THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD IS THE ONLY BRANCH THAT OFFERS RSP! RSP IS PRE-BOOTCAMP TRAINING THAT PREPARES YOU, THE NEW WARRIOR, ON BASIC TRAINING TASKS AND MILITARY CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS. AT RSP, YOU ARE DOING YOUR WEEKEND DRILL TRAINING WITH OTHER NEW WARRIORS ...AND YOUR RECRUITER IS NOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR. WE DO THESE DRILL WEEKENDS ONCE PER MONTH UNTIL YOU COMPLETE BOOTCAMP AND YOUR MOS JOB TRAINING. THEN YOU START DRILLING WITH YOUR HOME UNIT YOU PICKED.
A TYPICAL RSP DRILL WEEKEND TRAINING SCHEDULE
| TIME | ACTIVITY | UNIFORM | LOCATION |
(SAT) 0800 (SUN) 0800 | 1ST FORMATION | **PT ***UNIFORM | RSP
ARMORY |
(SAT) 0800-1000 (SUN) 0800-1000 | PT TEST RSP CLASSES | PT ACU UNIFORM | TBD
CLASSROOM |
| 1000-1130 | RSP CLASSES | ACU UNIFORM | CLASSROOM |
| 1130-1200 | CHOW | ACU UNIFORM | DRILL HALL |
(SAT) 1200-200 (SUN) 1200-200 | RSP CLASSES PT TRAINING | ACU UNIFORM PT | CLASSROOM
TBD |
| 200-300 | CLEANUP | ACU UNIFORM | RSP
ARMORY |
| 300-400 | CEREMONIES & FINAL FORMATION | ACU UNIFORM | DRILL HALL |
| 400 | DEPART | ACU UNIFORM | TO HOME |
SEE YOUR RSP FOR EXACT TIMES AND UNIFORMS!
*NOTE: ACU CAMMO UNIFORM OR PT UNIFORM... WHICHEVER YOU WEAR...PACK THE OTHER!
**NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE PT UNIFORM... WEAR PT TYPE CLOTHING APPROPRIATE FOR WEATHER.
***NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ISSUED ACU CAMMO UNIFORM...WEAR JEANS AND T SHIRT THAT IS TASTEFULL.
TIPS FOR RSP DRILL
• BE ON TIME! IF YOU CAN'T BE ON TIME...BE EARLY!
• PACK YOUR BAG THE NIGHT BEFORE. SEE UNIFORM SCHEDULE ABOVE.
• DRESS ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER.
• MALES...SHAVE! EAR TO EAR AND UPPER LIP TO COLLAR LINE.
MALES... GET A HAIR CUT! OFF COLLAR, TRIM AROUND EARS, SHORT ON TOP.
• FEMALES..HAIR UP! PONYTAIL OFF COLLAR. HAIR BAND CLEAR OR HAIR COLOR.
• UNIFORM CLEAN AND NEAT! PREPARE THE NIGHT BEFORE!
• WORK ON YOUR PT THROUGHOUT THE MONTH! (PUSHUPS-SITUPS-RUN)
• BRING BATTLE BOOK, NOTEBOOK AND A PEN.
• MAKE SURE YOUR EMPLOYER KNOWS YOUR DRILL SCHEDULE!
YOU WILL BE QUESTIONED AND DRILLED TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THESE 5 ITEMS!
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