r/navyreserve

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Recently commissioned and gained. I just received my CAC ID. What are the next steps I need to do before drill weekend in June.

Hey all, so I'm brand-brand new to the Reserves after a significant gap from my AD time; so I'm aware that I've got a lot to learn. My status has the 24-month deferment for mobilization, but from what I've been reading and hearing is that you should volunteer for one rather than be volun-told.

Is it possible to go on ADOS orders to satisfy that requirement on my own? Transparently, I'm trying to get over 180 day orders somewhere in WA state so that they'll move my family and I as well, and if I could do two birds with one stone that'd be cool. My IT stuff is still in progress so I have EXTREMELY limited access to anything at the moment (No: NSIPS, email/flank speed, NROWS, etc.) so I can't look into too much on my own at the moment. Any and all information is greatly appreciated!

I finally got the greenlight to rejoin the reserves, I was told by my recruiter that IT is closed due to much manning. Should I wait it out or cross rate to something else? Been doing IT for 10 years now 7 of those were while I was active.

Hey, thanks for checking this out. I am going to join the navy reserves and am having trouble picking a rate. I have yet to go to MEPS and am trying to make sure I have a list ready before I go in a few weeks.

Random background Info ( To give you an idea of what type of person I am) - I am 22 and have a college degree in psych. I've worked as a bartender, a machinist, building super etc. I can do the same thing everyday no problem. But I can't stay in the same place for 2 years (hence reserves and not enlistment). I took a lot of extra stem courses and enjoy working with my hands whether it's in a laboratory or a shop. I cannot stand sitting at a computer. I don't have any specific field I'm passionate about. But I love to learn just about anything from machines, research to how to make eggs taste great.

What I'm looking for out of the navy is the ability to volunteer for a variety of different orders (Lots of locations and time periods). I would prefer a job where I'm not trapped on a ship the entire order. I did get an 83 percentile on my pretest at the recruiters so I should be able to place into most rates that aren't the tippy top of difficulty. Civilian wise I'd like to one day work as something like a game warden, park ranger, 1811 or possibly for the NAOO. I know the navy won't directly contribute. But those positions like military regardless of your rate.

Thank you again for any advice.

Edit - Oh I've been looking at Seabee rates, Aviation machinist/electronics, or maybe something like an MP though I've yet to find that type of rate for reserves.

Seeing some posts on Air Warriors about some results coming back. Anyone here heard anything?

Anyone familiar with how to input the sales tax when you have to submit your travel voucher in DTS.

Current IT in the Navy Reserves here. I recently came off active duty and have been trying to cross-rate into HM, but I was told conversions into HM are currently closed. I talked with the career counselor to see if there was any workaround, but he basically said they are not accepting conversions at this time.

I only have about 7 months left on my Reserve contract, so I’m trying to figure out what the best path forward would be if becoming an HM is still my end goal. Has anyone had success getting out and coming back in under a different rate, or is that unrealistic?

Just looking for honest feedback or advice from anyone who’s dealt with a similar situation. Appreciate it.

Got my confirmed seat for January 2027 ODS! Anybody else?!

Trying to find answer or advice of where the best route to take to fulfill my AT requirement for the 26’ fiscal year.

Just got out of A school in March, attended indoc at my NRC April and had first actual “drill weekend” this month.

However, I submitted a TRUIC change to a different command just recently.

Don’t have my Navy email yet or a government travel card so I cannot apply to opportunities on Zipserve.

I know I should definitely get my email and government travel card before going on any AT’s. But just wanted to see if anyone had any advice as to if I wait until getting gained by my new command through the Truic change or once I get my email, apply for AT’s outside my rate?

Thanks

I'm an 1835 and realized it's not for me. Closest unit is far, wife hates my doing it, not happy in the program, have done a lot of thinking about it. About to hit year 2, ODS soon.

Is there a way out without this blowing up in my face? I know I signed up for 3 years minimum, but it's not likely that I'll be qualified by then anyways, so I'd be saving everyone some time and money. What do you guys think? How long does leaving take? Do I go IRR or am booted altogether? I'll stick it out if there are negative consequences, but I probably won't be a great team member and don't want to bring things down

Former active enlisted motivated to start the reserve sector and get back into the adventure of it all. My NRC received a gain package and I'm awaiting the call to start checking in.

