Regular army vs Reserve?

Keep in mind, no matter what branch you enlist in the initial contract is for eight years. You can do three years active with five in the IRR or six years in the Guard/Reserves with two years of IRR. If you did a six year contract in the Guard/Reserves you could expect to spend a your first year getting oriented and knocking out Basic and AIT and then in the last five years, plan on being deployed one year and spending the other four getting your bachelor's degree. Not bad for one enlistment. With the active Army, you'll do three or four years active with pretty much no bills, but you won't be able to start your education for three or four years... meaning it would take 7-8 years depending on your enlistment choice to get your bachelor's degree. How long do you want to wait? What are your main priorities? If you are considering the Guard/Reserves, make sure you talk to a Guard recruiter separate from an active or Reserve recruiter. The Guard has more MOS options than the Reserves (Reserves have no combat arms units) and some states provide better tuition assistance for their Guardsmen than the Reserves do. Good luck.

pros-more collage money, more pay, basically a full time job with room and board paid for.living the army life full time. cons-living the army life full time, a lot less personal time it's basically a 24 hour a day commitment.pays not that good,waking up at ungodly hours 5 or 6 days a week.

Just do both, twice the benefits and half the effort.