OK I have a question for those currently or formerly serving in the Military Reserves and/or National Guard members...
I am about to sign my papers to join the Army National Guard; I'll be attending basic/AIT and then I'll be going to OCS at some point after that. The problem is, I'm currently in a hiring process for a small town police department with a pretty decent chance of getting hired, I should find out within this next month hopefully (they are waiting on two guys to quit that were hired at other PDs).
If the PD does hire me, and I tell them that I will need to go to basic/ait training sometime within the next year, are they required to keep me on or can they let me go? The only thing that worries me is this is a small department and I know it's a burden on a small PD to be short handed...
I'm really worried I'm going to blow my chances at a police job when I tell them that I have joined the Military and will have to attending training as well as the academy in the next year.
Any insight would be great from you military guys, thanks a lot a happy Memorial Day!
I am about to sign my papers to join the Army National Guard; I'll be attending basic/AIT and then I'll be going to OCS at some point after that. The problem is, I'm currently in a hiring process for a small town police department with a pretty decent chance of getting hired, I should find out within this next month hopefully (they are waiting on two guys to quit that were hired at other PDs).
If the PD does hire me, and I tell them that I will need to go to basic/ait training sometime within the next year, are they required to keep me on or can they let me go? The only thing that worries me is this is a small department and I know it's a burden on a small PD to be short handed...
I'm really worried I'm going to blow my chances at a police job when I tell them that I have joined the Military and will have to attending training as well as the academy in the next year.
Any insight would be great from you military guys, thanks a lot a happy Memorial Day!