JoesPizza11B
Verified Military
I am an Infantryman in the KS Army National Guard. I joined because I have a long tradition of military history in my family, and after high school I couldn't afford college and didn't really know what to do with my life until I joined the Army. I joined the Infantry because I wanted to be on the tip of the spear, kickin in door and takin names, sadly I joined the National Guard out of ignorance, so training and missions have been somewhat disappointing. I am an E4 with 3.5 years TIS, with 2.5 years left on my contract. I deployed to the Horn of Africa in 2010-2011. While on that deployment I spent 8 months in Kenya doing force-pro, and 4 months in Djibouti doing flight-line security. It was a really interesting deployment, but very boring we didn't get any TICs and most of us would rather have gone to Afghanistan. Since I got back from Africa I have been trying to get a conditional release from my guard contract to go active duty, so far I have been denied/ or my paperwork has been "lost" 3 times, but I am putting in another request this fall and I think it will be approved. From my understanding the only MOS open right now to prior service is 18X, but what I really want more than anything is an 11B/option 40 contract, as it is my dream to be in the 75th RR. I did a lot of research in to the 75th RR and SF to figure out what I want, now I am sure. If I cant get an option 40 contract, then I will try to get an airborne contract and just be a big enough PT stud at airborne school that I can just volunteer there for RASP. My last choice would be to go to the 82nd or the 101st and request RASP from there but I am guessing it would take me a long time to get it. Now all I can do is PT my balls off.
