Big culture shock.
The lying dog recruiter said I’d go to some kinds of actual training schools.
All I got was a half Saturday driving lesson and a license.
They were glad to have me but didn’t want to train me for much of anything. Part of the problem was me joining my hometown unit. Since I didn’t have to do Army basic and kept my piddly navy rank, that rubbed some of them the wrong way.
I despise rat bastard military recruiters.
Some buddies I was in tech school {civilian} were in the unit and talked me into it. Being prior service I was allowed to enlist for a 1/1 contract. One year drills one year inactive. I needed the income so I enlisted. First drill day they trained me on 5 ton, Duce and half, and Gamma Goat, and gave me military license. By second drill weekend I was learning the nuke part of the job as we were fixing to head down to Stewart. Then when we got back they found out I could read grid maps and asked me if I wanted Forward Observer. My Buddy looked and shook his head no at me I declined. LOL
I did go to a commercial driving school 2 weeks on my money and got my CDL though. Like you being prior service I got to keep my rank from the Navy. In the Navy I was a junior NCO as are all E-4 and above. In the NG I was Spec 4 and even some E-5's are not NCO in the Army.