3800 Joining the Air Force
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imported_Ron Vogel
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Have you taken the test yet? Be careful...do as well as you can. I took it when I was younger and I was offered training for aviation hydralics in the Navy as an alternate...Well don't forget that the Marines is a division of the Navy! This is how my Dad got stuck in the Marines; there's nothing wrong with the Marines, but it's really difficult to get rank, and you get sent to the shit first.
I got a 98% on mine, and had a lot of choices. I ended up deciding against it, but they aggressively pursued me for almost 3 years. I was scared to pick-up the phone after awhile.
Good luck ,and the AF is the best choice if possible.
I got a 98% on mine, and had a lot of choices. I ended up deciding against it, but they aggressively pursued me for almost 3 years. I was scared to pick-up the phone after awhile.
Good luck ,and the AF is the best choice if possible.
You can always think about doing ROTC through a college program. That's what i'm doing and that way 3 years from now i'll be commissioned as an officer (2nd lieutenent) and you don't have to worry about enlisted ranks. Also starting with officers pay isnt' that bad, but you can't always count on the government picking up college these days. I was shot down on the AF scholarship so i'm still paying out of my pocket for college, but that's also not why i joined. Either way AF is a good route to go.
I was active duty air force for 6 years, and now I'm in the Air Guard at Scott. I absolutely loved my time in, and it really helped me grow as a person. I've learned so much. Plus, now that I'm out of active duty, I'm going to school full-time, while the goverment pays for the WHOLE THING!! Can't complain about that. If you need any advice about a job, or anything Air Force, hit me up anytime. Hope the medical part works out for ya.
Come one now, this is the Air Force we're talking about. LOL. I can make fun of the Air Force all I want since I'm currently in the AF reserves. I don't think I changed one bit, except I'm not nearly as shy as I used to be. I'm still shy, but I used to be really shy. My brother is in the Navy and I don't think he changed either. I used to work with a couple of guys in the Army reserves and they were cool, although I don't know what they were like before joining. The only branch I've heard that'll change people is the Marines. I would never consider joining the Marines. I respect them for what they go through. IMO, the only reason people join the Marines over different branches is because they want to prove to others that they can do something with their lives.
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Good Luck Miller, but do you really think joining a branch of the civil service is going to get you what you want? Also, don't forget about all the shit that's going on in the middle east....there's a good chance you could be sent there. If I can offer my .02 (which I will regardless) you just need a little direction. College isn't for everyone and to be honest I knew a lot more people that either failed out or quit college than graduated and well over 1/2 the peeps I knew who graduated ended up getting jobs they could have gotten w/out college. The most important thing you need to realize is that in this world we live in a person needs to have a skill that's in demand. It doesn't matter if that skill involves working in a silicon chip manufacturing clean room or sweating sewer pipe in someone's basement...both jobs pay good money and involve skills that are in demand. I know more guys that are skillled tradesmen making 80k/year than college educated guys working in an office. These same tradesmen also have access to more sidework then they can handle. My old neighbor was an auto tech for years and made tall cash just doing sidework. There's a lot of trade programs out there that pay you while you learn. Liscenced electricians in this area have their pick of the jobs they take and make a minumum of $30/hr. Hell, if I had to do it all over again I'd probably have went to ITT and learned to be a tech and work for a dealership and do sidework. Not that I regret the path I took but I would have saved the $40k I spent on college.
No matter what war is going on if the military is speninding money you will go somewhere.
There not going to have you do all that training and sit in the US....
Ill agree on the college thing. Lot of really dumb people graduating college these days with some BS degree in BS from a BS school only to find a job making under 30k a year........BS! :lolsign:
Honestly though, some of the majors these days you wonder who came up wiht them?????!!!!!! :lolsign:
There not going to have you do all that training and sit in the US....
Ill agree on the college thing. Lot of really dumb people graduating college these days with some BS degree in BS from a BS school only to find a job making under 30k a year........BS! :lolsign:
Honestly though, some of the majors these days you wonder who came up wiht them?????!!!!!! :lolsign:
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