Both active and reserve sailors receive the same basic training in Great Lakes, IL. The process is normally 9 weeks long, but can be extended due to admin or heath issues of the recruit.
When you enlist, into any of the military services, you are signing a contract for the next SIX years. Most Marines spend four years on active duty and two years on inactive duty. Reserve Marines spend two years on active duty and four years on active reserve. This consists of monthy meeting for one weekend and two weeks of training each year. But with Bush's war now going on you can pretty much figure all six years active whichever way you go.
Usually about two weeks after their monthly training (UTA) occurs. If they are on active duty they'll be paid on the 1st and 15th of the month.
I'd be prone to disagree. The Reserve components (including the National Guard) have been suffering substantially higher attrition rates than their regular counterparts, because the Reserve training schedule (one weekend a month, two weeks a year) does not allow them to be trained to the level of proficiency which a regular would be trained to. It's one of the reasons the National Guard now has their 'Active First' option, so that members of the National Guard can spend some time in the active Army, and receive substantial training of the sort they would not receive by spending their entire career in the National Guard.
Yes, I've recently seen the 101st airborne division at a small National Guard reverse armory in Orlando. So far they've been there for about 2 1/2 weeks. I have a feeling they're training for martial law.
Yes and no- MOST members of the Reserve Forces have civilian jobs. You will need to take a leave of absence from your civilian job while you undergo your initial training, and you will need to spend time with your Reserve unit during the year- typically one weekend per month, and 2 weeks per year for active duty. IF your unit is called up for active service, again, you would need a leave of absence. Federal law permits you take a leave of absence, and to return to your civilian job when you return.
Basic training for the Army takes 9 weeks. Advanced individual training can last an additional 6 weeks to 1 year! The Army have 5 different locations for basic training.
The Southwest Airlines flight attendant training used to 5 weeks when I went through, but now I believe the training is 3 weeks.
SEAL training lasts about 55 weeks
It usually takes beyween to or three weeks of regular sprint training
8 weeks of basic training (BCT), and 3 weeks to 2 years of advanced individual training (AIT, depending on the jod being trained for.
No.