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Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:09 pm to themasterpater
If you've got a bachelors, I would go in as an O1 (2nd LT) or try to get in as a Warrant Officer.
The pay is considerably better and you won't go through half of the bull shite enlisted guys have to deal with.
The pay is considerably better and you won't go through half of the bull shite enlisted guys have to deal with.
This post was edited on 7/28/17 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:10 pm to 44Bogger
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Or if you have a higher learning such as lawyer, RN or MD.
how would this work for lawyers?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:12 pm to themasterpater
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Wtf? Lol
Yeah, like if you want to be a 13B, air battle manager, they send you to the aviation school at lackland, then to your base for initial quality trng, then to mission quality training...
That's about 1.5 years of stuff...
Then you fly around the flagpole 2 times a month to check off training wickets for the next 4 years when you start upgrade to Senior Director...
Then after months of hellish upgrade, they may consider you for weapons school...
And if you get tired of flying, you can go work in a ground radar unit, and be the boss...
It's an easy career path, the best TDYs, the best foreign locations...Okinawa, Anchorage and GK, in Belgium...
And the deployments are cherry...
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:21 pm to IceTiger
Sounds like your AF. Why is it universally stated amongst the active duty that serving in the AF is better?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:28 pm to themasterpater
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Sounds like your AF. Why is it universally stated amongst the active duty that serving in the AF is better?
This post was edited on 7/28/17 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:28 pm to 44Bogger
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unless you are lucky enough to go street to seat and that's pilots only.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:30 pm to themasterpater
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Sounds like your AF. Why is it universally stated amongst the active duty that serving in the AF is better?
The real reason is actually classified, but for the most part, we get money for cushy stuff
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:33 pm to IceTiger
Seems to me, we've read this before.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:34 pm to bigwheel
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Seems to me, we've read this before
In a miscap, maybe...lol
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:43 pm to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:45 pm to northshorebamaman
Accurate
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:46 pm to themasterpater
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And I pretty much sit at a desk.
As a young Infantry officer in the US Army, this is mostly what I do.
That being said, I have also done some awesome things. Leading young motivated Soldiers is the best job in the world.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 2:55 pm to themasterpater
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I mean maybe. I'm at what most ppl would call a great job, I'm doing well, but feel zero pride in it.
It's less like I'm missing something, and more like I'd at least be allowed to be an active man doing dangerous things, as opposed to sit in this chair and be a desk jockey.
Why don't you learn a trade instead? Can still be prideful as a sous chef, electrician, welder, lineman, etc. With a degree, you might actually move up into management pretty soon with some experience.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 3:01 pm to Tigersu
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Honestly it really isn't all its cracked up to be. Coming out of basic as E-1 to E-4 get ready to be put on shite details for a while and pretty much hate life everyday until you rank up. Then once you rank up you'll still hate life but be able to let your anger out on privates so its a little better.
This^^
Go OCS right off the start. LANG OCS aint bad either. You still live at your home, work your shitty job, but can volunteer on deployments to Guatamala, Belize, etc. wherever there was a natural disaster of some sort. If you have the degree, go OCS, less bullshite, better pay, more peers your age.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 3:03 pm to lowhound
I've thought about that. Degree is in CM from LSU. I'm a project "engineer" for a construction company. Really an Assistant Project Manager is probably more appropriate. If anything I'd be a plumber and run my own business, if I'm gna be a tradesman I'm going to own my business rather than work for someone else.
But that still doesn't quite seem to measure up to serving your country. I don't really see how serving could be a negative life decision.
But that still doesn't quite seem to measure up to serving your country. I don't really see how serving could be a negative life decision.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 3:03 pm to theOG
quote:You can direct commission as an O-2 as a lawyer. It's extremely competitive if you're trying to get on AD, not so much for Guard or Reserves.
how would this work for lawyers?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 3:04 pm to lowhound
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LANG OCS aint bad either
I'm sure a quick trip down google lane could answer this - but does going to NG OCS fall under the same protection as deployments job wise? As in do they have to hold your job for you if you go to OCS?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 3:04 pm to TRUERockyTop
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If you've got a bachelors, I would go in as an O1 (2nd LT) or try to get in as a Warrant Officer.
The pay is considerably better and you won't go through half of the bull shite enlisted guys have to deal with.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 3:04 pm to theOG
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how would this work for lawyers?
JAG
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