Can you be discharged from the army national guard if your work schedule always conflicts with your drill date?

I have been in the Army National Guard for a few years now. I recently got a new job and im usually working during drill weekends. I cant just be requesting 2-3 days a months off if i really wanna get up in this job. It is my main source of income and without it i would be on the streets. The drill pay money per month is nothing but gas money. My civilian job is more important than NG Drill. What do you suppose that I can do?|||Bojangles and pro Rodeo answered your question very well so I won't add to it. However, you might want to consider whether being in the National Guard is the right thing for you to do if you just see it as an extra source of income and believe that "My civilian job is more important than NG Drill." National service is an important calling that not all are suited for.|||You can either make it to drill or be discharged for AWOL. Simple as that. You aren't the only one. And under USERRA an employer is required to give you time off for military training and is prohibited from using your service in the Guard as a reason to deny promotion or other adverse actions. You need to look at both your contract and USERRA.|||You signed a "Legal Binding Contract" to serve in the NG...


You must live up to that obligation...


There are Legal consequence's for not doing so...





This isn't a Game you are playing...|||Um... your boss can NOT fire you for going to drill. They are REQUIRED to give you your drill weekends off. I would suggest that you go to your drill weekends and not mess up any chance of further employment should this job not work out for whatever reason. A tarnish on your record such as getting discharged from the army will stick you at fast-food employment for the rest of your life. Even civilians take a discharge from the military seriously, because let's face it, if you can't show up for a one weekend per month job, they will not hire you because you are showing a certain lack for motivation and drive. It also goes to show that you are not willing to put forth the work to even show to the job. The military has set up protection of your job by not only making it mandatory for your job to work around your MILITARY schedule, but also making it to where they MUST hold your position AND current hours/pay you receive per week in the event of military training/deployment. If your job fails to meet these expectations, you can sue. That is all there is to it. Also, remember that knowledge is power. You can always look up the regulations and present it to your boss and/or chain of command. I'm sure your change of command would be happy to help you find what you are looking for as well.|||You will not be AWOL if you notify them you will not be there. You know that your civilian boss has to by federal law let you attend drill. It is against the law not to allow you to attend drill. If you miss drill and do not make them up you can be discharged for non-participation.