Originally Posted by
gringo
Actually, you specifically mentioned pilot slots when you said there were
One doesn't join the guard for a "mechanic slot" or "supply clerk" slot. Those are called jobs.
As for your idea to join a guard unit to fly a desk just so you can hope to rub elbows with someone who can write you a letter sometime later down the road, well... That's a terrible idea and and poor use of ones time or energies. Attending a job fair would be far more beneficial networking event.
JFC. Let me guess: you have zero Guard/Reserve time, nor have ever applied for a job there and now you are telling me, someone who spent a decade in the Guard/Reserve, what 'slot' means.
'Slot' is a slang term for a position.
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i...et-in-the-army (First one I found; there were a metric gringoton of google hits for guard/reserve slot that had zero to do with being a pilot)
But thanks for letting me know that 'slot' only refers to pilot jobs; I'll have to tell the Army 92Y that he can't use the term 'slot' to refer to anything other than pilot positions. Those damned unit supply specialists.