First question is what do you envision yourself doing in 20 years? Do want to be flying airplanes, maybe airlines or do you think you might like to move on to other things?

AD BS factor is higher but there are leadership and other opportunities which can only be found in the AD. I personally had a couple of rare opportunities to do some very fulfilling AD jobs while in the Navy reserve, but I never saw any ANG people in those roles.

Personally I would go guard if I had to do it all over but I hesitate to dictate to a young person who hasn't had all of the experiences I have. You need to make up your own mind.

If you just want to fly, ANG for sure.

Regrading sequestration...you'd need a crystal ball to know how that's going to play out. Will it even happen? Will AD, reserve, or guard bear a lopsided proportion of the pain? Who knows. The navy has pretty much already said that our reserves will not be cut, but will rather be used as a less-costly means to pick up the slack from the AD cuts.

Another advantage to ANG is you can pick a unit that's not going UAVs in the immediate future. I'm not sure if AD will guarantee you manned aircraft at this point (I think they are going to split the pipeline souring eventually).

Apply to everything, if you get two offers at once, then choose.