Maybe not so much in the Air Guard but the Air Force Reserves it is easy to do! Just get yourself in the door in an opening that is hard to fill. Volunteer for all sorts of crap duties and soon you will be a treasure because apathy is rampant. In the Air Reserves, 20% of the people or less do 80% of the work. Become one of these 20% and you are golden. We have plenty of guys who are pretty much dead weight....bent airplanes, got DUIs and more and they become ARTs Many others rose to senior leadership doing what I mentioned above. Like turds in the toilet.....they float to the top.