I decided for the 1st two or more years I'd like to be as active as possible for the experience, pay, adventure and nostalgia of it all, and hell maybe even stay active. My question is which units have a higher chance offering active duty orders, or are more flexible in allowing one to pick up orders?

Full disclaimer, I'm completely boot to reserve logistics and terms other than what I've put together via my recruiter, the DCO handbook and random subreddits so go easy on the acronyms lol thanks in advance for any help and take care out there

By way of background I’m prior Army, now Navy reserve. On the civilian side I’m a Senior PM managing $140M a year in annual revenue, working 60+ hours a week. Great money, but it’s endless private equity corporate nonsense. I also did about 3 years in civilian law enforcement back in the day.

I’m on AT right now with an active command and honestly… I love it. The work, the people, the mission, all of it. There’s something about the simplicity of it. Clear objectives, clear chain, execute the mission and move on. No endless emails, no corporate politics, no fluff. Just do the job.

Could be I’m just caught up in the moment, but being around the ships, the crews, the camaraderie… it hits different. Reminds me why I served in the first place.

I was already planning RC to AC once I can get a halfway decent career counselor to actually help move it forward.

Anyone else feel this way going from civilian life to the fleet? Especially if you’ve got a high-paying job that looks great on paper but sucks the life out of you?

Need some input from y'all because I really don't know what to do.

TLDR: My order were approved in NROWS but DTS didn't generate travel authorization due to a LOA error. No one could fix the issue and my NRC advised me to Cancel orders, which the reporting date is this Monday. I submitted them to be cancelled but it was after everyone at NRC left the office for the day so the orders couldn't be approved for cancelation. Do I go to my AT and risk paying out of pocket to not be AWOL from orders, or do I not go and call my NRC Monday morning to approve my cancelled orders and if so, what do I tell the unit I'm doing AT with on Monday morning.

To try to make it a long story short, my orders for AT have been approved for about a month now, however, travel authorization through DTS was never generated. I've talked to the DTS help hotline and my NRC multiple times and tried just about everything to be able to schedule my travel. all this week we have been scrambling to figure out why its not generating.

My NRC stated that if it was ok with me I could drive to my AT and book my lodging and we could figure out the GTCC vouchers later, like a late authorization. They also advised me to call the helpdesk again and see if they could manually put in my authorization and approve it over the phone.

Today, the DTS Helpdesk got back to me and stated they couldn't manually input my information due to my account not being assigned to an organization with a Line Of Accounting, and that they couldn't do anything for me but advised me to see what my NRC wanted to do.

I go back to my NRC and they said that if my DTS account is saying that its assigned to an organization, that whoever originally created my orders messed up the part about funding and they would have to restart and resubmit the orders. The only problem is that today is Friday and when I called my Unit everyone was out of the office already lol.

My NRC said that they recommend me canceling my orders because if I go and there is a funding issue, I could be on the hook for all the costs, which is something I am not trying to do.

After trying to reach out to my unit and no one answering, I just logged onto NROWS and submitted my orders to be cancelled.

I called the NRC back to tell them that I submitted my orders to be cancelled and no one answered, after a couple of times to call them, I'm just guessing they got out early because its Friday.

So now my orders are only submitted to be cancelled but haven't officially been approved to be cancelled by my NRC.

So my problem is that I don't want it to seem that I'm intentionally skipping my orders on Monday when they do muster and I don't want the command that I'm supposed to do AT with call my command asking where I'm at, and I also don't want to travel down there and then find out a month later I'm paying off my GTCC out of pocket since there was an LOA issue.

so do I call my NRC asap Monday morning to notify them to cancel my orders. Should I also try to contact the command where my AT is at to let them know I'm not going to be there.

Or should I just drive there and risk paying out of pocket. It's just so confused to me that orders were approved with funding but now since there's an LOA issue they recommend me cancelling due to funding.

I’ve been thinking about joining the Navy Reserve but trying to get a realistic picture beyond the official info.

How does it actually fit around a civilian job?

Is it manageable long-term, or more of a constant juggling act?

My CCC is useless and won't so much as answer my emails or phone calls. Wondering if anyone can help me with what I need to have done before I leave for HM A-SCHOOL. Thank you

Recruiter told me today he is hearing that only 5 selects for April board. So likely have to be the perfect fit to even have a chance. Just one of those communities that have been maxed out. Good luck everyone

If I join as an officer do I go through boot camp first or would it be straight to OCS or ODS?