Anyone in the Air Force?

Lug · 07-08-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianUSMC

ha... Almost home!

nogoodname · 07-07-2009, 03:37 PM

My bad my bad...........

phunistle · 07-07-2009, 04:52 PM

I did 4 years 9 months Active Duty and now I'm a GS-12 DoD Civilian for the Air Force. I loved being in and love continuing to serve our Air Force. Go for it! I've never had one regret.

KidD · 07-07-2009, 05:39 PM

I should have joined the Air Force...

Jordan777er · 07-07-2009, 05:49 PM

u155282 said exactly what I was going to say. I was supposed to graduate in May 2010 also, but I had to push it back a year to make time for Field Training. OTS sounds like the best option for you right now. Even if your school does offer the accelerated program, I don't think you qualify since you need to be POC for 18 months in order to commission. You should go talk to the Admissions Officer at the nearest Detachment and I'm sure they can fill you in on anything you would need to know about OTS.

StLRedrider · 07-07-2009, 06:14 PM

Brian is a pilot, F18 i think

nogoodname · 07-07-2009, 06:32 PM

^^ that's why i blurred out his name here...then realized wrong division...lol

molamann · 07-07-2009, 10:54 PM

Most simply put, officer = higher pay, more responsibility.

MightyBobo · 07-08-2009, 04:58 PM

Im enlisted in the AF at the moment. My only regret is not signing up for ROTC. I was one of those kids who was lost heading into college - I didn't know what I was getting in to, had no direction, and I didn't buckle myself down. I'd much prefer to be an officer right now, but such is life, I suppose. The life is cake for officers, btw - you get fresh new scenery on a regular basis (as long as you don't mind changing bases...), something that enlisted could only dream for sometimes. It took me 5+ years to get away from my first base, and then I got sent to an Army base in MD lol.

Oh, I respect you Army guys, btw - but your f-ing bases blow and your customer service is even worse.

Pushing_Tin · 07-08-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

Im enlisted in the AF at the moment. My only regret is not signing up for ROTC. I was one of those kids who was lost heading into college - I didn't know what I was getting in to, had no direction, and I didn't buckle myself down. I'd much prefer to be an officer right now, but such is life, I suppose. The life is cake for officers, btw - you get fresh new scenery on a regular basis (as long as you don't mind changing bases...), something that enlisted could only dream for sometimes. It took me 5+ years to get away from my first base, and then I got sent to an Army base in MD lol.

Oh, I respect you Army guys, btw - but your f-ing bases blow and your customer service is even worse.

What is your AFSC?

MightyBobo · 07-08-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin

What is your AFSC?

3C0X2 - Computer Programmer

The SMART 3C

ct63084 · 07-09-2009, 11:39 AM

I'm in the Airforce also enlisted E-5 been in for 6 years, I don't make us much money but i like going home and not think about other stuff. Here's the deal about the Military anyone can be an officer if you dedicate yourself into it, most people think being an officer is easy and you make money. But i say this to all of my troops that comes in enlisted and wants to be an officer "Being an officer is not about how you get there cause that's easy, the question you gotta ask yourself is can you handle the responsiblity" Also depends on your AFSC but being a Supply troop i had a chance to be in Maintenance for 2 years, Civil Engineering for a year and Logistic Squadrons 3 years.

The amount of BS officers go through is incredible you gotta babysit at least 100-300 people, if someone gets in trouble you gotta be there with your troop in front of the wing commander in full service dress and trust me this happens almost every week then combine that with your daily task to accomplish the Mission, if someone fails a PT test then you will get an earful and the list goes on. This is not counting your actual daily task to make sure mission operation goes smoothly. Most enlisted people don't see this espcially airmans and bec this usually happens in closed doors, but i've been in enough staff meetings, maintenance meetings and occasional run ins with my troops getting in trouble. You are their leader and what ever happens to them your responsible, i've seen so many officers get out because of this reasons. But if your the leader kind of guy and your dedicated to take care of your people and sacrificing some on and off duty time then i say go for it, because being in the military is the best thing that ever happened to me.

