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the air force right now is going to reduce its manpower and increase its responsabilities meaning less workers more work more deployments.
also the deployments are going to go from 4 months to 6 months.
if she dosent mind long distance relationships, long hours, alot and i mean a lot of rules, then i guess she is golden.
what kind of career is she looking to do in the future?
also the deployments are going to go from 4 months to 6 months.
if she dosent mind long distance relationships, long hours, alot and i mean a lot of rules, then i guess she is golden.
what kind of career is she looking to do in the future?
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i am considering the airforce or the navy right now. i just graduated and didnt find the right job or didnt like any job offers i had. my goal would be to go through officer candidate school but i have yet to talk to a recruiter in the air force. 4 yr min commitment then hopefully off to more education
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Originally Posted by got_torque?,May 23 2008, 04:15 AM
the air force right now is going to reduce its manpower and increase its responsabilities meaning less workers more work more deployments.
also the deployments are going to go from 4 months to 6 months.
if she dosent mind long distance relationships, long hours, alot and i mean a lot of rules, then i guess she is golden.
what kind of career is she looking to do in the future?
also the deployments are going to go from 4 months to 6 months.
if she dosent mind long distance relationships, long hours, alot and i mean a lot of rules, then i guess she is golden.
what kind of career is she looking to do in the future?
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I just got out of 4 years of Active Duty service in the AF. Ended in Feb.
We don't have MOS's, they are called AFSC's or air force specialty codes. Fancy word for "job" is all that is.
Reserve and Guard trained along side active duty in boot camp and tech school. HOWEVER, I've personally noticed that Guard and Reservists get deployed more often than Active.
True, if she got deployed she wouldn't be on the front lines or even outside in the sun most of the time unless she worked in an aircraft/vehicle maintenance field.
If she can land a sweet job, like in the medical field(I did that), photography, chaplain assistant, boom operator, she'll love life, and learn some good skills for the outside world.
In my opinion, if she has a bachelor's, she should try to become an officer. If she doesn't have a degree, hammer one out and then try to become an officer.
She'll learn all too well that officers get paid way more than enlisted and do way less work. I'd only go back if I had brass.
We don't have MOS's, they are called AFSC's or air force specialty codes. Fancy word for "job" is all that is.
Reserve and Guard trained along side active duty in boot camp and tech school. HOWEVER, I've personally noticed that Guard and Reservists get deployed more often than Active.
True, if she got deployed she wouldn't be on the front lines or even outside in the sun most of the time unless she worked in an aircraft/vehicle maintenance field.
If she can land a sweet job, like in the medical field(I did that), photography, chaplain assistant, boom operator, she'll love life, and learn some good skills for the outside world.
In my opinion, if she has a bachelor's, she should try to become an officer. If she doesn't have a degree, hammer one out and then try to become an officer.
She'll learn all too well that officers get paid way more than enlisted and do way less work. I'd only go back if I had brass.
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I'm currently an AF Reservist, was active for 4 years, and have spent the last year in the reserves. Like others have said it all really depends on her career field. In my career field, Aircraft Structural Maintenance (2a7x3) we take volunteers first to get deployed. In the time I've been in, I've been deployed twice, the UK and West Africa. They're generally gonna take volunteers first to get deployed, and theres always more people who need more money or are more gung-ho than you are.
The Reserves offers a pretty chill life in general. We show up one weekend a month to "train" and i say that lightly, with an additional 2 weeks a year. The educational benefits are pretty good with the gi bill and tuition assitance, and you can buy cheap tri-care also(medical care).If she does have her degree I say become an officer. When I first got off active duty I did ROTC also to become an officer, but decided I don't want the military life any more and am waiting for my contract to finish.
The military isn't for everyone, but if she was going to join I'd recommend the AF Reserves.
The Reserves offers a pretty chill life in general. We show up one weekend a month to "train" and i say that lightly, with an additional 2 weeks a year. The educational benefits are pretty good with the gi bill and tuition assitance, and you can buy cheap tri-care also(medical care).If she does have her degree I say become an officer. When I first got off active duty I did ROTC also to become an officer, but decided I don't want the military life any more and am waiting for my contract to finish.
The military isn't for everyone, but if she was going to join I'd recommend the AF Reserves.
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