What is summer drill like for the Army Reserve?

My National Guard yearly training for two weeks was in Gulfport, Mississippi. it was daily pt and schooling, but the nights were free and we could take our wife or s/o and stay in a motel nearby. it was not mandatory to stay on the base. i cannot promise this will be the setup for you as the Army Reserve is a totally different branch of the military. good luck.

It depends on your MOS and it’s not always in the summer. It just depends on what your unit needs. Generally it is two weeks long, but I have heard storied of it being longer or shorter to fit your unit’s need. Best way to find out would be to talk to the unit you are in (or considering joining) to see what they do, when they do it, and how they do it.

I just looked back at some of your other questions and saw that your BF is the one in the reserves, he can ask them what their schedule will be for the two week drill. As far as if they will have a curfew (somehow I misssed that when I answered a few minutes ago), it just depends on his command. Sometimes they stay nearby and sometimes they’ll go somewhere else for training.

I understand that things have changed a lot in the last dozen years, but I spent most of my Reserve drill time in school, cross-qualifying into Chemical Corps, my Regular Army MOS being Engineers (12A). Weekend drills were spent mostly on inspections and trying to get organized from last-minute changes.

It also depends on the behavior of the soldier. They can get restrictions of various sorts for the slightest infraction.

For me it it didn’t really matter where it was. I still did the same things I did on regularly scheduled drills, except for longer. And that was when we would run and stuff to make sure we were still in shape. Same desk different building. lol

That is largely dependent upon your unit’s primary mission. An atrillery unit’s members would spend a great deal of time on setting up, firing, and moving. An infantry unit, on the other hand, would have lots of physical training, range firing of personal weapons, practice with squad weapons, and practicing field tactics.

For combat units, and for many combat support units, time in the field is emphasized more. The two weeks is usually not spent in garrison as it was with AIT.

It’s highly unlikely you’ll be leaving your unit, unless you have a family emergency of some sort.

Your two weeks will likely be during the Summer, although that’s dependent upon training site availability. Sometimes units must drill during the Spring or Fall, and if you’re in a mountain unit, such as the 10th Mountain Division, you will most likely drill in the dead of Winter at someplace very, very cold… and high! : )