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re: Thoughts about joining Air Force?
Posted on 11/5/14 at 2:04 pm to Deep Purple Haze
Posted on 11/5/14 at 2:04 pm to Deep Purple Haze
If you have a degree, you should talk to an OTS recruiter. If you go to a regular recruiter, they'll try to get you to come in enlisted. If you can come in as an officer, please do it, or at least try. The Air Force was great for me and my family. It was a regular job, minus the deployments and occasional 12 hour shifts due to deployment exercises.
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Posted on 11/5/14 at 2:06 pm to ZereauxSum
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the OP just sounds like he might be bored.
People ask me why I joined the Navy...I tell them honestly...College was not for me at the time, I was bored with where I was, and I wanted something extremely different...
Some of the best times and experiences I can imagine during my enlistment..
Posted on 11/5/14 at 2:24 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Yeah now that I'm thinking about it, boredom might not be the worst reason in the world, especially if you're unattached and young.
There's not a whole lot of downside (other than the danger inherent in some jobs). The only people Ive known who really regretted joining, for the most part, sucked at life and would have been miserable doing most things anyway.
But, I do wonder if the OP would be just as happy by just uprooting and moving to a different part of the country.
There's not a whole lot of downside (other than the danger inherent in some jobs). The only people Ive known who really regretted joining, for the most part, sucked at life and would have been miserable doing most things anyway.
But, I do wonder if the OP would be just as happy by just uprooting and moving to a different part of the country.
Posted on 11/5/14 at 4:48 pm to USAF Hart
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If you sign up for 4 years, once you complete tech school you will enter the Air Force as an E-2. If you sign up for 6 years, upon graduation of tech school you will be an E-3.
He has a degree
Hes E-3 regardless
Posted on 11/5/14 at 4:52 pm to Retrograde
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Special missions (AC130 gunner)
Two things the gunner career field is the flip of the coin. You are either a flight engineer/ gunner on a helo or you are on an AC-130 just reloading. You don't shoot shite while on the gun ship.
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Contracting
Make bank once you get out.
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Intelligence
They lack common sense
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EOD
Better start on the PT now.
Posted on 11/5/14 at 4:55 pm to sjmabry
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If you have a degree, you should talk to an OTS recruiter. If you go to a regular recruiter, they'll try to get you to come in enlisted. If you can come in as an officer, please do it, or at least try. The Air Force was great for me and my family. It was a regular job, minus the deployments and occasional 12 hour shifts due to deployment exercises.
You're right of course. I really don't get the enlisted talk. If someone has the opportunity to enter the military as a commissioned officer, they should do so IMO. It's a higher quality of life. I never met an officer that said "I wish I had come in enlisted."
I was enlisted when I was in the Army, BTW.
This post was edited on 11/5/14 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 11/5/14 at 4:59 pm to Goldrush25
I'm a retired AF E-8 so I would definitely advocate the AF over any other service. It was the best 20 years of my life.
And the skills I learned in the AF paid off with a nice job with a Government contractor after I retired.
And the skills I learned in the AF paid off with a nice job with a Government contractor after I retired.
Posted on 11/5/14 at 5:32 pm to COTiger
I looked at the latest rated board results and I was shocked.
76.57% selection rate (304 selected out of 397). What really shocked me was that only 25 of them were prior enlisted. The remaining 279 were fresh off the street. This was October 2014.
The last non-rated board had 93 out of 306 selected (30.39% selection rate) and 21 were prior enlisted. This was February 2014. I was definitely off on the less than 10% selection rate.
Bottom line here is the selection rates are great for rated and decent for non-rated. Sheer numbers show more civilians selected than enlisted guys/girls. No info on how many enlisted applied.
76.57% selection rate (304 selected out of 397). What really shocked me was that only 25 of them were prior enlisted. The remaining 279 were fresh off the street. This was October 2014.
The last non-rated board had 93 out of 306 selected (30.39% selection rate) and 21 were prior enlisted. This was February 2014. I was definitely off on the less than 10% selection rate.
Bottom line here is the selection rates are great for rated and decent for non-rated. Sheer numbers show more civilians selected than enlisted guys/girls. No info on how many enlisted applied.
Posted on 11/5/14 at 5:59 pm to AFtigerFan
Dont do it!
Posted on 11/5/14 at 7:58 pm to rn4j0r
Why?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:36 am to AFtigerFan
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The last non-rated board had 93 out of 306 selected (30.39% selection rate) and 21 were prior enlisted. This was February 2014. I was definitely off on the less than 10% selection rate.
So you are saying there is a chance??
Only thing is my grades in college sucked below a 3.0 but this was 6 years ago. I would have to get a grade waiver. But my enlisted career has been pretty good. BTZ, made staff in 4 years. Won some awards, got picked up to work at wing hq yada yada yada. I also wanted to go into a very undermanned career field in 13L.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 5:37 am to StraightCashHomey21
That's the key for those that cross over, get a career field that AF needs...
For initial entry folks, if they want to stay competitive, they can pick just about any of them...
Formerly, the easiest life path for an officer is probably ABM...it means you will live either Alaska, Okinawa, Belgium, Germany, but mostly Oklahoma City, Warner Robins GA, or Omaha. I think they are going to begin choking that career field out, though.
For initial entry folks, if they want to stay competitive, they can pick just about any of them...
Formerly, the easiest life path for an officer is probably ABM...it means you will live either Alaska, Okinawa, Belgium, Germany, but mostly Oklahoma City, Warner Robins GA, or Omaha. I think they are going to begin choking that career field out, though.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 6:51 am to COTiger
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E-8
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20 years
That should sum up the AF...
Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:16 am to GrammarKnotsi
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That should sum up the AF.
Yea making rank is hard as frick
Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:21 am to StraightCashHomey21
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StraightCashHomey21
You know any of the F-15 guys there..?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:33 am to GrammarKnotsi
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You know any of the F-15 guys there..?
Nah im about an hour from Lakenheath. I know a few 15 maintainers though.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 7:35 am to StraightCashHomey21
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Nah im about an hour from Lakenheath. I know a few 15 maintainers though.
Cool..Guy I grew up with flies there...
This post was edited on 11/6/14 at 7:36 am
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:18 am to GrammarKnotsi
I'm at a non flying base
It sucks 
It sucks
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:23 am to Retrograde
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I am constantly bored out of my mind.
No branch of service moves around like the world's finest navy and the strongest force on the planet!! U have a choice to change locations and specific job responsibilities every 2-5 years. ....around the world!!
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:32 am to StraightCashHomey21
You at Molsworth? Alconbury?
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