I have been thinking of a lot lately about the National Guard and was curious about other people's experiences with it. A little about myself first, I am prior service Navy, Master-at-arms 2nd class. I've been out the military since '08 and have kinda missed certain parts of it. The MOS that has caught my eye is 19D and I see the LA national guard has a cavalry squadron. Questions: I understand that 19D is OSUT so does that mean back to boot again? Is it still one weekend a month, 2 weeks a year? If so is the one weekend flexible throughout the month? (asking because I work shift work). How often are deployments? I wanted to test the waters before I take it to the next step and talk to a recruiter. Thanks for any info!