FFnavy:
I am responding to you here instead of returning your PM because I get tired of answering the same questions over and over again. I have some questions of my own. 1. Are you ready to follow the damn directions and stop posting the same reworded question in multiple threads? 2. Have you bothered to do any research at all on here IRT going from the Navy to SF? I spent a fair amount of time & effort on here detailing my journey from the USNR to SFQC graduation so that others could have a little insight to the process. 3. Are you an IS or a CTM? Either way, I would expect you to be a little more adept at research. 4. Do you have any idea what it is you really want? SEAL and SF are different animals, kind of like monkeys and apes, in the same suborder but way different species.
Here is the deal. If you like what you are doing civilian wise, you have some time invested in your career, and the family wants to stay put, but you feel the calling of the Regiment, then the NG is the place to go. If your family situation allows you to pick up stakes and you want the Regiment to be your career, AD is the place for you. You have to make that decision first, stop being a pussy and worrying about which way is quickest, surest, easiest, etc.
As a Guardsman, you can join the Guard straight out without doing Boot Camp or AIT if your previous military training/occupation equates to something in the Army. CTM is similar to 94E, Radio/Communications Security (COMSEC) Repairer. IS is similar to 35F, Intelligence Analyst. You should also be able to keep your TIG & obviously TIS. The NG is more user friendly to Prior Service guys. AD recruiters do not want to talk to you because Prior Service guys do not count toward their monthly quota. You literally are more work than you are worth, to them.
Stop worrying about whether or not you have what SF wants. The SFAS cadre make that decision based on your performance and attitude not whether or not you are a f*&king Ninja with 100 confirmed kills. Hell we even had a cook in my SUT class. (Okay, bad example. He was a Ranger cook
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x/S