Job Description

It takes highly organized individuals to ensure day-to-day operations run smoothly in any environment. As an Internment / Resettlement Specialist for the Army National Guard, you will utilize your organizational skills to make this happen in military confinement, correctional, detention, or internment facilities.

Job Duties

• Supervision of confinement and detention operations
• External security of facilities
• Providing counseling / guidance to individual prisoners within a rehabilitative program
• Maintaining records of prisoners / internees and their programs

Some of the Skills You’ll Learn

• Military laws and jurisdictions
• Self-defense and use of firearms
• Interpersonal communications skills
• Search / restraint and custody / control procedures

Helpful Skills

• Interest in law enforcement
• Physically and mentally fit
• Ability to remain calm under heavy duress

Through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career with federal, state, and local law enforcement.

Earn While You Learn

Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.

Job training for an Internment / Resettlement Specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and seven weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction.

Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part of the time in the field.

Benefits / Requirements

Benefits

• Paid training
• A monthly paycheck
• Montgomery GI Bill
• Federal and State tuition assistance
• Retirement benefits for part-time service
• Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage)
• 401(k)-type savings plan
• Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans)
• Health care benefits available
• VA home loans
• Bonuses, if applicable
• Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change

Requirements

• Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
• Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
• Must be between the ages of 17 and 35
• Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
• Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details)

Requires military enlistment. Programs and benefits are subject to change. Ask your Army National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information.

Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability.

Last updated : 2024-08-23