How does training differ between active duty, national guard, and reserves?
As for Boot Camp, the answer is not at all (well, technically it might influence how many stripes you can sew onto your sleeves in graduation week– see further below about stripes– and how much you’re paid during training, but neither of these make any difference in the training itself). Big differences will arise after BMT, when you proceed to tech school, where national guard and reserves are given many blatantly unfair advantages over active duty.
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