it approved, but from my understanding from when I was in the Army is that these just about never get approved amongst the branches.

Well, i'm quite tough case, that's why.
Long story short, i'm 21-year-old male, an Estonian (country in northern Europe), currently studying to become a commercial pilot. In three years i'll have bachelor's degree (in aviation engineering) and CPL. I know it sounds like just another cliche, but military aviation is the field i've always dreamed of.
Anyway, only way to become a fighter pilot is joining another county's AF/Navy, which is rather complicated due to the nationality conflict.
My best chance would be migrating to the US with green card and joining, for instance, the CG reserve. After 1 year of service i'd be eligible for naturalization.
Then again, i'd be tied to CG, which is why i started this thread.
Long shot, i know.

You could always enlist in the AF Reserve. When you have your BA and Citizenship put in an OCS package. You'll already be in the AF, thus saving a ton of extra hassle.

Posted By Gears on 28 Sep 2010 11:21 AM
You could always enlist in the AF Reserve. When you have your BA and Citizenship put in an OCS package. You'll already be in the AF, thus saving a ton of extra hassle.

So basically changing 'professions' within a branch of armed forces, e.g. Navy or AF would be a lot easier than between different branches?

Applying for OCS from an enlistment with the same service is easier... i.e. A Tech SGt in the AF would have a better chance of getting selected for OCS than a Petty Officer 1st Class in the CG who laterals to the AF and applies.