This is coming from my experience with working with diff officers in diff squadrons I can't vouch for other squadrons i didn't mention above.

drdre8424 · 07-10-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ct63084

I'm in the Airforce also enlisted E-5 been in for 6 years, I don't make us much money but i like going home and not think about other stuff. Here's the deal about the Military anyone can be an officer if you dedicate yourself into it, most people think being an officer is easy and you make money. But i say this to all of my troops that comes in enlisted and wants to be an officer "Being an officer is not about how you get there cause that's easy, the question you gotta ask yourself is can you handle the responsiblity" Also depends on your AFSC but being a Supply troop i had a chance to be in Maintenance for 2 years, Civil Engineering for a year and Logistic Squadrons 3 years.

The amount of BS officers go through is incredible you gotta babysit at least 100-300 people, if someone gets in trouble you gotta be there with your troop in front of the wing commander in full service dress and trust me this happens almost every week then combine that with your daily task to accomplish the Mission, if someone fails a PT test then you will get an earful and the list goes on. This is not counting your actual daily task to make sure mission operation goes smoothly. Most enlisted people don't see this espcially airmans and bec this usually happens in closed doors, but i've been in enough staff meetings, maintenance meetings and occasional run ins with my troops getting in trouble. You are their leader and what ever happens to them your responsible, i've seen so many officers get out because of this reasons. But if your the leader kind of guy and your dedicated to take care of your people and sacrificing some on and off duty time then i say go for it, because being in the military is the best thing that ever happened to me.

This is coming from my experience with working with diff officers in diff squadrons I can't vouch for other squadrons i didn't mention above.

Well its a whole lot different in the Marines...Everything you mentioned above as Officer duties are taken care of by Marine NCO's and SNCO's...Our officers at least in the Airwing are mostly piolts, and there main objective is to fly to get quals, train and/or complete the mission.

u155282 · 07-08-2009, 06:41 PM

chrisray21,

As for you officer/enlisted question, molamann is correct, but there are other crucial differences too - namely the fact that you need a college degree to be an officer, whereas you don't to enlist.

About the whole Iraq thing, you have to realize that being in the military requires you to be deployable (worldwide). They don't want you if you can't or aren't willing to be that. Your family needs to be aware of that too. You might think that the Air Force is less likely to be involved in hot zone operations, but that simply isn't true. Every Air Force career field is susceptible to deployments (some more than others however). The good news is that typically Air Force members deploy for shorter amounts of time than other service members do.

You could check out Air National Guard or Army National Guard, too. I'm pretty sure they don't have to worry about the sandbox. But I can't really speak on that, as far as benefits or anything else really.

RCGsupra · 07-09-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by u155282

chrisray21,

You could check out Air National Guard or Army National Guard, too. I'm pretty sure they don't have to worry about the sandbox. But I can't really speak on that, as far as benefits or anything else really.

Air Guard dude here and that is entirely not true. We deploy as much as AD units, the lifestyle is just much better

.

07-07-2009, 06:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
StLRedrider A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St.louis,Mo Posts: 17,755 Drives: O9Sprt/Touring,p-51 Rep Power: 61	Brian is a pilot, F18 i think __________________ Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today J.Dean

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MightyBobo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 8,465 Drives: No cars; only bikes Rep Power: 53	Im enlisted in the AF at the moment. My only regret is not signing up for ROTC. I was one of those kids who was lost heading into college - I didn't know what I was getting in to, had no direction, and I didn't buckle myself down. I'd much prefer to be an officer right now, but such is life, I suppose. The life is cake for officers, btw - you get fresh new scenery on a regular basis (as long as you don't mind changing bases...), something that enlisted could only dream for sometimes. It took me 5+ years to get away from my first base, and then I got sent to an Army base in MD lol. Oh, I respect you Army guys, btw - but your f-ing bases blow and your customer service is even worse. __________________ I don't own a car anymore.

