Active Duty for Training (ADT) is intended to enhance or refresh existing skills that support military operations or future mobilizations. ADT is authorized for IRR members to allow full-time attendance at organized and specialized skill, professional development, refresher, and proficiency training.

If you relocate, the Navy Reserve has flexibility that may allow for authorized absences of up to six (6) months while you reestablish yourself.

Navy Reserve service is generally associated with part-time service. What all Reservists have in common is a commitment to serving a minimum of one weekend a month plus two weeks a year.

Service members must perform a minimum of 12-14 days annual training (AT), equivalent active duty training (ADT), or active duty (AD) for operational support each fiscal year as stipulated by reference (b).

You get a second chance. After nine missed drills in a year, though, you might end up facing a captain's mast or another, more formal administrative punishment. Planning and communication can help you resolve the problem before it costs you money, a reduction in rank or removal from the Navy Reserve.

The rules for guard members missing drill and what can be done about it vary from state to state. In practice, punishments for missing a part or all of a weekend drill range from nothing, to not being paid, to having to make up the drill, and in some rare instances arrest and punishment.

To join the Navy Reserve, you must be between 18 and 35 years old (exceptions can be made for those with prior service). You must also pass a physical exam and have a high school diploma, although, in rare instances, GED certificates can be accepted.