| There are two separate service options to choose | | | | federal agencies. It maintains and supervises |
| from in the US army, full time active duty or a part | | | | equipment for chemical, biological and nuclear detection |
| time commitment through the army reserves. While, | | | | and decontamination, takes care of and operates the |
| during a war, Active Duty Soldiers are deployed | | | | transportation and supply systems, trains and deploys |
| overseas, Army Reserve Soldiers take care of the | | | | cultural experts to establish or restore governmental |
| situation at home, by serving as instructors, security | | | | functions, and staffs most of the army's hospitals, |
| personnel etc. In the event of natural disasters like | | | | clinics, and field units. They also serve in peacekeeping |
| floods or earthquakes, Army Reserve Soldiers support | | | | and humanitarian missions. Psychological Operations |
| the relief and rescue operations. | | | | (PSYOP) Soldiers develop, analyze, and distribute |
| Active Duty and Reserve Jobs: | | | | information to influence the behavior of foreign |
| Some of the army jobs are in fields like administrative | | | | populations, to help friendly forces. |
| support, which includes religious services, finance and | | | | Training: |
| administration. Arts & media jobs include graphic | | | | You can become a soldier, either on active duty or in |
| designers, journalists, musicians, broadcast technicians, | | | | the reserves, after you have attended Basic Combat |
| and translators. Combat jobs include artillery, infantry, | | | | Training (BCT) and completed your Advanced |
| tank crew, etc. (combat MOS are closed to women). | | | | Individual Training (AIT), to learn specific job skills. BCT |
| Some of the other fields include computers & | | | | is a nine-week program that focuses on physical |
| technology, construction & engineering, intelligence & | | | | strength and combat skills. AIT is what equips the |
| combat support, legal & law enforcement MOS | | | | soldier with the required skills to perform his/her job, |
| including firefighters, military police, criminal investigators, | | | | through training and field instruction. Both BCT and AIT |
| etc. Mechanics, medical & emergency jobs within the | | | | are full-time, after which active duty soldiers leave for |
| military health care field, and transportation & aviation | | | | their post, while reserve soldiers return to civilian life. |
| related jobs are also included. There are also | | | | Both, however, undergo a variety of ongoing training |
| specialized categories like army bands, chaplain corps, | | | | like leadership training, unit training etc. In addition, |
| army law (Judge Advocate General), training corps, | | | | reserve soldiers spend one weekend a month in |
| and Special Forces which are now open to civilians. | | | | training at an army reserve unit, and are tested once a |
| Army Reserves: | | | | year in a two-week, intensive field training exercise. |
| Apart from relief and rescue operations, the Army | | | | Army Reserve soldiers can be called to active duty |
| Reserve develops new and secure communications | | | | service for limited periods if necessary. If they are |
| technologies, maintains and troubleshoots various | | | | called to active duty, their jobs are protected until their |
| military information systems, responds to chemical and | | | | return, under the Federal law. |
| biological threats, and provides biohazard training to | | | | |