The Guard Support Center is a free national counseling service available to all Army National Guard soldiers
in all 54 states and territories. Here are some of the counseling services we can provide:
Education Counseling including FTA/GI Bill Counseling, Degree Planning,
Military Credit Assessment and Other Educational Benefits
Employment Counseling including Resume Writing Assistance, Interviewing
Skills, Counseling, Job Search Assistance and Career Coaching.
They are available Monday through Friday from 0600 to 1800. Contact them at
866-628-5999 or email us at gsc@ng.army.mil.
Newsletters
Spring 2011
About ESGR
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is a Department of Defense (DoD) organization. It is a staff group within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (OASD/RA), which is in itself a part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).
The nation's Reserve components (referring to the total of all National Guard members and Reserve forces from all branches of the military) comprise approximately 48 percent of our total available military manpower. The current National Defense Strategy indicates that the National Guard and Reserve will be full partners in the fully integrated Total Force. Our Reserve forces will spend more time away from the workplace defending the nation, supporting a demanding operations tempo and training to maintain their mission readiness.
In this environment, civilian employers play a critical role in the defense of the nation by complying with existing employment laws protecting the rights of workers who serve in the Reserve component.
ESGR was established in 1972 to promote cooperation and understanding between Reserve component members and their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee's military commitment. It is the lead DoD organization for this mission under DoD Directive 1250.1.
Today, ESGR operates through a network of thousands of volunteers throughout the nation and Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The Employer Partnership (EP) was created as a way to provide America's
employers with a direct link to some of America's finest employees - Service
members and their families. Through the partnership, Service members can
leverage their military training and experience for career opportunities in
today's civilian job market with national, regional and local Employer
Partners. http://www.employerpartnership.org/
