16 year military career...is this possible?
Possible maybe. It is idiotic. I spent 28 years commissioned service in the fleet. I knew one person who had served in three services. He was a medic who was drafted during the Vietnam era and served in the Army for two-years. He was out for several years and attended college on the GI Bill and was in the Marine Corps Reserve. When he got out of college he went to Navy OCS and served 20 more years in the fleet.. I also knew an Annapolis graduate that spent 10-11 years in the fleet. He flew helicopters in Vietnam as a Naval Aviator. He left the Navy and moved to Idaho. He then entered the Idaho Army National Guard and flew Army choppers to qualify for his retirement. He retired as an Army lieutenant-colonel wearing Navy wings and with mixture of Navy and Army awards in his fruit-salad These are definately the exception not the rule. Find one and stick to it. There will be more promotions and a better career if you do.
The US could try, but I think there is a good chance it will fail. Japan tried it with 2/3 of their total military trying to occupy and defeat China. The US, for all intents and purposes has failed their victory in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and even Iraq. Iraq, for all the military successes, has evolved into an anti-US government we don’t advertise.Iraq: anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc confirmed as election winnersChina has a strong defensive force. It has anti-ship missiles that can project their range to Guam, Japan, and Okinawa. China’s submarine fleet equals that of the US, though not in nuclear boats, but in attack and missile boats. China has a new submarine factory that can churn out 4 subs at a time, the best we can do is 2. The submarine is the key naval weapon of t he future. The strength in the US military is its aircraft carriers and aircraft. China’s army is twice as large as the US. China has over 3000 miles of tunnels and caves to hide their missiles and anti-aircraft weapons in. China is a gigantic version of North Korea.China will give a good account of itself and give the US a bloody nose, if she attacks China.USA vs China | Comparison military strengthChina's DF-26 Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile: What Does the Pentagon Really Think?China is testing a new long-range, air-to-air missile that could thwart U.S. plans for air warfareChina's growing submarine force is 'armed to the teeth' — and the rest of the Pacific is racing to keep up“For China, asymmetric warfare represents a tactic with ancient roots that has been successfully applied to the contemporary age. Asymmetric warfare, as seen from Beijing, means using one’s own strengths and capabilities to attack an enemy’s weaknesses. Doing so may involve the use of terrain, tactics, or the application of new or different technologies.”Is America Prepared to Battle China in an Asymmetric War?
Is it possible to serve in all of the US military branches?
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Certain Warrant Officers can do serve to 40 years. They retire with full pay. Which means what ever they earned on active duty, minus housing allowance and food allowance, is what they get paid in retirement. Most if they want to can become contractors in the field they were in and earn a hell of a lot of money. I once knew a Chief Warrant Officer 5 that retired at 40 years and turned several very lucrative offers down. The reason is he wanted to play golf and if he couldn't live on 5000 a month at the age of 60 something was wrong w him. He also had zero debt and had made a couple of good investments.If a CSM or Command Sergeants Major is serving in an nominative position which means he works for a general they can by exception do over 30 years.Of course generals can. Most don't as the opportunities to serve on corporate boards and other positions that would earn a lot of money as a civilian are there. But some do.When I was a contractor I had a co-worker that his dad did 30 in the Air Force. He begged to stay in but he had to retire. He hated civilian life. He would always calling the Department of Air Force trying to get called back up. It is sad really. While I will ALWAYS be proud of my 23 years in the Army. I am glad I was able to retire at the age of 40. Once in a blue moon I wander if I had not dropped my retirement packet when I did and I would of pinned on SGM. How different my life would of been. No everything happens for a reason. 30 years is a long time.
What is the minimum time one can serve in the US military?
There have been various programs over the years that allow as little as 2 years........but then came with all kinds of caveats and whatnot, that still basically meant 4 years more or less. Even those signing for 2 years, would often end up doing more like 4 or 6 , in the end. And no idea what the *current* status of all those programs are. There was a recent "Call to Service " program, that offered a 2 year "trial" stint.........but again, buried in the fine print.....was 2 more years in ACTIVE reserves. ....and then the usual 4 more in INACVTIVE reserves.........as ALL contracts are technically for 8 years. So yeah, any way you slice it.......you are still committing to active service for 4 years---at least.
Is it possible to serve in the US Airforce if years ago had been arrested for DWI charges?
Good luck with that one. The Air Force can be rather selective since they usually aren't hurting for recruits. I knew someone who had a minor drug possession charge which had been wiped through an ARD Program and the only way the Air Force would take him (after spending months on the paperwork) was if he took any 'job' they gave him despite him scoring 98 percentile on his ASVAB. He didn't want to get stuck doing something he didn't like, so he joined the National Guard instead.
Is it possible to serve in the Air Force for 20 years and maintain a family at the same time?
we don't motivate anybody to serve 20 years interior the militia. We motivate our maximum suitable and brightest to enlist and in case you do nicely we motivate you to re-enlist. that would desire to take you yet another 4-6 years into your profession. once you end that enlistment think approximately ten years in and your supervisor will motivate you to re-enlist as a results of fact "you already spent ten years in, you may desire to to boot make it to retirement". yet there is not any energetic reliable encouragement to have you ever spend 20 years in provider. And in case you do bypass 20, we'd extremely you stayed slightly longer so we get the earnings of your experience. as quickly as we are over-capability we make the re-enlistment standards slightly greater durable and we decelerate on enlistments. from time to time we are compelled to entice down greater rapidly than we desire and that finally leads to compelled separations. yet earlier we try this we ask for volunteers who decide to depart provider early. yet we continuously desire human beings to serve long sufficient to realize the better ranks and meaning 20-30 years of provider.
Sure its possible to serve in the USMC for 20 years. How? First you have to understand that where ever you are station will have only a limited number of billets (positions) for each rank. Some units can only have a certain number of E-5s, E-6 and so on. In time you will find yourself in a position where there are more Marines for a particular pay grade then there are billets available. For instance, there are 2 billets for a E-7 but there are 3 E-6s up for promotion and one E-7 already filling one of those billets. Each Marine with 17 to 20 years in service. The question becomes, who stays, who retires and who is going to transfer to another platoon. You may find yourself being forced to retire at 18 years. If you cant beat the cutting score of the other Marines up for E-7 you better start looking into making a lateral move to another MOS that can support your pay grade or look to transfer to another unit that is short a E-7.Back in the early 90's there were still Marines serving as long as 30 years. But that is all changed now. Most active duty and reserve Marines don't server longer then 20 to 22 years.
Could I serve in the military and then transfer to a service academy?
I am currently a junior in high school and after 2 years of dicking around in school have decided id like to join the armed services and attend either West Point or Annapolis. I already know my grades are not going to get me into a service academy (i have a 3.2 but i am in advanced classes) and i need to find another way of getting in. I am determined to get there and will do whatever it takes, please help me and tell me what I need to do.
In my experience (26 years total service), my goal was to reenlist about 2–5 Soldiers for every 100 in my command. Keep in mind I was only interested in reenlisting those who showed maturity & leadership potential as Corporals or Sergeants. Recruiting fills the ranks. Reenlistment is the distillation that produces an Army’s Non Commissioned Officers.