Posted: 12/18/2007 5:40:35 PM EDT
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My newphew is 20 y.o and has no direction. We got him to join the ANG and things were great right after basic and during AIT. He came back home and fell into the same bullshit. He does not manage his finances. He does not have any plans for the future. He's immature. I want him to be succesful, but he has to want it. My brother did a shit job with him and now expects him to stand on his own. My nephew has no place to stay, and no one to fall back on at home. It breaks my mothers hear, I worry about her being taken advantage of. Me and my father want him to go full time army, he needs the structure and to be surrounded by independed folks his age. My mom doesn't want him to, she's afraid of him going to Iraq. Any suggestions? |
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1. That is often a problem with reserve components. While they require less commitment in time, they require greater discipline and maturity on the individual. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. 2. 20 years old. Who gives a shit what mommy is afraid of? Cut the fucking apron strings. 3. The National Guard probably won't release him. The only way to find out is for him to have a heart to heart with a RA recruiter. For someone just "trying out the military" a reserve component is usually a bad idea. I saw it all the time when I was a recruiter. 4. "I want him to be successful, but he has to want it." You said it right here. He has to want it. If he wants to stay in the military he needs to go active now. Probably the only way for him to do that is volunteer for an individual augmentation trip to Iraq or Afghanistan. If they are still available, one of the Guard guys here might have some info on it. I assume his father has approached him about this? I'd say if he doesn't commit to something in the next XXX months/weeks quit worrying about him. Good luck. 
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I will have to talk to him about the IA. I don't know what to say to him. I am 25 and worked hard to have the great life that I have. He is doing nothing. |
