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There are two types of Air Guardsmen. The first type is what we call the weekend warrior, who do one weekend a month and two weeks a year. The second type is called AGR (active guard/reserve). The AGR are actually just like active duty Air Force. They work every day and can retire with a monthly check at twenty years. The real difference between the AGR and active duty is that the AGR airman does their entire career at one location, unless they can find a suitable AGR job at another site.

The real difference between the AGR and active duty is that the AGR airman does their entire career at one location, unless they can find a suitable AGR job at another site.

Thanks, this was never explained to me by my wife's sister, Super Senior Master Sgt. Estie (she had a fit when ever I called her that) or her husband Col. Bob. But I now understand how they were able to stay in the same places for so long while their kids were growing up.

After their oldest daughter got back from serving in the Middle East, she took a similar type of reserve position and she and her new husband bought a house near by.