2nd LT in Army Guard with no work Help please?

-My husband is in the National Guard. He hasn't worked since 2009, (after is Afganistan deployment) and I cannot keep supporting him. He went to OCS in hope of transfering to active duty as a LT, this is not working. His unit isnt helping, and he has spoken with a General who said he can go active, but when talking to his Major, he says he has to wait untill he is a captain. We can't wait the 3+ years for that. He has no luck on the civilian side, nor has he had a job in years(unless you count pizza delivery) And because of chain of command, he cannot contact the general anymore. We are honestly about to be homeless, and we have a little boy. I am working as much as I can to make money but it is not possible to make enough, due to my husbands loans to get through college. PLEASE someone help that knows what he can do.Try to find a Guard AGR (active guard reserve) position for him. In my opinion, its an even better job than active duty. He can talk to his chain of command to try to find a position in his unit.

If there isn't then talk to the retention officer or contact other units and other posts around the state looking for an AGR position. Depending on his MOS, he might be able to find a position easily.

If that doesn't work. I might actually look to transfer to another state or possibly to the reserves, where it'll probably be easier to find an AGR position.

And if you can't find any full time position I would try to get him to get sent to some sort of school. There are a lot of different schools that he can get sent to. And he'll get active duty pay along with BAH, etc. while he's there. But that's only a temporary fix.

You could also talk to the LTC (assuming that he is his commander, not his major) if his MAJ isn't doing anything to help.

But I don't know what you could really do in terms of the civilian side. Try to find something that goes along with his degree I guess.

And make sure he's studying for the promotion board or he's got another problem.

Hope this helps. Good luckHe is an officer, so he has a college degree



So why can he not find a job, like everyone else ?



Heck, McDonalds, Toca Bell are always hiring manager trainees



So are most rental car agencies
Mail the majors boss, if you really want write a letter to the secretary of the army. Might help.
Unfortunately it's called the service for a reason. His unit might not want to let him got for a variety of reasons. It's up to his current chain of command as to weather he's released to go active duty regardless of what any General says.



You're really in the same boat as a lot of Americans, which is a sad state. Has your husband gone to any temp agencies? Union halls? has he contacted any hiring agencies or recruiters? Did he not receive any sort of federal student loan repayment when he was commissioned?