07-08-2009, 06:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
u155282 Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Enid, OK Posts: 136 Drives: stanglangling Rep Power: 0	chrisray21, As for you officer/enlisted question, molamann is correct, but there are other crucial differences too - namely the fact that you need a college degree to be an officer, whereas you don't to enlist. About the whole Iraq thing, you have to realize that being in the military requires you to be deployable (worldwide). They don't want you if you can't or aren't willing to be that. Your family needs to be aware of that too. You might think that the Air Force is less likely to be involved in hot zone operations, but that simply isn't true. Every Air Force career field is susceptible to deployments (some more than others however). The good news is that typically Air Force members deploy for shorter amounts of time than other service members do. You could check out Air National Guard or Army National Guard, too. I'm pretty sure they don't have to worry about the sandbox. But I can't really speak on that, as far as benefits or anything else really. Last edited by u155282; 07-08-2009 at 06:50 PM.

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phunistle Base Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Antonio Texas Posts: 8 Drives: 2012 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 17	I did 4 years 9 months Active Duty and now I'm a GS-12 DoD Civilian for the Air Force. I loved being in and love continuing to serve our Air Force. Go for it! I've never had one regret.

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KidD Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Iraq via Texas Posts: 10 Drives: M88A2 Hercules Rep Power: 17	I should have joined the Air Force...

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Jordan777er Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Goldsboro, NC Age: 36 Posts: 212 Drives: 2005 ZX-6R Rep Power: 17	u155282 said exactly what I was going to say. I was supposed to graduate in May 2010 also, but I had to push it back a year to make time for Field Training. OTS sounds like the best option for you right now. Even if your school does offer the accelerated program, I don't think you qualify since you need to be POC for 18 months in order to commission. You should go talk to the Admissions Officer at the nearest Detachment and I'm sure they can fill you in on anything you would need to know about OTS.

07-07-2009, 06:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
nogoodname Lifetime Premium Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Montreal Posts: 22,357 Drives: E46 M3 Rep Power: 1765	^^ that's why i blurred out his name here...then realized wrong division...lol

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molamann A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,666 Drives: 370Z with NAVVVVV Rep Power: 285	Most simply put, officer = higher pay, more responsibility.

07-09-2009, 11:39 AM	#12 (permalink)
ct63084 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: FAIRFIELD CA Posts: 219 Drives: 2004 MAZDA3 Rep Power: 17	I'm in the Airforce also enlisted E-5 been in for 6 years, I don't make us much money but i like going home and not think about other stuff. Here's the deal about the Military anyone can be an officer if you dedicate yourself into it, most people think being an officer is easy and you make money. But i say this to all of my troops that comes in enlisted and wants to be an officer "Being an officer is not about how you get there cause that's easy, the question you gotta ask yourself is can you handle the responsiblity" Also depends on your AFSC but being a Supply troop i had a chance to be in Maintenance for 2 years, Civil Engineering for a year and Logistic Squadrons 3 years. The amount of BS officers go through is incredible you gotta babysit at least 100-300 people, if someone gets in trouble you gotta be there with your troop in front of the wing commander in full service dress and trust me this happens almost every week then combine that with your daily task to accomplish the Mission, if someone fails a PT test then you will get an earful and the list goes on. This is not counting your actual daily task to make sure mission operation goes smoothly. Most enlisted people don't see this espcially airmans and bec this usually happens in closed doors, but i've been in enough staff meetings, maintenance meetings and occasional run ins with my troops getting in trouble. You are their leader and what ever happens to them your responsible, i've seen so many officers get out because of this reasons. But if your the leader kind of guy and your dedicated to take care of your people and sacrificing some on and off duty time then i say go for it, because being in the military is the best thing that ever happened to me. This is coming from my experience with working with diff officers in diff squadrons I can't vouch for other squadrons i didn't mention above.