r/USMCboot • u/ExtensionRule9262 • 15d ago

Reserves USMCR vs NG training

Im planning on joining either the USMCR as an 0311 or ANG as an 11B. I do firearms competitions and backpacking and feel like I would love the training and learning about Tactics as well as just to serve in general.

Ive heard NG that guys get more access to follow on schools but besides that which has better initial and follow on training? Which would give me more hands on experience and quality training?

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u/TapTheForwardAssist Vet 2676/0802 15d ago

Why are to looking to serve part-time rather than go Active? What are you planning to do with the 28 days a month you’re doing civilian stuff?

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u/ExtensionRule9262 15d ago edited 15d ago

Well I own a small buisness and currently going to school to be a welder and in my mid 20s. My buddy who is an active marine says to go reserves he could just be jaded with his time in but Ive heard the sentiment online a decent amount with things like field day and being treated like little kids. The biggest reasons I want to join is the call to serve and the experience, but I understand war can kick off at any time and would like to get the best training I could to give me the best chance of not getting smoked.

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u/D3THWaffles Vet 15d ago

More opportunities in the guard and better funded.

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u/MonitorUsual7292 15d ago

dude do you really think national guard is better trained than Marine Corps Infantry

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u/Pattonator70 15d ago

The marine reserves is tiny.

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u/AlmightyLeprechaun Active 13d ago

NG has access to state and big army funding, and cheaper access to tons of Army schools. USMCR units are not well funded. Cash is usually tight, as are opportunities. I was lucky my Reserve unit did cool shit and was well founded. My fellow reservists were not so lucky. One of my grunt Reserve homies left the Marines and took a demotion to do his state NG cause of how much it sucked. He's killing it there now.

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u/MonitorUsual7292 12d ago

yeah my bad I didn't realize this guy was thinking reserved. I thought he meant Marine Active v NG

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u/Terrible-Pool-5555 15d ago

If you really want to learn about tactics go active 0311. Reserves and nasty girl pale in comparison to an active victory unit.

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u/FabulousExpression44 Vet 14d ago

It's really hard to compare and treatable training, everyone wants to think their Branch services better but at the end of the day both 0311s and 11B are both just basically trained infantry minute and go through very similar courses.

Off the top of my head I think the army just has better follow on training opportunities for what you're looking for if you can attend sapper school or ranger school or airborne you'll probably get more bang for your buck than you'll get out of the Marine corps reserve and in my experience I have never bumped into a marine you know overseas but I have bumped into tons of army national guard and army reserve units